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Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
Posted inReligion

The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual

by Rachel Román and JTA January 12, 2022January 13, 2022

Last Passover, a group of 125 Jews gathered via Zoom for a community mikvah ritual. Dr. Harriette Wimms, a queer Black Jewish psychologist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess), opened the ceremony by […]

The "Haggadeck," a deck of cards that's also a Passover haggadah, comes in a small drawstring bag. Seder plate not included. (Photo/Courtesy Taya Mâ Shere)
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Want a haggadah with poetry? Or maybe you’d rather say, ‘Deal me in.’ 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), is the founder and leader of Kesher Pittsburgh, an independent, post-denominational Jewish community. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Fife)
Posted inOpinion

Don’t call them ‘fringe’: Innovative Jewish groups seek respect from the mainstream

Gary Rosenblatt by Gary Rosenblatt and JTA February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
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Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
Nechama Langer (seen here in the wearable art she made from her ketubah) is the daughter of a San Francisco Chabad dynasty — but she's charting her own Jewish course. (Photo/Miriam Kanani)
Posted inReligion, Jewish Life

This student priestess is pushing the boundaries of Hasidic tradition

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 16, 2017July 16, 2017

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