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Podcast: Jew-ish
Episode: To be Young, Black, Gay and Jewish
Description: Send a textHow does a gay man raised in a Southern Black church end up the Executive Director of Washington DCās LGBTQA synagogue, Bet Mishpachah? Growing up attending the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Josh Maxey always had a relationship with God and religion, but after hearing his pastor talking about how gay people are destined for hell, he started pulling away from Christianity. As a religious studies minor, many routes for exploring his spirituality were available. He found his connection to Judaism during a chance encounter with the legendary Temple Emanu-El in Ne...