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There are a rainbow of perspectives that make up the LGBTQ+ frum experience, and the Queer Yid Podcast is here to explore them all. Be it growing up gay in a community that doesn't have language for those feelings, or embracing yiddishkeit years after coming out trans, our stories matter. So whether you're queer, questioning, or simply curious about our experiences - we invite you to listen and reflect on the narratives that our guests have to share. To send us your feedback or to contact us ...
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Today I’m talking with Yered Stufflebeam. From Indiana to Pittsburgh to Israel, Yered’s story is unapologetically queer. After being bullied in high school, Yered came out to his friends, family, and Rabbis, and forged his own path through the religious world. From proudly working as an openly gay madrich to breaking stereotypes about religious peo…
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Today I’m speaking with an old friend and fellow traveler between the queer and religious worlds. In this episode we talk about her journey coming up in Modern Orthodoxy and struggling to find the right words for her identity: asexual, gay, or queer. We also reminisce on a snapshot in time when two girls in their early twenties were learning to emb…
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Chaim Levin is a queer activist, conversion therapy survivor, and founder of the LGBTQ Chabad online community. In his work as an advocate for numerous causes affecting the Orthodox community, pieces of Chaim’s story have been told across several different platforms. In this episode, Chaim and I sit down to go over his narrative - beginning to end …
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Today we’re flipping the script! I’m joined by a dear friend and fantastic ally to the LGBTQ community, Yehuda Miller, aka Goose. In this week’s episode, Goose helps me chart the tale of my own journey: into Orthodoxy as a young teen, through the ups and downs of learning to embrace my queer identity, all the way up until today - when my partner an…
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Today I’m talking with Joe Hyman, a conversion therapy survivor as well as a Jewish queer activist from London. In this episode Joe and I speak about the role that Judaism played in his journey to - and eventually away from - conversion therapy. We also chat about some of the highlights and hazards of stepping into the role of a queer & religious p…
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Today I'm talking with Lieba Swartz-Brownstein. Originally born in Alaska, Lieba was raised in Portland, Oregon where she became religious along with her two brothers. Following high school, Lieba left home to study abroad in Israel before continuing her college education at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University in New York. In this episode…
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Meet Jason Greenspan. Growing up as a baal teshuva in Skokie, Illinois, Jason’s story takes him to Yeshivat Har Etzion in the Gush where (with a bit of help from Oscar Wilde) he came to embrace his queer identity. Today Jason is a volunteer for Belibeinu, IGY’s Beit Midrash program and is active in Havruta as well as Shoval. In this episode, Jason …
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Today I’m talking with Josh Rose, a writer and charity program manager who lives in London. In this episode Josh and I speak about his experience becoming involved in Orthodoxy as a young teen in Manchester, and how realizing he was gay impacted his relationship with Judaism. Josh is the author of a short film, tv show, and book and hopes to one da…
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Deena Klein is a Modern Orthodox Jew and an out-and-proud lesbian who lives in Brooklyn with her wife and son. From Long Island through Yeshiva University all the way down to Chabad of the Bowery, Deena’s story is about the profound power of a family’s love and how one thoughtful question from an empathetic Rabbi can change a life. No content warni…
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Meet Sam Bronstein. Sam grew up going to Chabad and Bais Yaakov schools, and is currently a writer, student, and disabilities activist living in Israel. They identify as a nonbinary queer lesbian and their pronouns are they/them. In today’s show, Sam and I speak about the intersection of being queer and disabled, the importance of language, and how…
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Today I’m talking with Shlomo Satt, a conversion therapy survivor, the subject of an upcoming broadway show, and communications manager for CT Survivors, an organization that is doing incredible work to help support people as they recover from some of the traumatic effects of conversion therapy. In this episode, Shlomo and I talk about what it’s li…
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Today's show features Leana Jelen Tapnack, a sign language interpreter, soferet, and native Yiddish speaker, who lives in Manhattan together with her wife. In this episode Leana and I talk about giving ourselves permission to explore, and of learning to love all the pieces of our identities: queer, Jewish, and otherwise. Check out Leana's writing a…
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Jude lives in London with their three children. They identify as gender non-binary, and their pronouns are they/them. Growing up in Chabad communities in England and in Israel, Jude has gone on a courageous journey of self discovery, coming to love and embrace their identity. In today’s show, Jude and I speak about their journey, and about the impo…
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Welcome to the Queer Yid Podcast! Where we share the stories of people just like us - LGBTQ Jews from religious backgrounds. Whether you're queer, questioning, or simply curious about our lives, we invite you to listen and reflect on the narratives that our guests have to share.
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