Feeling alienated from queer and Sephardic spaces, LGBTQ Jews build their own communities
Kanisse, in partnership with the American Sephardi Federation, hosts an “Ancient Aleppo Shabbat” at the Jewish Theological Seminary on May 30, 2025, in New York. (Photo © Maegan Gindi)
(RNS) — Through egalitarian prayer spaces, Shabbat dinners and advocacy, Sephardic and Mizrahi organizers are creating places where LGBTQ Jews can bring their full identities.