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How Keshet Changed LGBTQ+ and Jewish Life Forever

JL;DR SUMMARY Idit Klein, the founding CEO of Keshet, reflects on her 24-year leadership journey shaping LGBTQ+ inclusion within Jewish communities, highlighting Keshet's evolution from a small Boston group to a national advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish CommunityJewish LeadershipAdvocacyInclusivityLgbtq+Pride MonthMarriage EqualityKeshetIdit KleinTrans Youth

Places mentioned

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Welcome back to Boston Leaders Unplugged."
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
"So it wasn't my kitchen table, but it was a room in my apartment, in my triple-decker in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts."
United States
"Now it's very exciting to talk about."
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
"our first big project was producing a documentary film chronicling the campaign to create what was then called a Gay-Straight Alliance at what was then called the New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, today Gann Academy."
Massachusetts, United States
"when the JCRC put out a statement in support of the Goodrich decision, the Supreme Judicial Court decision in Massachusetts which legalized same-sex marriage."
Florida, United States
"And then as we established offices in other parts of the country and as other needs emerged, most dramatically in terms of working with queer Jewish youth, we expanded our programs from there."
Miami, Florida, United States
"happened at Miami Pride, which is when our people showed up to march in the parade and saw that right in front of them was the contingent from Equality Florida."
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