Trans/NB Converts To Judaism

This is a blog by and for converts, conversion students, and those considering conversion to Judaism who identify as transgender, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming. No one running this blog is a rabbi or cantor, and certainly not your rabbi, but any issues regarding trans/nb/gnc jewry and conversion can be discussed here!

[yehudah]

compilation

[glintglimmergleam]

חג חנוכה שמח

a freilichen chanukah

hanukka alegre

هانوكا سعيد

 حَنوکا مبارک

frohes chanukka

joyeux hanouka

buon chanukkà

bon hanukkà

feliz janucá

vrolijk chanoeka

mutlu hanuka

с счастливой Хануки

срећна Ханука  

Χαρούμενο Χανουκά

修殿節 快樂

हनुका मुबारक हो

happy hanukkah

however you say or spell it, tumblr, may yours be filled with joy and light

[onedelusionalbrokendoll]

it should say feliz hanukkah. alegre is used for living things

[glintglimmergleam]

hello! i get this comment every year from romance language speakers eager to correct me.

in fact, “hanukkah alegre” is how you say it in ladino, a jewish language which is to spanish as yiddish is to german. the first 4 languages on this list are all jewish languages (hebrew, yiddish, ladino, & judeo-arabic).

in spanish and portuguese, most jews say “felix januca”, which you’ll notice is on here at #7.

have a great holiday!

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Saying “Hanukkah Alegre” just to piss off Europeans.

[lesbiankermit-moved]

transsexualism is a reflection and honoring of G-d’s holy act of creation. as we thank G-d for the grapes we ferment and crush to create our wine, as we thank G-d for the wheat we grind and transform to create our bread, of course we thank G-d for the blood and soul with which we create ourselves.

[transconverts]

I want to visit a local synagogue for services over a year ago when I started looking into this it said I should call/email ahead and ask due to the attitude towards Jews. Who do I contact about that kind of thing?

They should have their info posted on a contact page or on their page with rabbis.

[unhistorical]

Cora Latz and Etta Perkins were a lesbian couple who met in 1972 and were together until Perkins’ death in 1998. In 1973, they held a commitment ceremony; in 1998, they privately renewed their vows with the staff who cared for them at the Jewish Home for the Aged.

GLBT Historical Society

[cithaerons]

“When Moses, at the burning bush, says to God, “Who are you?” God says to him three words: “Hayah asher hayah.” And those words are mistranslated in English as “I am that which I am.” But in Hebrew, it means “I will be who or how or where I will be,” meaning, don’t think you can predict me. I am a God who is going to surprise you. And one of the ways God surprises us is by letting a Jew or a Christian discover the trace of God’s presence in a Buddhist monk or a Sikh tradition of hospitality or the graciousness of Hindu life. You know, don’t think we can confine God into our categories. God is bigger than religion.”

— Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in “The Dignity of Difference.” (via beingblog)

[transconverts]

Hi! I'm relatively new still in my exploration of faith, but from what I've read on my own Judaism is a faith I know I want to experience as I learn more about it. Given the pandemic, do you think it would be okay to email a local synagogue or rabbi for information as opposed to showing up in person? And is there anything I should keep in mind while writing such a message if I do so?

It would be okay even outside of a pandemic! If it’s a big synagogue (even if it’s not, actually), see if there’s an assistant to the rabbis you can e-mail for a quicker response. 

And no, not really! Just being normal levels of polite, and share what feels needed only. 

[stimmypaints]

Garlic Challah

[flimflix]

[trooth]

Joseph Ha-Zarefati, illuminator. Representation of the Prophet Zachariah’s vision of a menorah between two olive trees (& detail); from the Sephardic Cervera Bible, 1299

[papirene-royzn]

Beaded Torah Mantle, Jewish Museum, New York.

[papirene-royzn]

Embroidery from The Jewish Museum, New York’s Collection.

[progressivejudaism]

@hannahmichelledraws

Please share this image WIDELY

[slugspoon]

love you

[shalomyall]

There’s something about recognizing sunsets as beginnings rather than endings, there’s something about hands, beckoning light toward you, covering your eyes, uncovering joy.

[hillelsmith]

Happy Purim! I’m proud to debut the latest entry in my annual tradition of Purim package design, creating elaborate boxes to fulfill the ritual of mishloach manot, giving gifts of food to friends. (Find the last few years’ here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.) This year’s boxes were inspired by the mashrabiya and jaali, latticework traditions of the world “from India to Ethiopia” — regions ruled by Achashverosh (Esther 1:1). Each little box is filled with fun treats, as well as a little LED balloon light. Close the box and place the light in the peak, and the words “Happy Purim” shine on the tabletop. 

Colloquially called “harem windows,” these screens provided privacy and shade to those inside. In the Purim story, Esther lived hidden in the king’s palace. But when the time was right, at the darkest time, she revealed herself and saved her people. She shined. “The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor,” (Esther 8:16), and so may we all.

I made two designs while prototyping this box, and being unable to pick which I liked better, I made both! Which do you prefer?

[sabitchhh]

חג פורים שמח לכולם 🤡🎉💫

oznei haman + fig butter, lemon, walnut filling❤️🍋