Kavod v'Nichum is supporting JoC research to learn how JoC engage in Jewish end-of-life rituals and practices including Chevrot Kadisha, funerals and burials, and grief and mourning rituals, and support the creation of new JoC chevra kadisha resources
2021-2022 Grants
Kamochah, fiscally sponsored by JFNA, is creating spaces where Black Orthodox Jews can embrace their racial/cultural identity and their religious observance
JQ International is elevating the LGBTQ+ Iranian experience (93% of whom self-identify as JoC) for a Persian Pride national event and fellowship program in Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area
The Forward is sponsoring JoC authors of op-eds, JoC journalists and independent reporters, and providing professional development support for their JoC Editor-at-Large
JOIN for Justice is providing JoC executive coaching for JOIN’s new co-Executive Director, a Korean American Jew who brings decades of nonprofit management experience and wishes to deepen the intersection of JoC identity in this work
Theater J's "Expanding the Canon," a project of Eldavitch DCJCC, is convening JoC rabbis, cantors, and thought leaders to guide 7 JoC playwrights through a curriculum of Jewish life, liturgy, history, and literature at an immersive 3-day Beit Midrash
Linke Fligl, fiscally sponsored by Allied Media Projects, is providing queer JoC leadership with a 5-day immersive farm gathering, sharing out experiences as LGBTQI+ JoC, and building a deeper connection to the outdoors
Rimonim Liturgy Project, fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, is amplifying 10 JoC artists whose work is included in Rimonim's collection of Jewish liturgy, poetry, and art