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Meg Keene's son. (Photo/Courtesy Keene)
Posted inUncategorized

Orthodox school challenged by gender-fluid applicant

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 13, 2020August 17, 2020
Samantha Zerin struggled with her gender for years before coming out as transgender. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Zerin)
Posted inU.S.

Becoming a rebbetzin: What it’s like to come out as transgender when you’re married to the rabbi

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal building is lit up for Pride month activities, June 28, 2020 (Photo/Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality)
Posted inNews

Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 30, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
Posted inPride

A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020
Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inPride

Don’t let Pride’s 50th anniversary pass by. Lots of Jewish resources are available.

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland June 22, 2020
"I’m coming out of the closet. I am Black, I am Jewish, I am queer, and on top of all that, I’m a woman, too," writes Aviva Davis.
Posted inLocal Voice

How I learned to love myself as a Black Jew

Aviva Davis by Aviva Davis June 19, 2020
Arthur Slepian (right), newly named chair of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, with husband Gerry Llamado in Israel. (Photo/Courtesy Slepian)
Posted inPride

Arthur Slepian, activist who linked LGBTQ Jews in U.S. and Israel, set to become Federation chair

by Dan Pine June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Emily L. Quint Freeman (Photo/Carlos Zarate)
Posted inBooks

‘Failure to Appear’: At 73, this Vietnam-era anti-war fugitive is telling her story of 20 years on the run

by Liz Harris June 2, 2020July 8, 2020
image of capitol building
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

On our JCRC agenda: Strengthening democratic systems, making marginalized communities safer

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 1, 2020June 1, 2020
Rabbi Avram Mlotek, center, performs his first same-sex wedding, February 2020. (Courtesy of Mlotek)
Posted inU.S., Religion, Jewish Life, News

Nearly a year after endorsing gay marriages, Orthodox rabbi performs his first

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 20, 2020

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