A look at the memoir by Scott Thorson that inspired the new HBO movie about his former lover, Liberace; the recent winner of Survivor; Mel Brooks, Kat Dennings, Josh Radnor, and more!
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When my husband read an early draft of this essay, he asked, "Why doesn't her partner have to support our daughter? After all, they agreed to raise children as Jews." What does it mean to raise a Jewish child?
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What were you taught about your LGBTQ heritage? Kick off Boston Pride Week with a retelling of the story of LGBTQ liberation using the Passover Seder model. June 1st, Boston, MA.
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Go To BlogsJewish mourning practices can be psychologically helpful to people who have lost parents, even when those parents aren't Jewish.
Date: 04-30-2010A non-Jew is thrown into Jewish burial and mourning customs when her grandfather-in-law dies.
Date: 09-09-2008An explanation of the Jewish ritual of Mourner's Kaddish.
Date: 10-20-2008Explanation of why Judaism is so respectful of the dead body.
Date: 10-20-2008Her father, who had converted away from Judaism, mocked her for wanting to be a Jew. After her conversion, he died. How should she mourn?
Date: 11-04-2008Explanation of the first month of mourning in the Jewish tradition.
Date: 10-20-2008Explanation of the origins of Jewish burial practices.
Date: 10-20-2008A popular Conservative rabbi answers a frequently asked question: Do Jews believe in an afterlife?
Date: 07-01-2009Conservative rabbis' wrenching compromise with ancient Jewish burial tradition doesn't do much to stop most interfaith couples feeling like second-class citizens.
Date: 08-02-2010Her father had jettisoned his Judaism; she converted to reclaim it. Now he was dead--how would she mourn him?
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