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The Book of V

Review by
Helene Cohen Bludman
By
Anna Solomon

The lives of three fiercely driven women intersect and overlap through time and space in Anna Solomon’s enthralling new novel.

Stories We Tell: How We Are Better

Stories We Tell
For three years, this podcast has brought you a new episode nearly every single week, adding up to more than 160 stories designed to bring a little bit of joy and wisdom into your lives. For now, we're taking a little break – but Rabbi Leora Kaye has one final story to share.
Max Antman

Wholly Jewish: Max Antman: The Queerness and Politics of Torah

Wholly Jewish
How can we embrace Judaism from not only a queer perspective, but also a “political” one? Max Antman (he/him), a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, discusses how being a gay man influences his reading of Torah, how his Reform synagogue empowered his gay identity, and the sacred relationship between activism and studying Jewish text.

Wholly Jewish: Laura: Creating Peace Out of Wholeness

Wholly Jewish
This week’s guest, Cantor Laura Stein, shares her perspectives on how we can best care for those around us, the (lack of) tension between being Jewish and being a lesbian, and how her spiritual leadership inspires her social work at Mount Sinai Hospital's Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.
on a clear morning in april

On a Clear April Morning: A Jewish Journey

Review by
Marcia R. Rudin
By
Marcos Iolovitch (translation by Merrie Blocker)

On a clear April morning in the early 1900s, Brazilian poet and author Marcos Iolovitch’s father, Yossef, a merchant in Russia, saw “beautiful brochures with colored illustrations describing the excellent climate…of a vast and faraway country of America.” Homesteads on favorable terms were being

Wholly Jewish: Leonard: Creating Seats at the Queer Jewish Table

Wholly Jewish
Judaism is in a constant state of reform, and our approach to LGBTQ+ inclusivity should be, too. Leonard Slutsky (he/him), a Union for Reform Judaism lay leader and college admissions counselor, shares his experiences as a gay cisgender Jewish man; how Reform Jewish spaces affirmed his gay identity; how Judaism inspires his work as a suicide hotline volunteer; and how our communities can better serve queer Jews of all backgrounds. “I feel that it’s my role as someone who has a great deal of privilege, especially within the queer community,” he says, “to use it and help support those who don’t have as much as a voice.”

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