The Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies was founded in 1966 at the University of Cologne in Germany. It focuses on the history of Judaism.

The Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp in Belgium focuses on the “scientific study of Judaism” from a variety of different academic perspectives. Dr. Vivian Liska is director.

The Institut für Judaistik at the University of Vienna in Austria promotes the research on and teaching of Judaism with the goal of eliminating prejudice and anti-Semitism.

The Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought is located at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel. It was established in 2000 to promote the knowledge and research of Jewish thought. Haim Kreisel is director.

The International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization is located at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It works to integrate Jewish studies and Israel studies into the university’s curriculum.

Tel Aviv University in Israel has departments in Jewish history, Talmud and ancient Jewish literature, and Jewish philosophy.

The Rev. Pamela Lee Cranston is a priest and vicar at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church in Oakland, Calif., where one-third of the congregation is LGBT. In 2008, church members rallied in support of a “gay prom” in nearby Hayward.

The Rev. Roland Stringfellow is an African-American Christian minister based in Oakland, Calif. He serves as director of ministerial outreach with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry on the campus of Pacific School of Religion and is also the coordinator of its African-American Roundtable. He conducts outreach and discussion about […]

Bishop Karen Oliveto leads the Mountain Sky Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church. She’s the denomination’s first openly lesbian bishop.