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Judy was an absolutely hospitable and welcoming host. Her home was beautiful, comfortable and pristine. The neighborhood was on the northwest side of Tucson overlooking the Catalina mountains. It was pleasant and quiet neighborhood. At Judy's home I had my own bedroom and bathroom. The room and bathroom were both very clean and comfortable. I stayed in the room with two twin beds. She also had wifi available which was very convenient. The entire home was decorated nicely. I reached out to Judy a few days before my trip. She was very kind to offer to have coffee and breakfast available. I don't drink coffee but I did suggest some yogurt. She had plenty to choose from which was very nice of her to go and provide. I did not stay long. I was only there for two nights for the University of Arizona homecoming and a friend's bachelorette party. Judy's home was perfect for my quick trip. The first morning before I left for the day Judy and I shared stories about our backgrounds over breakfast. After that I didn't see Judy much since I was gone visiting friends for most of the trip. She also has a cute little pug. Although Judy offered suggestions on places to see, I am originally from Tucson, so I had no trouble getting around. I would definitely stay with Judy again!
The host graciously welcomed us into her home and was accommodating during our entire stay. The house and neighborhood were both beautiful, safe and inviting. We will DEFINITELY search for availability of Judy's residence should we visit Tucson again in the future. On a scale of 1-10, this was, without question, a 10.
My family stayed with Judy for a lovely weekend in April. She was a kind and generous host, and we all liked her very much. We got a chance to enjoy her hot tub and lovely backyard. She also recommended places for us to go. Highly recommended for a pleasant place to base yourself on the outskirts of Tucson for the best of both worlds.
Our second time with Judy, and second time in her wonderful house. Her house is spacious and comfortable. Judy is a wonderful host and attentive to her guests. We had a family emergency, and she scrambled to help us out. She even gave up her own room for one night. I cannot thank her enough.
It's just like everyone says, Judy is an amazingly warm and giving person. Her home is in a beautiful neighborhood and also centrally located to everything. It's immaculately clean, spacious, comfortable, sunny, and well landscaped. Judy is super interesting (she has done so many amazing things!), easy to talk with and had plenty of great recommendations for hiking, eating, and all the other things we wanted to do. She was also super respectful and gave us plenty of alone time. Judy went above and beyond. She makes a pretty mean breakfast sandwich. There is little doubt that on our next venture to Tucson, we will be getting in touch with Judy.
Judy is a very nice host and interesting person, who was very attentive to us during our stay at her warm and comfortable home. It was the perfect place to relax in warmth, coming from frigid Midwest this winter. The house was big enough for the four us, and she made us feel like we were in our own home. I highly recommend Judy and her home, in such a beautiful setting. Just sitting in the backyard among the flowering cactus gazing at the nearby mountains makes for a great stay.
Judy's house is beautiful and in a great neighborhood. Her house is very clean and well kept. The yard has gorgeous desert landscaping and a beautiful pool. Her house is close to restaurants, shopping, and attractions. She also has a cute pug mix who is adorable. Judy does everything she can to make your stay as wonderful as possible.
Judy was the perfect guest, warm and charming, very respectful of the shared spaces , clean and quiet. In other words and real pleasure to have around and would love to have her back again.
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OH JUDY! She's a doll! From the moment she walked into the apartment she was full of compliments, kind words, and was everything Airbnb is about. She is open, honest, helpful, kind, the list goes on and on! She respected all of the rules, and absolutely went above and beyond as a guest-including taking great care of my cat. I cannot recommend her highly enough as a guest. She gets EXTRA STARS for all things below!!!
Judy stayed with us for a week. She is an excellent guest - friendly, self contained, non-demanding, quiet, and understanding. We enjoyed hosting her and hope she will stay with us whenever she visits New York


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many are aware
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this September) as something that will leave you absolutely amazed. Combined, out of the dozens of countries that these Munich colleagues and I have visited, there has been no restaurant quite as technologically advanced or as intriguing as Moto's of Chicago. [Well, the food I had eaten when
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Moto specializes in "molecular gastronomy", which is the study of physical and chemical processes that take place while cooking. Some quick examples, from a non-"foodie", would be Moto reconstructing an entire Cuban sandwich with smoked pork, etc to appear as a Cuban cigar. Or turning a Mango to look exactly like an uncooked egg. It's all part of the Moto experience. Moto's grand tasting menu was a five-hour experience, which left us at dinner until past 1.00 in the morning.
Afterwards, in the early hours of the morning, the staff was kind enough to offer a tour of their kitchen and research area. This showed quite how technology focused they were with employing everything from liquid nitrogen to centrifuges to effectively reverse-engineer food. [Sadly, I hadn't thought of taking photos at that point.] I had not seen any Linux systems around, but there were no Windows installations either. They seem to be powered all off of Apple Mac OS X for managing their tables and in delivering a seamless experience.
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In this post from Kveller, Elana Altzman reflects on her family's journey when her oldest son came out. You can read the post in its entirety here.
The conversation over Shavuot lunch at a friend's house three years ago started innocently enough—we were talking about the Israeli Rabbinate's reluctance to provide kosher supervision to food served at non-Orthodox events in Israeli hotels. One of the guests at the meal responded with, "The rabbis have to control who comes in. What if homosexuals come in?"
Like me, this guest was a mother of four sons, an immigrant who came here as a young girl, a woman who did not grow up observant, but became observant as a young adult. Our kids were close in age. Perhaps these similarities made her comment even more shocking to me. Like her, I love my children and care about their happiness, education, and religious commitment. Unlike her, I have a gay son.
My oldest had came out to us a few months before, at the end of his sophomore year in high school. At 16, he was secure enough to come out first to two of his closest friends, then to us, and then to all his friends outside of our community.
But in our neighborhood and our shul in Brooklyn, he remained completely closeted, and knew his chances of being accepted, or even allowed to remain in the shul he grew up in, were slim. He tested the waters some, mentioning that a friend from a summer program was gay, an acquaintance was a lesbian. A neighborhood friend told him gays are disgusting. Another informed him he would burn in hell for being friends with a lesbian girl. An adult leader of the youth minyan, where my son lead services and read Torah regularly, railed against the lifting of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" one Shabbat morning, as part of his discussion of the weekly Torah portion, telling the kids in attendance that homosexuality would lead to the downfall of our society. Another adult shul member told him that someone like him, a teen who was accepting of gays, did not belong in the shul we had been members of for over a decade.
How much worse would it be if he were out as gay himself? We feared the repercussions on all our children, the emotional trauma that would result when our son would be rejected by the community he grew up in. That Shavuot conversation reaffirmed our fears. Our son quickly said goodbye and left the holiday lunch; our younger kids were playing, and my husband and I were thankful that they were unaware of the conversation.
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Our Ten Most Popular Posts of 2014
With the first month of 2015 behind us, we thought we'd share our most popular blog posts of the past year. These are stories of coming out, of finding community, and of enacting change.
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Coming Out & Staying With My Husband: Faina realized that being true to herself meant living authentically as a lesbian—and also returning to her husband and children.
When Anti-Semitism Hits Close to Home: When anti-Semitism hit close to home, the safety of this quiet community was put into question.
Looking Forward and Looking Back: On Friendships and Transitions: Two long-time friends sit down to reflect on how they kept their friendship strong when gender and pronouns shifted.
How To Hire a Trans Rabbi: When the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center's top choice for a job was a transgender rabbi, they took the steps needed to educate their community.
Coming Out at Shabbat Dinner: Take a minute to watch this video of this Jewish teen coming out to his family at Shabbat dinner. How much stronger will our Jewish community be when no one is left out?
Transgender Day of Remembrance and the Life of Sarah: How do we take the lessons from the Torah portion on the life of Sarah and create a space for the memory of transgender individuals?
Coming Out for Two: Sara's coming out story is a little different— before coming out herself, her brother asked her to help him come out to their mother.
One Family's Wish for a World without Gender Roles: When one Jewish couple put their child in daycare they faced struggles surrounding gender they hadn't anticipated.
The Coming Out Process: Coming out as trans isn't simple. Before coming out to his community, this rabbi had to come out to himself.
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Like any college student, I'm both dreading and ready to come home to my family for holiday break.
I've been out to myself and my close friends for the past few years and I'm finally ready to take the step and come out to my family.
This year I'm bringing my boyfriend home with me, and I don't want to introduce him as "my, um, friend." I want to introduce him as "my boyfriend." My parents are fairly liberal and accepting people, but I'm afraid it might be different when their own son comes out.
Do I warn them ahead of time? Drop the news at the start of a family dinner? Take them aside and tell them one at a time? I have no idea! I also need to know that it's okay if I chicken out.
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Dear Coming Home & Coming Out,
My advice is to come out to your family before the holidays; give them time to adjust. If you can't do it in person before the holiday, I would write them a letter. In the letter, I would ask that they wait to respond to you for at least a day; they are most likely going to have some really interesting reactions, and sometimes it's best to process those feelings for a bit before giving voice to them. In short, some things cannot be unsaid, and it might be best for them to have some time to "not say" them to you.
Regarding your boyfriend, either you come out before the holidays and make it clear who he is, or you come home by yourself. Whatever you do, do not bring your boyfriend home to your family if they don't already know who he really is to you. He is not a prop to be used, and treating him as the "tangible proof of your homosexuality" is not going to help your relationship—neither with him nor with your family.
The holidays are a time for family, and your coming out at the start of it makes the time all about you and your coming out, and that's not fair to anyone—especially your poor, unsuspecting boyfriend, who will find himself in a rather uncomfortable situation. I know the impulse is to be as dramatic as possible (trust me, we've all been there), but you're going to need to game this out a bit before you act; you are going to have to come out by yourself, on your own terms.
Happy Holidays!
[Editor's note: if your family needs support and resources, make sure they know about the Keshet Parent & Family Connection for parents and family members of LGBTQ Jews.]
I was very moved by your answer to "My Brother's Keeper." My question comes from the other side of the situation—unlike "My Brother's Keeper" who was mourning a loss when his sister transitioned and became his brother, I'm the one transitioning. I too have a protective family member, one who is so worried for my safety that they are standing in the way of my transitioning.
I'm constantly being told that expressing my gender isn't something I should do—at least not outside of the house. How can I convince them that I will be okay?
Not Afraid
Dear Not Afraid,
The question is whether or not you are listening to this advice. Assuming you are not, your family member will hopefully learn through experience that you are, in fact, safe. That said, be smart.
Trans people are more likely to become the victims of violence than their cisgendered counterparts, and you need to protect yourself and be safe. There is something to what your family member is saying; what you need to do is explain to him or her WHY there is no need to worry (you are going to safe spaces, you're surrounded by friends, etc.).
Ultimately, the choice is yours, but rather than just telling this family member off, guide him or her through your choices so that fears can eventually be quelled.
Good luck!
I am a Jewish (non-Orthodox) man, with two Jewish children and a Jewish partner. We are active in our Reform Temple, and our kids go to a Jewish day school. Our children's birth family is Orthodox, and we are occasionally obligated to daven, or pray, in the birth grandmother's Modern Orthodox Shul (where acceptance is limited, but they tolerate us).
My problem isn't the cold shoulder from the members who have figured us out. My problem is trying to daven while surrounded by handsome young men.
I'm totally faithful to my husband, but the distraction is there. I almost never experience this in egalitarian settings, probably because the majority there is women and older couples.
The mechitza is having the opposite effect of its original intention on me! I feel too distracted to actually pray in this separated and segregated situation. Do you have any advice?
A Distracted Eye
Dear Distracted Eye,
Prayer is a form of religious meditation; the repetition of the same lines and phrases with the goal of focusing your thoughts. One of the most important parts of meditation is allowing yourself to experience your thoughts, not repress them. Sex and sexual desire is part of what makes us tick. It is healthy and normal to be attracted to attractive people.
Instead of focusing on NOT noticing the cute guy standing next to you, take a moment to look at him (in a non-creepy way), appreciate his attractiveness, and then, when you're ready, move on. I don't know what your arrangement with your partner is, but you should be allowed to look at the menu, even if you can't order anything.
You seem to be preoccupied with repressing your thoughts to make them go away, which, as we all know, never really works.
We are constantly surrounded by stimuli that distract us from the tasks we want to focus on. Sometimes the distraction is mild, sometimes it's strong. You are the one who ultimately is in control of how susceptible you are to these distractions. So, try to work on how you react to these stimuli in a more positive way, and eventually, they won't bother you so much.
If that doesn't work, just follow this advice from "The Book of Mormon."
Best of Luck!
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Finding a Space to Feel Safe & Accepted: The Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton
One day at synagogue, my friend excitedly came up to me, and asked me to come to the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton with her. Now, I had no idea what she meant, but she went on to explain that is a weekend retreat for queer Jewish teens. It sounded cool, and she was really excited, so I said "sure, I'd go."
I never expected what I'd find there. I identify as bisexual. I've never been particularly shy about anything, including my sexuality, but I never paraded it.
The phrase "I'm bisexual" always came out of my mouth as quietly as possible.
Most of my friends know, and the ones who don't know because it just hasn't come up. I've met a few people who have had issues with it—I've been told I'm "not natural" and that "being homophobic isn't any worse than being homosexual"—but overall, most people I've met have been great about it.
However, at the Shabbaton, among a community of Jewish teens, people weren't just accepting of my sexuality—they embraced it.
I was surrounded by people with every gender and sexuality under the sun, and I loved it. One of the aspects of being bisexual is that biphobia isn't just a phenomenon among homophobic heterosexuals—I've experienced biphobia from members of the LGBTQ+ as well, including the statement "so you're not really queer."
At the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton, for the first time, I felt truly safe and completely accepted.
Safe is a word that gets tossed around a lot—a safe environment, a safe space, etc.—but that's because having a space where you feel truly safe is a vital aspect to being human.
And regarding my sexuality, my safe space had been a few people here and there. But at the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton, I found a whole community who embraced me with arms wide open.
That's why I send rainbow-themed pictures to the friends I made on the Shabbaton. And why, when my female friend suggested wearing a tie and slacks to the next Shabbaton, I nodded enthusiastically.
And why, whenever I say the phrase "I'm bisexual," I say it loudly.
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How My Jewish Grandma Came to Embrace My Gay Marriage
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My Jewish grandmother is stereotypical—and proud of it. She's short, round, warm. She loves to bake (or, as she puts it, "to potchke in the kitchen") and to play bridge and Mah-Jongg with her friends. She finds nachas in her family. Perhaps above all else, she's desperate for great-grandchildren.
So when she found out that I was gay, her first response to me was a despondent, "You're not one of those, are you?" Then she sobbed. And for a while, she would only say, "We'll see," when invited to meet my partner.
My partner, now wife, wasn't upset by any of this; her parents had her quite late, so her mother is of the same generation as my grandmother, and thus Fi is experienced with the quirks and prejudices some elderly people can have. She kept me calm by reminding me that it would take a while for my grandmother to absorb this news, and that we had to understand that it's painful for people to give up on the dreams and expectations they have for their relatives. And, if the worst happened and Grandma never came around, well, that would be dreadfully sad, but we reside in another country and could just go on with our lives as we liked. She felt sure we'd get through this together, as we had gotten through many other things.
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The Coming Out Process
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For me, coming out has never been as simple as you would think. I've done it a few times—I first came out as queer as a teenager, and now as an adult I have come out all over again as transgender. This latest coming-out process has taken me the better part of two years, countless half-steps in the direction of being out, and finally the decision to just trust that it would work out.
The first step, and the hardest, was coming out to myself.
On some level, I had known that I was trans for a very long time—ever since I first heard the term transgender. I read everything about gender and transition that I could get my hands on. Something about these stories grabbed my attention in a way that nothing else had. I never could understand why anyone thought it was difficult to understand or unfamiliar—it made perfect sense to me. That probably should have been my first clue.
Then I found gender theory. Oddly, the distant academic language about gender as cultural performance became one of my best tools for convincing myself that I was not transgender: If gender is not real, if it is culturally arbitrary, then it does not matter what gender I am. If it does not matter what gender I am, then I can't be trans, right? Or how about another one: If culture defines what genders are acceptable and legible, and our culture has a gender category for a person with my genetics and body to look the way I do, then I can "get by" as a butch. That means I'm not transgender, right? I can "slide by" in public as a just-barely-almost-not-quite-kinda-sorta woman, so I don't need to think of myself as transgender, right?
There was one major area of my life where these justifications and excuses did not work.
In my relationship with Jewish ritual, which was becoming more and more important in my life, there never seemed to be room for these excuses. In fact, there never seemed to be room for my sense of ambiguity around gender at all: so much of our ritual, language, and practice is strictly gendered, even in our progressive and egalitarian movements. It seemed impossible to approach a Hebrew text, be called to the Torah, or pray in Hebrew without thinking about gender. I always had to insert some distance between myself and our tradition—between myself and God—to avoid the dreaded gender meltdown.
It was during this time that I began rabbinical school in the Conservative movement. I had watched my tradition struggle—and have some success, however imperfect—at becoming a tradition that welcomed and treated with dignity all people. I wasn't always happy with the way these conversations were going, and I came to the rabbinate in order to add my voice. I came out of a sense of obligation to Am Yisrael (the Jewish people) and a desire to build moral and welcoming communities.
Over time, it got harder and harder to do the work of becoming a rabbi without engaging my own "gender stuff."
Finally, one Friday night at Kabbalat Shabbat, it just clicked: I didn't have to think so hard about gender all the time. I didn't need a mental list of justifications for my gender identity—and I was exhausting myself by constantly maintaining that list. The truth was much simpler than that: I was just transgender. It was a scary feeling, because seeing myself as transgender was something I had worked very hard not to do for so long, but it was also a tremendous relief. Over the course of the coming weeks, I felt myself letting go of the emotional distance I had kept between myself and my life. I was not sure what my next steps were, what kind of new gender identity I would build for myself, what coming out would be like, whether I would transition—there were plenty of reasons to be anxious. But I began to notice that even with all of the anxiety, I was present in a way that I had not been before.
From that Shabbat, it took more than two years to come out more or less completely, to figure out how and whether to transition, and to begin negotiating the complex legal, medical, and bureaucratic mess that those of us who transition have to deal with.
A few close friends and family members knew right away, and were there with me as I thought about when and whether to come out, what transition would mean, and all of the other questions I had. Sometimes I wish I had come out sooner. I especially wish that I had been more completely out during my time in rabbinical school—I wish that I had been able to add my voice specifically as a trans person to our conversations, and that I had been more present to my classmates, colleagues, and teachers. Most importantly, I wish I had been in a position to show them at the time the trust that I know they deserved. But there were too many other factors in life, and my time line did not allow that. In the end, it was reaching the end of my studies and preparing to work as a rabbi that gave me the final push to put the last pieces in place to be able to transition. It was in thinking about the ordination ceremony that I knew for certain that if I could not stand in front of my teachers and mentors in my full self, and have them call me by a name that fit me, the ceremony would feel empty and fake. And, shortly afterwards, I decided that if I continued to put off transition for "someday" in the future, I would continue to not be present to the work I was doing right now in my community.
How could I possibly be a rabbi building Jewish community if I was hiding from the community I wanted to serve?
So I jumped in to the coming out process—talking with close and extended family, friends, coworkers, and others. It was both more frightening and easier than I expected. So far, in sharing the news of my transition with my colleagues and my communities, I have received nothing but support and shared excitement. Not a single one of the worst-case scenarios or explosions that I feared has happened. Instead, people have surprised me with their generosity of spirit. Being out has given me the ability to raise my voice, to educate and advocate in my community. More than that, it has given me the ability to experience again what a beautiful community it is.
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Coming Out & Staying With My Husband
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October 11 was National Coming Out Day. Coincidentally, it is also my husband's birthday.
I met him over 21 years ago; he was 19, I was 17. We had so much in common: both recent immigrants from the Soviet Union, both raised in traditional non-religious Jewish homes, both with strong family values and ethics.
I fell in love with my husband deeply. I wanted to marry him and have children with him. I watched him grow into the beautiful strong man that he is now, and he watched a little girl transform into a wife and a mother. We married 7 years after we met, and had 2 kids soon there after.
We were a perfect family… until 5 years ago, when I developed a crush on a girl.
The moment I saw her, I was smitten. She was occupying all of my thoughts. I could not sleep, I could not eat, I could not think about anything else. So, one morning when both my husband and I were still in bed, I stuffed my slightly-embarrassed face into a pillow and confessed my crush to him.
My husband is a very open-minded, confident man. He has always supported me in everything. When I expressed desire to become a rabbi—he was the one researching rabbinical schools. When I wanted to take on photography—he got me a camera and a book. And 5 years ago, he held my hand and pushed me to explore myself and my sexuality.
My crush turned out to be another straight Jewish girl, and with the permission of my husband, I joined an online support group for married women who have feelings for other women.
There I met my (now) ex-girlfriend. She was also married, had children, and lived locally. Unlike me, she has been struggling with her sexuality for over 10 years and, through therapy and together with her husband, decided to open up her marriage.
We got to know and grew to love each other deeply. We felt so natural with one another. The intimacy that we shared was unlike anything I've ever experienced; the glove finally fit! And within just a few months, it was clear to both of us that we were, indeed, gay.
And then the struggle began: do we continue living two lives? Or, do we separate from our husbands, break up our families, and live authentically as gay women? After two years of tears, confusion, and torment, we hesitantly chose to separate from our husbands.
That decision to separate was incredibly hard. I really loved my husband. I loved him deeply. I did not know myself outside of "Him and I." We were ONE; he was my second half and I was his. The loss of my second half seemed so big that it was impossible to even think about it. My husband compared that sense of loss to a feeling of losing a parent. We both felt devastated, numb.
Coming out to our immigrant family was one of the hardest thing I've ever experienced. My own mother called me names that a mother should never call her child. My mother-in-law fell to my feet and begged me "to not do this to the kids." I've lost many friends because they agreed that I "cheated" on my husband and left him for HER.
My relationship with my girlfriend suffered as well. It became clear that developing a relationship with one person while disassembling a marriage to another was an impossible task. The days I spent with my girlfriend were filled with tears, depression, and anxiety attacks. Ultimately the pressure became unbearable and our relationship ended. I lost the woman I was planning to marry, while at the same time, helped my husband buy a separate home and write a JDate profile.
I dated heavily. I was single for the first time since 17, in a lesbian sea of opportunities. Face after face, restaurant after restaurant, I went out on many, many dates. A drummer, a nurse, a writer, a marketing director, an accountant, a psychologist, a stay-at-home mom…the list went on and on.
Dating started to feel like work… and each time I would look at a woman across the table, I'd feel nothing but guilt for not being home instead, with my husband and my children. It was finally my chance to explore my sexuality, yet all I wanted to do was to stay home with my family, cook, and do crafts. My sexuality started feeling "this" little, and I started questioning all the choices that I had made up to this point.
Surprisingly, the kids seemed more or less okay. They would run from dad's house to the one they called "our home" with a new-found sense of excitement. I, on the other hand, could not pass my husband's townhouse without feeling sick to my stomach. What had we done?
We had been the happiest couple on earth, never fought, never argued. He was my best friend, my partner in crime, my protector, the love of my life. He made me laugh silly and took care of me when I was sick. I knew by heart his every wrinkle, every gray hair, every sun spot. I had not witnessed a more perfect union. Our only struggle was in my sexuality. So, I started questioning whether one's sexuality is really that much more important than all those other beautiful things that we shared. Many of our friends struggled in their marriages in all of the ways that we didn't… And yet, there we were, leaving each other…
And that was when I realized that one's sexuality does not define them! It is a part of one's identity—not the whole identity. Yes, I am gay. Yes, I feel most natural with a woman. But I also love the man I met 21 years ago, and that person is my male soul mate. There is no one better suited for me than him, even if he is not a woman. And I also love my family; I want to raise our children together with him under one roof.
So, one day, after a very short conversation and a needed exhale, we decided to get creative. We chose to move back together and try a life that would not be constrained by our Russian-Jewish suburbia. We decided to consider a version of an "open marriage" where I can be me and live out a part of my newfound identity. Our new relationship is one with rules, boundaries, and respect. A relationship where I can be out and proud, with no more boxes or closets.
That was about 8 months ago. Having learned a lot from the painful experience of the past 5 years, we have been rebuilding our "home" and healing the wounds. It has not been easy all the time. Our relationship is a new reality, one that comes with new challenges.
And the future? It remains to be written…
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Coming Out All Over Again: An Excerpt from The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality
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"I want to tell you about my son," the father said as he stopped by my office one Sunday morning. "He was just walking down the corridor at school the other day and he saw a girl that he knows from the temple. She had cut off her long hair and had a new, short look. She looked really different, and he noticed that she seemed anxious. So he stopped and said, 'Kim—you look great! Love the new look!' She gave him such a big smile. She told him that it was a big day for her. Today she was coming out at school. She held her breath. My son gave her a big hug and said, 'That's great. It's just going to get better from here.' Rabbi, I'm telling you this because he shared it with me when I was driving him the other day. And when he'd finished telling me about this exchange at school, he said, 'Dad, I learned that from Rabbi Gurevitz. She helped me see what a difference a friend can make at a time like that.'"
She came up to me in the middle of break one evening at our Hebrew high school. "Rabbi, can I make a time to come and talk to you?" We got together the following week and as she sat down, Jennifer said to me, "So, I'm gay and I have a girlfriend. And that's all fine. But … why do I feel like God hates me?"
Two moments from my past few years of congregational life as a rabbi. I'll return to the second moment shortly. But, as I reflect on these experiences, and several others like them, I realize how easily I could have missed them all. And, in doing so, I would have robbed the youth in my community of the pastoral and spiritual support they needed at a crucial turning point in their lives.
I was always "out" in my congregation. I had felt confident enough, during student placement at the end of rabbinical school, that times had changed enough for me to be upfront about that without it impacting my employment prospects. But I wasn't a spokesperson for gay rights. I would gently drop in a reference to my partner during interviews to make it clear that it was just a natural part of the fabric of my life—it wasn't an "issue."
In the first few years of my congregational work, I would choose very carefully when to comment on GLBT-related issues in the context of a sermon or teaching. Often I would let it come from someone else so it didn't appear to be "my issue." But then Tyler Clementi committed suicide at Rutgers University. And the media began to pay more attention to the high proportion of teen suicides who were GLBT youth. And Dan Savage launched the YouTube-based "It Gets Better" campaign to provide opportunities for GLBT adults and their allies to record messages for struggling GLBT youth to show them that there were truly good, wonderful things in life beyond the fears and anxieties they may have been struggling with at any given moment in time.
I realized that I had been doing my community, and especially my teenagers, a disservice. I realized that I had been going out of my way not to bring my sexuality to the attention of my students. So anxious was I not to be regarded by anyone as "promoting homosexuality," I was self-censoring; whereas most heterosexuals wouldn't pause for a moment before saying, "My husband and I just came back from vacation," or "I went to the movies last night with my wife and some friends," I would leave my partner out of my informal conversations.
And the result was that while I was technically "out," most of the youth in my congregation had no idea. And that meant that none of them knew—really knew—that they had an ally and someone who might understand what they were going through. And I needed to change that.
The week after Clementi's death I gave a sermon. I wrote a bulletin article. I wrote a blog piece. And I published an op-ed in the local newspapers. The latter, in particular, was picked up by many of our families and shared with their teenagers. I started to do sessions with our high school students and youth group, speaking about my own journey of coming out, and introducing them to other GLBT members of our congregation. I had students catching me in the corridors, thanking me for the piece that I had written in the papers. And, before long, I had students seeking me out for support or simply to share their story, or a brother or sister's story, with me.
I've stayed connected with many of these young people. Jennifer is now at college, and she is thriving. A year ago she walked into my office wanting to know why it felt like God hated her. We met monthly, and we explored where in society and the media we receive the kinds of messages that make us feel this way. We went on a journey together so that Jennifer could find a personal theology that could enable her to celebrate her uniqueness and truly own her image made b'tzelem Elohim—in the image of God—an image that must embrace and include our sexuality too. And how could God hate something that was so essential to our being? Something that, when fully expressed, makes us feel more spiritually whole?
Ten years after I first came out, I found myself coming out all over again. This time around it felt even more profound, even more powerful. This time around it was a tikkun—a fixing, a healing, of spirit and of community.
Excerpt from The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality, edited by Rabbi Lisa Grushcow © 2014 by Central Conference of American Rabbis. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality, published by CCAR Press, takes a close look at the breadth of human sexuality from a Jewish perspective. For more information and to order copies, visit, ccarpress.org or call 212-972-3636 x243. For those of you in the New York City area, Editor Rabbi Lisa Grushcow will be speaking at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on December 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm. In a discussion entitled, "Let's Talk About Sex… (in a Liberal Jewish Way)," she along with three contributors to The Sacred Encounter will be discussing borders, boundaries, and what happens in the bedroom.
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Coming Out and Being Proud
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It is hard to imagine that this year marks only the fifth year in which I'll be out of the closet for National Coming Out Day. My queer identity is such a strong part of my identity that it is hard to remember that for the majority of my life it was one of my deepest secrets.
This past year, I also publicly come out as a survivor of sexual violence. My identity as a survivor strongly informs my identity as a queer Jew, and this upcoming National Coming Out Day will mark my first Coming Out Day as a Jewish queer survivor.
This past June, I wrote about taking pride in my identities as a Jewish Queer Survivor. Now, almost half a year since I wrote those posts, as I reflect on being out, I realize one thing: I am lucky.
I am lucky for the Jewish communities I have been a part of.
Since I came out as queer, I found a Jewish community that embraced my identities, including my queer identity at Tufts Hillel. When I was going through the sexual misconduct adjudication process at Tufts, a Hillel staff member was one of several people who provided me with the support I needed during a difficult time. Now that I am in DC, I am in the process of exploring new Jewish communities and realize how lucky I am that I can truly be myself in each community I explore.
I am lucky to be accepted.
As support and acceptance of LGBTQ individuals continues to grow, especially among my generation, it is easy to forget how much homophobia still exists, both in the Jewish and non-Jewish world. When I read the comments and tweets in response to my piece in June about taking pride in my Jewish queer identity, I was reminded that not everyone is as lucky as me to have found such great support among family and friends. I was even more shocked when the Advocate picked up my blog post, especially because my story did not seem newsworthy to me; it just seemed like the norm for so many people I know.
And lastly, I am lucky for the support I have received.
As a survivor, I have seen how rape culture re-victimizes survivors through a culture of victim-blaming, institutions which offer more opportunities to succeed for rapists than survivors, and a legal system which leaves little hope for justice. Yet, I was fortunate to receive the support of family, friends, and even teachers. Perhaps one of the most touching responses I received were from two former teachers—one a teacher from elementary and middle school who saw my article on Keshet and one from a former professor who reached out to me after reading a piece I wrote for the Tufts Daily about Tufts' history of letting rapists remain on campus.
I had been publicly out as queer and as a survivor before I wrote my blog posts for Keshet. However, writing during pride month gave me the opportunity to not only come out in a more public space online but to also reflect on having pride in my identities—a feeling that doesn't necessarily come with coming out. And I couldn't be any prouder to be out for the month of National Coming Out Day.
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Getting Comfortable Coming Out
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In the spirit of Yom Kippur and the holiday season, I have a confession to make. It's taken me a while to get comfortable with coming out.
That's partially because I've been shy as long as I can remember. (My high school yearbook picture has the caption "Quietest Girl.") And it's partially because, given my ethnicity, it's already hard to blend in. Nor do I want people to see me only as Chinese-American, gay, and Jewish, especially since I still occasionally feel insecure about my level of Shabbat observance, Mandarin fluency, or GLBT activism.
So most of my initial coming-out experiences happened with close friends (99% of whom already knew!) or in GLBT-friendly environments. Once I started dating Kate (now my wife), my sexual orientation became more obvious. But despite living in a state where we had marriage equality and other rights, I still was tentative sometimes.
All this helps explain why I find one specific coming-out experience so memorable.
It happened in November 2008, when our synagogue, Temple Emunah, hosted a panel titled "Marriage, Intermarriage, Same-Sex Marriage." The room was packed with people wanting to hear how the local Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative rabbis engaged with these issues. We were particularly interested in how Rabbi Bukiet of Chabad and Rabbi Jaffe of Temple Isaiah approached the question of same-sex marriage. (Our spiritual leader, Rabbi Lerner, had already offered to marry us once I'd converted, so we already knew where he stood.)
The rabbis spoke thoughtfully, impressing us with their honesty and willingness to grapple with some thorny topics. Then during the Q&A session, an audience member we didn't know said they weren't aware of any gays or lesbians at Emunah. In hindsight, I understand their point of view. We ourselves weren't familiar with many other GLBT members. At the time, though, I was only aware of feeling invisible, and hating it.
My hand shot up of its own accord as I blurted out, "Um, right here!" "Yes, over here!" my wife chimed in. The questioner seemed taken aback but not angry; I don't even remember their reply. I was too busy thinking, "I just outed us to this entire room …"
My usual coming-out anxiety was this time mixed: half-amused, half-horrified chagrin. Then I felt relief, as nobody batted an eye at what we'd said (a testimony to how just inclusive Emunah is.) Later, I realized I'd come out to a bunch of people I didn't know that well … and I was actually happy with having done it.
I don't want to overstate the importance of this moment. I doubt anyone else even remembers the exchange. And I didn't suddenly start divulging my deepest secrets to random strangers. (There is way too much ingrained modesty for that to happen.) But I do feel like it helped me be more comfortable with coming out in more public ways, like our aufruf in front of the congregation on Shabbat.
In honor of this month's National Coming Out Day, I'm taking my cue from this memory. Even when I could pass—when I could get away with not talking about being Jewish or gay or anything else not immediately obvious—I'll choose to be true to myself and to encourage other people to do the same. Despite all the amazing progress made recently in marriage equality and other areas, we don't yet live in a world where everyone is fully accepted in all our complexity and humanity. Coming out is one way to help make that world a reality.
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interesting shot Larry, the Austin could beat the tank for speed but is a bit lite on armour. whats with the bit off the corner?
Oh, I scanned it out of a photo album, that's why is so shoddy. That is the corner of another photo.. is all couldn't take it out it was stuck in,cropping would have obliterated the tank! Thanks for dropping by..
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Olympian Clara Hughes brings message here on mental illness
Only a few weeks after winning her first Olympic medal, Clara Hughes fell into a deep and debilitating depression.
That was 18 years ago.
After many years of ignoring the symptoms and suffering alone, Hughes decided to get some help and seek professional and medical treatment and her life of misery has turned into a life filled with wonder, excitement, Olympic glory and success.
Encouraging people who suffer from various forms of mental illness and urging them to seek help has become her passion since retiring from competitive athletics, said the Canadian Olympic hero during her visit to Osoyoos last week.
As part of Clara's Big Ride, which will see the six-time Olympic medalist cycle 12,000 kilometres in 110 days, Hughes cycled into Osoyoos in front of about 110 adoring fans at the Sonora Community Centre last Thursday evening.
Hughes told the audience how her battle with chronic depression started shortly after winning two bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.
"I was in a severe state of depression two months after winning two Olympic medals."
What was supposed to be the best time of her life quickly turned into the worst, she said.
She grew up in a family where mental illness wasn't foreign as her father and sister both suffered from depression and mental illness and she didn't want to discuss her own problems with her mother, who was already carrying a heavy burden, said Hughes.
The stigma surrounding mental illness still remains, but was much worse 18 years ago and she didn't know what to do or who to talk to about her severe depression.
"People often don't know what to do and people think that they will get better and get over it, but that's not how it works," said Hughes.
Early detection and treatment remains crucial to overcoming depression and many other mental health issues, she said.
Canadian rock star Serena Ryder and well-known CBC broadcaster Shelagh Rogers have, like her, both spoken publicly about their own battles with severe and chronic depression, she said.
"There are people all over doing amazing things who are living with and overcoming mental illness," she said.
While she remains extremely proud of being the most decorated Canadian female Olympic athlete in history, Hughes said being able to help and inspire others who suffer from mental illness is equally important to her.
"Winning those medals represent moments of joy … and the rapture of being alive," she said. "Being in the top three in the world and being able to share those experiences with people is something I'm very proud of … but the biggest thing for me is being able to share my struggles and help other people."
During every stop on Clara's Big Ride, Hughes urges people to seek treatment and counselling and not be afraid to talk about their illness.
"We need to open the conversation with young Canadians … and let them know there are resources and counselling and programs out there to help you."
Hughes also told the audience how important physical fitness and being active are in recovering from depression and other forms of mental illness.
"For me, movement is fully and completely my medicine," she said. "Movement and being active is something I will practice for the rest of my life and something I practice every day. It is my medicine."
Hughes is scheduled to complete Clara's Big Ride on Canada Day in Ottawa. Her message about getting help and talking about mental illness will remain part of her daily message to Canadians.
"Mental illness is something we're just beginning to understand," she said. "We have created this stigma that we should feel shame and we should feel guilt and hopelessness because someone is sick.
"This has to change."
Mayor Stu Wells thanked Hughes for making such a big difference in the lives of so many Canadians, inspiring them with her message of hope and taking the time to share her message with Osoyoos residents.
One in five Canadians has or will suffer from a mental health issue in their lifetime and you can't have a wonderful community without offering services to those in need, said Wells.
"This issue has been in the closet and this ride is about bringing this issue out of the closet," he said. "It's an issue that affects us all."
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That feeling is confirmed an hour-and-a-half later when Sir John Kirwan's youthful Blues dismantle the seven-time champion Crusaders 34-15, five tries to nil, in front of more than 31,000 joyous fans at Eden Park on Friday night.
Two Super Rugby games, two wins and a maximum 10 points in the bank. Even the prince of positivity, Sir JK, admits he's surprised by how well his team has started this rebuilding year. Foundations laid, this thing will be a skyscraper soon the way work is progressing.
"I'm pretty surprised," says Kirwan after a game where his men punished the Crusaders mercilessly for their shortcomings.
"So am I," smiles his skipper Ali Williams, alongside.
Continues the coach: "If you had said to Ali and I sitting having a cappuccino three months ago that we'd have 10 points after the first two games I would probably have given you a million dollars."
Instead, it's Kirwan's new-look Blues who are looking a million dollars. On Friday night they rallied around outstanding performances from flanker Luke Braid and midfielder Rene Ranger, and stunned the Crusaders with some clinical finishing, steely defence and a breakdown effort that got better as the game progressed.
Frank Halai doubled his season try tally to four, Steven Luatua, Braid and George Moala got in on the act, and the creaky Crusaders left Eden Park late in the evening with the distinct impression they'd been ambushed.
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The coaching staff are rightly getting a lot of the credit. But Williams appears to be thriving in his leadership role. He talks about seeing the "desire and passion" in his players' eyes when he talks to them and a collective commitment to a style and plan.
Williams just hopes the fans feel the pride these Blues want to put back in that jersey, and the fun they want to bring with it.
"The fact they got behind us after such a poor season last year sums up the Blues region. They can forgive and forget and they can embrace something new."
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