Newish Jewish: A new look, a new focus on wider Jewish justice and learning
Shalom! Welcome to Newish Jewish, formerly Gay Goy Doing Jewish, with a renewed focus on wider social justice as well as personal Jewish journeys.
042: Jason Rosenberg: Larry Kramer Taught Me How to Be an Angry Gay Jew
A great activist I know on another great activist’s passing. I feel so much this even as a not-quite-officially Jew, but a practicing one on the cusp of making it official. Shabbat shalom, article link below.
039: G?d, G!d, and G-d: Who you gonna wrestle?
What does Judaism traditionally believe about the big man? For starters, not a man.
012: Picking a Rabbi, A Community, and a Name
Forging a Jewish Identity: How I chose a Rabbi, a community, and a Hebrew name—with love–while being very pissed off at the state of the world.
