With the Leila Khaled webinar and anti-Israel panel on Sept. 23, once again San Francisco State University has made international news as a hotbed and locus of radical anti-Zionist and antisemitic fervor. The Jewish community is playing defense in reaction to another egregious example of accommodation to a small but vocal group that espouses hostility…
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Profile
What it’s like to come out as trans when you’re married to the rabbi
Samantha Zerin headed home from a Yiddish class she had taught as part of her synagogue’s adult education program on the evening of Dec. 19 and knew her…
Israel
Pride rallies across Israel in lieu of annual parades
They came out by the thousands across Israel to show their support for LGBTQ rights — but the numbers were a far cry from the Pride parades held annually…
Books
A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. A year before Noam Sienna, 30, earned his Ph.D. in Jewish history…
Pride
Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events
Pride Month in the Bay Area offers plenty of opportunities to celebrate the LGBTQI community and its history. Many synagogues host “Pride Shabbats,” but…
U.S.
Jewish Pride flags allowed into DC Dyke March after standoff
A handful of protesters carrying Jewish Pride flags, a rainbow-striped flag with a Star of David in the middle, were allowed into the DC Dyke March…
Pride
Q&A: A gender expert who stands up for nonbinary youth
Developmental and clinical psychologist Diane Ehrensaft is an associate professor of pediatrics at UC San Francisco and director of mental health at the…
Local Voice
I’ll take 20 Mennonites over one armed guard
Last Friday night, Nov. 2, was our first Shabbat service since the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. In response to the attack, the…
Books
Uncle Alfred: Jewish and gay in Nazi Germany
Michael Hulton, a San Francisco anesthesiologist, sauntered into the offices of J. on a recent workday and dropped a self-published book on an editor’s…