Author Archives: yaakov777

Why supporting Orthodox gay Jews to become advocates, without providing high level Torah learning, will end with YCT ceding authority on LGT issues to those same advocates. This will be my final post on YCT, at least for a while. They have undertaken a monumental  challenge in working to advance LGT tolerance and acceptance inContinue reading “Supporting Change or Ceding Authority?”

I wanted to recommend a book I recently read. It was a portal into another time and place, imagining how Jews a hundred years ago dealt with homosexuality. I try to spend time on Shabbos reading. Most of the time its catching up on reading for school, rarely I have time to read for leisure.Continue reading “Book: Mourning and Celebration”

With so many pressing issues concerning Orthodox LGT people, which issue should YCT support first? Marriage? Coming Out? Or Something else entirely? In my last post I talked about meeting YCT’s Director of LGBTQ+ Initiatives. He had shared a plethora of meaningful concerns and questions LGT people and their Rabbis face. Questions about LGT relationships,Continue reading “The Next big issue for Orthodox LGT Jews”

I recently spoke to YCTs new Director of LGBTQ+ Initiatives and came away realising how much YCT is ceding authority of what it means to be an Orthodox LGT Jew to others. When I first heard about YCTs new Director of LGBTQ Initiatives I was surprised and hopeful. YCT has struggled with how to addressContinue reading “YCT’s Listening Tour”