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NEW Registration has closed! The NUJLS conference is full.
See the conference schedule. Registration has been set at $60. Please pay your registration by sending the money to vprell@nujlsonline.org on PayPal.
Hosts- Columbia/Barnard Hillel’s Gayava will host NUJLS 2008 at Columbia University and her affiliate campuses: Barnard College and The Jewish Theological Seminary.
Destination- New York City
Conference Dates- Friday February 8th- Sunday February 10th
The world around us is changing and its effects on LGBTQQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex) Jews in our political, religious, and personal lives are far-reaching. This year's NUJLS conference seeks to explore the changes in our world- both globally and within ourselves.
~The political climate in North America and in Israel has changed. Some changes are glorious others are volatile. LGBTQQI people and issues are front and center in a way we never have been before.
~The way in which LGBTQQI people are viewed and treated within a spectrum of religious communities has changed. Of particular note is the recent shift in policy of the Conservative Movement of Judaism but it is not this alone. Many Christian denominations, alongside Orthodox and Reform Jewish leaders, are also actively re-examining the role of LGBTQQI people in their communities.
~ The way in which young LGBTQQI people live in the world has changed. We are coming out younger, louder, and in greater numbers. The world around us has changed. Thank goodness.
This year, more than any in recent memory, serves as an opportunity to confront what these changes mean to each one of us no matter how we identify in either the LGBTQQI or the Jewish community. NUJLS 2008: A Time of Change, seeks to put forth a relevant, vibrant, and contemporary conference in which participants will embrace and explore, personally and communally, the changes our world has presented us and the changes we choose to present to our world.
What is this? What is this for?
NUJLS (pronounced NOO-jles) is the National Union of Jewish LGBTIQQ Students, a group of college students and NUJLS alumni from across North America and around the world who hold an annual conference on issues relating to Jewish LGBTIQQ communities around the globe. Since 1997, the conference has been held at different universities nationwide as a forum for discussion and networking. This year, this conference is taking place at Columbia, Barnard, and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.
This registration form ensures all conference attendees will have suitable housing and meals. NUJLS is committed to allowing anyone to attend regardless of ability to pay. Thus, scholarships and financial assistance are given to those in need. If you indicate below that you will be applying for these, we will e-mail you with more information as it becomes available. Registration is $60 and covers food, housing, and all conference activites.
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