Resources

Personal Work and Learning

There are a great many issues that burden our community, and much sacred work that is to be done. Even though Temple Beth Am has a limit on how much we can undertake as an organization, the joint work and passion of all of our members can make significant changes in our world. We encourage everyone to find the issue or project that is most meaningful to you and bring justice to all.

We also must be eternal learners, pushing ourselves (often out of our comfort zones), listening to new perspectives, and challenging our preconceived notions. We look forward to robust, heartfelt, and perhaps, at times, contentious dialogue within our community.

Below is a collection of resources on a number of current issues. Please explore them for yourself, and use them to inspire new conversations, learning, and action. Feel free to contact Beth Am staff for more resources.

LGBTQIA+ Justice and Gender Equity

• Keshet
• Human Rights campaign website
• Sign the Jewish Pledge for Trans Dignity
• How to Support Someone Who’s Trans and Just Came Out to You
• Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Grandchild
• Sharing Your Pronouns
  
• Why Pronouns Are So Important
• Transgender Day of Visibility
• Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Jewish Community
• Resources for Trans Day of Visibility
• Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility: Jewish Resources for Allyship and Action

Anti-Racism

• Let’s Talk About Race: Understanding the Conversation As Jews in This Moment
• Resurfacing the Conversation About Reparations
• ReformJudaism.org Article and Resource List
• Jewish Multiracial Network
• Joyous Justice

For a full resource list, please click here.

Anti-Semitism

• URJ and ADL’s Antisemitism Partnership
• Resources to Address and Change Anti-Semitism
• Religious Action Center Resources
• Skin in the Game by Eric Ward
• Resources for Combating Anti-Semitism

For Parents and Children

• What is Jewish About Respecting Differences?
• Passport to Peoplehood
• Kveller Book List on Diversity