CLGS provides a range of resources for the constituencies served by the Center in academic, faith, and activist communities.

Out of the Closet and Into the Libraries: Readings from Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit

19 September 2022

Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Event! CLGS was proud to host the book launch for Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022), an extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender through the lenses of tradition, art, […]

The Queernesses of Jewish Heresy: Sabbetai Zevi, Jacob Frank, and the Eros of Hasidism with Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson and Professor Naomi Seidman. A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event

14 September 2022

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event! From the 17th to 19th centuries, European Judaism witnessed an eruption of ecstasy and eros in a series of heretical and quasi-heretical movements beginning with the failed messiahs Sabbetai Zevi (1626-76) and Jacob Frank (1726-1791), and continuing through the ‘domestication’ of […]

Decolonizing Spiritual/Faith-Based Exploration and Formation: An Online CLGS Lavender Lunch with Maij Mai

14 September 2022

Click here to view a recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch Maij Mai explores what possibilities can exist when cultivating spiritual/faith-based exploration and formation spaces, particularly for marginalized communities whose experiences do not align with institutionalized faith-based spaces, communities, and traditions. Maij also considers a variety of decolonial possibilities in […]

Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit

20 August 2022 by Jakob Hero-Shaw, Jane Litman

CLGS is proud to announce the publication of Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit, co-edited by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman, Coordinator of the CLGS Jewish Roundtable, and Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, Coordinator of the CLGS Transgender Roundtable. This extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender […]

CLGS Announces Our Fall 2022 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series!

10 August 2022

The CLGS Fall 2022 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series Tuesday, 13 September 2022 | 12:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Decolonizing Spiritual/Faith-Based Exploration and Formation Maij Mai In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch Maij Mai, Coordinator of the CLGS Asian American/Pacific Islander Roundtable, explores what possibilities can exist when cultivating spiritual/faith-based exploration and formation spaces, particularly for marginalized […]

Two Hearts Dancing: A Conversation About Gay Men’s Spirituality with Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer, Rabbi Jay Michaelson, and Bernie Schlager. A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event

02 August 2022

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event! In this online CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event, Andrew Ramer, Rabbi Jay Michaelson, and Bernie Schlager discuss aspects of gay male spirituality, using Ramer’s recent book Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men as a springboard for discussion and conversation. “The […]

Queering and TRANScending: Trans and Nonbinary Seminarian Leaders for Social Justice

28 July 2022

To view a video recording of this CLGS Event, click here! In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch members of our Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort explore the complicated dynamics of ministry and religious leadership in extraordinary times. Presenters invite attendees to explore their own leadership experiences (both religious and secular) to help “queer” the concept of […]