Activities & Programs

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Activities in 2008

Judaism & Sexual Orientation: The Effects of Prop. 8
November 22, 2008
Havurah Tikvah, Los Angeles, CA
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
What Clergy and Educators need to know about the Coming Out Process
November 18, 2008
A Lunch and Learn Experience. Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Panelists: Sara Cannon, Rabbi Jonathan Klein, and Sylvia Weisenberg
Human Development
November 7, 2008
Human Development - Dr. Larry Garf, School of Education, Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Knowing the Heart of the Stranger: Judaism and Homosexuality from the Bible to Proposition 8.
November 2, 2008
Temple Israel of Long Beach; Annual Pilger Lecture
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Faith for Equality: A Multi-Faith No on Prop. 8 Call to Action
November 1, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Co-Sponsor: The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Leviticus 18:22 - Who's Sleeping With Who and What's a Modern Boi or Grrl To Do?
November 1, 2008
Models of Pride Conference for LGBTQ Youth. Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA
Presenters: Institute staff and guest facilitators
Religious Perspectives on Integration of LGBT Issues and Aging
October 13, 2008
SAGE - National Conference on LGBT Aging
Moderator: Dr. Joel L. Kushner; Panelists: Rabbi Richard Address, Dr. John E Hirsch, Herbert Leiman, Rev. Dr. Cindi Love, Barbara Satin
No Matter What You Are, There You Are: Understanding Gender and Sexual Orientation in our Jewish Community.
August 25, 2008
Hebrew Union College-JIR Opening Kallah, Kutz Camp, New York.
Facilitators: Karen Perolman and Neil Hirsch.
Beyond the Gender Binary: The Tumtum & the Androgynos in Antiquity and Transgender & Intersex Communities Today.
August 24, 2008
Hebrew Union College- JIR Opening Kallah, Kutz Camp, New York. Facilitators: Imani Henry, Jo Hirschman, Melissa Simon.
OUTFEST Jewish LGBT Collaboration Closing Dinner and Havdalah Service.
July 26, 2008
West Hollywood, CA.
Introduction to the Institute and its resources.
July 24, 2008
Day School Leadership Through Teaching (DeLeT) fellows Orientation
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Antarctica - Film Screening and After Party to follow.
July 20, 2008
OUTFEST Community Collaborator, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA.
Her Own Way - Film Screening.
July 13, 2008
OUTFEST Jewish LGBT Collaboration, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA.
Seeds of Summer - Film Screening and Wine Tasting to follow.
July 13, 2008
OUTFEST Jewish LGBT Collaboration, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA.
Contemporary Jewish Issues: LGBT Jews - A Marginalized Population.
July 10, 2008
School of Jewish Communal Service, HUC-JIR Los Angeles Campus
Guest Lecturer: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Citizen Nawi - Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion.
July 10, 2008
OUTFEST Community Collaborator, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA. Panel Discussion with Rabbi Denise Eger, representing Jerusalem Open House and Rivka Ben Daniel, Board member, Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation.
The Secrets - Film Screening and post film Mixer.
July 10, 2008
OUTFEST Jewish LGBT Collaboration, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA.
Marriage Equality and Judaism: A Text Study
May 20, 2008
Pacific Southwest Council Executive Committee, Union for Reform Judaism. Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner.
Leviticus 18:22 - Creating a Safe Space to Discuss Difficult Texts.
May 20, 2008
Leviticus - Dr. Tamara Eskenazi. Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Jeffrey A. Miller Scholar in Residence Weekend at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
May 16-17, 2008
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, CA
Scholar: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Learning and Teaching Inclusive Jewish Sexual Ethics for Teenagers
April 29, 2008
A Joint Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity and Kalsman Institute for Judaism and Health Lunch and Learn Experience
Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Rabbi Deborah Schuldenfrei, Congregation Shir Ha-Ma'a lot, Irvine, CA
USC Hillel and JAGS (Jewish and Gay Students at USC) LGBT Seder
Premier of the Haggadah (service/prayer book) developed by JQ International, and the Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

April 26, 2008
Los Angeles, CA.
Leader: Student Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg.
LGBT Jews: The Rise of Personal Identity Movements
April 15, 2008
American Jewish History - Dr. David Kaufman, Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
To Have and To Hold - Faith Leaders Speak on the Freedom to Marry - You Tube Video launch.
April 8, 2008
Developed with California Faith for Equality
Understanding the Basics - LGBTQQIAAGNC
April 8, 2008
Gender and Judaism - Rabbi Lisa Edwards, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Homosexuality in Judaism
April 1, 2008
Day of Silence Commemoration, Milken Community High School, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Celebrating Inclusion at Jewish Theological Seminary.
March 26, 2008
Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, New York. A day of celebration and reflection on the one year anniversary of admitting openly lesbian and gay students to the rabbinical and cantorial schools at JTS
Dr. Joel L. Kushner, Panelist
Health and Jewish Values - Day School Leadership Through Teaching (DELET) Fellows Seminar
March 13, 2008
Dr. Joel L. Kushner discussed LGBT families, school inclusion and Jewish Values.
HUC-JIR Los Angeles campus.
Nehirim West GLBT Jewish Spiritual Retreat
March 7-8, 2008
Walker Creek Ranch, San Francisco, CA
Co-sponsor: Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Using Kulanu, an LGBT Guide to Inclusion to Change Communities
March 1, 2008
Department of Jewish Family Concerns Annual Advisory Board Meeting, Union for Reform Judaism. Dr Joel L. Kushner, Invited speaker.
Trans 101: Gender Diversity in Judaism
February 18, 2008
LimmudLA Conference Costa Mesa, CA
Presenters: Rabbi Julie Pelc and Daniel Gould, MSW
Making Your Congregation and Community a Welcoming Place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Jews
February 17, 2008
LimmudLA Conference Costa Mesa, CA
Presenter: Dr. Joel Kushner
Leviticus 18:22 : Who's Laying with Who and What's a Modern Jew to Do???
February 8-10, 2008
National Union of Jewish LGBTQQI Students (NUJLS) Conference.
Presenter: Jay Golden
Empowering People of Faith: What You Need to Change Your Community
February 6-8, 2008
Creating Change: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Conference for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Movement, Detroit, Michigan
Panelist: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Homosexuality in the Middle Ages
January 29, 2008
A Lunch and Learn Experience with Maggie Anton, noted author of the Rashi's Daughters series. Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Building Bridges: Allies and Outreach - Between and Within Trans and Non Trans Communities in Religious Denominations
January 19-21, 2008
Transgender Religious Summit. Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.
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