PinnedPublished inHuman PartsI Chose to Be Jewish. I Didn’t Choose Netanyahu.Photo by Robert Bye on UnsplashMay 14, 2024A response icon19May 14, 2024A response icon19
Published inHuman PartsStrangers Who BelongConversion, Queerness, and the Commandment to Love the StrangerJul 30, 2024Jul 30, 2024
Published inHuman PartsComparison Ain’t Gonna Magically Turn into CompersionA Poly Reminder for Those of Us Who Can’t Stop Being an AssJul 19, 2024A response icon1Jul 19, 2024A response icon1
The Sin of Mocking a NameCisgender Leaders, Get with the TimesMay 26, 2024A response icon2May 26, 2024A response icon2
Why It Doesn’t Really Matter What You Wear to TempleThe Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are approaching, and, like me, you might be staring at your pre-teen’s closet…Sep 11, 2023A response icon10Sep 11, 2023A response icon10
The Keeping of Boundaries:A Ceremony for SeparationApr 10, 2023A response icon1Apr 10, 2023A response icon1
Liberation & Violence: Passover’s Queer Lesson of EmpathyPassover tells the story of the Jewish people’s enslavement in Egypt and liberation into the wildnerness. Often told as a tale of miracles…Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
A Jewish Obligation to Protect Gender DiversityI’ve always been impatient about inequality. I was a stamps-her-feet, doesn’t-sit-down, never-shuts-up kind of little girl.Mar 10, 2023A response icon2Mar 10, 2023A response icon2
Pride is not a rainbow. It’s a riot.Last weekend, our family of four attended Montclair, New Jersey’s first ever Pride Festival, the theme of which was: “Be You. Be Heard.”Jun 20, 2022A response icon29Jun 20, 2022A response icon29
I’m a “Woman Rabbi”: Bringing Our Full Selves to Jewish CommunitySermon for Shabbat Terumah, February 2022, at Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York CityFeb 7, 2022A response icon3Feb 7, 2022A response icon3