I promised him that I would try to recognize that even incremental change is a victory. Show them wonderful couples of the same gender, talk about their beautiful families.” “Engage the person-ask them why they are threatened by people who are not straight. But he is also firm in his perspective: “The only time to walk away from another is after we’ve exhausted all of the opportunities to bring the person closer,” he said. It feels almost counterintuitive to say this, but I have no tolerance for anyone who derides or defames my son’s LGBTQ community. I have angrily walked away from people who blow dog whistles, make blatant homophobic comments or ridicule trans people. Yet I’ve stumbled on more than one occasion in my allyship. I cherish my natural and loving connection to the LGBTQ community.

He noted that the goal of assembling the anthology was “to come together for a unified purpose for the greater good and to embrace commonality and individuality.” “We wanted to model inclusivity and attempt to offer a platform of what allyship can look like for different people and identities,” he said. Moskowitz said he asked people “from across the Jewish spectrum” to write for the anthology.