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From My Orthodox Yeshiva to Standing With My Husband Under the Huppah

My gay identity and my Jewish identity were like tolerant neighbors who refused to socialize with one another. After many failed first dates and unfulfilling excursions in online dating, I realized that finding someone who could understand my faith and share in my family’s culture was more important than I thought.

A look into one man’s gay Judaism.

I watched my parents relax, settle in, and get to know him. Over the course of that dinner, something changed for my parents. My homosexuality had transformed from an abstract, scary idea into something beautiful and palpable: the connection they recognized between me and David, holding hands next to each other, laughing and kibitzing with them at their dinner table.

OK this is nice but the sweetest part is that their names are DAVID and JONATHAN and their huppah has the verse from I Sam 18:1, “And Jonathan’s soul was knit up with David’s soul and he loved him as his own.” Too much cute!!!!

THAT IS SO PERFECT *falls over*

Bless them 💜