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New Lesbian Rabbi Brings LGBTQ Issues to Forefront at University of San Francisco

August 15, 2019
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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.

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Lesbian rabbi is Catholic University of San Francisco’s first rabbi-in-residence

August 2, 2019
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“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.

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Back to School: Rabbi is queering religion at Jesuit university

July 2, 2019
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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.”

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Video: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Pacific School of Religion

September 3, 2017
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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.

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Meeting the Obamas

December 5, 2010
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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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