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This Pride month we have been celebrating the live

This Pride month we have been celebrating the lives of LGBTQ Jews who have changed history. Today we are celebrating Leslie Feinberg. Feinberg was an author, educator, activist and revolutionary who wrote countless books and articles on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and liberation.

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This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews tha

This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews that have changed history! Today we are celebrating Rabbi Sandra Lawson. Rabbi Lawson is one of the first openly Queer, African American women to be ordained as a rabbi!

She is a talented musician, engaging educator, and she is also a sociologist!

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This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the live

This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ Jews through history!

Today we are celebrating Claude Cahun! Cahun was a Jewish French gender non conforming anti fascist artist. Cahun once said “Under this mask, another mask; I will never finish removing all these faces.”

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Vote on your T shirt favorite design!

This weekend Israel made headlines for swearing in

This weekend Israel made headlines for swearing in it’s new Knesset (parliament)! Israel has a new Prime Minister for the first time in 12 years. This government is made up of a coalition of different parties in a formation known as a Unity Government.
Check out the slides to learn more about this major shift in Israeli politics.

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Today we are celebrating Shmuel HaNaggid. HaNaggid

Today we are celebrating Shmuel HaNaggid. HaNaggid was a bisexual medieval political advisor, Talmudist, and poet.

In his own words:
That boy who told me pass some honey from your hive I answered: give me some back on your tongue and he got angry and yelled shall we two sin against the living G-d? I answered: let your sin, sweet master, be with me

For more of his poetry check out the link in our bio!

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Hey Gophers!
Hillel is making T-shirts and we nee

Hey Gophers!
Hillel is making T-shirts and we need YOUR help on deciding which design to use!
Please vote for your favorite by commenting below with the number of the picture. Pictures are numbered by appearance on the post.

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2. A cartoon Gopher holding the letter gimel HILLEL in blue GOUCHER COLLEGE in gold
3. A cartoon Gopher standing next to the letter gimel GOUCHER in gold HILLEL in blue
4. A cartoon Gopher head next to the letter gimel GOUCHER in gold HILLEL in blue

Today we are celebrating Eva Kotchever.
Kotchever

Today we are celebrating Eva Kotchever.
Kotchever was a Jewish Polish immigrant to the United States where she opened up the first known lesbian tea room in New York City. Eves Hangout was a safe space for LGBT people to express themselves. She hosted discussions about anarchism, socialism, identity and countless other topics that were considered to be taboo at the time. In this era of time many parts of the US including NYC had strict Comstock laws which prohibited the distribution of any reading material deemed “obscene.” Eventually Kotchever was charged with violating these laws and deported to Poland. She was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943.

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Today we are celebrating:
Gad Beck
Beck was born

Today we are celebrating:
Gad Beck
Beck was born in 1923 to a Jewish father and a mother who had converted to Judaism. His mother’s Jewishness was not recognized by Germany therefore placing Gad and his sister into a category under Nuremberg laws where they were not classified as “fully” Jewish. Gad used this to his advantage to avoid being sent to a death camp. According to Beck “as a homosexual I was able to turn to my trusted non Jewish homosexual acquaintances go help supply food and hiding places.” After surviving the war Beck would go on to help Holocaust survivors with no place to go emigrate to British Mandate Palestine. Decades later Beck returned to Germany to help rebuild LGBT and Jewish life.

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Today begins Pride Month!
To celebrate the lives a

It’s on all of us to end antisemitism and oppres

It’s on all of us to end antisemitism and oppression in all its forms. Please join Goucher Hillel and countless other organizations at 4PM Eastern today at the Virtual Rally for the Day of Action Against Antisemitism
RSVP using the link in our bio
#ActAgainstAntisemitism

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Pride Month is one week away!

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It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to p

It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to play Halacha or Huh; the game where you determine if this is an actual Jewish legal opinion or we made it up on the spot!

This week: Jewish head coverings

Reminder: Jewish law has been an ongoing debate for thousands of years. Many opinions were formally codified in the Middle Ages. Some opinions presented are niche, others mainstream, and others total nonsense. We advise all opinions to be taken within the context, culture, and scientific beliefs of the time and place they were written in. None of these opinions are directly reflective of any Goucher Hillel staff, students, or policy.

Hey Gopher Graduates!
Are you planning on living i

Hey Gopher Graduates!
Are you planning on living in Baltimore for the foreseeable future? Do you want to hang out with Jewish friends in your own age demographic? Then check out Moishe House Baltimore! Moishe House Baltimore is a community of post undergrad Jewish young adults that facilitates fun social activities to build community with people in similar ages and stages of life!
Interested in learning more? RSVP to their listserv using the link in our bio OR by going to the link listed on the graphic!

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As we end this year we celebrate the Goucher Colle

As we end this year we celebrate the Goucher College graduates of the classes of 2021 and 2020. The Torah ends each chapter with “chazak chazak v’nitzchazek.” May these graduates go fourth with endless simcha (joy) and chazaka (courage/strength).

Mazel tov classes of 2020 and 2021!

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On today’s series finale of Shot of Spirituality

On today’s series finale of Shot of Spirituality, Deep learning never ends. When we close a book, a tractate of Talmud, or a podcast, or finish a course or a degree, we celebrate with siyyum - a recognition that what we learned will forever be a part of us. Links in bio or search “shot of spirituality” on most podcast platforms.

We put a bow on the final episode of the podcast … for now at least! Looking back, we think about how we relate to the Torah and what we’ve each gained from encountering familiar texts and unfamiliar ones and giving our own unvarnished spin on them. Plus - Spin-a-Verse on Etsy?
Link in bio or search Spin-a-Verse on most podcast platforms

We invite all students to RSVP using the link in o

We invite all students to RSVP using the link in our bio for a panel discussion on the developing situation for Israelis and Palestinians at 3:30 PM Thursday May 13th

RSVP required
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It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to p

It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to play Halacha or Huh? The game where YOU determine if this is a real rabbinic opinion or total nonsense!
This week: Shavout
Check out the link in our bio to play
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