Atonement
Today is a stressful day for trans folk and LGBTQIA+ in the United States and also many of us who are paying attention and/or have friends in the USA. I Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Faith
Spies Like Us: Parshat Shelach Lecha
This is the dvar, the teaching, I delivered during the Kulanu Toronto Pride Shabbat dinner on Friday June 16, 2017 held at The 519 on Church St. in Toronto. This Continue Reading →
Dam It! Here We go Again.
CW: This post discusses right wing Christian fundamentalism and may cause a reaction in those who have been, or are part of it On Monday night I came across an Continue Reading →
Eating of the Fruit of Knowledge – Breisheit 5777
In the Jewish calendar, we read through the Torah over the course of each year. We then lather, rinse and repeat each time finding something new each time. This year Continue Reading →
Montreal Massacre and Hanukkah
Twenty six years ago today a man walked into Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and murdered 14 women because they were women. Every year on December 6th we remember this massacre, Continue Reading →
Transgender Day of Remembrance Open Letter to the Rabbis and Jewish Congregations in Ottawa, Ontario
November 15, 2015 3 Kislev 5776 Dear Colleagues, On Friday November 20th people around the world mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance. November 20th, the anniversary of the 1998 murder Continue Reading →
Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue: Dvar on Shoftim 5775
In my Dvar, or teaching, for this year’s Interfaith Pride Shabbat I look at the commandment to pursue justice and the questions and challenges it raises for those of us in Continue Reading →
Balak, Balaam, Blessings, Curses, and Authority
This week in the annual cycle of Torah readings Jews are reading parsha Balak. The first part of the parsha tells the story of Balak who feels threatened by the Continue Reading →
The Equal Marriage Debate and Those it Leaves Behind
Across North America we are seeing a general move toward marriage equality. Canada has had it for almost ten years, various states within the United States of America have either passed Continue Reading →
Practically Creating Practical Queer Theology
This post is my contribution to the Queer Theology Synchroblog 2013. The topic for this year’s synchroblog is “Queer Creation” and is rather open ended in terms of what it covers. Continue Reading →