Activities & Programs

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Activities in 2009

LGBT Inclusion: Promise & Actuality in the Reform Movement
December 9, 2009
Reform Jewish History - Dr. Carole Balin, HUC-JIR
Featured Presenter: Dr. Joel Kushner
California Faith For Equality Marriage Equality Advocacy Training
November 17, 2009
All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA
Presenters: Dr. Joel Kushner and Dr. Sharon Groves, Human Rights Campaign
Keshet National Training Institute
November 8-11, 2009
Brandeis Bardin Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Co-Sponsor: The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Making Your Congregation A Welcoming Place for GLBT Jews
November 5, 2009
Union for Reform Judaism Biennial Convention, Toronto, Canada.
Presenter: Dr. Joel L. Kushner.
Keeping the Faith for Marriage Equality
November 2, 2009
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 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?
October 18, 2009
Models of Pride Conference for LGBTQ Youth.
Sponsored by the The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Presented by Rabbi Joe Hample.
Issues of Tolerance versus Welcome and Inclusion at Jewish Summer Camps.
September 24, 2009
JWest Campership Summit, Foundation for Jewish Camp
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Working at the Intersections of Religion and Sexuality - What Do You Need to Know?
August 25, 2009
Psychology Training Program, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner.
Standing in Solidarity: Service of memorial and healing for the victims and the survivors of the shooting at the Tel Aviv LGBT Center
August 5, 2009
Beth Chayim Chadashim, Los Angeles, CA
Co-sponsor: The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Tu B'Av Summer Love-In - Love, Progress, & Hope
August 4, 2009
Progressive Jewish Alliance, Los Angeles, CA
Co-sponsor: The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Women on the Verge - Film Screening
July 11, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
OUTFEST Jewish LGBT Collaboration, Directors Guild of America
Marriage Equality: Where do we go from here? A discussion with California Faith for Equality and The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
June 15, 2009
Beverly Hills, CA
Featured Speakers: Dr. Joel L. Kushner and Kerry Chaplin, California Faith for Equality
Know the Heart of the Stranger...What is the meaning of true inclusion?
May 15, 2009
Temple Beth Israel, Pomona, CA
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Midrash & Medicine: Imagining Wholeness
May 11-13, 2009
Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California
Sponsored by the Kalsman Institute on Judaism & Health and the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
LGBT Jews: The Rise of Personal Identity Movements
April 29, 2009
American Jewish History - Dr. David Kaufman, Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
13th Annual Multicultural Passover Freedom Seder: The Struggle for Marriage Equality
April 14, 2009
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Sponsor: The Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
What Do Jewish Values Tell Us about Proposition 8?
March 13, 2009
Congregation Shir Chadash, Lakewood, CA
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Welcoming Synagogues Project Strategic Convening Public Forum & Research Findings
March 2, 2009
American Jewish University, Mulholland Campus
Featured Speaker: Dr. Caryn Aviv, Jewish Mosaic
Welcoming Synagogues Project Strategic Convening Public Forum - An Overview of Diversity, Inclusion, and Welcoming in Religious Contexts
March 1, 2009
American Jewish University, Mulholland Campus
Panelists: Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami, President, PAAR; Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Program Director, Institute for Welcoming Resources; Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom; Dr. Bernard Schlager, Interim Deputy Director, The Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
Welcoming Synagogues Project Strategic Convening Public Forum & Research Findings
February 23, 2009
Jewish Community Center of Manhattan
Featured Speakers: Dr. Steven Cohen, Synagogue 3000 & Dr. Caryn Aviv, Jewish Mosaic
Welcoming Synagogues Project Strategic Convening Public Forum - An Overview of Diversity, Inclusion, and Welcoming in the Jewish World
February 22, 2009
Jewish Community Center of Manhattan
Panelists: Idit Klein, Executive Director, Keshet; Paul Golin, Associate Executive Director, Jewish Outreach Institute, Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion and Women's Studies, Religion Department, Temple University
Health & Jewish Values - LGBT Issues in Education -- DeLeT Lecture
February 19, 2009
Day School Leadership Through Teaching (DeLeT) Fellows Lecture
Los Angeles, CA
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
What is the Current State of the Pro-LGBT Religious Movement?
January 28 - February 1, 2009
The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, Denver, CO
Featured Panelist: Dr. Joel L. Kushner, Gregg Drinkwater, Executive Director of Jewish Mosaic, & Dr. Caryn Aviv, Research Director of Jewish Mosaic
Equality Summit People of Faith Breakout Session
January 24, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Facilitator: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Judaism & Homosexuality
January 12, 2009
Issues in Theory and Practice - Senior Seminar - Rabbinics, Rabbi Ken Kanter, Hebrew-Union College-JIR Cincinnati, OH
Invited Speaker: Dr. Joel L. Kushner
Judaism & LGBT Issues: What 1000 Rabbis Think You Should Learn in Seminary
January 5 - 9, 2009
Inter-session Intensive, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, OH
Instructors: Rabbi Joshua Lesser and Dr. Joel L. Kushner
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