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  • Av 26 5770: Blessings and Curses: What's in a Binary? (Parashat Re'eh) by Alex Weissman
  • 12 Av 5770: But G-d Said No: Why Moses Couldn’t Enter the Promised Land, and What The LGBT Community Can Learn From It (Parashat Vaetechanan) by Stephanie Silberstein
  • 27 Tammuz 5770: Vows and Thou [Reprinted from 2009] (Parashat Matot and Parashat Masei) by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
  • 13 Tammuz 5770: Something Queer in the Vineyards (Reprinted from 2007) (Parashat Balak) by Andrew Ramer
  • 29 Sivan 5770: The God of the Spirits of All Flesh (Parashat Korach) by Rabbi Rick Brody
  • 15 Sivan 5770: A parade of welcome (Parashat Beha'alotecha) by Rabbi James Greene
  • 1 Sivan 5770: So Many Ways Not to be Counted (Parashat Bamidbar) by Abi Weissman
  • 16 Iyar 5770: Difference and the Service of the Lord (Parashat Emor) by Amy Soule
  • 2 Iyar: Community and Solitude: Rethinking Clean and Unclean (Parashat Tazria Metzora) by Vanessa "Vinny" Prell
  • 18 Nisan 5770: Reprint: the way of strange fire (Parashat Shemini) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 11 Nisan 5770: Four Children, One Question, and Redemption (Holiday) by Marissa Elana James
  • Nisan 4, 5770: Holding God Accountable for LGBT Marginalization (Parashat Vayikra) by Noach Dzmura
  • 19 Adar: People of the Question (Parashat Ki Tissa) by Cynthia Hoffman
  • 5 Adar 5770: A Mandatory Donation (Parashat Terumah) by David Katzenelson
  • 21 Shevat 5770: Interpreting G-d's Approach at Sinai (Parshat Yitro) by Rabbi Robin Nafshi
  • Shevat 7, 5770: Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are (Parashat Bo) by Amy Soule
  • Tevet 22 5770: Saving Our Youth from the Crocodiles (Parashat Shemot) by Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • 8 Tevet 5770: Redeeming a Holy Spark: Coming out of the darkness (Parshat Vayigash) by Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
  • 25 Kislev 5770: To speak out without shaming the Other (Parshat Vayeshev) by Cynthia Hoffman
  • 17 Kislev 5770: Wrestling Till Dawn (Parashat Vayishlach) by Joy Ladin
  • 10 Kislev 5770: Sisterhood through the lens of Rachel and Leah (Parashat Vayeitzei) by Amy Soule
  • 26 Heshvan 5770: Isaac on the Couch: A Midrash accounting for the gaps between Vayera and Chayei Sara (Parashat Chayei Sarah) by Chaim Moshe HaLevi (Marc Howard Landas)
  • 12 Heshvan: Extinguishing the flames (Parashat Lech Lecha) by David Katzenelson
  • 28 Tishrei 5770: B'reshit and bashert: in our beginning, all kinds of love were sanctified (Parashat B'reshit) by Amy Soule
  • 14 Tishrei 5770: Ushpizin, Shefa, and Choosing Openness Despite Having Been Forced Open (Sukkot) by Ri J. Turner
  • 7 Tishrei 5770: Eighteen Twenty-two (Yom Kippur) by Igael Gurin-Malous
  • 29 Elul 5769: This Was Not the Year I Set Out to Have (Holiday) by Meir Hoberman
  • 22 Elul 5769: Nitzavim: A Memory (Reprint from 2007) (Parashat Nitzavim) by John E. Hirsch
  • 15 Elul 5769: Reflecting on Ki Tavo (Parashat Ki Tavo) by Karen Erlichman
  • 1 Elul: Doubling the Weight of Our Words (Parashat Shoftim) by Cantor David E. Reinwald
  • Some Notes on Queer Jewish Parenting: Or, How I Learned How to Love Limits (Parshat Re’eh) by Dr. Caryn Aviv
  • 17 Av 5769: Love the Stranger (Parashat Eikev) by Igael Gurin-Malous
  • 10 Av 5769: The Fear of God and the Guru Principle (Parashat Va’etchanan) by Ri J. Turner
  • 3 Av 5769: A Generation's Judge (Parashat Devarim) by Cynthia Hoffman
  • 25 Tammuz 5769: Vows and Thou (Parashat Matot and Parashat Masei) by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
  • 18 Tammuz 5769: The Wife of Moses, the Mother of Pinchas and other Midianites (Parashat Pinchas) by David Katzenelson
  • 11 Tammuz, 5769: Parashat Chukkat: Clean/Unclean (Parashat Chukkat) by Rabbi Jill Hammer
  • 4 Tammuz 5769: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Parashat Korach) by Karen Perolman
  • 27 Sivan, 5769: PRIDE! (Holiday: PRIDE!) by Kadin Henningsen
  • 13 Sivan 5769: The Audacity of Rain (Parashat Be'Ha'alotecha) by Noach Dzmura
  • 28 Iyar 5769: Queer Nazir and the Twelve Identical Gifts (Parashat Naso) by Darren Lipman
  • 28 Iyar, 5769: "Queer" Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families [REPRINT] (Parashat B'midbar) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 21 Iyar 5769: Re(a)d Torah (Parashat Behar and Parashat Bechukotai) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 15 Iyar 5769: Parashat Emor (Every Body Worship [Reprint]) by Rabbi Joshua Lesser
  • 7 Iyar 5769: Journeys with Acharei Mot (Parashat Acharei Mot) by Lev Raphael
  • 30 Nisan 5769: Ritual Impurity: Signposts for Boundary Crossers (Parashat Tazria and Parashat Metzora) by Rabbi Amber Powers
  • 24 Nissan, 5769: No Sacrifice Needed: Modern Day Nadav and Avihu (Parashat Shemini) by Martin Rawlings-Fein
  • 16 Nisan 5769: Liberation from Passover (Holiday: Passover) by Jay Michaelson
  • 9 Nisan 5769: Kodesh Kodashim: Honesty and Holiness (Parashat Tzav) by Marisa James
  • 2 Nisan 5769: Not a Deathly Hallows: A Year of Queer Torah (Parashat Vayikra) by Noach Dzmura
  • 24 Adar 5769: The Power of Embodied Love (Parashat Vayakhel and Parashat Pekudei) by Rabbi Jill Hammer
  • 17 Adar 5769: Hashem and Equity (Parashat Ki Tissa) by J Simone Posner
  • 10 Adar 5769: Finding the good side: A Portrait of the Priestly Class (Parashat Tetzaveh) by Noach Dzmura
  • 3 Adar 5769: We are the Cherubim (Parashat Terumah) by Karen Erlichman Tutu
  • 26 Shevat 5769: In What Will He Sleep? (Parashat Mishpatim) by Rabbi Laurence Edwards
  • 19 Shevat 5769: The fifth commandment (Parashat Yitro) by David Katzenelson
  • 12 Shevat 5769: Love Beyond Possession (Parashat Beshalach) by Tucker Lieberman
  • 5 Shevat 5769: Who Would Moses Marry? (Parashat Bo) by Amy Soule
  • 27 Tevet 5769: Are you a good witch or a bad witch?: Pharaoh, the Plagues, and his Mutinous Magicians (Parashat Vaera) by Marisa James
  • 20 Tevet 5769: Got MLK?: Mourning the Losses and Celebrating the Victories [1] (Parashat Shemot) by Chaim Moshe HaLevi (Marc Howard Landas)
  • 13 Tevet 5769: Beyond Stick Figures (Parashat Vayechi) by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla
  • 6 Tevet 5769: We Are Family (Parashat Vayigash) by Jase Schwartz
  • 22 Kislev 5769: Lie With Me (Parashat Vayeshev) by Joseph Shapiro
  • 15 Kislev 5769: "Hey Yaacov, Someone's Calling your Name!" "If it isn't Yisrael, I’m not Home." (Parashat Vayishlach) by Zvi Bellin
  • 8 Kislev 5769: Four Mothers, Four stories. Four legacies? (Parashat Vayetzei ) by Karen Perolman
  • 1 Kislev 5769: To Parent: A Verb (Parashat Toldot) by Igael Gurin-Malous
  • 23 Cheshvan 5769: Camels and Consummation (Parashat Chayei Sarah) by Joy Ladin
  • 16 Cheshvan 5769: A Well in the Desert (Parashat Vayera) by David Katzenelson
  • 9 Cheshvan 5769: Go forth to Celebrate Your Gay Family (Parashat Lech Lecha) by Melissa B. Simon
  • 2 Cheshvan, 5769: The Language of Blessings (Parashat Noach) by Marisa James
  • 25 Tishri 5769: Brothers (Parashat B'reshit) by David Katzenelson
  • 14 Tishri 5769: Sukkot: Celebrating Unity Through Diversity (Holiday: Sukkot) by Rabbi Andrew Sacks
  • 11 Tishri 5769: Harry Potter and the Rainbow Connection (Reprint) (Holiday: Yom Kippur) by Chaim Moshe HaLevi (Marc Howard Landas)
  • 4 Elul 5768: Days of Awe(some) (Holiday: Days of Awe) by Noach Dzmura
  • 26 Elul 5768: The Queer Community --Collectively--Comes Out (Parashat Nitzavim) by Cynthia Hoffman
  • 19 Elul 5768: Firsts in Liturgy (Parashat Ki Tavo) by Noach Dzmura
  • 12 Elul 5768: Amalek and The Good Soldier (Parashat Ki Teitze) by Noach Dzmura
  • 5 Elul 5768 [reprint]: The Holiness of Judgment and the Power of Witnessing (Parashat Shof’tim) by Karen Erlichman
  • 28 Av 5768: Going After the Unfamiliar (Parashat Re'eh) by Rabbi Jacob J Staub
  • 21 Av 5768: The Former Rain and the Latter Rain: A Queer Jew in Diaspora Wrestling with Tradition and Progress (Parashat Ekev) by Ri J. Turner
  • 15 Av 5768: “From The Look Of Love, From The Eyes Of Pride” (Holiday: Tu B'Av) by Chaim Moshe HaLevi (Marc Howard Landas)
  • 7 Av 5768: Standing on the Other Side (Parashat Devarim) by Debora A. Larry Kearney
  • 1 Av 5768 [Reprint]: Speaking Truth in This World (Parashat Matot and Parashat Masei) by Rabbi Seth Goren
  • 23 Tammuz 5768: To Annul Patriarchy, One Verse at a Time (Parashat Matot) by Noach Dzmura
  • 15 Tammuz: A New Vision of the Scapegoat (Parashat Pinchas) by Ri Turner
  • 8 Tammuz 5768: Balak and Balaam: Language and Knowledge, Speech and Power (Parashat Balak) by Jeremy Schwartz
  • 1 Sivan 5768: A Little Bit of Soap (Parashat Chukat) by Noach Dzmura
  • 24 Sivan 5768: Modern Midrash: Korach Retold (Parashat Korach) by Noach Dzmura
  • 17 Sivan 5768: Fear, Perception, and Imagination: Grasshoppers in Whose Eyes? (Parashat Shelach Lecha ) by Jay Stanton New
  • 10 Sivan 5768: 'Am' (Yisrael) Comin' Out! I want the World To Know, Got to Let it Show (Parashat Be'Ha'alotecha) by Karen Perolman
  • 3 Sivan 5768: Sacred Spaces: The Tabernacle, Women's Work, and the Body as Sanctuary (Parashat Naso) by Ri Turner
  • 25 Iyar 5768: The Gift of the Wilderness (Parashat B'midbar) by Alex Carter
  • 18 Iyar 5768: Walk in my Laws (Parashat Bechukotai ) by Zvi Bellin
  • 11 Iyar 5768: To Be Fed By Miracles (Parashat Be'har) by Noach Dzmura
  • 4 Iyar 5768: Irreconcilable Differences (Parashat Emor) by Vanessa "Vinny" Prell
  • 28 Nisan, 5768: Textual Identity and the (Non)Genetic Code (Parashat Kedoshim) by Noach Dzmura
  • 22 Iyyar, 5766: Counting My Genders: A Neo-Kabbalistic View of the Omer (Holiday: Counting the Omer) by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
  • 14 Nisan 5768: Returning to Mitzrayim (Parashat Acharei Mot) by Rachel Barenblat
  • 7 Nisan 5768: Birds, Blood, and Living Waters (Parashat Metzora) by Marisa James
  • 16 Adar I, 5768: Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods (Parashat Ki Tisa) by Chaim Moshe haLevi
  • 10 Adar 1 5768: Wearing Our Hearts on Our Sleeves: Aaron haKohen, the Fashionista (Parashat Tetzaveh) by Marisa James
  • 26 Sh'vat 5768: Revolution is the Easy Part (Parashat Mishpatim) by Kerrick Lucker
  • 19 Sh'vat 5768 : The First Commandment Revisited (Parashat Yitro) by Rabbi Seth Goren
  • 27 Tevet 5768: Confronting Injustice: A Jewish Model for Trans Advocacy (Parashat Vaera) by Y. Gavriel A. Levi Ansara
  • 13 Tevet 5768 : May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh (Parashat Vayechi) by David Levy
  • 28 Kislev, 5768: The Bumpy Road to High-Drama Holiness (Parashat Miketz) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 19 Kislev 5768: Ba'al Ha'Chalomot: Keepers of the Dreams (Parashat Vayeshev) by Karen Erlichman
  • 14 Kislev 5768: Ya'amdu... (Parashat Vayishlach) by Ari Lev Fornari
  • 7 Kislev 5768: Surely God is in This Place: A d'var Torah for Transgender Day of Remembrance (Parashat Vayetzei) by Vanessa "Vinny" Prell
  • 21 Cheshvan 5768: When Gender Varies: A Curious Case of Kree and Kteev (Parashat Chayei Sarah) by Rachel Brodie
  • 6 Cheshvan 5768: Lech Lecha - Walk Towards Yourself (Parashat Lech Lecha) by Reb Kaplan
  • 22 Tishrei 5768: Du Partsufin: Introducing the Allgender creation (Parashat B'reishit) by Igael Gurin-Malous
  • 10 Tishrei 5768: Harry Potter and the Rainbow Connection (Holiday: Yom Kippur) by Chaim Moshe haLevi
  • 24 Elul 5767: Nitzavim: A Memory (Parashat Nitzavim) by John E. Hirsch
  • 17 Elul 5767: The Deuteronomy Dinner Party - As Many Chairs as We Need (Parashat Ki Tavo) by Marisa James
  • 2 Elul, 5767: The Holiness of Judgment and the Power of Witnessing (Parashat Shof’tim) by Karen Erlichman
  • 27 Av, 5767 : Silencing Abominable Language (Parashat Re'eh) by Rabbi Seth Goren
  • 20 Av, 5767: Taking Steps (Parashat Ekev ) by Amos Lassen
  • 11 Av, 5767 : VeAhavta -- And You Shall Love (Parashat Vaetchanan) by Chaim Moshe haLevi
  • 6 Av, 5767: Out from the Mountain: Finding the Good Land (Parashat Devarim) by Marisa James
  • 21 Tamuz 5767 : The Soul of Each and Every Individual (Parashat Pinchas) by Melissa B. Simon
  • 14 Tamuz 5767 : Something Queer in the Vineyards (Parashat Balak) by Andrew Ramer
  • 7 Tamuz 5767: The Perfection of Imperfection (Parashat Chukat) by Rabbi Adina Lewittes
  • 30 Sivan 5767: Queering the Rebellion: Bringing in the Faith (Parashat Korach) by Sasha T. Goldberg
  • 23 Sivan 5767: The Peculiar Fiber in the Garment of Humanity (Parashat Shelach Lecha) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 16 Sivan 5767 : Miriam: Speaking Truth to Power (Parashat Be'Ha'alotekha) by Rachel Biale
  • 9 Sivan 5767 : Embracing the LGBTQ community (Parashat Naso) by Rabbi David Lazar
  • 22 Iyyar 5767: Granting Peace in our Land: Observing our Greater Shabbatot (Parashat Behar and Parashat Bechukotai) by Marisa James
  • 10 Iyyar 5767 : On Gaining Access to the Holy (Parashat Aharei Mot and Parashat Kedoshim) by Rabbi David Greenstein
  • 3 Iyyar 5767 : Created by the Hand of Heaven: A Jewish Approach to Intersexuality (Parashat Tazria and Parashat Metzora) by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla and Reuben Zellman
  • 26 Nisan 5767 : Opening the Window Within and the Closet Without (Parashat Shemini) by Moshe Ben Chacon
  • 15 Nisan 5767: The Telling Alone is Not Enough (Holiday: Pesach) by Rabbi Laurence Edwards
  • 4 Nisan 5767: Live and Let Leviticus: A Call to Gay Men (Parashat Vayikra) by Rabbi Joshua Lesser
  • 27 Adar 5767: Building God's Beautiful Bayit; or, Queer Eye for the Desert Mishkan (Parashat Vayakhel and Parashat Pekudei) by Marisa James
  • 20 Adar 5767 : Dancing at Sinai (Parashat Ki Tisa) by Rabbi Jacob Staub
  • 14 Adar 5767: The "Y'all Come Purim" in Berkeley, California (Holiday: Purim) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 6 Adar 5767 : The Gift of Safe Space (Parashat Terumah) by Y. Gavriel A. Levi Ansara
  • 29 Sh'vat 5767 : Jewish Ethics and the Call to Equal Opportunity Justice: Putting the S in LGBT (Parashat Mishpatim) by Dr. Sarah Pessin
  • 22 Sh'vat 5767 : Thunder and Lightning on the Mountain: We begin to dream the God we cannot see (Parashat Yitro) by Marisa James
  • 15 Sh'vat, 5767: 'Til Your People Cross Over (Parashat Beshalach) by Karen Erlichman
  • 8 Sh'vat 5767 : FINAL CUT: Circumcising Egypt (Parashat Bo) by Amichai Lau-Lavie
  • 1 Sh'vat 5767 : Into Life (Parashat Vaera ) by Jay Michaelson
  • 24 Tevet 5767: The Mothers of Redemption (Parashat Shemot) by Rabbi Laurence Edwards
  • 16 Tevet 5767: Uncovering Joseph's Bones (Parashat Vayechi) by Rabbi Jill Hammer
  • 8 Tevet 5767 : Joseph: Liberation of a Soul (Parashat Vayigash) by Mijael Vera
  • 2 Tevet 5767 : Hide and thou shalt weep, seek and thou shalt find (Parashat Miketz) by Moshe Ben Chacon
  • 25 Kislev 5767: Joseph's Fabulous Technicolor Dreamcoat (Parashat Vayeshev) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 18 Kislev 5767: Brother's keeper, take two... Esau and Forgiveness (Parashat Vayishlach) by Marisa James
  • 11 Kislev 5767: And Jacob came out... (Parashat Vayetzei) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 4 Kislev 5767: Nature vs. Nurture: A Story of Generation(s) (Parashat Toldot) by David Levy
  • 27 Cheshvan 5767 : Claiming an Unworded, Yet Holy Union (Parashat Chayei Sarah) by Moshe Ben Chacon
  • 20 Cheshvan 5767: The Real Sin of Sodom (Parashat Vaera) by Rabbi Steven Greenberg
  • 13 Cheshvan 5767: "The L-L Word" - Lech-Lecha (Parashat Lech-Lecha) by Rabbi Lisa Edwards
  • 6 Cheshvan 5767: Apres le Deluge: Moi (Parashat Noach) by Michael Sarid
  • 28 Tishrei 5767: Affirming the Sanctity of Same-Sex Love (Parashat B'reshit) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 23 Tishrei 5767: Circling Back (Holiday: Simchat Torah) by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
  • 22 Tishrei 5767: Liberating Foreigners, Together with Our Sisters and Brothers (Holiday: Shmini Atzeret) by Tucker Lieberman
  • 15 Tishrei 5767: Q-Ushpizin (Holiday: Sukkot) by Chaim Moshe haLevi
  • 10 Tishrei 5767: Sinking into Compassion (Holiday: Yom Kippur. Book of Jonah) by Julia Watts Belser
  • 1 Tishrei 5767: Entering the Holy of Holies (Holiday: Rosh Hashanah) by Rabbi Joshua Lesser
  • 22 Elul 5766: Four Gemstones: The gravity-well of a non-binary doorway made from cursed wormwood (Parashat Nitzavim and Parashat Vayeilech) by Noach Dzmura
  • 15 Elul 5766: Fine-Tune Your Spiritual Hearing (Parashat Ki Tavo) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 8 Elul 5766: To Wear is Human, To Live -- Divine (Parashat Ki Teitze) by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla and Reuben Zellman
  • 2 Elul 5766: Building a Just Society (Parashat Shoftim) by Rabbi Rick Brody
  • 25 Av 5766: Observe That Which I Enjoin Upon You (Parashat Re'eh) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 17 Av 5766: Bind These Words (Parashat Ekev) by Ari Lev Fornari
  • 11 Av 5766: A Less Innocent Love (Parashat Vaetchanan) by Jay Michaelson
  • 4 Av, 5766: History, Memory and the Making of Community (Parashat Devarim) by Dr. David Shneer
  • 26 Tammuz, 5766: Speaking Truth in This World (Parashat Matot and Parashat Masei) by Rabbi Seth Goren
  • 11 Tammuz, 5766: Gay Pride, Red Cows, and The Cleansing Power of Ritual (Parashat Chukat and Parashat Balak) by Dr. Caryn Aviv
  • 4 Tammuz, 5766: A Revolution With Boundaries (Parashat Korach) by Rebecca Weiner
  • 27 Sivan, 5766: Liberating Ourselves (Parashat Shelakh Lecha) by Dr. David Shneer
  • 20 Sivan 5766: Singing for Our Lives (Parashat Be'Ha'alotekha) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 13 Sivan 5766: On the Thirteenth Day (Parashat Naso ) by Jo Hirschmann
  • 6 Sivan, 5766: Shavuot: A Marginal Holiday (Holiday: Shavuot. Book of Ruth) by Rabbi Joshua Lesser
  • 27 Iyar, 5766: "Queer" Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families (Parashat B'midbar) by Gregg Drinkwater
  • 15 Iyyar, 5766 : Every Body Worship (Parashat Emor) by Rabbi Joshua Lesser
  • 8 Iyyar, 5766: You Shall Be Holy (Parashat Aharei Mot and Parashat Kedoshim) by Rabbi Steven Greenberg
  • 1 Iyyar, 5766: It's the Purity, Stupid: Reading Leviticus in Context (Parashat Tazria and Parashat Metzora) by Jay Michaelson
  • 24 Nisan, 5766: The Way of Strange Fire (Parashat Shemini) by Maggid Jhos Singer
  • 15 Nisan, 5766: Liberation and Transgender Jews (Holiday: Pesach) by Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen
  • 3 Nisan 5766: "And God Called": The Process is the Message (Parashat VaYikra) by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
  • 23 Adar 5766: The Power of Embodied Love (Parashat Vayakhel and Parashat Pekudei) by Rabbi Jill Hammer
  • 17 Adar 5766: Fine Lines, Laughter, and the Play of Twos: Living with Wonder (Parashat Ki Tisa) by Dr. Sarah Pessin
  • 14 Adar, 5766: High Healing: A Purim Message (Holiday: Purim) by Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross
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