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We've worked with hundreds of Jewish institutions, helping them create more inclusive communities. Here's a sample of some of the committed institutions we have been  lucky to work with:
Day Schools
American Hebrew Academy, Greensboro, NC
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
Chicagoland Jewish High School, Deerfield, IL
Gann Academy, Waltham, MA
Jacob Pressman Academy, Los Angeles, CA
Jewish Community Day School, Pittsburgh, PA
Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto, CA
Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C.
Rodeph Sholom School, New York, NY
San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, CA
Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, Hartsdale, NY
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This is definitely one of the most valuable trainings I've seen at camp. Clearly the teens found it as valuable as the whole staff. Thank you for again for giving us the tools to continue having this conversation in an open and informed way.
-CIT Supervisor, Camp Pinemere
Camps
B'nai B'rith Beber Camp, Skokie, IL
Camp Tawonga, San Francisco, CA
Camp JRF, South Sterling, PA
Camp Yavneh, Northwood, NH
Capital Camps, Waynesboro, PA
Eisner Camp, Great Barrington, MA
Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Day Camp, Brooklyn, New York
Youth Movements
BBYO International
North American Federation of Temple Youth
United Synagogue Youth
Young Judaea
Synagogues
Agudath Israel Congregation, Ottawa, Canada (Conservative)
Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, CA (Reform)
Congregation B’nei Israel, Boca Raton, FL (Reform)
Congregation Har Hashem, Boulder, CO (Reform)
Congregation Ohev Shalom, Wallingford, PA (Conservative)
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY (Reform)
Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont, CA (Renewal)
Temple Beth Abraham, Nashau, NH (Conservative)
Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA (Conservative)
Temple Israel of  Boston, Boston, MA (Reform)
Temple Israel of Omaha, NE (Reform)
Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY (Conservative)
Temple Sinai, Brookline, MA (Reform)
Other Community Institutions
CJP Boston
Foundation for Jewish Camp
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia
Conferences and Presentations
CAJE and NewCAJE
Creating Change
FJC Cornerstone and Leaders Assembly
Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly
Limmud Boston, Colorado, New York, UK, and South Africa
RAVSAK
TribeFest
URJ Biennial
USCJ Biennial
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Phone 303.691.3562San Francisco Bay Area Office
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San Francisco, CA 94103
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Welcome!
This section is solely for graduates of our Training Institutes.
In this section you will find our Facilitator Training Manual, Hineini Curriculum Resource Guide, and additional training materials and lesson plans as they become available. As we develop new lesson plans and training materials, we will post them here for you to see first!
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Phone 303.691.3562San Francisco Bay Area Office
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San Francisco, CA 94103
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  I'm looking for  an LGBTQ-friendly organization clergy a rabbi a cantor a mohel a synagogue a day school a Hebrew high school a camp a summer program for high school youth a youth group a Hillel/Jewish student organization (college) a JCC a Jewish Family & Children’s Services/Jewish Family Services a young adult program/Moishe House a Jewish Federation a senior housing communityan LGBTQ-friendly organization
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A rabbi to perform a wedding?
A day school committed to inclusion?
A synagogue where you and your family will feel welcome?
The Equality Guide was created for you. The Guide is simple way for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews and their loved ones to find inclusive Jewish clergy and institutions and learn about their policies and practices.
A note on using the Equality Guide:
All of the information in the guide is self-reported and has not been verified by Keshet.
You must choose a location for your search. This can be a city, state, or country!
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Our work is guided by a vision of a world where all Jewish organizations and communities are strengthened by LGBT-inclusive programming, policy, culture, and leadership and where Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities can live fully integrated Jewish lives.
We work to create a community that does more than tolerate or accept LGBT Jews. We envision a future where the ethos of justice, caring, and inclusion that encapsulates the best of Jewish tradition is seen and felt by all Jewish youth and adults – gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, and/or transgender. This is what we are doing to bring us to this day.
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Training for LGBTQ Inclusion
Looking for ways to make your Jewish institution safe and inclusive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews but don’t know where to start? We’re here to help.
For more than 10 years, we’ve trained and supported Jewish educators, clergy, program staff, camp professionals, youth, and…
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Build Community for LGBTQ Jews
From singles mixers to Shabbat dinners to our Beit Midrash series, where participants study traditional texts from a queer angle, our events offer opportunities for LGBT Jews to celebrate and (re)connect with their Jewish identities, engage in Jewish learning, and grow as leaders in the Jewish community.
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Support Families
The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a national mentoring and leadership program for Jewish parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews.*
What we provide:
Parent mentors provide confidential peer support by phone, email, video chat, or in person for parents…
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LGBTQ Teen Shabbaton
Creating Safe Spaces for Teens
The Jewish LGBTQ Teen Organizing Project creates safe and welcoming opportunities  for Jewish LGBTQ and ally teens to come together and be their full selves, develops the leadership skills of select LGBTQ and ally teens to organize their peers, and inspires LGBTQ and ally teens to…
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Produce LGBTQ Jewish Resources
From our LGBT Jewish Heroes Poster series to The Purim Superhero, the first LGBTQ-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English, Keshet creates resources that tell the full story of Jewish life.
After talking with Jewish educators who were deeply committed to inclusion but stymied by a…
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Marriage Equality
Fight for LGBT Civil Rights
We educate and rally the Jewish community to advance LGBT civil rights. Keshet was instrumental in mobilizing Jewish community support for equal marriage rights in Massachusetts and, as a founding member of the Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality, helped advance the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights…
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Advance the Movement for LGBTQ Jewish Inclusion and Equality
Keshet supports grassroots Jewish LGBT and ally groups around the country and mentors young activists to strengthen the growing movement for LGBT inclusion and equality in Jewish life. Over the past few years, we’ve played a leadership role in the following initiatives:
Do Not Stand…
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Ruach HaYam Shabbaton
Massachusetts
Ruach HaYam, Congregation Am Tikva, and Keshet invite you to join us at  a full day Shabbat retreat for LGBTQ Jews, friends, and family. Refresh your spirit and make new friends in this fabulous day of egalitarian davening, creative and thoughtful…
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Taking Pride in ALL Our Choices
Colorado
A conversation on end-of-life decisions through an LGBT lens
Let’s broach a difficult conversation as a community. How do we make sure that our wishes and our bodies will be respected and that our deaths are treated as valuable within a Jewish…
Friday, October 25, 2013
October Shabbat Celebration
Massachusetts
Join us at any time during the evening for this family-friendly Shabbat celebration! Our services are egalitarian, participatory, and led by Keshet members. A kosher catered dinner will be provided.
Interested in leading/co-leading services…
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A Conversation with Yehoshua Gurtler, Israeli GLBT Advocate and Attorney
Massachusetts
Come for an exciting conversation with Yehoshua Gurtler, a prominent GLBT advocate across many organizations in Israel.  Learn about LGBT life in Israeli society,  including the Israeli Orthodox world.  Discuss the issues facing…
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From social events to education to activism, we have something for everyone! Tell us what you are interested in and we'll take it from there.
In the News
Thursday, September 12, 2013
U.S. Jewish groups seek to increase LGBT affiliation
This article explores what Jewish Federations are doing to reach out to LGBT Jews.…
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Nurturing LGBTQ Jewish leaders
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to the fifth-largest Jewish community in the United States, and to a huge and diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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Phone 303.691.3562San Francisco Bay Area Office
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San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone 415.766.0390info@keshetonline.com
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Rituals and Documents of Marriage and Divorce for Same-Sex Couples
Six years after approving three different teshuvah about homosexuality and gay and lesbian people, the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly approved these rituals and documents developed by Rabbis Dorff, Nevins, and Reisner. This document addresses the difficulties related to nomenclature, the importance of the suspension of rabbinic level prohibitions in order to ensure human dignity, issues of kiddushin, and the history of the document development. The document includes two wedding ceremonies – one which is more traditional and one that “starts fresh.” There is also a dissolution document included….
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What’s Different about Gay Wedding Ceremonies?
…Discusses some of the differences and commonalities between gay and straight weddings, from a secular-humanist rabbi. Highlights the author’s experience conducting interfaith ceremonies….
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Gay, Jewish, or Both? Sexual Orientation and Jewish Engagement
The authors chart the shifting place of gay and lesbian Jews within the organized Jewish community. They argue that the changes and controversies surrounding the participation of lesbian and gay Jews in Jewish life raise questions about the extent to which such Jews actively engage in Judaism both privately and in communal settings. In this context, questions of identity must take into account the sociological and demographic particularities of gay men and lesbians in the United States….
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Synagogue Survey 2009 – Diversity and LGBT Inclusion
Results of a survey of over 3000 North American congregations comparing levels of diversity, focusing on inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community members and best practices for welcoming these members….
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A Concurring Opinion to Rabbi Leonard Levy's Teshuvah: "Same-Sex Attraction and Halakhah" (Committee on Jewish Law and Standards)
This concurrence argues that the Conservative Movement is becoming too lax in its relationship to Halakha (Jewish law) and that the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards should not be “legitimizing private acts in the public sphere.” The author argues that the movement should continue the halachic prohibitions against homosexual acts even as individual Jews can decide for themselves on how they want homosexual acts to be considered within the American legal system….
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We Can’t Legitimate Homosexuality Halakhically
In a talk published in the United Synagogue Review, Rabbi Joel Roth, a member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, writes about the Conservative Movement’s relationship to halakha (Jewish law) and what he sees as a clear Biblical prohibition against gay sex. He is clear that this prohibition is not about people, thoughts, or fantasies but is specific to actions….
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Our Vision of Society Requires A "No" Vote on the Marriage Amendment, or "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself"
In this sermon, Conservative Rabbi Gary Creditor encourages congregants to vote no on a same-sex marriage amendment in Virginia, arguing that civil law should respect, reflect and accommodate all people of our society….
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Update My Listing in the Equality Guide
…filling this form out for yourself or for an organization/institution?* I am an individual and would like to add myself. I am filling this out for my organization or institution. I am a…* Camp – Day Camp – Residential Cantor Day School Hebrew High School Hillel/Jewish student organization (college) JCC Jewish Federation JFCS/JFS (Jewish Family & Children’s Services/Jewish Family Services) Mohel Moishe House/Other young adult program Rabbi Ritual Facilitator/Spiritual Leader/Rabbinical Student Senior Housing Community Summer Program for High School Youth Synagogue/Congregation/Havurah/Minyan with religious school Synagogue/Congregation/Havurah/Minyan without religious school Youth Group I would like to add a…* Camp – Day Camp – Residential Cantor Day School Hebrew High School Hillel/Jewish student organization (college) JCC Jewish Federation JFCS/JFS (Jewish Family & Children’s Services/Jewish Family Services) Mohel Moishe House/Other young adult program Rabbi Ritual Facilitator/Spiritual Leader/Rabbinical Student Senior Housing Community Summer Program for High School Youth Synagogue/Congregation/Havurah/Minyan with religious school Synagogue/Congregation/Havurah/Minyan without religious school Youth Group If your organization type is not listed here please see below. Would you like to add an organization that is not listed above? Yes What type of organization would you like to add?* Affiliation?* Conservative No affiliation Orthodox Pluralistic/Post-Denominational/Non-Denominational Reconstructionist Reform Renewal Secular Secular Humanist…
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Chalamti: I have dreamt
…Blog written by a gay Orthodox Jew. Opinions on the various issues that face gay frum Jews. The author’s thoughts and opinions are all rooted in an attempt to find a balance between Orthodox spirituality and immersion in the secular world….
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A Covenant of Same-Sex Nisu’in and Kiddushin
The author explores the details of traditional Jewish wedding ceremonies according to halakha (Jewish law) and provides a detailed adaptation for gay and lesbian couples to use….
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A Less Innocent Love (Parashat Vaetchanan)
…The author explores the characteristics of love in different religious and secular writing and argues that queer religious love, when it is realized, is necessarily self-aware, because it has been tested, as Abraham’s love was tested….
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Journeys with Acharei Mot (Parashat Acharei Mot)
…The author discusses his personal relationship with Judaism and Biblical text, having grown up secular. He focuses specifically on his struggle with the verses of Leviticus that condemn gay sex….
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The Wreathed Chanukah Wand: Sukkot in December
Compares the holidays of Hannukah and Christmas and discusses the issue of when Jesus was actually born, which was probably around Sukkot….
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Beyond Stick Figures (Parashat Vayechi)
The author discusses gender diversity in Jewish tradition and in both Biblical and Rabbinic text, weaving together contemporary stories of gender non-conforming and intersex people….
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History of Jewish Lesbianism
A short survey-style chronological history of Jewish views of lesbianism from biblical to modern times….
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Pluralism in Action
This role play debate gives students the opportunity to examine what pluralism looks like in action. Students take on the roles of members of a religious policy committee at a new school to discuss, debate, and determine school policy on three issues….
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Mobilize the Jewish Community for LGBTQ Rights in Massachusetts
We are in a watershed moment for LGBT rights. Across the country, the secular world is grappling with issues like: Equal marriage rights Equal employment protections for LGBT citizens Civil rights for transgender citizens Adoption for LGBT parents Hate crimes laws Safe schools for LGBT students and many more. SACRED WORK “It is sacred work to make sure that in this Commonwealth, all are treated equally, all have the right to live a safe life, and every citizen is counted as a whole and complete person created in the image of God and reflecting the blessing of wholeness.” -Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, speaking at the Massachusetts State House, Transgender Lobby Day From 2004-07, we mobilized the Jewish community to support equal marriage in Massachusetts. (Here are two Keshet leaders celebrating as the verdict was delivered!) After this success, we launched a statewide campaign to garner faith-based support for a transgender civil rights bill. In November 2011, “An Act Relative to Gender Identity” passed! Our work on this campaign began in 2008, when we spearheaded the Jewish community presence on the Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality (ICTE), a multi-faith alliance to mobilize support for transgender rights legislation in Massachusetts. As far as we know, the ICTE is the only interfaith group in the country working for transgender inclusion and civil rights. We obtained signatures of more than 80 Jewish clergy and institutions and more than 50 lay leaders for a formal declaration of support for the civil rights…
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Orthodox Response to Same-Sex Marriage
This statement by Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union, presents his opinion on homosexuality and same-sex marriage. He states, ” Homosexual behavior between males or between females is absolutely forbidden by Jewish law, beginning with the biblical imperative, alluded to numerous times in the Talmud and codified in the Shulchan Aruch.” I’m a test link Dolore twee carles narwhal put a bird on it ut mumblecore, thundercats semiotics fixie assumenda. Dolor letterpress pour-over lo-fi. Anim tofu echo park, velit nisi eu gluten-free. Direct trade dreamcatcher exercitation, four loko in street art voluptate labore dolor leggings wolf delectus flexitarian lo-fi mollit. Biodiesel artisan ethical, typewriter brooklyn vinyl raw denim pop-up ut messenger bag marfa mustache high life. Aute carles etsy do beard, scenester gentrify et excepteur authentic fap occupy bicycle rights. Excepteur accusamus minim, deserunt et laboris VHS semiotics food truck letterpress mlkshk cliche irony occupy marfa….
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Being Gay In The Orthodox World: A Conversation with Members of the YU Community
A transcript from an historic event in 2009 at Yeshiva University about being gay and Orthodox. Three young gay men tell their personal stories of being gay in the Orthodox world, focusing on their relationships with family and their time in yeshivot and other Orthodox institutions….
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Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth
This factsheet about sexual orientation and youth was developed by a group of education, health, mental health, and religious organizations that all share a concern for the health and education of all students in schools, including lesbian, gay, and bisexual students. Reviews basic concepts and definitions about sexual orientation from a religious framework….
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Balak and Balaam: Language and Knowledge, Speech and Power (Parashat Balak)
The author argues that this Torah portion is a story about speech: who has the power of the tongue, and what impact words can have. As members of the queer community, we can glean something from this portion when we encounter hate speech and as we lobby for equal rights….
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Parent & Family Connection: Massachusetts
Join the Parent & Family Connection » The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a national mentoring and leadership program for Jewish parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews.* The program originated in Boston with a group of parents who are long-time Keshet members. They brought the idea to Keshet and worked together with Keshet staff for a year to develop the project. In fall of 2011, we launched the Connection in Boston and one year later, we launched nationally. Meet the members of the Massachusetts Parent & Family Connection MAY 2: Join us for a film screening and panel discussion. Learn more! What we provide: Parent mentors provide confidential peer support by phone, email, video chat, or in person for parents and family members dealing with any stage of their family member’s coming out process, and for young adults who are struggling with how to tell their parents and other family members about their identities. Who are the mentors? The mentors are Jewish parents and family members, spanning the gamut of Jewish identities and affiliations from secular through Orthodox. Mentors have children and family members of various ages, at different points in the “coming out” process. All of the mentors have worked through their own process of accepting, understanding, and celebrating their children and their LGBTQ identities. They have come together to affirm the space in Judaism and Jewish community for themselves and for their children and family members. Where is this happening? The Parent…
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Lessons from the Margins: What Interfaith Couples and Families Can Learn from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Activism
The author draws parallels between the experiences of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender and being in an interfaith relationship. The judgment and alienation that many interfaith couples and families experience is similar (although not identical) to that of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people….
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Gender Variant People in the Bay Area Jewish Community
Report and recommendations based on meetings conducted by Kol Tzedek with community members and rabbinic leaders to informally explore how transgender and gender variant people currently interact, or not interact, with the organized Jewish community. Report highlights the perceived organizational, social and ritual needs of transgender and gender variant persons, and the authors’ wish to understand and serve this community’s needs better….
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The First Commandment Revisited (Parashat Yitro)
The author describes the event of the giving of the Ten Commandments and explains that the first commandment actually occurs at the beginning of the Torah: “be fruitful and multiple.” He explores the common push in Jewish communities for people to have children, arguing that this can be alienating for LGBT Jews….
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Of Barbary Lane and Lorraine Hall: Notes from a Tour and an Introductory Conversation
The author’s interview with an elderly Jewish transgender woman at Barbary Lane, an LGBT-friendly elder-care facility in Oakland….
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Coming out, a young gay man finds self-acceptance
A charming, funny, and captivating story about a young Jewish man, finding his voice and place in the Jewish community as a gay man. For Isaac Lobel’s bar mitzvah, his parents got him a laptop. For what I searched for on it, they got him a shrink!…
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Judaism, Reform Judaism and Gay Judaism
Rabbi Joe Hample was asked to speak to Gays and Lesbians in Grace, the LGBT group of Grace Cathedral, an Episcopal church in San Francisco. This is the talk that he gave to that group. It paints a long and large panorama of Jewish history as it relates to homosexuality (and other issues), and how it has evolved through time to be re-interpreted as a living religion….
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Treyf
A film by Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky 1998, 55 minutes, Color, VHS/16mm TREYF —”unkosher” in Yiddish— is an unorthodox documentary by and about two Jewish lesbians who met and fell in love at a Passover seder. With personal narration, real and imagined educational films, and haunting imagery, filmmakers Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky examine the Jewish identity of their upbringings and its impact on their lives. TREYF is iconoclastic and intelligent, humorous and poignant. A reflection on culture, community, and individual desire, this witty film follows the filmmakers as they discover what they thought was most profoundly “treyf” about their worldviews still has roots in Jewish history….
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Stop an Anti-marriage Constitutional Amendment
Article by Renewal Rabbi Arthur Waskow urging Jews to oppose an anti-marriage constitutional amendment and to support gay marriage, with concrete steps….
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Harvey Milk – A Jewish Hero?
Uses the film “Milk” to discuss homophobia in the US, both past and present. Uses this discussion and opinions in both American and Jewish law to argue in favor of same-sex marriage. The author also compares Harvey Milk to Joseph in the week’s Torah portion….
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Response to Rabbinical Assembly’s Decisions Regarding Ordination of Gays and Lesbians, and "Commitment Ceremonies"
Statement from the Rabbinical Council of America reacting negatively to the Conservative Movement’s ordination of gays and lesbians as rabbis and cantors and giving permission to Conservative rabbis to officiate at same-sex commitment ceremonies. The statement states that this decision represents yet another significant step in the further estrangement of the Conservative movement from Jewish law (halakha) and tradition….
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Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are (Parashat Bo)
The author discusses God’s commandment for the Hebrews to smear the blood of a sheep on their doorpost to ensure their protection from the Angel of Death as a sort of “coming out.” She argues that if we read this story as a collective “coming out” of the Hebrew people in Egypt, we may also understand “coming out” as a mitzvah and an act of faith.  …
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A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Ally Haggadah
A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Ally Haggadah which follows the traditional structure of the Passover Seder but contains readings and discussion questions pertaining to GLBT identity and life….
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A “Great Moral Issue” of Our Time (Parashat Vayera)
In this sermon. Rabbi Carl Perkins discusses discrimination and bigotry against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the Jewish community and in mainstream American society, specifically in the context of the rise in LGBT suicides in the fall of 2010. He discusses the case of a wedding announcement of a gay couple in a Jewish newspaper that angered Orthodox readers, and the response given by the paper’s editors. He argues that as religious people, we must stop condemning homosexuality as a matter of life and death….
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Responding in Prayer and Practice to Same-Sex Marriages
Three addenda to marriage rituals by rabbis Phyllis Berman and Arthur Waskow….
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Covenant of Love – Brit Reyut
Rabbi Stuart Kelman’s Brit Reyut ceremony was constructed on the assumptions underlying a teshuva (rabbinic responsa) that he wrote on gay and lesbian inclusion in his synagogue in the early 1990s, titled Community and Diversity – A Teshuva on Gay and Lesbian Couples at Congregation Netivot Shalom. Rabbi Kelman’s ceremony replaces the chuppah with a sukkah-like canopy, includes a form of exchange called chalifin for a ring ceremony, and made some changes to the traditional sheva berakhot….
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Parent & Family Connection: Colorado
Join the Parent & Family Connection » The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a peer-run support program for Jewish parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews.* Meet the members of the Colorado Parent & Family Connection What we provide: Parent mentors provide confidential peer support by phone, email, video chat, or in person for parents and family members dealing with any stage of their family member’s coming out process, and for young adults who are struggling with how to tell their parents and other family members about their identities. Who are the mentors? The mentors are Jewish parents and family members, spanning the gamut of Jewish identities and affiliations from secular through Orthodox. Mentors have children and family members of various ages, at different points in the coming out process. All of the mentors have worked through their own process of accepting, understanding, and celebrating their children and their LGBTQ identities. They have come together to affirm the space in Judaism and Jewish community for themselves and for their children and family members. Where is this happening? The Parent & Family Connection is a national program offering support to parents and family members of LGBTQ children across the country. They are matched with parent mentors who are currently being trained in the following five areas: Boston Chicago Denver/Boulder Philadelphia Washington DC/Baltimore If your situation is urgent, please contact one of these crisis hotlines: The Trevor Project Helpline: 1.866.4.U.TREVOR. Fenway Community Health’s…
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It's the Purity, Stupid: Reading Leviticus in Context (Parashat Tazria and Parashat Metzora)
Sexual practices are forbidden not because of the convenient rationales one often hears today, but because they are maasei mitzrayim, acts of Egypt, and thus taboo for Israelites, who are exhorted to live a life circumscribed by distinctions. The prohibitions are part of Leviticus’s “Holiness Code,” which is chiefly about maintaining cultic and ritual purity – not ethics, not family, and not “nature.”…
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Not a Deathly Hallows: A Year of Queer Torah (Parashat Vayikra)
The author shares what he believes the Ba’al Shem Tov would think of Torah Queeries, summarizing the content of the year of queeries….
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Coming Out in the Orthodox World; Being Out as a Jew in Lesbian Circles
The author’s personal story of falling in love with a woman, coming out to her family and community, and eventually having a commitment ceremony….
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Finding the Good Side: A Portrait of the Priestly Class (Parashat Tetzaveh)
The author explores some questions and difficulties he sees in animal sacrifice, arguing that it is easier to think about these “sacrifices” as part of a tribal economy with the Covenant as its ethical center. He also creates a connection between the Covenant, sacrifice, and the development of social class and social inequality….
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Balancing on the Mechitza
While the Jewish mainstream still argues about homosexuality, many transgender and gender-variant people sit in the congregation, marry under the chuppah, and create Jewish families. Balancing on the Mechitza gives voice to this movement in Jewish culture. Contributors share their theoretical contemplations as well as rite-of-passage and other transformative stories….
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Defending Love, Defending Marriage
An article about legislative gay marriage victories and gay marriage within the Jewish community, particularly in the Reconstructionist community. The author argues that the movement should support the right of gays and lesbians to take on the responsibilities and privileges of marriage….
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Bridging Differences in Gay and Lesbian Interfaith Partnerships
Discusses some of the issues and questions regarding family, community, and theology facing gay and lesbian interfaith partners….
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Breaking news from the Jerusalem Open House: Terror and hate crimes suspect held by police for crimes against LGBTQ community and other minorities
A press release from the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance after the arrest of Yaakov Teitel, who is suspected of carrying out an attack against young people at a Tel Aviv LGBT Youth Center….
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The Gay Orthodox Underground
Article about gay and lesbians in the Orthodox community. Many gay and lesbian individuals and couples say that they are neither “advertising” their identities and lifestyles, nor are they keeping them a secret….
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Aliyah: Trans(Per)forming Jewish Ritual
The author recounts his person experience of being a transgender person at synagogue….
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Support Families
The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a national mentoring and leadership program for Jewish parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews.* What we provide: Parent mentors provide confidential peer support by phone, email, video chat, or in person for parents and family members dealing with any stage of their family member’s coming out process, and for young adults who are struggling with how to tell their parents and other family members about their identities. WHEN MY DAUGHTER CAME OUT “When my daughter came out, I was surprised by how cut off I felt. She was going into this world, and all these experiences, that I knew nothing about. All parents of LGBT kids just want to hear that their children can live safe, normal lives, and it was through meeting others through Keshet that I realized this was possible, that it was possible to be part of a welcoming Jewish community. Keshet helped me connect. And now I know that we, the parents and families of LGBT kids, have the ability to be tremendous allies in helping to accomplish the advocacy work Keshet has been doing so incredibly.” -Jayne Guberman, founding member of the Parent & Family Connection Join the Parent & Family Connection » Who are the mentors? The mentors are Jewish parents and family members, spanning the gamut of Jewish identities and affiliations from secular through Orthodox. Mentors have children and family members of various ages, at different points in the…
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Birkat HaChama – 1925, 1953, 1981, 2009, 2037
A description of Birkat HaChama (blessing of the sun), a ritual celebrated every 28 years. Connects Birkat HaChama to LGBT liberation….
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Emerging Torah of Same-Sex Marriage
The author explores arguments used against same-sex marriage, including “be fruitful and multiply” and the sacredness of sex. He both in an LGBTQ-positive light….
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Equal Rights
Official document of the Religious Action Center of the Reform Movement reviewing the relevant political issues in 2006 to LGBT people in the United States, including employment non-discrimination, partner immigration, a landmark Supreme Court case involving a gay leader of a Boy Scouts troop, gay marriage, gay adoption, and don’t ask don’t tell. The document concludes with the Reform Movement’s position on these issues….
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The Former Rain and the Latter Rain: A Queer Jew in Diaspora Wrestling with Tradition and Progress (Parashat Ekev)
In this commentary, the author discusses their personal experience of the changing text of the siddur, specifically its translation of the V’Ahavta prayer….
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From The Look Of Love, From The Eyes Of Pride (Tu B’Av)
The author remarks on Jewish time: it goes in cycles from Shabbat to Shabbat, and one year to the next, with lots of ups and downs for the different emotions of different holidays. He explores the holiday of Tu B’Av, the Jewish love holiday, and its proximity to Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning….
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Jewish Stars and Pink Triangles
The author documents his journey as a speechwriter for a leading Reform rabbi from writing words first of derision for, then of acceptance and tolerance of, and finally of full embracing gays and lesbians, arguing that in the US, gay rights should not be dependent at all upon religious acceptance of homosexuality….
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The Hillel LGBTQ Resource Guide
A resource guide designed for Hillel professionals with articles by different authors on a variety of topics, including inclusive vocabulary, Jewish LGBTQ history, skill-building towards inclusiveness, rituals, and more….
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Religious Action Center – Reform Movement Perspective on Gay & Lesbian Rights & Jewish Values
Summary of the Reform Movement’s positions on issues relating to Gay and Lesbian Rights and Jewish values. Covers positions on Biblical texts, thoughts on human dignity, gay marriage, and Boy Scouts of America. Also includes links to related resolutions passed by the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)….
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How I Ended Up at the Jerusalem Same Sex Attraction Discussion Group
In observance of Jewish Social Action Month, Zeek Magazine staff decided to look within the community and focus space in the magazine regarding who is “vulnerable to violence, repression and subjugation.” The essay, written in a first person narrative, takes a sometimes humorous look at the author’s life, his move to study at a haredi yeshiva in Jerusalem and the phenomenon of conversion therapy in the Jewish community….
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Gender Variant People in the Bay Area Jewish Community
In this report, Kol Tzedek recommends that the Jewish federations of the San Francisco Bay Area address the needs of gender variant Jews, a growing, struggling and threatened population of Jews in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Many members of this population are eager to increase their participation in Jewish communal life and organizations, though they suffer from discrimination and transphobia, which hinders from from fully participating….
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Being Gay In The Orthodox World: A Conversation with Members of the YU Community
Video from an historic event in 2009 at Yeshiva University about being gay and Orthodox. Three young gay men tell their personal stories of being gay in the Orthodox world, focusing on their relationships with family and their time in yeshivot and other Orthodox institutions….
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Transforming Beitecha – A Guide to Creating LGBTQ Ritual, Spiritual, and Pastoral Homes
Produced by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) in New York, the guide contains resources on pastoral care with elders, developing LGBTQ affirming liturgies, how to talk about both problematic and celebratory texts, glossary of terms, and innovative ritual. These resources are based on the workshops that were originally intended for cantorial and rabbinical students….
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Let Us Come Home
June 6, 2013

Dan Brotman is a gay man from Massachusetts. So, legally, he can marry his fiancé, Keith. The only catch is that Keith is South African – so unlike heterosexual couples, Keith is not allowed to enter the U.S. as Dan’s legal spouse.
As a same-sex bi-national couple, Dan and Keith are not entitled to the same rights and protections as heterosexual couples. In order to live together, they have to live in South Africa.
Unfortunately, an amendment to the immigration reform legislation Congress is currently debating, which would have protected bi-national same-sex couples like Dan and Keith, was recently withdrawn.…
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Your Jewish Guide to Celebrating LGBTQ Pride
June 5, 2013

Every June people across the world celebrate LGBTQ Pride. As LGBTQ Jews and allies, we are proud of our own identities and those of our loved ones. Whether you are looking for a Pride Shabbat service, a fabulous Jewish sign to hold in a Pride Parade, or just want some inspiration, you’ve come to the right place!
I. EVENTS
Visit our Pride Events page for a list of Jewish LGBTQ Pride events happening across the United States (and a few in Canada too!) this June.
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Download your own Pride posters, stickers, and a graphic to help…
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Parashat Korach: A Revolution with Boundaries
June 3, 2013

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each week we will bring you regular essays examining these portions from a queer perspective, drawn from the Torah Queeries online collection, which was inspired by the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible. This week, Rebecca Weiner considers the need for order and boundaries, even in the midst of a revolution.
Creative Common/chris.corwin
Looking back on my childhood, I often feel like I emerged out of two totally different worlds. I grew up in the “free to be you…
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Family Stories Part I… and Part II
A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children.
When a child comes out, a coming out process begins for the entire family. In honor of Mother’s and Father’s Day, we bring you our third post in a series by parent leaders of Keshet’s Parent & Family Connection. The Connection is a confidential peer support program for parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews. We celebrate the support and love that these parents give their LGBTQ children – and the support they now offer other parents. This week’s post is by Carole Lukoff, mother of a gay…
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Orthodox Parents, United by Love of Torah… and Our LGBT Children
May 24, 2013

A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children.
When a child comes out, a coming out process begins for the entire family. In honor of Mother’s and Father’s Day, we bring you our second post in a series by parent leaders of Keshet’s Parent & Family Connection. The Connection is a confidential peer support program for parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews. We celebrate the support and love that these parents give their LGBTQ children – and the support they now offer other parents. This week’s post is by “MBSD,” an Orthodox parent from Baltimore,…
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Celebrating Harvey Milk Day
May 22, 2013

Today Harvey Milk would have been 83. Instead, this gay Jewish hero, who was cut down in his prime, remains a vaunted icon of gay rights across the globe. On his birthday, now known as Harvey Milk Day, we celebrate his work, life, and lasting legacy. At Keshet, we’re honoring his life and achievements by bringing you some rare photos of this pioneer.
After a career that included the Navy, high school teaching, and time on Wall Street, Milk moved to San Francisco. By 1973, he launched his first run for City Supervisor – and lost. In 1977, after his…
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Parashat Be’Ha’alotecha: ‘Am’ (Yisrael) Comin’ Out!
May 20, 2013

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each week we will bring you regular essays examining these portions from a queer perspective, drawn from the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Torah Queeries online collection. This week, Rabbi Karen Perolman examines the Israelites’ struggles with their “coming out” experiences.
Creative Common/doyoubleedlikeme
Coming-out (of the closet): To be “in the closet” means to hide one’s sexual and or gender identity. Many GBLT people are “out” in some situations and “closeted” in others.
– from Kulanu: All of Us,…
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Parashat Naso: Queer Nazir and the Twelve Identical Gifts
May 14, 2013

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each week we will bring you regular essays examining these portions from a queer perspective, drawn from the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Torah Queeries online collection. This week, Darren Lippman considers the similarities between Nazirites and LGBT Jews – two populations who are “set aside” in important ways.
Creative Common/Alexander Smolianitski
I first read Parashat Naso during my b’nei mitzvah class in early 2002, long before I discovered either my passion for Judaism or my love of writing.…
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Love Our Families
May 10, 2013

Here at the Keshet blog, we’re celebrating Mother’s Day with a reminder of how important parental love and support are. So here’s our Mother’s Day gift to you (and your mom(s)): a one minute video by our friends at The Righteous Conversations Project, a project of Remember Us, which brings together Holocaust survivors and teens to speak up about injustice through new media workshops and community engagements. In this short clip, two teens compare notes about their supportive, if slightly overbearing, parents. As these teens remind us, the things that bind families together, like love, concern, and even a little loving parental nagging, are pretty…
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Counting the Omer…Counting my Blessings
May 9, 2013

A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children.
When a child comes out, a coming out process begins for the entire family. In honor of Mother’s and Father’s Day, we bring you our first post in a series by parent leaders of Keshet’s Parent & Family Connection. The Connection is a confidential peer support program for parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews. We celebrate the support and love that these parents give their LGBTQ children – and the support they now offer other parents. This week’s post is by Francine Lavin Weaver, a Colorado-based educator…
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First Fruits of the LGBT Movement
May 8, 2013

Part of the observance of Shavuot, the traditional spring harvest holiday, is the celebration of the bikkurim, the first fruits of the year. In this post, Becky Silverstein honors those “first fruits” of the LGBT movement who have made so much progress possible.
Creative Common/David Heise
The journey from Passover to Shavout is seven weeks. Counting each night, we count the steps towards revelation and still, suddenly, the time for receiving Torah is here! As I prepare for my own experience of revelation this year, here is what I expect to see at Sinai: I expect to see millions of…
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Parashat B’midbar: The Gift of the Wilderness
May 6, 2013

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each week we will bring you regular essays examining these portions from a queer perspective, drawn from the book Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Torah Queeries online collection. This week, Alex Carter sees the beauty of the delicate ecosystem of the Biblical wilderness – and in the unique queer culture we’re in danger of losing.
Creative Common/Kwong Yee Cheng
This week’s parsha, B’midbar, begins, as many parshiyot begin, with the words, “G-d spoke to Moses…” But this week, it specifies that…
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Counting the Omer…Counting my Blessings
 
By Francine Lavin Weaver | Tagged allies, coming out, family, featured, Keshet Parent & Family Connection, parents

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A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children.
When a child comes out, a coming out process begins for the entire family. In honor of Mother’s and Father’s Day, we bring you our first post in a series by parent leaders of Keshet’s Parent & Family Connection. The Connection is a confidential peer support program for parents and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews. We celebrate the support and love that these parents give their LGBTQ children – and the support they now offer other parents. This week’s post is by Francine Lavin Weaver, a Colorado-based educator and author, and member of the Keshet Parent & Family Connection in Colorado.
This is that time of year where we Jews anticipate, we count the days, we count the Omer, and we count our blessings. The idea of counting each day represents spiritual preparation and anticipation for the giving of the Torah which was given by God on Mount Sinai around the time of Shavuot. We actively count in our prayers each day from Passover to Shavuot – all forty-nine of them.
Francine Lavin Weaver and her daughter, Shana
Francine Lavin Weaver and her daughter, Shana
On another note, wearing my many hats, I am a lifelong Jewish learner, teacher and family educator. I am a daughter, a significant partner, and a mom. I learn so much from my children every day. They teach me about life, and relationships, things that I never knew how to verbalize or incorporate when I was growing up.
A few years ago, my queer adult daughter attempted to explain to me what being queer was.
She said, “Mom, I identify as a woman. But, I have had and will have relationships with all kinds of people. I fall in love with the soul of the person, Mom…that entity that makes that person special. It doesn’t matter to me in what gender the person identifies.”
She then explained that being queer is stepping out of societal norms in regards to gender and sexuality — and even politics. This was definitely a new experience for me. To me, queer was a girl in my homeroom in Junior High who wore white socks — and saddle shoes. They didn’t have child development books about this when I was in college (pursuing my chosen career of special education).
I have always used my children as my barometer. If they were happy, they were learning, and they were healthy, then I was happy. My daughter is a very sensitive, caring young adult. She is a physical therapist in a rehab hospital. She volunteers her time to help older people stay in their own homes. She is a fun-loving, passionate social activist and I love her.
What a conversation we had. What a lesson it was. It was the beginning of many more lessons for me. I began to read books, I took classes, I joined the Keshet Parent & Family Connection in Colorado. The more I learn about LGBTQ issues, the more comfortable and proud I feel.
So, now, I anticipate, count the Omer, and count my many blessings:
My queer daughter is definitely one of them.

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Posted on May 9, 2013

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Textual Source: Leviticus, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Achrei Mot, Kedoshim
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The goals of this lesson are to provide participants with an overview about Judaism’s stances on homosexuality, and to encourage participants to grapple with the tensions between remaining true to the text and discounting aspects of text which feel unethical to modern senses.
By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to summarize two biblical texts related to prohibitions on homosexual male sex, analyze the two biblical texts related to prohibitions on homosexual male sex, compare and contrast different Jewish denominational stances on homosexuality and discuss the tension between the intention of the text and liberal ethical standards.
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Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
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This lesson teaches participants about a contemporary Jewish feminist group and invites participants to explore the relationship between feminism and holiness. The lesson also introduces the concept of transphobia and its connection to misogyny.
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Topic(s): Ally, Jewish Values
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Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Vayera
Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
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This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this half hour text study designed for 5th-12th graders, students will explore the fundamental value of welcome and inclusion. Students will also consider the challenges and benefits of caretaking the stranger. The lesson uses Genesis 18:1-8, as well as BT Shabbat 127a, as a way to engage the students in these themes.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rachel Ackerman
Topic(s): Jewish Values, Transgender and Gender Identity
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Bereshit
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

The goals of this lesson are to expose participants to Jewish texts that contain gender ambiguity, and to push participants to look at ways that their camp community is influenced by societal norms of gender in ways that can exclude others. At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to identify ways that they push traditional gender norms, explain how ancient and contemporary Jewish texts understand the first adam to have had an ambiguous gender identity, identify ways that they are forced to identify their gender at camp, and analyze ways that camp deals with and stresses gender identification.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rachel Ackerman
Topic(s): Ally, Bullying or Harassment
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Leviticus, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Kedoshim
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

The goal of this lesson is to make students aware of the language that they use and how it may offend others. At the end of this lesson, students will be able to list misused words, phrases, and actions that may offend others, discuss the relationship between Leviticus 19:18: (“Love your neighbor as yourself”) and the way language, phrases, and actions may affect others, and write a personal pledge to eliminate offensive behavior.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Bullying or Harassment, Youth, Purim
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Esther

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This resource is a script for a post-modern Purim Spiel that can be performed and/or adapted. This spiel explores the Purim themes through the lens of the characters when they were young.  In an alternative universe at Shushan high 2011, the LGBTQ students rally to create an anti-bullying program!
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August 29, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Topic(s): Ally, Jewish Law, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Vayera
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
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This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this hour-long text study designed for 7th-12th graders, students will affirm the value of welcoming the stranger in Jewish text. Students will also explore the ways that welcome (opening up one’s home) leads to an ethic of solidarity (the act of publicly standing up for someone else). The lesson uses Genesis 18:1-8, as well as BT Shabbat 127a and Rambam Yad, Laws of Mourning, Chapter 14, as a way to engage the students in these themes.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner, Roni Alperin
Topic(s): Ally, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson explores the interplay between dominant cultural perceptions of perfection and how that informs xenophobia. Students learn about the experiences of LGBT people in Nazi Germany with a focus on gay, Jewish Holocaust survivor, Gad Beck.
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September 11, 2013 | By Martin Rawlings-Fein
Topic(s): Jewish Law, Jewish Values
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Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
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This lesson will help students think about the relationship between traditional Jewish sacred texts and contemporary Jewish texts, through exploring the concepts of midrash and the genizah. The lesson includes a brainstorm of Jewish texts, giving the instructor an opportunity to introduce students to contemporary LGBT Jewish books.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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August 29, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Noach
Appropriate for grade level(s): College and Adult
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This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this 45-minute lesson designed for adults, participants will explore an early rabbinic reading of Genesis that highlights the rabbi’s approach to male homosexual relations. Participants will also explore themes of power and powerlessness. The lesson uses Genesis 9:20-25, Ibn Ezra on 9:24, and Sanhedrin 70a as a way to engage participants in these themes.
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September 09, 2013 | By Nili Yosha
Topic(s): Ritual/Liturgy/Prayer
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson, designed for 7th-12th graders, aims to help students understand that naming something or someone has power. Students will identify names for themselves, names people give for LGBT folks, and names of G-d.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.

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Topic(s): Families and Parenting
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Exodus

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
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This lesson, designed for 4th — 10th graders, explores how perception is created through the angle that a narrative is told. Students examine the Wizard of Oz and the story of Moses from different angles to help understand how that changes the shape of content of a narrative.
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September 09, 2013 | By Jennifer Bersdale
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Legislation
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
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This lesson will guide students through an experiential exercise on discrimination, and an exploration of LGBT legal rights.
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September 09, 2013 | By Nili Yosha
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Ally, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This loosely defined lesson plan is designed for 4th-10th graders to be used over a 10 week period. As Justice Journalists, participants will create their own class newspaper, documenting acts of justice in the world around them.
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August 29, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner
Topic(s): Policies and Best Practices
Media Type(s): Teaching Guidelines

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This is a guide to help you navigate introducing LGBT content into your Jewish classroom. It is primarily written for teachers in elementary classrooms, but most of the principles apply to all age groups.
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Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson teaches participants about a contemporary Jewish feminist group and invites participants to explore the relationship between feminism and holiness. The lesson also introduces the concept of transphobia and its connection to misogyny.
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August 28, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Topic(s): Ally, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Vayera
Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this half hour text study designed for 5th-12th graders, students will explore the fundamental value of welcome and inclusion. Students will also consider the challenges and benefits of caretaking the stranger. The lesson uses Genesis 18:1-8, as well as BT Shabbat 127a, as a way to engage the students in these themes.
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August 29, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner
Topic(s): Policies and Best Practices
Media Type(s): Teaching Guidelines

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This is a guide to help you navigate introducing LGBT content into your Jewish classroom. It is primarily written for teachers in elementary classrooms, but most of the principles apply to all age groups.
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Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Feminism, Ritual/Liturgy/Prayer, Transgender and Gender Identity, Rosh Chodesh
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson teaches participants about a contemporary Jewish feminist group and invites participants to explore the relationship between feminism and holiness. The lesson also introduces the concept of transphobia and its connection to misogyny.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
Wrestling with God
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Zippy Ostroy, Temple Sinai, Brookline Rainbow Committee • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13831765@N07/4460206051/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>Keshet's 4th National Training Institute • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13831765@N07/3599094944/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>Boston Pride • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13831765@N07/4792960187/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>Boston Pride: Steven and Jacob • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13831765@N07/4792964335/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>Prop. 8 Protest and Rally, Boston • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13831765@N07/3039581622/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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August 28, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Topic(s): Ally, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Vayera
Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this half hour text study designed for 5th-12th graders, students will explore the fundamental value of welcome and inclusion. Students will also consider the challenges and benefits of caretaking the stranger. The lesson uses Genesis 18:1-8, as well as BT Shabbat 127a, as a way to engage the students in these themes.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rachel Ackerman
Topic(s): Jewish Values, Transgender and Gender Identity
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Bereshit
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

The goals of this lesson are to expose participants to Jewish texts that contain gender ambiguity, and to push participants to look at ways that their camp community is influenced by societal norms of gender in ways that can exclude others. At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to identify ways that they push traditional gender norms, explain how ancient and contemporary Jewish texts understand the first adam to have had an ambiguous gender identity, identify ways that they are forced to identify their gender at camp, and analyze ways that camp deals with and stresses gender identification.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rachel Ackerman
Topic(s): Ally, Bullying or Harassment
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Leviticus, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Kedoshim
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

The goal of this lesson is to make students aware of the language that they use and how it may offend others. At the end of this lesson, students will be able to list misused words, phrases, and actions that may offend others, discuss the relationship between Leviticus 19:18: (“Love your neighbor as yourself”) and the way language, phrases, and actions may affect others, and write a personal pledge to eliminate offensive behavior.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Bullying or Harassment, Youth, Purim
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Esther

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This resource is a script for a post-modern Purim Spiel that can be performed and/or adapted. This spiel explores the Purim themes through the lens of the characters when they were young.  In an alternative universe at Shushan high 2011, the LGBTQ students rally to create an anti-bullying program!
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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August 29, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Topic(s): Ally, Jewish Law, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Vayera
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this hour-long text study designed for 7th-12th graders, students will affirm the value of welcoming the stranger in Jewish text. Students will also explore the ways that welcome (opening up one’s home) leads to an ethic of solidarity (the act of publicly standing up for someone else). The lesson uses Genesis 18:1-8, as well as BT Shabbat 127a and Rambam Yad, Laws of Mourning, Chapter 14, as a way to engage the students in these themes.
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September 11, 2013 | By Rebecca Weiner, Roni Alperin
Topic(s): Ally, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson explores the interplay between dominant cultural perceptions of perfection and how that informs xenophobia. Students learn about the experiences of LGBT people in Nazi Germany with a focus on gay, Jewish Holocaust survivor, Gad Beck.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
 
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September 11, 2013 | By Martin Rawlings-Fein
Topic(s): Jewish Law, Jewish Values
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Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
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This lesson will help students think about the relationship between traditional Jewish sacred texts and contemporary Jewish texts, through exploring the concepts of midrash and the genizah. The lesson includes a brainstorm of Jewish texts, giving the instructor an opportunity to introduce students to contemporary LGBT Jewish books.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.
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August 29, 2013 | By Rabbi Steven Greenberg
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Genesis, Talmud, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Noach
Appropriate for grade level(s): College and Adult
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This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this 45-minute lesson designed for adults, participants will explore an early rabbinic reading of Genesis that highlights the rabbi’s approach to male homosexual relations. Participants will also explore themes of power and powerlessness. The lesson uses Genesis 9:20-25, Ibn Ezra on 9:24, and Sanhedrin 70a as a way to engage participants in these themes.
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September 09, 2013 | By Nili Yosha
Topic(s): Ritual/Liturgy/Prayer
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School, Middle School
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This lesson, designed for 7th-12th graders, aims to help students understand that naming something or someone has power. Students will identify names for themselves, names people give for LGBT folks, and names of G-d.
If you're new to teaching LGBT content in a Jewish context, it might be helpful to review Guidelines for Introducing LGBT Content into the Jewish Classroom.

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By Kendra Lubalin
Topic(s): Families and Parenting
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Exodus

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
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This lesson, designed for 4th — 10th graders, explores how perception is created through the angle that a narrative is told. Students examine the Wizard of Oz and the story of Moses from different angles to help understand how that changes the shape of content of a narrative.
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September 09, 2013 | By Jennifer Bersdale
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Legislation
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson will guide students through an experiential exercise on discrimination, and an exploration of LGBT legal rights.
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September 09, 2013 | By Nili Yosha
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Ally, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This loosely defined lesson plan is designed for 4th-10th graders to be used over a 10 week period. As Justice Journalists, participants will create their own class newspaper, documenting acts of justice in the world around them.
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By Rebecca Weiner
Topic(s): Activism & Civil Rights, Ally, Bullying or Harassment, Jewish Law, Jewish Values
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, High School, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson, which can be adapted for 5th-12th graders, helps students explore discrimination and how Jewish values can help us to pursue social justice. Students pick a Jewish value to help guide them towards an issue of social justice. Students also design a campaign to address a cause that has meaning to them.
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September 09, 2013 | By Martin Rawlings-Fein
Topic(s): Jews by Choice, Jews of Color, Ritual/Liturgy/Prayer, Transgender and Gender Identity
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities

Appropriate for grade level(s): Elementary, Middle School
This resource is part of the LGBT Jewish Curricula collection.

This lesson, designed for 4th-7th graders, explores Jewish identity and examines Jewish diversity. In the lesson, students will explore diaspora Jewry and contemporary representations of Jewish identity including race and LGBT Jewish identity. Students will also make mezuzot as a symbol of Jewish homes regardless of where their homes are.
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September 09, 2013 | By Rachel Ackerman
Topic(s): Conservative Movement, Jewish Law, Jewish Values, Orthodox Movement, Reconstructionist Movement, Reform Movement
Media Type(s): Lesson Plan/Activities
Textual Source: Leviticus, Torah Books
Torah Portion: Achrei Mot, Kedoshim
Appropriate for grade level(s): High School
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The goals of this lesson are to provide participants with an overview about Judaism’s stances on homosexuality, and to encourage participants to grapple with the tensions between remaining true to the text and discounting aspects of text which feel unethical to modern senses.
By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to summarize two biblical texts related to prohibitions on homosexual male sex, analyze the two biblical texts related to prohibitions on homosexual male sex, compare and contrast different Jewish denominational stances on homosexuality and discuss the tension between the intention of the text and liberal ethical standards.
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