equity inclusion and belonging
Turning To Elul + Tishrei
Join us as we move through these spiritual weeks leading to the high holidays. Naama Sadan offers us this opportunity to walk through the coming weeks together with an intentional space of reflection and connection.
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Rachel Gelfand, Queer, Jewish, Southern
This session examines different generations of queer experiences in the South, weaving together reflections from oral history interviews with Jewish lesbian activists in the 1970s and 1980s with recent interviews with younger queer activists, thinkers, and parents. Dr. Rachel Gelfand is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at North Carolina State
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QJOC Kinship: A Virtual Gathering for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color
This virtual monthly gathering is an opportunity for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color to connect, recharge, and even share some laughs with our vibrant LGBTQ+ JOC community. It’s a space where we can truly be ourselves, celebrate our identities, and support one another. This is more than an event; it’s a community experience.
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Judaism and LGBTQ+ Identity with Rabbi Eger
Join Rabbi Eger as she teaches us how to use Jewish sacred texts to advocate for substantive change in Judaism toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and celebration. In this session, Rabbi Eger will address critical questions like: What do our core Jewish texts say about LGBTQ+ love and relationships? How has religion historically been weaponized against queer
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LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Belonging: Pride, Policy, and the Power of Allyship
Join us for a special Pride Month program led by Joy Villarreal-Belford (she/her), Southwest Education and Training Manager at Keshet. Together, we’ll explore what meaningful allyship looks like within Jewish and social justice spaces, how to create truly welcoming and inclusive communities, and the current landscape of LGBTQ+ rights—including a legislative update during a pivotal
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Understanding DEI as a Jewish Value: Celebrating Jewish Heritage and Finding Power in Unity
Join APR, JDCA, and JSJR for a meaningful discussion about the connections between between Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Judaism, highlighting DEI as a fundamental Jewish value
The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project In-person Shabbaton
You are cordially invited to the beautiful Pearlstone campus for a weekend of connection, rest and release! We welcome Jews who are People of Color, Sephardic, and Mizrahi of every age, gender, orientation and denomination, their families and allies. Come participate in JOC-led learning, prayer and ritual, spirited singing, to connect with nature — and
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Machinery of Division and Fear: Antisemitism, DEI, and the Role of Jewish Philanthropy
It’s never good for the Jews when we are divided, yet it is both discourse on principles that have made Jewish progress possible–diversity, equity, and inclusion–and discourse on the oppression that harms us–antisemitism–that are combining to threaten Jewish safety as well as Jewish peoplehood in the U.S. How should American Jewish communal leadership and philanthropy
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