The Queer Theology Salon (QTS) is a monthly discussion group that meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Manhattan JCC. We are a free, informal, and participatory group, and newcomers are welcome. We are interested in how GLBT people conceive of religion, spirituality, and in constructing an authentically queer Jewish theology based on an engaged reading of Jewish texts and a grounding in queer theory and the lives experience of LBGT Jews. We ask questions such as:

What are some of the issues and challenges in being queer and Jewish?

Do LBGT Jews think of God in distinctively queer ways?

Are there sources within the Jewish tradition for a queer Jewish consciousness?

What distinct approaches to gender, sexual expression, law, repentance, love, and textual reading do GLBT Jews bring to their understanding of themselves and their communities?