1) Articles/Essays from CJ: Voices of Conservative Judaism Issue (Spring 2009)

No Closets, All Windows: Walking In The Light RABBI WESLEY GARDENSWARTZ stresses how Jewishly necessary it is to welcome gay men and lesbians

Some Family Stories  DR. SUSAN E. HODGE writes about her straight son, her straight daughter, and her gay daughter

Koach Sets the Bar High REBECCA KIRZNER is glad to have found acceptance, as well as a leadership role, in one of the movement’s first organizations to reach out and accept queer-identified students

Gay and Ger - Hiding at the Seminary As both a convert and a gay man, RABBI ANTONIO DIGESU decided that it was worth acquiring the rabbinical degree he so desired even if it meant staying in the closet

Journeying in the Desert - Claiming Our Identities and Our Torah The first openly gay rabbinical student at JTS, AARON WEININGER reflects on his experiences

All is Created for His Glory  NOFRAT FRENKEL, an Israeli medical student who grew up in the Masorti movement, being a lesbian does not mean that she is any less committed to the mitzvot

Living in Two Worlds - Not Always a Choice It is heartbreaking when a gay couple cannot receive the benefits of citizenship because one of them is not a citizen. RABBI GAIL DIAMOND and her partner made aliyah in order to take advantage of Israel’s liberal legal protections for gay couples

Building a More Inclusive Space  USY and United Synagogue had to figure out what the law committee teshuvot on gays meant for their chapters and synagogues, according to BONNIE RIVA RAS

Opening Doors  As a congregant who stakes her life on the sanctity of halachah, DR. ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON believes that the law committee decision has opened the gates of righteousness

Closeted No More, or Why Jewish American Culture Really is Gay You might not know it, but many of the classics of Jewish American culture grapple with decidedly queer issues, according to DR. WARREN HOFFMAN

Hinenu - Responding To The Teshuvot  JOANNE PALMER considers how schools and synagogues are working to ensure safe, accepting, and sensitive environments

2) Sample Rituals

3) Jewish Sources

4) Making Your Synagogue Welcoming to Gays & Lesbians

5) The Halakhic Status of Homosexual Behavior

6) The Hillel LGBTQ Resource Guide (PDF)

7) A Prayer for the Yom Kippur Torah Reading - Rabbi Steve Greenberg

8) A Prayer for the Yom Kippur Torah Reading - Rabbi Victor Reinstein

9) Discrimination Creates a Second-Class Closet - Rabbi Joshua Grater

10) From Rabbi David Greenstein:

• An Essay on Inclusion
• A New, Inclusive Qiddushin
  

 Responses to the CJLS Decision on Dec. 6th, 2006

Rabbi Paul Arberman // Rabbi Jason Miller // Anne Pettit

CJLS Journal by Rabbi David Fine // "After the Vote" by Rabbi Danny Nevins

 Rabbi Matthew L. Berkowitz // // Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson    //  Rabbi Barry Leff

Rabbi Neal Loevinger // Rabbi Jack Moline  //  Rabbi Irwin Kula