Counting down the biggest stories on our website in 2016… The High Holidays can be such a public time for families- they may be in synagogue where the biggest crowd of the year gathers. Rabbi Ari Moffic, a mom of a transgender child, led a Keshet webinar in September about the inclusion of Jewish transgender, […]
Gay religious blogger Elior Eliyahu found it hard to sit in the same Sukkah with his family after they threw homophobic comments at him while raising a glass; “Me too, their second son, is ‘sick.’” I don’t like the holidays. My holidays include long prayers, pressure at home, frequent meals and friction with the family. […]
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s annual journey to the new year, with 40 ways in 40 days to reflect, refocus, recharge and restart life. This year, the publicly gay rabbi featured daily love letters inspired by Lab/Shul’s theme for the High Holy Days, “וְאָהַבְתָּ re:love.” “How do I make this life more present, happy, and helpful? Write love letters, […]
While walking his dog on a Sukkot night, Assi Azar learned something new about the holiday. Also, watch the trailer for the famous host’s new documentary. Two nights ago, I walked my beloved dog Amos before bedtime. A small light came from our neighborhood’s sukkah. Inside I saw Rabbi Adi sitting alone, reading, studying. Adi, […]
“Raise up your voice as we sound the shofar. Come out for justice. Come out for safety. Come out for an end to transphobic violence. Come out for a world in which all of us live lives of dignity, safety, and opportunity.” We mark time, Jewishly, through the cycle of the Jewish calendar and holidays. […]
In the traditional Jewish period for making peace with one’s neighbor during the High Holy Days, a group of leading Modern Orthodox figures have released a video apologizing for other rabbis’ statements against LGBT persons this past year. Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau Rabbis, educators and community leaders in the religious community published a video on […]
Hundreds of gay families have come out, volunteering to host lone soldiers during the upcoming holiday season; in addition to providing the soldiers with a happy, familial holiday experience, the move wishes to showcase the support that gay Israeli families offer the IDF, in light of recent homophobic attacks by rabbis in and out of […]