On 8 October the Monday Lunch Club hosted GRS member Scott Chase, who gave an insightful talk on ‘Gender and Sexuality in Judaism’, focussing on the history of LGBT+ Jews around the world. This was followed by a question and answer session.
Coincidentally, this week also saw
- on Tuesday, Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi to The Movement for Reform Judaism, speaking on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day about her non-binary child, the public consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, and some Jewish thinking on gender; and a very good interview in the Telegraph;
- on Thursday, an article in the Jewish Chronicle on transgender rights in the Jewish community and the Gender Recognition Act consultation.