Keshet Inc

I follow Keshet on facebook and twitter and it's helpful to always see what is going on in the GLBT world.

Keshet provides the support I need to feel welcome in Jewish spaces.

Keshet has changed the face of the American Jewish community for the better. Thanks to Keshet, we are on the way to being a more inclusive and just community. My volunteer work has been forever improved due to my time with Keshet. My roles with Keshet made me feel powerful and able to make impact.

Keshet is an incredible asset to the Jewish community.

I count on Keshet to keep me abreast of pertinent issues in the Jewish queer community that represent particular points of view. I frequently direct my social work students to Keshet for articles and commentary that I believe may be relevant and stimulate dialogue.

Keshet is an incredible organization that brings Jewish life to LGBTQ Jews that are looking for more out of their Jewish involvement. Keshet focuses their efforts on inclusion, and I've been wildly impressed with the work Keshet does on a national level, and the work it has been doing locally in Miami.

The Jewish world is indeed a better place with Keshet in it!

Keshet is doing a fantastic job that no one else is doing in the Jewish community of North America today. Their devotion and commitment, as well as their peaceful and friendly approach to different types of communities and people are making the change of approach towards lgbt's in Jewish communities a living reality in stead of just empty words.

Keshet is an amazing organization that fills many needs. The only thing that could make Keshet better would be for it to exist in more places. May the organization's mission continue to reach those who need support the most.

KESHET is an incredible, innovative and dynamic organization ensuring GLBT inclusiveness in the Jewish community and beyond. They have a warm, smart, and wonderful staff who continue to impress me over and over again!

Keshet is the only group working nationally on behalf of LGBT Jews, and they do it with huge energy, compassion, and attention to detail. They're smart and focused and humane. In particular I'd point to their efforts at making the transgender part of "LGBT" really significant, but also to their deeply humane and deeply Jewish way of working for a kinder world.

Keshet has done so much to promote GLBT inclusiveness and fairness in the Jewish community, and as someone who is both gay and Jewish, I certainly appreciate that.

Keshet is nationally respected for the work they do in the Jewish lgbt community. They have been the lead in Jewish education and community building nationwide. They are accepted fully by mainstream Jewish community and provides a safe home for diversity. Idit Kline is an amazing leader and founder.

Keshet is true to is grassroots beginnings. I approached Keshet about having a presence at Boston's Youth Pride and they supported me in organizing a table and getting volunteers. They are truly an organization driven by community need and interest.

My formal Jewish education went from pre-school to seventh grade and nobody ever even mentioned the possibility of being anything but heterosexual and cisgender. Synagogues are becoming more inclusive, but they will need proper guidance.

If I'd had resources like Keshet when I was younger, I think I would have figured out a lot of things a lot sooner. I am so glad that it exists.

I have no personal expierence with this organazition, nor do I live in the area it serves but as a Queer Jewish kid I wish I did.

I interned over the summer of 2014 with Keshet, and was never anything but impressed by the passion for and knowledge of the work that the staff members had. Everyone at the SF branch was dedicated, knowledgeable, fun, and passionate. I think Keshet is absolutely life-changing, and I would like nothing better to see them grow and expand even more so that Jewish communities everywhere can have the luck and pleasure of being educated by them.

Keshet is doing great work in the SF bay area -- reaching out to unaffiliated Jews in the LGBT community and encouraging mainstream Jewish organizations to open their programs and facilities to LGBT participants. Their leadership is highly qualified and they are working in a focused an efficient manner to bring real social change to the Jewish community,

Keshet does amazing work to increase inclusion in the Jewish community for Jews who identify as LGBTQ. As a professional in the slightly different but very much related field of Jewish inclusion for kids with special needs, they inspire me every single day, and have been incredible partners in making the Jewish community accessible to all.

I have had many opportunities to serve on non-profit boards, but Keshet is the one that truly holds to their mission. I am a proud Jewish woman and a proud mother with a gay daughter. These two elements are powerful forces in my life. For me, the two are one. With a energetic staff, a super-hero executive, outstanding volunteers and generous donors, Keshet is completing their goals with hugh success.
Keshet is making a difference with educations and engaging events. Bravo, Keshet,
Ann Falchuk

Keshet is leading the way in pushing the Jewish community to be more LGBTQ inclusive. From educational programming to community building, Keshet serves most of the Jewish community. As a Keshet volunteer and queer-identified Jew, I am grateful for the opportunity to join them in this hard and rewarding work.

I have been very impressed with the community organizing work of Keshet in the Bay Area. They are reaching folks who do not normally identify with Jewish organizations, especially synagogues. Young people, who truly acknowledge multiple identities, are being supported in their journeys to participation and leadership. Providing important education in schools and non profit organizations helps these agencies to better serve their LGBTQ clients, students and families.

The staff understands the importance of programs that emphasize fun, connecting folks to learning opportunities and having an open door for listening.

Keshet is the best investment I have made, both philanthropically and in terms of energy spent as a volunteer bread member. Keshet has saved lives, has helped stop bullying in schools, and brought many disenfranchised Jewish people back into the community. Bravissimo!

Keshet works in the Jewish community all over the United States. It saw there was a need to be more inclusive and because of their amazing work, there is more understanding and tolerance in the community. They have a small staff but because of the commitment they make a hugh difference.

Being someone who teters between Jewish and LGBT none profits, its really nice seeing something that works for both. Its very empowering to know they work for so many demographics like teachers, families, professionals, and youth. I cannot wait to see how this none profit expands. I really love their resources. The staff has gone out of there way to support me.

Keshet identified a need in the community (that being both the LGBTQA and Jewish communities individually) that was not being addressed. As a member of both communities, I know that there really hasn't been much space for intersectionality. It is important for members of the LGBTQA community to know that their sexual orientation does not rob them of their Jewish identity and that they can be fully embraced by everyone. Keshet is working on the important work within the system to ensure that Jewish organizations, day schools and synagogues stand up for all of their members.

It goes without saying that I sleep better at night knowing that Keshet is doing the hard work to build a more inclusive Judaism.

Keshet does amazing work in providing resources and training for enabling synagogues and community groups to be welcoming and supportive for LGBT participants. I have found Keshet to be a warm and welcoming community in Boston and a great way to meet other LGBT Jews. I have had the opportunity to participate in Shabbat celebrations and in learning opportunities and have enjoyed attending and volunteering at the Cabaret fundraiser for several years. The Keshet staff and volunteers are fantastic and truly dedicated to the organization.

Seldom do you see an organization that models the very values it teaches -- empathy, compassion, tolerance and respect. Keshet has taught us all to be more accepting of ourselves and others. It has given a home and a voice to so many LGBTQ community members who felt displaced, misunderstood, and powerless. It is no wonder that Keshet has become a leading change agent in the Jewish community and beyond.

Keshet is an amazing organization on account of its passionate, thoughtful, dedicated, and innovative staff. The staff's, donors' and program participants' ability to connect to Keshet's mission and to implement real change and inclusiveness in Jewish communities of all denominations and throughout the country has transformed Keshet from an idea of a few people just over 10 years ago to a thriving national organization. I am honored to be a part of it.

Keshet does great works for the GLBTQ community and does wonders for advocacy among the Jewish community. I believe with things like GLBTQ outreach, it needs to be done at a more personal, intimate level, and I think working through the Jewish community is exactly the approach that's needed. They do so many things with so little resources it's absolutely amazing.

Keshet leads the way in the next generation of smart, highly connected, impactful work. If you're someone who wants to claim your full identity -- both Jewish and queer -- Keshet provides the resources and connections to make this happen. And the space being created in the "mainstream" Jewish community for GLBT inclusion and celebration is impressive. Thanks, Keshet

Keshet has been an incredible resource to me as an educator and supporter of young Jewish people. It ha s helped me work with teachers and teens to create a more just, inclusive, and vibrant community at my institution.

Keshet has grown over the past decade from a local community and advocacy group to become THE leading national go-to for Jewish agencies, synagogues, et al for resources and training to become inclusive. This credibility and reach has come through the strategic and thoughtful approach of a dynamic staff and volunteer base and is enabling Keshet to make remarkable strides in advancing a vision of a Jewish community that is truly inclusive and to, in the same breathe, protect and support all of our LGBT kids.

Keshet is among the most effective non-profit organizations on the Jewish communal landscape for its clear mission and easily measured outcomes. If 10 years ago, few Jewish institutions were open and welcoming of LGBT Jews, today, a Jewish institution that does not consider LGBT Jews full and equal members is considered an outlier in need of transformation.

I loved Keshet when I was living in Boston because it let me participate in and then contribute to Jewish LGBT events. I wish it was national so that it could have reached me when I lived in Minneapolis and now that I am in Washington D.C. It has been wonderful to see it expand from Boston-only to Denver and now San Fran too! I hope to see Keshet continue to expandi the types of services it offers from social to advocacy to supportive, etc as it has been doing over the past many years.

What Keshet has created is a must for anyone concerned about making each child feel safe to learn in all of our educational environments. This is not just about GLBT inclusivity – this is reframing the way we look at constructing educational spaces. Keshet’s training should be mandatory for every teacher, educator, counselor and youth worker in the Jewish community.

In my 35 years as a social worker and member of progressive oranizations, I have never been as impressed with any organization as I have with Keshet. Initially I became involved with Keshet to meet the " Jewish woman of my dreams." "I soon learned Keshet's social events were a small part of their work. Each year I am amazed how much Keshet continues to explode into the larger community. IT IS AS IF A GRAIN OF SAND HAS BECOME A BEACH. Idit Klein is a brilliant leader who is able to envision how to eduate the broader Jewish community about GBLT issues in a way that GBLT Jewish people are no longer "other," but are the "We." I would like to see Keshet have more staff and funding to continue its educational work. I know from personal experience self acceptance allows me to feel safe in the world. I cannot function well without that safety.I did not find it in my family, my school, or in my temple. I had to wait until I was an adult to find that safe haven. I found it in friends. Keshet added to my sense of well being in the world. Feeling okay about who we are can start at home and in our Jewish institutions. I want the next generation of Jewish LBGT to feel included, not excluded, self-love, not loathing, and empowerment not impotency. KESHET IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN!!! Berni Zisserson

Keshet combines direct service to GLBT Jews in Greater Boston with local and national advocacy for full inclusion by Jewish institutions, especially schools. That's a winning and effective combination.

As an educator Keshet has given me tools to help make GLBT students feel safe and part of a community. The world is a better place for having Keshet.

Keshet is at the forefront of real and thorough change in the Jewish communities' actitudes and policies about diversity, and in the GLBT Jewish world, with a very caring staff that works first, but not only, with the heart .

Thirty years and counting: I have been involved with many non-profit organizations. Keshet is at the top of my list for energy, dedication, brilliant leadership and financial responsibility.. Keshet will always have my support for the important work they accomplish.The energy surrounding Keshet is enough for 10 organizations.

I'm very grateful for my experiences with Keshet. The organization is full of thoughtful, friendly, progressive individuals who go out of their way to make everyone involved feel welcome. As someone new to Boston, I was not fully equipped to handle how socially isolating it can be, but Keshet was there for me and I can say, with confidence, that several of my dearest friends are Keshet members.

As a staff person at a foundation, I spend lots of time thinking about social change, how its made, which models are strong and which aren't as strong. Keshet is one of a handful of organizations (i.e. fewer than five) that is in the top tier in terms of strong social change models among all of the foundation's grantees. In addition to excellent execution, which is a prerequisite, the aspect of Keshet's model I find most compelling its combination of two strategies. On the one hand, they work with individuals, helping folks see that there is a way to integrate the GLBT aspect of their identity with the Jewish aspect of their identity. On the other hand, they work with mainstream Jewish institutions (e.g. synagogues, JCCs, camps, schools) to help them recognize a) that they may not be as welcoming and inclusive as they think they are, and b) how to be more welcoming and inclusive. Either of these approaches by themselves would be important work. The combination of the two is far more than the sum of the individual parts. The fact that Keshet has chosen to "grow" by spreading/sharing what its learned rather than scaling up its infrastructure in multiple cities is another smart, resourceful decision by the organization. Finally, institutions that come to realize that they weren't as welcoming and inclusive as they thought they were in terms of GLBT folks are, in my opinion, highly likely to ask the obvious next question. Namely, "Who else doesn't feel as welcome and included as we might think?" Interfaith couples, Jews of color, folks with physical, mental or learning differences could all appear on the institution's radar in a new way. Because of this ripple effect, I think of Keshet not simply as a GLBT organization, but as an organization that's bringing about a more inclusive, welcoming Jewish community in general. Any funder that is looking forward to the day when the Jewish community welcomes, includes and helps unleash the potential involvement of every individual has a great investment opportunity in Keshet.

Keshet has made fabulous strides in outreach to the Jewish Community. The educational programs have created important dialogue in moving toward more inclusivity for all.

I worked as a volunteer first and then for a small time as an intern when Keshet was starting to grow back in 2003. I think the vision of the organization with the community organizing tools applied, has brought to Boston, the US and also to the international Jewish community an example on how things can change for good. In Argentina and Latin America we had applied Keshet tools and programs succesfully and we have always had the support of their staff.

Keshet is one of those charities where the staff, although professional are focused on their mission 24/7. It is a pleasure to see donations so carefully managed and so much good done day to day

Idit Klein is a visionary leader, someone who has brought consistent and thorough leadership to the Boston community in general and to GLBT in particular. Through her work at Keshet she has expanded the network of communal understanding and empathy, education and focus to a growing awareness for inclusion. To be part of the network of support enhances our understanding of an organization who has managed growth and vision simultaneously to produce great results. I am honored to be part of the effort.

Keshet is wonderful. Always happy, always helping. Just wonderful. Every event I've ever attended, from staff to membership, everyone has been welcoming and kind.

Keshet is an organization that is transforing the American Jewish community. It has incredibly strong leadership, strategic thinking, and can handle the follow-through necessary to run a national organization - it's well-worth any investment of time or money!

time is short, and my admiration long: but the point is that work Keshet does to increase awareness and create a civil society is beyond works. the menu does not allow for mulitple roles....but I am a professional, donor, and personal fan of the organization. In this day and age, Keshet provides a steady north star vision for the world, which we so sorely need. thanks.

I have seen Keshet come from a local Boston non-profit for the benefit of the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/ Trans community into a nationally known organization , educating, servicing and supporting the young LGBT person and also the general Jewish community. I support their successful efforts financially and spiritually.

Working with Keshet has remained a pinnacle experience of how working with an engaged nonprofit can yield brilliant, extraordinary results. I adore these people.

Keshet is a model organization that is educating, transforming, and supporting the Jewish community locally and nationally. I am proud to be a supporter of Keshet, and I feel confident that my children will grow up in a more inclusive Jewish community because of Keshet's work. I am very impressed by how Keshet, in just a few years, had developed from a local community organization to a powerful force on the national scene.

Keshet is a wonderful organization. The work that they do helps make our community welcoming and inclusive, and I am so glad that Keshet exists.

Keshet is a wonderful organization that works to make the larger Jewish community more welcoming and inclusive of the GLBT community. I first became acquainted with Keshet when I attended a speed dating event they held many years ago. It was really fun, and whaddaya know? - I met my partner there! So, yes, I am one of several (dare I say, "many?") love connections that Keshet has made. Also, at this point, Keshet really is my primary tie to the Jewish community, and of course to the Jewish GLBT community in Boston because Keshet is the foundation of the Jewish GLBT community in our city. So, I am indebted to Keshet in many ways, and I applaud their work - their mission, their trainings, "Hineini," etc. Because of Keshet, I am able to live more openly in both my Jewish and queer identities.

Keshet does a great job advocating for LGBTQ folks in the Jewish communities, educating members of the Jewish community on LGBTQ issues, and organising social and support events for LGBTQ Jews.

We in the Boston area are fortunate to have Keshet as a community service, training and educational organization. I work with college students and Keshet has helped the GLBT and friends community over the years. They assist with training, make visits to campus to discuss issues that are pertinent to the campus community and have volunteers who are always available to come in for educational programs. I appreciate their strong volunteer base and the commitment that Keshet has to the greater Boston Jewish community.

Keshet is an amazing organization whose work has made a huge impact on the inclusivity of the Jewish community. The consultations and trainings that Keshet conducts with clergy and lay leaders help to ensure that GLBT Jews can fully integrate their identities. Moreover, the Hineni film and curriculum guide have been used to discuss issues of diversity, pluralism, and the changing nature of Jewish law in Jewish camps, day schools, and congregations.

As a member of the Boston LGBTQ and Jewish communities, I very much value the role Keshet plays by creating a place where these communities work together positively, creating progressive social change and an inclusive space for us all.

I was an intern at Keshet for a summer. I learned more about contributing to a community and the value of good leaders allowing those with passion and movtivation to move projects forward than at any other place in my employment experience thus far. I am eternally grateful for the guidance of Orly and Idit, and the trust they showed me over the course of the summer. The mission of this organization is central to Jewish communal development, but their impact is much wider, and constantly reminds people of the power of dual-identity politics, issue-focused campaigns and the importance of one-to-one connections! Keshet was my gold at the end of the rainbow!

Keshet is doing very important work in the Greater Boston area and beyond. Their work to educate the larger jewish community about GLBT folks is really important. In addition their organizing and advocacy around equal marriage and transgender issues has and will continue to be critical.

Keshet was worked to create an open and inclusive community where members can connect in countless ways. Their educational trainings are laying the groundwork for significant change in the way that Jewish educators relate to students and how they respond to GLBT issues.

Put simply, Keshet is the only GLBT focused non-profit that I can point to and say "my life is better because they exist."

I was trained as a facilitator by keshet as part of their Hebrew school educational programs. I know that through that program and others like it keshet is generating important converstion within the Jewish community around issues of inclusion, inclusion of glbt folks, and inclusion of others. Keshet is a vital force in Boston and nationally.

Keshet has been successful in bring lbgtq issues to the agenda of the mainstream Jewish community not as a supplicant but as a central presence and contributor. Keshet is making a difference to Jews of whatever sexual orientation and gender identity and of all ages who see themselves represented by its advocacy and vision of what Jewish community should and can be. They have been effective in both building an organizaiton and making a difference.

Keshet is a wonderful organization in Boston with very committed staff. From Keshet trainings and interactions I have had with staff I've learned a lot about how to be more inclusive especially around trans-issues and I've been proud to march in the Boston Pride Parade with Keshet for the past 2 years.

I strongly believe in Keshet's mission and efficacy. Keshet’s mission "is to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews are fully welcomed and included in all parts of the Jewish community." This is a challenge for the Jewish community, and Keshet is making a difference.

Keshet works hard to pursue its mission which "is to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews are fully welcomed and included in all parts of the Jewish community."

Keshet is a wonderful organization that works to promote tolerance and understanding within the local and national Jewish community. They provide much needed training, support and advocacy.

This organization is so wonderful. Amazing staff and mission. They do a fantastic job. They are incredibly inclusive and are changing things to make this world better.

The folks at Keshet are great! I know one of their employees personally, and can not say enough good things about him.

Their activities support their mission and their mission is critical to both the Jewish community and the world. The staff is very passionate.

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE KESHET ORGANIZATION AND ITS MISSION. I KNOW IT WILL HELP MANY AND I PREY THAT MORE WILL PEOPLE WILL GET INVOLVED IN ITS CAUSE. GOD BLESS.

As a straight ally, I am so honored to participate in Keshet's wonderful and inclusive programming. they do amazing work to create inroads for inclusivity in both the Jewish community and the greater Boston community as well. Keshet makes me proud to be a part of the Boston Jewish community.

My experience with Keshet, as a non-Jew, has been welcoming and amazing. The organization does an amazing job of involving all in their endeavors and has been an integral part of my spiritual life. Their ability to create opportunities to engage with affirming GLBT people is impressive and powerful. After volunteering at the Cabaret I was so moved by the sense of family and community, and truly felt as if I belonged somewhere. I have not expereinced that feeling before, and it was a true gift that the staff and supporters of Keshet nurture. Keshet is an invaluable organization that is a beacon of light in the GLBT community.

As a straight ally, Keshet is a fantastic orgnaization that certainly is dedicated to its main mission, but it is also excellent at creating inclusive opportunities for all. I could not be more proud to be affiliated with Keshet.

Keshet does such incredible, essential, community-strengthening work! They are dedicated to working towards real, positive change. Keep it up, Keshet!!

Keshet works deliberately in pursuit of its mission, with remarkable attention to the people it serves, and with a joyful Jewish spirit that is truly sustaining.

Keshet is a fantastic organization with great volunteers, leaders, and organizers. There was a great showing at the Pride parade. Keep up the great work!

When I first discovered Keshet toward the end of my college experience, I was so grateful to have finally found a community in which my whole self -- queer and Jewish alike -- was embraced, celebrated, and affirmed. At a personal level, Keshet has given me the confidence to be a change-agent in my community, and helped me to live a richer and more integrated life. Nationally, Keshet has been a pioneering force in creating GLBT-inclusive Jewish community through education and advocacy. Thanks to the work of Keshet, I know that my kids will be born into a Jewish community that is more open, loving, and proud.

I am very happy and honored to be able to help Keshet help people find happiness and fulfillment in the Jewish Community. Keshet employees are hard working, dedicated and are performing Tikkum Olam.

As a person who grew up in the homophobic environment of Jewish orthodoxy, having an organization like Keshet, where Jewish youth are welcome and supported is so very important. Keshet fufills a vital role in the lives of so many people.

Keshet is a rare gem---it needs to be not only expanded but also multiplied, into more and more additional communities

Keshet is an excellent organization that puts on wonderful and inclusive programs for the community! Their programming is top notch, and I appreciate all of the hard work that they do.

I'm honored to serve on the Keshet Advisory Board and its Development Committee. Idit Klein and her staff, and the dedicated Keshet volunteers make the world a better, stronger place by encouraging, supporting, cajoling and enabling the Jewish community to embrace its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community members and encouraging GLBT people to become part of their broader community.

I love Keshet--they are doing amazing work both locally in Boston and nationally. Keshet is at the forefront of the civil rights battles of ours time: equal marriage and transgender equality.

Keshet has meant a lot to my family as my brother is gay. Having resources that help me to better understand what he is going through is invaluable.

I'm always thoroughly impressed with Keshet's work and look forward to their upcoming projects. I guess that's pretty similar to my feelings on Seth Rogen, but he doesn't do an amazing job with community outreach and LGBT inclusion. Though he should!

Keshet plays a critical role in creating space for and projecting the voice of LGBT Jews in Jewish life and beyond. We all benefit from the teaching and change-making that Keshet promotes.

Keshet is the go-to organization for all things queer and Jewish. Besides their amazing programming, their staff is helpful and responsive in responding to requests for ideas, information and contacts. As someone working in the Jewish world (as well as a queer Jew), I definitely depend on Keshet.

I know about Keshet on an organizational level because one of my friends is a staff person there. Keshet does a great job of offering leadership opportunities for new staff and within its membership base. It recognizes the importance of cultivating the leadership of its members as a way to maintain its long-term sustainability. They also offer diverse programming - from GLBTQ advocacy work to community building through Jewish practice and social outings. They are always busy on some project!

I think Keshet is wonderful organization because it helps bring the Jewish community together. It allows individuals who are normally left out, to feel welcome and a part of a group.

Keshet never fails to create a fun, inclusive, and welcoming environment. They always have the coolest events (I wish I had more time to attend them all!), and do great work toward the goal of full inclusion of GLBT Jews in Jewish life.

All of the Keshet programming I've attended has been superb. As an ally, I look forward to lots more participation in the future.

An amazing organization that has added much to the Boston Jewish Community. Between the release of their heartwarming film Hineni to their work for safe space within Jewish schools and summer camps, they have brought a new understanding of diversity to Boston. I have watched this organization grow in numbers and strength through wonderfully innovative staff and volunteers.

I belive that you must get more information about the organization out to a changing and more tolerant public. I believe if more people are informed about the good works that you do, it will make a difference in your fund raising and also more awareness which exponentially will increase the positiveness of your proven organization. Good luck to you

Keshet serves one of the few places within the community where I can feel like my Jewish and queer sides are not at odds with each other, but rather, complementary. I started going for the events, but now I go because of the community.

Keshet does amazing work to build a vibrant, caring, and inclusive community for queer Jews and allies. Their singles events are particularly fabulous!

Keshet is an amazing organization that has helped transform our Jewish community in Boston. I am an ally of all that Keshet does and have seen the conversation around potentailly controversial issues get more normalized and our community really move forward because of the work of Keshet. They do educational work that really gives well meaning people the right tools to effect positive change.

This organization has helped me greatly. It has made me feel at home in the Boston area after moving here just recently.

Keshet is a model of how to thoughtfully grow an organization with integrity. It has moved from a fledgling start-up to a full fledged powerhouse as the result of strong leadership, deliberate strategic planning, meaningful partnerships, and a strong public presence. Keshet has navigated its local/national identity with finesse and serves as a model to other organizations of how to grow with transparency and strength.

A Home: supportive, inspiring, challenging, fun and empowering. The leadership is dynamic and knows its constituency and is part of it. Their transgender work is extremely important.

Keshet makes me wish I had grown up in the Boston area because I would love to have been involved with the Queer Jewish Youth Group. My first experience with them was when they brought HINENI to my high school, a pluralistic Jewish school where we weren't allowed to have a GSA. It was really powerful to see another girl struggle with the same things I was. Since the I have moved to Boston and attended a few Keshet events. Having the queer Jewish presence is wonderful, even if I can't make it to many of their events.

Largely due to Keshet, I can walk into many synagogues and Jewish institutions and feel like there's a good chance there will be more acceptance of LGBT Jews, and more knowledge about us. I can trust Keshet to do excellent work, to represent me and other LGBT folks well, to care deeply about each person, LGBT and straight, to understand the history of oppression, and to convey that respectfully and in a way that can be heard by potential allies. This is an outstanding organization for social justice!

In 2000, faith became a much larger part of my life, and I needed a way to integrate that with my life’s work. As a transgender leader, it meant the world to me when Idit Klein asked me to come and work with Keshet – to help make Keshet and its work trans welcoming and inclusive from the beginning. Together we founded Keshet’s Transgender Working Group (TWiG). Through Keshet, and its role in the Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality, I’ve been a part of so much wonderful Jewish and interfaith work around trans issues – so much tikkun olam.

Keshet is doing in Boston the kind of work every community in America needs. An exceptionally caring staff that, in turn, needs all the help it can get.

As a member of the board of JPride, a nonprofit in San Diego that has a similiar mission to Keshet Inc., the advise and guidance by the Keshet staff to our organization has been invaluable. Their role in helping other similar organizations around the country is part of their success in providing the tools and training to enable our organization succeed. Keshet is wonderful role model for all other nonprofits with an outreach to the LGBT communities.

Keshet has been a wonderful resource to stay connected to the queer Jewish community in Boston. As a rabbi, I've been thrilled to be able to point congregants, both locally and nationally, to this wealth of information.

I discovered Keshet when I was seeking a spiritual and politically active gay Jewish community. Though I was at the time living in Vermont, the staff at Boston-based Keshet made me feel immediately welcome. The organization was instrumental in connecting me to others like myself, as well as in providing me pathways for local action in my community and continuing education and spirituality in my life. The organization is stepping forward nationally in a way that no others have to-date. Keshet is vital to our building wholistic spiritual community in a highly divisive age.

Keshet has its roots in the Boston area, where I am originally from. For a short time before moving over seas I attended several Keshet sponsored events and meetings. The organization provides valuable services to Jewish GLBT individuals and in doing so helps to build, stregthe and support. Now that I live on the other side of the planet, I keep abreast of the goings on in the community via Keshet and know that they will be there for me when I return to the area.

I had the opportunity to meet Idit Klein at Keshet's offices recently, and I can't sufficiently express what amazing work she's doing there. The organizational mission is just and important, and with Ms. Klein at the helm I have no doubt that Keshet will do enormous good.

Keshet is an amazing eductional organization that should be viewed as not just a model GLBTQ educational programs, but for educational organziations in general.

Keshet is an amazing organization that I have had the privilege to work with several times. Each time, I have been witness to the transformative and healing power of the educative work it does by helping some people to feel visible and appreciated for the first time, while helping other people to struggle through their own questions and barriers to become more open-minded. I've seen educators who have gone through a Keshet training take their new learnings and understandings into their own classroom to create safer, more inclusive, more sensitive learning environments.

Keshet is an amazing organization that really manages to balance meeting the needs of its members and local community while bringing important messages and advocacy to a wider community. The organization is brave, fearless, and principled.

Keshet does a great job building relationships between the LGBT and mainstream Jewish communities. It's education and outreach programs are first rate.

Keshet has done an amazing job at fulfilling it's mission to serve the LGBTQ community in the Jewish and non-Jewish world. The growth it has seen in the past ten years is exceptional - a great return on my investment. From a speakers' bureau that went into synagogues to talk about marriage equality, to expansion of the Keshet "concept" to groups nationally, to a feature length film with worldwide distribution, Keshet makes an impact.

Keshet is a wonderful and diverse organization that makes a huge difference in the lives of LGBTQ Jews and allies of all ages by providing educational, social, cultural and organizing for social justice in a wide variety of settings.

My friends participate in Keshet programming and find great joy and meaning in the support and community it provides. That makes them happy and that make me happy.

Without a doubt Keshet is the one organization I have been involved with which has made a critical difference in the lives of LGBTQ individuals and their families. Literally on a shoestring Idit Klein has spearheaded the growth of Keshet and has created a local,national and international organization which has changed attitudes, developed awareness and educated community leaders and made the world a much more acceptable place for LGBTQ people.

Keshet is an amazing organization that does valuable work! My own experience and that of many people I know has been exceedingly positive.

Keshet has changed the Jewish community in the greater Boston area and beyond. With Jewish continuity on the minds of a great many Jews, Keshet provides the means for inclusion of LGBTQ Jews in mainstream and LGBTQ-specific settings. What greater service could one ask?! My own experience is that Keshet opened the door in my own synagogue to a much more GLBTQ-sensitive atmosphere. Keshet has also given me the opportunity to serve in a Jewish organization in which I could feel at home.

Keshet is an amazing organization. Under the suberb leadership of Idit Klein, Keshet has gone from a one woman show operating (literally) out of Idit's apartment to become a local, regional and national force in the GLBTQ community. The Keshet staff is organized, inteeligent and committed. They do an amazing job with limited financial resources. Keshet has lead the way for GLBT Jews to be fully-welcomed as participants in Judiasm. It has made a difference in my life and that of other Jews, whether GLBT or straight.

Keshet is a valuable resource to the Jewish and non-Jewish alike, community. Keshet has done wonderful outreach nationally and created an open space for professionals and non-professionals in the community. They also have created multi-generational programming and niche programing for organizations.

I really like the contribution Keshet makes to the community, and I've enjoyed my interactions with its staff members. Long live Keshet!

I am proud to say that I have been a donor to Keshet for many years. It is an honor to be associated with this courageous, vitally important organization. Keshet has contributed to the Jewish community and to the larger society in SO many ways, among them by producing the wonderful documentary HINENI. It is worth noting that I'm heterosexual. Keshet deserves support from every heterosexual who cares in the abstract about social justice and who cares concretely about the LGBTQ family, friends, and coworkers we're lucky enough to know. I have nothing but admiration for Keshet and for its outstanding executive director, Idit Klein.

As a non-profit agency that serves families, we had Keshet review all of our promotional materials and website to make sure that we were being welcoming and inclusive. They suggested some word changes which we incorporated and have increased the number of GLBT families we serve.

Keshet is led by its greatest asset - Idit Klein. Her leadership is superb. The organization has supplied great speakers for my former temple, helps with program ideas, and is a pleasure to work with. its own events are well run and a pleasure to attend. Keshet deserves generous national support in its great mission.

As a donor, it is important to me that money is spent in a transparent and efficient manner. Keshet does an outstanding job on that score.

By giving a talk at our synagogue the Executive Director, Idit Klein, acquainted us with the importance of supporting and including and respecting the GLBT community. As a member of our Rainbow Committee and as former chair of our Social Action committee I remain committed to such full inclusion. Currently we are working to have the state legislature include Gender Identity in our civil right's legislation. Keshet is critical to passage of that legislation.

Keshet is providing a service like no other group. The Shalem Education Project is growing into organizations all over the country to help bring GLBT inclusivness to Jewish institutions everywhere!

Keshet is an invaluable part of our Jewish community here in Boston as its leaders work to build an open, welcoming and inclusive community. They teach and touch so many members of our community!