Digital Talmud Dictionary Gets Beloved Reference Online
Sefaria, a Jewish text digitization group, put a major Talmud dictionary online, allowing readers across the world to better access Jewish law.
Source: forward.com
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Amid attacks on trans people, a queer yeshiva offers a path to liberation
(RNS) — At Svara, LGBTQ Jews are reinterpreting and reshaping Jewish tradition by copying the methods used by the rabbis who compiled the Talmud.
Source: religionnews.com
Coming soon: first collection of halacha by and for trans Jews – J.
Scholars and rabbis affiliated with Svara, the 20-year-old queer yeshiva based in Chicago, are working on the first collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews.
Source: jweekly.com
Non-gendered way to call Jews to the Torah gets Conservative approval
The Jewish News of Northern California
New York United States United Synagogue Of Hoboken New Jersey West Chester University Fort Tryon Jewish Center
Source: jweekly.com
Reform, Conservative rabbinical seminaries shrink – The Forward
“People are less interested in binaries and boxes even though they’re still seeking that kind of connection and spirituality."
Source: forward.com