Sheri Allen

Cantor Sheri Allen is the proud mother of three LGBTQ+ adult children who were raised in Texas. She is a member of Cantor’s Assembly and of RAC-TX (The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism).

By Sheri Allen

Opinion
My ancestors left their homelands to escape antisemitism. Will my son have to leave the U.S. because he’s trans?

Trump's executive orders scapegoating transgender people echo past persecutions of Jews

By Sheri Allen Feb 14, 2025 | 3 min read
Opinion
Now it’s happened in my hometown: A Jewish perspective on this epidemic of gun violence

A cantor mourns the loss of innocence she felt as a child who grew up in one of the safest cities in the country

By Sheri Allen Jul 5, 2022 | 2 min read
Opinion
I’m a cantor in Texas and parent of a trans child. My state’s assault on trans youth is terrifying

I am sickened by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recently announced nonbinding opinion regarding gender-affirming care, which states that medical treatments used in the transition process for transgender minors (ie: those whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth) ought to be defined as acts of child abuse. I…

By Sheri Allen Mar 7, 2022 | 4 min read
Community
Surviving the Texas winter storm — with yahrzeit candles

I’m a cantor, and I lead a small congregation in Arlington, Texas; I’m also a hospice chaplain. So given my credentials, I’m supposed to be good in crisis situations. But I have to be completely honest: I was completely unprepared for the devastating winter storm that hit us last week. Who could ever have imagined…

By Sheri Allen Feb 26, 2021 | 4 min read

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Sheri Allen

By Sheri Allen

My ancestors left their homelands to escape antisemitism. Will my son have to leave the U.S. because he’s trans?

Now it’s happened in my hometown: A Jewish perspective on this epidemic of gun violence

I’m a cantor in Texas and parent of a trans child. My state’s assault on trans youth is terrifying

Surviving the Texas winter storm — with yahrzeit candles

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Sheri Allen

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