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Kvelling! Student project: “How Religion + Faith Have Impacted The Lives Of 5 Queer People”
My student, Pete Mancilla, created this wonderful presentation — “Rabbi Camille Shira Angel taught my Queering Religion class at University of San Francisco. Without her I would have never opened my eyes to how important it is to see faith through queer eyes….”
Read MoreRabbi Angel stars in “Immoral Souls”
“Immoral Soul” is based on Rabbi Nilton Bonder’s bestselling book and acclaimed play will now come to the big screen as a documentary film. The film addresses the need for people to break rules in order to survive and evolve. Staring Rabbi Angel and Noam Chomsky
Read MoreMeet USF’s New Rabbi in Residence
For the first time in its 164-year history, the University of San Francisco has appointed a rabbi in residence. She can’t wait to get started.
Read MoreNew Lesbian Rabbi Brings LGBTQ Issues to Forefront at University of San Francisco
A new rabbi-in-residence at the University of San Francisco (USF) is bringing LGBTQ issues into the forefront of the Jesuit campus’ social justice work.
Read MoreLesbian rabbi is Catholic University of San Francisco’s first rabbi-in-residence
“Let me be your rabbi!” declares Camille Shira Angel, the first rabbi-in-residence at the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic institution, where she has been a longtime adjunct professor in the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice.
Read MoreBack to School: Rabbi is queering religion at Jesuit university
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel… sat down with the Bay Area Reporter last week to discuss being a rabbi, an out lesbian, and what it means to “publicize the miracle.”
Read MoreVideo: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Pacific School of Religion
My students at the University of San Francisco are learning through Queering Religion that there is much work to be done to ensure that religious pluralism dominates our cultural conversation.
Read MoreMeeting the Obamas
In his remarks in 2010, Obama called the Chanukah story “as simple as it is timeless. It’s a story of ancient Israel, suffering under the yoke of empire, where Jews were forbidden to practice their religion openly.”
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