Marques Hollie is an opera singer and emerging Jewish leader whose work focuses on Jewish liturgy and the experiences of people of color. He was named one of The Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 for 2018 and was a fellow in the inaugural cohort of the URJ’s JewV’Nation Fellowship. Marques is a member of the Guild of Temple Musicians, an affiliate organization of the American Conference of Cantors, and Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn NY. Visit his website to learn more.
The life I live today as a queer Jew of color would not have been possible without our queer forebears and the work they did around the 1969 Stonewall rebellion.