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How Keshet Changed LGBTQ+ and Jewish Life Forever
In this powerful — and emotional — Pride Month conversation, we sit down with Idit Klein, founding CEO of Keshet, to reflect on her 24-year journey transforming LGBTQ+ inclusion in Jewish life.
What began in a Boston apartment became a national force for change — mobilizing the Jewish community to help secure marriage equality in Massachusetts (where the Boston JCRC proudly became the first JCRC in the country to publicly support equal marriage), a milestone moment driven by Keshet's work.
That unified advocacy helped defeat a constitutional amendment and made Massachusetts the first U.S…
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