Senate Committee Passes DOMA Repeal
The Defense of Marriage Act bars federal recognition of same-sex
Now Is the Time to Change Marriage Laws in Israel
In North America, we take for granted freedom of choice in marriage. Not so in Israel, where it is wholly controlled by the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.
Discrimination Begets Poverty
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, 20% of homeless youth are LGBT (even though only 10
12 Rituals You May See at a Jewish Wedding
My Journey to Judaism and to Jewish Art
As a gay kid growing up in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood of Boston, I felt alienated and targeted, and certain that wasn’t going to change.
Why I Camped Out at 2:30 AM to Watch Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Monday, June 25th, 1:00 AM
My alarm disrupts the silence, and in my sleepy, disoriented stupor I think it must be a mistake.
The Comedown
There is pleasure to be had in a work of fiction whose scope spans two generations. Characters are introduced or shown in flashbacks as children, and we see how they fulfill – or don’t – the expectations placed on them by their parents, or how traumas they experience later come to bear. In The Comedown (Henry Holt) – as in Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi’s recent epic of the African diaspora, or Amy Tan’s classic The Joy Luck Club – Rebekah Frumkin explores the ways in which choices made by parents echo through children and grandchildren for decades
All of Life's Ninths of Av
I have a story to tell you. It’s about a tiny bird. But I’ll come back to that.
Reform Jewish Movement Calls on Senate to Reject Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Reform Jewish Movement Calls on Senate to Reject Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Today, the Reform Jewish Movement adds its voice to those calling on the Senate to reject the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.