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Queer Jews

Rabbi Camille Angel at the University of San Francisco's Lone Mountain Campus. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

Meet the rabbi ‘queering’ religion at Jesuit Catholic USF

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 11, 2022February 12, 2022
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
Rabbis Becca Walker (left) and Ariella Rosen became the first same-sex rabbinical couple to be married in the Conservative movement. (Photo/JTA-Kelly Prizel Photography)
Posted inUnions

Their same-sex rabbinical wedding was a historic first for the Conservative movement

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA November 10, 2021
Queer Israelis and Americans have a lot in common, say leaders of Israel Gay Youth.
Posted inNews

Queer Israeli leaders build bridges with American peers in Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 1, 2021October 11, 2021
Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
a white man with short salt-and-pepper hair
Posted inUncategorized

Israel will now let gay men donate blood

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 23, 2021
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inMixed & Matched

Transitioning to my true self includes converting to Judaism. Can I?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
Cantor Sharon Bernstein of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav participates in the Pride Seder on June 13, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

‘It reminds us why Pride exists’: S.F. Pride Seder honors queer liberation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 16, 2021June 23, 2021
Al Baum, seen here at Miller's Deli in San Francisco, died March 28 at the age of 90. (Photo/Rajat Dutta)
Posted inObituaries

S.F. Jewish and LGBTQ icon Al Baum dies at 90 after ‘full, rich life’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 30, 2021March 31, 2021
Naomi Newman as Reb Eli in the upcoming Zoom play "God of Vengeance." (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inTheater

A queer, heretical Yiddish play too edgy for 1907 lives again on Zoom

by Patricia Corrigan March 9, 2021September 14, 2022

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