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Mission Statement

The Nonbinary Hebrew Project is a free, community-based language initiative. Its third-gender Hebrew grammatical system provides a growing, global network of Hebrew speakers and learners with the tools to forge meaningful liturgy and conversations in Jewish community. The Nonbinary Hebrew Project hosts language workshops and works with Hebrew users to develop affirming applications of third-gender Hebrew for personal and ritual use.

A white transgender symbol with a Hebrew letter Aleph in the middle. White text reads: The Nonbinary Hebrew Project

Meet The Team

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Lior Gross (they/them/theirs) is a Jewish educator who applies their knowledge of ecology as a framework for justice through building critical community connections and fostering diversity for resilience through education.

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 Eyal Rivlin (he/him/his) is an instructor in the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a musician and love warrior. Learn More about Eyal

Citations

The Nonbinary Hebrew Project's grammatical system is free to use. We ask that you cite our work so that readers can find us and help the project grow! 

Sample citation text:

"This project uses a gender-expansive Hebrew grammatical system developed by the Nonbinary Hebrew Project. For more information, please visit www.nonbinaryhebrew.com "

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In the News

JTA: College Student Created New Way for Transgender People to Speak Hebrew

Times Of Israel: In an Increasingly Nonbinary World, Is Gendered Hebrew Willing to Adapt?

Haaretz: US Students Invent New Hebrew Grammar for Nonbinary Speakers

Westword: CU Boulder Student and Professor Create Space in Hebrew for Non-Binary Individuals

ALTEC CU Boulder: Nonbinary Hebrew

Boulder Weekly: The Walls Move Outwards

CU Boulder Today: Student Constructs Gender Inclusive Hebrew Language Rules

Forward: Why Making Hebrew Nonbinary is so Crucial

Them: Queer Inclusive Judaism

Juedische Allgemeine: Hebraeisch Fuer Alle

New York Times: How about a Both Mitzvah

The Activist Hustle: Love, Gender Expression, and Being Mycelium

Brandeis Blog: Ending Gendered Hebrew

The Wind Podcast: They/them

How society is redefining gender

Tablet Magazine: Outside the Gender Binary

Reform Judaism: 7 Jewish endeavors make 5782 a Sweet New Year

Reuters

Citations to our project

OpenSiddur: Siddur Masorti

New York Times: The Gender Binary in Language Classes

Reconstructing Judaism

Tablet Magazine: My Nonbinary Journey

Tribe12: Gender Diversity Is Divinely Jewish

Everyday Jewish Mom: Gender Neutral Blessing the Children

Washington Post: Guide - How gender-neutral language is developing around the world

Ketubah.com

Equal Eyes: Gender neutral Hebrew is the latest move towards Queer Inclusive Judaism

Wikipedia

Queering Religious Heritage: Languages in the era of COVID19 and changes in LGBTQ Jewish language at home, abroad, and online