Keshet Committee at Shaare Emeth: LGBTQ+
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About Congregation Shaare Emeth’s Keshet Committee
Keshet means rainbow or קשת in Hebrew. Since 2019, the Keshet Committee, with the leadership and partnership of Rabbi Levine, has been working toward affirming and welcoming members of the LGBTQ+ community. Our goal is to help the congregation live up to our highest values so that all congregants and prospective members feel truly at home at Shaare Emeth. The Keshet team hosts programming to support and celebrate LGBTQ+ inclusion within our congregation and acts as a resource on LGBTQ+ issues to the congregational community.
Keshet Committee members:
Co-Chairs: Leslie Masaki and Michele Siler; Sam Bernstein, Beth Bierman, Rachel Bolter, Chrys Goodell, Michelle Gralnick, Terri Jacobson, Julia Partin, Michael Sherberg, Molly Thal, and Sharon Vermont; Rabbi Lori Levine; and Hannah Michelson, Staff Liaison
Resources from Shaare Emeth’s Keshet LGBTQ+ Committee
- Keshet Online
- Kulanu: All of Us (A program and resource guide for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Inclusion.)
- The Reform Movement’s resolutions and responses
- History of the Reform Movement’s queer inclusion
- The World Congress of LGBT Jews – Keshet Ga’avah
- Mishkan Ga’Avah: Where Pride Dwells from CCAR Press
- Siddur Sha’ar Zahav (An English-Hebrew prayer book created by one of the earliest LGBTQ+ congregations in the US.)
- Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories
- Jewish text and tradition – Resources from Keshet Online
- Torah Queeries (LGBTQ-supportive liturgy)
- Torah commentary
- Language Matters (FAQs about using correct queer language)
- Printable signs and stickers
- Resources for queer Jews of color
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