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two old woman with short white hair pose together smiling
Posted inTV & Film

Documentary tells story of Sacramento couple’s forbidden gay military romance

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn September 16, 2020September 17, 2020
Joe Isaac, left, and Morgan Halleb are founders of the Pink Peacock cafe in Glasgow. (Image/JTA-Courtesy Pink Peacock)
Posted inWorld

Glasgow’s queer Yiddish anarchist cafe aims to spark a Jewish revolution in Scotland

by Jacob Judah August 26, 2020August 28, 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
Ellen Spiro (left) and Rabbi Sydney Mintz at their wedding in San Francisco on July 26. (Marc Estoque)
Posted inUnions

Kumquats, Trump, a van and a Vespa: building blocks for everlasting love

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is expected to run for mayor in 2022. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland City Council’s Rebecca Kaplan preaches Torah, progressive politics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 18, 2019October 18, 2019
five men walk down the street in pink tutus, rainbow t-shirts, and unicorn horns
Posted inPurim

Purim is our queerest holiday. Why haven’t we internalized its lessons?

Ariel Sobel by Ariel Sobel March 18, 2019March 19, 2019
Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), "Self-portrait,"  c.1925. (Courtesy collection of Leslie Tonkonow and Klaus Ottman)
Posted inUncategorized

The many selves of gender-bending artist and Nazi resister Claude Cahun

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 1, 2019February 6, 2019
The traditional Camp Tawonga Shabbat stroll at Keshet family camp, led by (left to right): Cantor Marsha Attie, Jennifer Spitzer, Deborah Newbrun and Maya Abramson (Photo/Kyle Lasky)
Posted inBay Area, News

Keshet celebrates 20th year of camp for LGBTQ families

by J. Staff September 6, 2018September 5, 2018

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