These days I might be described as an “October 8 Jew”, someone who has come back to Judaism more after the events of October 7. I resent that title slightly, having always been deeply connected to religion and Jewish people but I do admit that after being shunned by the gay community since October 7, I’ve found myself returning to the Judaism in a way that I had not planned. Through the grapevine of the new LGBT+ Jewish network that formed post October 7, I’d heard of a Birthright volunteering trip to Tel Aviv exclusively for British LGBT+ Jews. Led...