Religious disaffiliation has been found to occur at higher rates in LGBTQ+ individuals than heterosexual and the general population. In this brief report, we explore whether people who disaffiliated from Orthodox Judaism attributed sexual identity and/or Judaism’s lack of acceptance homosexuality their disaffiliation. This analysis focuses on 117 identified as were drawn a larger study that inc...

The garments worn by the priests in Temple not only present a stark image of “glory and splendor” (Exod 28:2) but an accompanying theology, as well. This paper will focus on one theological strand—the idea that priestly atone—in classical Judaism. It demonstrate that, while biblical account sees them largely functional or serving primarily non-expiatory roles, late rabbinic (i.e., Amoraic) lite...