Rabbi Moskowitz will be speaking about his life's work as an ally at the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and Orthodoxy as well as his new book, Ancestral Allyship. Rabbi Moskowitz studied with Rabbi Bernstein in the same Hartman cohort and she says "Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is one of the wisest and well read Jewish scholars I know. He is also a dear friend, a mensch and braver than I ever dare hope to be."
 

About Rabbi Moskowitz
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBT synagogue. He is a deeply traditional and radically progressive advocate for trans rights and a vocal ally for LGBTQ inclusivity. Rabbi Moskowitz received three Ultra-Orthodox ordinations while learning in the Mir in Jerusalem and in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ. He is a David Hartman Center Fellow, Wexner Field Fellow, and the author of Textual Activism, Graceful Masculinity, Seasonal Resistance and co-editor of Chaver Up!. His new book, Ancestral Allyship, is available now.

About the Book
Ancestral Allyship, Rabbi Mike Moskowitz’s fifth book, is rooted in the knowledge that how we treat each other defines our religious identity. Allyship is often seen as a response by someone of privilege to the oppression or affliction of another. This is only necessary when the unity of our humanity has already broken down. In the Jewish tradition, we are obligated to proactively prevent this breakdown. When we attach ourselves to God’s expectations of ethical living, cleaving to an ideal way of being, we strive to create a world free from all forms of dehumanization.