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 life was about to change. That evening, the 775 families at Temple Emanu-El of Providence, Rhode Island, would be getting a message that she knew would surprise…
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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
A year before Noam Sienna, 30, earned his Ph.D. in Jewish history at the University of Minnesota last month, he had already published a groundbreaking…
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…
Pride
The essential Jewishness of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk kept his homosexuality a secret from family members and employers for most of his life. But he never hid one fundamental aspect of his persona…