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by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | May 16, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT
Last fall, JQ Baltimore, a nonprofit providing support and programming for the area’s Jewish LGBTQ community, celebrated its relaunch with a party at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. The festive gala featured a performance by Orthodox transgender comedian Dana Friedman... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 18, 2019 | Community, Community Resources, Education, LGBT
It’s been more than four months since JPride Baltimore — formerly known as JQ Baltimore — celebrated its relaunch. JPride is Jewish Baltimore’s LGBTQ outreach, education and support organization. Adam Landy, 29, has been actively involved with the group’s... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Feb 3, 2019 | Community, LGBT
(JTA) — For a few years now, Havi Fisher has been taking college courses in his free time and studying to prepare himself for medical school. The 27-year-old hopes to either attend medical school as part of a program offered by the U.S. Navy, in which he’s currently... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jan 9, 2019 | Community, LGBT, Schools
(JTA) — In December, the Jewish sorority at the University of Cincinnati elected a new president. The new leader was a founding member of the campus group who was highly involved in Jewish life at the university. But the 21-year-old’s election was surprising in at... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Nov 19, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT, Religion
(JTA) — Some college students who think about becoming rabbis aren’t sure whether they will want to work in a synagogue or school. Others get hung up on which seminary to attend or denomination to join. Lior Gross had a different dilemma: How to speak Hebrew in... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Oct 23, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT
NEW YORK (JTA) — Growing up, Devin Goldstein often felt alienated from Judaism. The 17-year-old recalls having to wear traditionally feminine outfits when the family attended synagogue. That was painful for Goldstein, who has since come out as transgender. “It meant I... read more
by Maia Bar-Am | Sep 28, 2018 | Community, LGBT, Religion
Almost a dozen years ago, I moved to Baltimore from Durham, N.C., with my husband and our three young children. We wanted to live in a larger Jewish community, and I liked Baltimore right away. But underneath my happiness, something occasionally made me feel... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Jul 17, 2018 | Community, LGBT, Religion
NEW YORK (JTA) — As a Jew of color, Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae has had her fair share of experiences that have made her feel less than welcome in the Jewish community. People sometimes assume that she is a member of the synagogue janitorial staff rather than the rabbi.... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Jun 26, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT, Religion, Spirituality
NEW YORK (JTA) — In many ways, Mike Moskowitz is a typical haredi Orthodox rabbi. He wears a black suit and black hat. He sports a thick, curly beard beneath a closely shaved head. He peppers his speech with liturgical Hebrew and Yiddish words. He quotes from Jewish... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Apr 10, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, LGBT, Religion, Spirituality
(JTA) — Rachel Putterman never learned how to put on tefillin when she was younger, so when she enrolled in rabbinical school, she consulted with fellow students. But the 52-year-old couldn’t quite get the hang of how to properly align the leather straps and tiny... read more
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