The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews worldwide in a changing ritual

https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-queer-mikveh-project-immerses-marginalized-jews-worldwide-in-a-changing-ritual/

Last Passover, a group of 125 Jews gathered via Zoom to collectively participate in the tradition of the mikveh, or Jewish ritual bath. Dr. Harriette Wimms, a queer Black Jewish psychologist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess), opened the ceremony by pouring libations, an African tradition of granting a water offering for ancestors. Some people immersed themselves in their bathtubs, spilled water down their bodies or waded into their local lakes. They sang prayers and shared artwork.