LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

I love seeing how our students at Temple Shalom of Newton transform throughout the process of becoming BMitzvah. It's the end of my first year coordinating the BMitzvah program and my colleague Allison Lobron, an experienced leader in inclusion and social emotional learning, and I are hosting an end of year celebration for our BMitzvah students.

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), recently attended the 50th anniversary celebration of Beth Chayim Chadashim in Los Angeles, California, the world's first LGBTQ+ congregation. This is a excerpt taken from his remarks at the event.

Grace (they/them) is an alum of the URJ's JewV'Nation Fellowship LGBTQ+ cohort. Our writer sat down with Grace to talk about gender and Judaism.

Our hope is that more and more people will join together to expand the network of supportive communities until transgender people are no longer shunned.