Getting Married... Again
Gay and lesbian couples love to get married. Again and again. Rather than marrying other people each time, we tend to marry the same people again and again.
Justice Everywhere: The Fight for International LGBT Equality
After celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
12 Rituals You May See at a Jewish Wedding
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.
What Can We Learn from the Pfeffermans?
Most people have at least heard of Amazon’s groundbreaking television show, Transparent, which along with transgender actress Laverne Cox of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and movies such as Tangerine, are pushing transgender stories from the margins into the mainstream. But to single out Transparent simply for highlighting a topic that’s still taboo in most of the television world is to overlook the other half of the show’s DNA – its significant reliance on Jewish themes and customs to weave its tale. It may seem an arbitrary combination, as the show is based in part on creator Jill Soloway’s own Jewish family and transgendered parent, but advocacy for LGBTQ rights has a long history among progressive Jews.
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
Turning My Passion into Action: One Student’s Story of LGBT Activism
I grew up in a liberal household where my parents told me to be what I wanted and to not change for anyone. I was a gay rights activist by the time I was 4 years old, talking openly with anyone who would listen about the passage of Massachusetts’ marriage equality law.
A Minimum of Frivolity - Middah Miyut Sechok
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.
The New Zionism: Driven By Innovation in Technology
A new Zionism has emerged. It’s taking many forms, but most dramatically, I've discovered it in the startup companies that are transforming Israel into a high-tech powerhouse and an engine for improving the quality of life for millions of people worldwide.