transgender
Wrestling with the Ethics of the Sochi Olympics
The more I read and learn about what has been happening in Russia, the more I am afraid for its ...
Tools to Observe Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializes trans individuals who have died because of anti-transgender discrimination and victimization. It occurs annually ...
The Power of Being Seen
Laura Thor spoke these words at Transgender Day of Remembrance last year, at a service held at Jefferson Unitarian Church, ...
A Personal Message about Transgender Day of Remembrance
When I was growing up, as a little girl in the Orthodox Jewish community, I would stare longingly over the ...
Hanukkah Gift Guide for Jewish Rainbow Pride
This gift guide is specially tailored to lovers of rainbow pride, Judaism, and the lucky individuals who live the intersection ...
Finding Fallen Sparks in the Mosh Pit
When I was 21, I came out as transgender and identified as a boy. Simultaneously I also came out as ...
My Journey to Authentic Living
We’re incredibly grateful to Yiscah for sharing this excerpt from her forthcoming book, 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey ...
Shipwrecked with God
Communities, institutions, families and friendships create a sense of common identity, a sense of “we.” Since no two people – ...
Rosh HaShanah: Sanctifying Our In-Betweens
Rabbi Reuben Zellman delivered this D’var Torah on Erev Rosh HaShanah in 2006 at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. ...
Talking with Naomi Zeveloff, editor of the Forward’s transgender and Jewish series
Yesterday we introduced you to the great new series on transgender Jewish identity published by the Forward. It’s the first comprehensive ...