LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

Max Antman
LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

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

Shira Kline
Max Antman
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.
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Children's Books

10 Jewish LGBTQ+ Affirming Children’s Books

C.E. Harrison
Rachel Hall
So many of us who identify as LGBTQ+ grew up with little to no queer/trans representation in the media we consumed. While there is still a long way to go in normalizing LGBTQ+ identities in children’s media, kids can now see themselves and their families represented in many ways, including in the books they read.