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Article Archive
Fancy Feast Dishes on Queer Sex, Burlesque, and Jewish Continuity
The Jewish performer’s new essay collection is “part exclusive backstage pass and part long-form literary striptease.”
Young Queer Jews are Adding Their Voice to the Siddur
“With this siddur addition, LGBTQ+ young adult Jews get to truly share their voices in religious life.”
The Moss Maidens, a play about teen girls seducing and killing Nazis, is making history
“There’s this catharsis in getting to kill Nazis on stage, knowing they would have wanted to kill you.”
mi kerida / My Beloved
“My beloved’s hair is the color of coffee /
And she drinks from the finest waters in Sefarad.”
Born Again in the Bathroom Mirror: a Transmasculine Euphoric Poem
“I didn’t know what G-d looked like until I met Him this afternoon in the bathroom mirror.”
Gold Hysteria
I could see it all through a foggy haze, Kit and I forming a new life built up from the rotten wood and busted stone, broken pieces melded together to be whole again.
Can a Jewish Gamer Novel Help Us Redefine Friendship?
Gabrielle Zevin’s newest bestseller highlights an unlikely duo: a lifelong chavruta pair. Can the holiness of their collaboration withstand the pressure of stereotypes?
Tov Li B’Mahaneh Ramah: Remembering A Culture Of Sexual Harassment At Camp
“In our minds, the fun and harmless rule-breaking was no different than treating one another’s bodies as fodder for our entertainment. Sexual violence was celebrated, encouraged, uplifted, and glorified, even as it was, technically, against the rules.”
A Jewish Person Binds Their Chest
“I stood there, in my father’s closet, looking up at the cracked white paint of the ceiling, hoping God would hear that I was man, woman, and everything too.”
D’var Torah: How To Protect Our Queer Jewish Kids
“Growing up as a people means facing frightening frontiers – including the intimate landscapes of our own bodies. Yet, we can build a safer, more loving Jewish gender and sexual future.”
A Year of Expansion: Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“As a writer who has spent a good portion of the last few years studying and organizing around and even just thinking about sexual violence and its prevention, being reminded that I reside within a body feels uncomfortable, almost wrong.” Lila Goldstein reflects on a year with New Voices and Lilith Magazine.
Investigation: How Jewish Summer Camps Are Damaging LGBTQ+ Youth
As the camp season begins, New Voices investigates the experiences of former LGBTQ+ campers who have for decades faced exclusion, emotional conflict, pressure, and trauma in the summer’s aftermath.
Dispatches from the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice
Hundreds of Jews gathered in Washington DC for the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice. In their own words, here’s why they came.
D’var Torah: What’s Justice In A Post-Roe World?
The Talmud’s five categories of damages illuminates the full impact of laws that prohibit abortion access – and can guide us in envisioning justice while addressing their damning toll.