“God of Vengeance”: A Seminal Script in the Fight to Reclaim Jewish Identity
A play written by Sholem Asch in 1906 hasn’t stopped being relevant to questions of Jewish identity – especially for queer Jews.
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The Internet Of Queer Jewish Girlhood
Digital spaces like jGirls+ act vital online communities for an under-researched group of Jewish youth, seeking precious few places to negotiate gender, sexuality, and religion.
Between My Derech & The World: Wrestling with Antisemitism & Apostasy
Facing antisemitism as an ex-Orthodox, Queer-Mizrahi Jew in America
Jewish Futurisms: Predictions For The Next Half Century
Inspired by Rabbi Joshua Bolton’s poem “Jewish Futurisms,” New Voices Fellows composed their own set of poetical predictions for the next 56 Jewish calendar years.
Introducing Yente: Oxford’s Hottest Queer Jewish Zine Collective
As we all know, all the best decisions are decided around a cramped gossipy Friday night table.
The Goylem, Angels, and Ghosts of “Shmutz”: Zine Review
From EveLilith and shtetl stories to Claude Cahun, Jess Goldman’s “Shmutz” zine dreams up modern Ashkenazi midrashic fiction for today’s Jewish Left.
Dear Jewish Queeries: I’m Religiously Observant & My Partner’s An Atheist. Can We Make It Work?
How do I balance a romantic relationship where it’s hard to find common ground in any discussion about religion?
Decolonizing Through Doykeit: Zine Review
Reviewing the anti-Zionist queer and Jewish “yearbook” series that’s made many diaspora Jews feel less alone.
Dear Jewish Queeries: I’m Asexual. Is It Worth It To Come Out To My Jewish Community?
“Being in queer, Jewish spaces and community used to feel amazing but now feels sad and isolating, a reminder that I’m ‘missing out’ on Hashem’s gift or don’t feel like I can be my full self there. Do you think coming out to someone is worth it?”
Dear Jewish Queeries: My Mom Wants Grandchildren, But I Don’t Want Kids
Broader Jewish culture will have us believe that “being fruitful and multiplying” can only exist within a heterosexual context. This culture may create the means for “Jewish multiplication” but at the cost of whose fruitfulness?
Stories From The Toxic Sexual Culture of Jewish Teen Spaces
As North American Jews have struggled to come to grips with #MeToo era questions of consent, continuity, heteronormativity, and harm, four writers have come forward to share their personal experiences within Jewish youth spaces’ pressure-based sexual culture at camps and youth groups.
Consolations For the Self-Hating Jew
“Little Jew, you have no / power but the blame / takes the edge off.” A poem for T’sha b’av.
Investigation: How Jewish Youth Groups Are Breeding A Toxic Sexual Culture For Teens
For decades, major Jewish youth groups have cultivated pressure-based teen sexual cultures, leaving Jewish youth without support or education about sexuality and consent.
Dear Jewish Queeries: How Do I Make My Summer Camp More Inclusive?
As Jewish summer camps reopen, one counselor wonders how to make their summer camp more queer-friendly. Jewish Queeries have answers.
Jewish Queeries Series: The Modern Yentas
Real advice. Real Nice Jewish Queers. Introducing the Jewish Queeries Series.