How Mike Moskowitz became LGBTQ Jews’ ‘radical progressive’ Orthodox advocate
My niece Shirley’s big day was a spark of light in the darkness
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah’s new initiative hopes to fight stigma and help rabbis talk to their communities about safe sex
The Jewish community is learning strategies for defending our Muslim neighbors
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan is moving—and growing into—an architecturally striking space
When I was ordained as a rabbi, I felt ignored and misunderstood as a gay man in the midst of the AIDS crisis. It took me 25 years to come home.
‘Rabbi’s condemning the violence while not condemning the community’s role in this hatred is unacceptable’
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah responds to Tablet
Accepted by the mainstream Jewish community, some gays now feel excluded at New York’s premier LGBT synagogue
Graham Parker on soulful Jewish music and getting instruments into schools
Sharon Kleinbaum and Michael Miller named to mayoral transition team
Trained in erotic massage and queer spiritual counseling, Rabbi David Dunn Bauer comes back to the New York shul where he started
After the DOMA ruling, Edith Windsor and Roberta Kaplan’s Shabbat service
As mainstream acceptance grows—along with membership—gay congregations face unexpected questions
The Purim Superhero, a new picture book for Jewish children, includes gay parents. It’s about time.
The case of Edie Windsor finds allies in the Jewish community
Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is ‘delighted.’
Manhattan congregation’s first permanent space boasts Assyrian art