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Quick 5: JPride’s Adam Landy
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...
What it’s Like to be a Transgender Jew in the Military Now
(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...
In a 1st, a Transgender Person is Campus President of this Jewish Sorority
(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...
This College Student Created a Way for Nonbinary People to Speak Hebrew
(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...
A Jewish Group Builds Community for Transgender and Nonbinary Teens
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...
Coming Out and Being Accepted
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...
Gay and African-American Rabbi Wants to Shatter Stereotypes of What a Jew Looks Like
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....
This Orthodox Rabbi Just Took a Job at an LGBT Synagogue
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...
This Video Will Feature Women and Transgender Jews Teaching You How to Wear Tefillin
(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...Upcoming Events
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