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Queer Jews

Shoshana von Blanckensee (left) and Chloe Sherman at the Dead Sea in Israel in 1999. (Courtesy Chloe Sherman)
Posted inBooks

Two Jewish authors look back at the rush of queer girl life in 1990s San Francisco

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

It’s the summer of 1996 and 18-year-old Hannah and her girlfriend Sam have just arrived in the queer promised land of San Francisco. Leaving behind Hannah’s strict Orthodox Jewish mother […]

Rabbi Shua Brick in the sanctuary at Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation, where he has worked since 2020. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPride

In Oakland, a gay Orthodox rabbi is paving the way for Jews like him

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
The main Jewish contingent's float during the 2024 San Francisco Pride Parade. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

Can my queer Jewish family count on you when Pride Month is over?

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 10, 2025June 10, 2025
The Hebrew word "emet," meaning truth. (Flickr user zeevveez CC SA 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

Nonbinary Hebrew transforms the language for everyone

by Lior Gross June 5, 2025June 5, 2025
Sasha Velour in "The Big Reveal Live Show!" (Greg Endries)
Posted inOn Stage

Jewish drag superstar ready to sashay into Bay Area for her ‘Big Reveal’

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett May 21, 2025June 6, 2025
SF Pride Parade
Posted inLocal Voice

The government is trying to criminalize my existence — again 

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle April 15, 2025April 17, 2025
Dean Linnard stars as drag queen Arnold Beckoff in Marin Theatre Company’s production of "Torch Song." (Photo/David Allen)
Posted inTheater

Harvey Fierstein’s Jewish and queer classic ‘Torch Song’ comes to Marin

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Two girls wear banners with the slogan "Abolish child slavery" in English and Yiddish, probably taken during May 1, 1909 labor parade in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Posted inFirst Person

How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer

Noa Baron by Noa Baron July 20, 2023
Dina Angel-Wing's sculpture honoring Gilbert Baker (the figure on the left), who designed the LGBTQ rainbow flag. (Photo/Frank Wing)
Posted inCulture

Local Israeli sculptor seeks home for piece honoring ‘gay Betsy Ross’

by Dan Pine June 22, 2023November 9, 2023
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inOpinion

Rainbow flags are not enough against deluge of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 13, 2023June 14, 2023

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