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International News Clips of Interest to LGBT JewsRabbinical Student Heads Up the Fight For Gay Marriage in New Jersey
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Published December 23, 2009, issue of January 01, 2010.
Steven Goldstein jokes that his office in suburban New Jersey is “like the Jewish Museum of Montclair.” A sage-looking rabbi peers down from a lithograph on one wall, and a print of Theodor Herzl hangs from another. There are a Hebrew movie poster and a mezuza.
If You Will It?: Steven Goldstein in his New Jersey office, with a print of Theodor Herzl on the wall.
Goldstein, however, doesn’t work for a (...)
Milk’ captures doomed life of gay, Jewish politician
Harvey Milk often carried a sign with those words on marches during his activist days in the 1970s, his nephew Stuart Milk says. The first openly gay man in the country to be elected to public office "was not religious or observant, but Harvey absolutely identified himself as a Jew," he said.
The San Francisco County supervisor, who was murdered in his City Hall office in 1978, also enjoyed conversing in Yiddish with Sharyn Saslafsky, who would come into his camera store in San Francisco’s (...)
Two new Jewish congressmen elected
By Eric Fingerhut • November 4, 2008
Two Jewish candidates were elected to Congress for the first time.
One of them-Jared Polis, 33-has made history as the first openly gay non-incumbent male elected to Congress. He will represent Colorado’s heavily Democratic 2nd Congressional District, which includes Boulder and other Denver suburbs.
Polis is a multimillionaire Internet entrepreneur who founded the Internet site for his parents’ Blue Mountain Arts greeting card company and donated more (...)
Thousands Attend Jerusalem Pride
"Under banner of ’Free Love,’ Israel’s GLBT community marches through Jerusalem despite protests of extreme Right"
Say no more: Transsexual Israeli tops Lebanese song chart
"Say no more: Transsexual Israeli tops Lebanese song chart"
HIV in Israel: new cases among gays up sharply
"HIV diagnoses in Israel climb; new cases among gays up sharply"
World Congress 2008 Board Meeting
World Congress of GLBT Jews 2008 Board Meeting
WHEN: August 21st & 22nd
WHERE: Congregation Etz Chayim, Fort Lauderdale
WHAT: We’ll be assessing current operation and plan the ongoing development of the organization.
WHO: Member org’s are more than welcome to send a delegate or alternate. Please contact Moshe Ben Chacon (coordinator@glbtjews.org) for further details.
Shalom u’Lehitraot!
World COngress of GLBT Jews Steering (...)
Two Families Grapple with Sons’ Gender Preferences
"Psychologists Take Radically Different Approaches in Therapy"
Pinking Tel Aviv
"When Tel Aviv city councilman Itai Pinkas was in Amsterdam last year, he stared for a long time at the monument honoring homosexuals killed in the Holocaust, sensing its impact was going to stay with him for a long time."
Monument to Honor Homosexual victims of the Holocaust
"First Israeli monument honoring tens of thousands of homosexual Holocaust victims to be erected in Tel Aviv park"
Jew vs. Jew in debate over sex-change operations for children
"Jew vs. Jew in debate over sex-change operations for children"
Same sex families recognized
"Israel recognizes overseas adoption by gay couple, grants child citizenship"
Rabbi calls for ’rehabilitation of gays’
"Rabbi Arussi responds to letter from gay community calling for acceptance by Orthodox rabbis; those with homosexual tendencies should receive treatment, he says"
Religious homosexuals hold first meeting
"HOD group members convene in Jerusalem over weekend to discuss final version of ’gays’ letter’ seeking rabbis’ acceptance. Organizers: It was a historic and exciting meeting"
From Tolerance, To Acceptance, To Celebration
To help our Jewish community to be more accepting of the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) community, Rabbi David Horowitz, the father of a daughter who is a lesbian, will share his experiences on May 13th
Israel-Diaspora Gay Rift
"American Conservative students’ celebration of movement’s gay ordination anniversary sparks tensions with Israel’s Schechter seminary."
My big fat gay Jewish family
By Caryn Aviv
I will never forget the day I was propositioned to become a gay co-parent. I was 32 and had already been thinking about the baby question, but was still single and fuzzy on the details. So when David gingerly popped the question, "Would you be interested in having a kid with me and Gregg?" I thought the earth was moving underneath my car as we drove through the Castro district in San Francisco.
David and I met a few years earlier at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, the local gay and (...)
’The Bubble’ wins GLADD award
"Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation gives Eytan Fox’s movie its outstanding film award in festive New York ceremony"
Gay israeli Film brings Gay Rights to the Forefront
""Yossi and Jagger" Brings Gay Rights Issues to the Forefront"
Proudly Introducing Gay Tel aviv
"Israeli city invited to participate in gay World Outgames in Copenhagen. Tel Aviv reps hope to put city on map of international gay tourism"
Gay Acceptance and Gay Synagogues
"As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow"
A Proud Father of a Gay Son
With gay daughter of his own, the Israeli Prime Minister should stand up against homophobes
Conservative Rabbis Rally Behind Same-Sex Marriage Rights
"In Wake of Movement’s Shift, California Conservative Rabbis Rally Behind Same-Sex Marriage Rights"
Gay bashers sentenced to prison term
"Tel Aviv District Court sends four east Jerusalem youngsters to jail after finding them guilty of assault, robbery of homosexual man. ’This is one of the most vicious cases brought before this court,’ ruling notes"
Man, woman, and everything in between
"the third installment of the international "Fucking Different" project. The first two were produced in Berlin (2005) and New York (2007). Hundreds of lesbians were invited to create short films that depict their perception of male gay love and sexuality, and gay men were invited to produce short films about lesbian sexuality and eroticism."
Gay-friendliness is not only about values
Same-sex parenting in Israel - same-sex couples are at least as competent as parents as straight couples
A Gay Person Cannot be Straight
"New website for religious gay community launched last week. Founders struggle to juggle both identities, seek to garner legitimacy within the greater religious community"
Religious Homosexuals Seek Acceptance
"After establishing first website, religious gays appeal in letter written to religious leadership, ‘Accept us as a living, viable part of Orthodox society’"
Gay Orthodox group emerges on Web
By Matthew Wagner
A burgeoning, newly formed Internet community of male Orthodox homosexuals called Hod was keeping a low profile one day after recognition of same-sex couples as candidates for adoption sparked a wave of indignation among religious MKs.
Established just two weeks ago, there is nothing on Hod’s Web site about the revolutionary decision published Sunday by Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz to allow the Welfare and Social Services Ministry to recognize same-sex couples as (...)
Light Fell: A student and His Rabbi
"When Evan Fallenberg began penning his debut novel Light Fell, the story of a devoutly orthodox Israeli man who pursues his male rabbi love interest, he was stirring up the contents of an already bubbling stew."
Yelling Melodiously
By Rachel Ament
It is no easy feat to yell melodiously, but the Jewish rock quartet The Shondes has achieved just that. The screams on their new album, “The Red Sea,” sound ancient and somewhat cantorial, piping in from the Old Testament to talk to us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, misogyny, Bible tales and intimacy.
Sonically, the music never mellows; the klezmer backbeats ululate rapidly, and the voices crash and separate without even a fleck of warning.
The band’s (...)
Taking on Halacha
"Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz’s decision this week to recognize same-sex couples as legitimate, normative families that are eligible to serve as adoptive parents sparked the requisite ranting from haredi and religious politicians."
Michael Lucas Responds to Andy Towle
"Russian-born Lucas chides Towle for his apparently inflammatory conclusion. Writes Lucas, “You chose at the end of this post to point out more negative points about Israel, like demonstrations of a few hundred Hassidic Jews against Pride in Jerusalem, and the alleged bomber.”
Religious MKs seek end to all J’lem gay parades
By Sheera Claire Frenkel
Religious Knesset Members attempted to put an end to all gay pride parades in Jerusalem, submitting a series of bills on Tuesday that would amend the Basic Law of the city.
MKs Eli Gabai (NU-NRP) and Yitzhak Vaknin (Shas) presented bills to the Law and Constitution Committee that would give the Jerusalem Municipality an overriding vote on any public events within the city limits. The bills, which have already passed a first reading in the plenum, would allow the (...)
Shas MK: Gays are causing Israeli society to self-destruct
As a Knesset panel deliberated Tuesday on proposals to ban all gay pride parades in Jerusalem, MK Nissim Ze’ev (Shas) accused the homosexual community of "carrying out the self-destruction of Israeli society and the Jewish people."
President of World Congress visits member organization Congregation Etz Chaim
"On the first Shabbat of the secular New Year, Howard Solomon, the World Congress President, was given the honor of participating in services as the Guest Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Etz Chaim in Wilton Manors, FL."
Pink Revolution, Online
"Gays have adopted the Internet with tremendous enthusiasm, and are among the first to use new information technologies."
More Israeli Women ’changing’ Gender
Increase in number of sex reassignment among Israeli women
Israel’s Other War
"We’re fighting for equality," said Hagai El-Ad. "But if we do it at the price of collaborating with an oppressive and discriminatory establishment, then we’re no better than the millions of other Israelis who’ve already chosen to become hardened and indifferent to the suffering of the other, of the enemy."
Reunion Row Redux
Wave of criticism after Yeshivah of Flatbush nixes alum’s gay partner; echoes of Noah Feldman affair.
Orthodox rabbi to oversee Reform conference in Jerusalem
"Orthodox rabbi to oversee Reform conference in Jerusalem"
Reform shies away from homosexual rabbis
"Reform shies away from homosexual rabbis, study reveals"
Body Language
"Drop the translation book -- you can easily understand the hidden message in Israel’s newest wave of queer music videos."
First Guide for LGBTIQ Students
"Last week, Hillel’s president announced the completion of a guide that aims to help its staff members welcome “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning” students."
Jewish and Queer on Campus
"Jewish and queer on campusResource guide helps Hillels navigate challenges"
Outsourcing Offspring
"In a few weeks, Yonatan and Omer Gar are scheduled to go to Mumbai, India, in order to take part in the first fertilization attempt of a surrogate mother who will bear their child"
Single Sex Couple Adoption
"Welfare Min. launches policy to allow single-sex couples to adopt"
’My life is a tango, my heart - a melodrama’
’In 1944, Max Jacob, a homosexual poet, converted Jew and one of Picasso’s closest friends, was sent to a concentration camp.’
For Those AIDS Victims Less Lucky Than I
’Young adults today know of “AIDS hysteria” only from history, or if they rent a film like “Philadelphia.” They cannot imagine that you might see a friend one day, hear about them getting sick a few weeks later, and attend their funeral in a matter of months. And that this would happen over and over and over.’
’A Perfect candidate for death’
"German production company contracts Israeli director Eytan Fox to direct movie about life of Gad Beck, homosexual Jew who survived Holocaust as young man in Berlin"
Homosexuality in Haredi World
"Chaim Album’s film, V’ahavta, depicting turmoil endured by homosexual yeshiva student who falls in love with another man, wins award for best feature film produced at Ma’ale religious film school this year. Album ’outed’ himself during production of this film, and based film loosely on his own experiences as a gay ultra-Orthodox man"
Film premičres with Biblical take on gays
By Kaizaad Kotwal
Columbus--What does the Bible really say about gay and lesbian people?
The holy book is often misinterpreted and misused by religious and political groups to advocate hate and discrimination against LGBT individuals. Sometimes it is oversimplified.
“There’s nothing wrong with a fifth-grade understanding of God--as long as you’re in the fifth grade,” says a character in For the Bible Tells Me So.
Told through the experiences of five families with gay or lesbian (...)
Open Letter to Rep Mark Souder
Open letter to Rep Mark souder on ENDA by Lesbian Jewish writer
Rainbow Badge of Courage
"near the end of sixth grade, my youngest son received the following inventive English assignment: “Generate a symbol that represents one of your qualities."
Reform Jews support ENDA
"Reform Jewish Leader Calls on House to Pass Transgender Inclusive Non-Discrimination Act"
Australian Rabbis Approve Gay Union Rite
"Australia’s Progressive movement has paved the way for the country’s first gay Jewish union."
Fury Over Zionist Mr. Gay Tour
"The Zionist Federation announced this week that it is to organise a UK tour for the Israeli winner of a homosexual beauty contest, prompting warnings that it is about to burn its bridges with the religious community."
Minorities at Risk in Israel
"Head of Knesset panel admits: Draft constitution liable to weaken rights of gays, other minorities"
Proud and pious
"Proud and pious - gay U.S. Jews don’t have to choose between sexuality, religion" Watch video.
What Does Gay, Jewish R&B Sound Like?
"What does an openly gay, Jewish R&B singer sound like? Thanks to Ari Gold, a formerly Orthodox kid out of the Bronx, the question isn’t speculative."
Out and About with Tony Kushner
"Tony Kushner, the writer of Angels in America and Munich, finds it tough to be gay and Jewish. And despite rumors to the contrary, he does not want to destroy Israel."
A debate on ENDA
"Letter to John Aravosis of AMERICAblog from Jewish trans activist Dana Beyer, M.D., an HRC Board of Governors nominee"
Gay Jewish Russian murdered in Uzbekistan
"Uzbek theater director’s murder not being seen as anti-Semitism"
Arab and jewish Groups against Discrimination
"Arab, Jewish groups to petition High Court against town admission panels"
A New Dana International Debut
"Tune into Dana International’s latest clip in collaboration with Idan Yaniv"
Israeli ’neo-Nazi gang’ arrested
"Israeli police say they have broken up a gang of neo-Nazis who are accused of carrying out attacks on foreigners, gay people and religious Jews."
Ensuring Gay’s Rights to Property in Israel
"AG: State will back gays’ rights to property even if Knesset won’t"
Trembling Toward Icon Status
"e upcoming 10 days reserved on the Jewish calendar for reflection, Amos Lassen, an observant Jew living in the heart of the Bible Belt, will host an event at his Little Rock, Ark., synagogue that might inject a little shock into the Days of Awe."
Israeli filmmaker makes ’invisible years’ clearer
"A personal quest for answers led Tel Aviv photographer Gideon Boaz to direct a short documentary film about the lives of gay men living in New York in the later years of their lives"
The LGBT Right to Inheritance
"Justice Min. retreats on move to bar gays from inheritance law"
Conservative Judaism at a Crossroad
"the Conservative movement spent so much energy worrying about whether gays could be good Jews that they forgot to ask why anyone would want to be"
The Boys In ‘The Bubble’
"Part comedy, part tragedy, Eytan’s Fox latest film focuses on a Tel Aviv hipster and his Palestinian boyfriend."
Religion, Sexuality and Art
Gay Jewish Porn Icon interviews Charles Merrill on Christianity, Islam, politics and gay activism.
The Masculine Mystique
"In “Promise Lands,” Rub compares the American cowboy, particularly the Marlboro man, with the Israeli pilot."
Jewish Prayer for Sex Change Operation
"Reform Movement publishes blessings for sex change operation"
Israeli, Palestinian men seek family unification
"Israeli man files application to Interior Ministry to be unified with married man from Tulkarm. Despite unusual nature of case, Interior Ministry promises to treat the application as all others"
Congregation Fighting Homophobia
"Scramento congregation takes an active role against homophobic murder"
Call Me by Your Name
"Andre Aciman’s new novel, Call Me By Your Name, invites comparison to Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint in that both works explore a Jewish man’s journey of self-awakening through sexual longing"
Gay and Jewish in Philly
"So You’re Gay and Jewish in Philly; Just What’s Available Out There?"
Most Israelis would accept a gay child
"Has your child come out of the closet? Ynet-Gesher survey reveals that most Israelis would accept that and go on as usual, but that 27 percent would cut off contact or limit it"
Majority In Israel Support Gay Couple Rights
"The majority of Israeli’s believe same-sex couples should have rights similar to those of married couples."
An Israeli Gay Romeo and Juliet
"HUC-JIR’s Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation sponsored a screening of a film examining gay life in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem."
Breaking the Silence
"Dr. Gideon Hirsch breaks his silence of 18 years and talks about being HIV positive"
Religion at the Forefront of NY Pride
By Audrey Tempelsman
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender synagogue, has attended New York City’s Gay Pride March for 20 years - and each time, the experience takes her breath away.
“It’s always so moving when we turn down Eighth St. in the West Village from the park at Fifth Ave.,” she said. “You see the crowds and feel such a tremendous outpouring of love and energy and excitement.” (...)
Against the Tide
"The Open House’s new chair is determined to secure the right to walk proudly in Jerusalem’s streets."
Why a Gay/Lesbian Synagogue?
"Why does anyone need a Gay/Lesbian Synagogue? Because people want to feel comfortable, safe and appreciated."
Shas MK proposes ’rehab centers’ for gays
"Nissim Ze’ev suggests establishing ’rehabilitation centers’ to suppress sexual tendencies of homosexuals, lesbians. ‘These people are dangerous and we must keep an eye on them,’ he says"
Marching with Pride for Peace and Acceptance
The World Congress of GLBT Jews - Keshet Ga’avah and our member organizations stand with the Jerusalem Open House in their continuous struggle for Equality and Acceptance! Come join us for Jerusalem Pride on June 21st.
President Against Jerusalem Pride
"Peres promised Haredi party to block Jerusalem gay pride parade"
Gays - Not just in Tel Aviv
"Hundreds of men, women take part in first ever pride parade in Haifa. ’We march for basic rights straights take for granted, like getting married’ they say"
Orthodox Group Endorses Hate Crimes Bill
"Orthodox Jews do not condone willful acts of bodily injury, to gay people or anybody else. That’s what this bill is all about."
GLBT Film Festival in Tel Aviv
"Jurgen Bruning, the manager of the Berlin Porn Festival ,will be a guest of the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival of Tel Aviv at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque next week"
Gay acivist gets death threats
"Following a decision by Jerusalem police to allow a planned gay pride march in the city on June 21, city council member and representative of the city’s gay and lesbian community Sa’ar Netanel received dozens of phone calls and text messages threatening his life."
Gay Pride in Tel Aviv
"Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade drew some 10,000 participants on Friday, and was largely peaceful"
Haredim Riot Against J’lem LGBT March
Mea She’arim neighborhood on Wednesday in protest of the police approval of next Thursday’s Gay Pride march.
The rioters burned trash cans, threw stones and several of them scuffled with policemen who arrived at the scene to restore calm.
Mea She’arim Street was closed to traffic and police were deployed on Shivtei Yisrael Street in order to prevent the haredi protesters from heading towards the city center.
Police approved a haredi protest against the event, which was expected to take (...)
Dark days for Knesset
"Anti-pride parade bill threatens democracy and may be prelude for other restrictions"
Homosexual ’Cruising’ Tips Provided by Tourism Ministry
Controversy over Tourism Ministry gay campaign
Australian Rabbis OK Same-Sex Marriage
"Rabbis Permitted to Officiate at Same-Gender Commitment Ceremonies in Australia."
Gay and Lesbian Tourists in Israel
"Ministry of Tourism’s next target: Bringing gay and lesbian tourists to Israel. The means: A campaign featuring a same-sex couple on a camel, two men in yarmulkes kissing in Jerusalem."
Coming Out of the Classroom Closet
""While the integration of gays and lesbians is less problematic in other professions," says Ashur-Efron, "in the education system the old fear of legitimizing the alternative lifestyles identified with them is still prominent."
Police permit pride parade in Jerusalem
" Jerusalem’s Open House center pleased after receiving district police commander’s letter saying police forces committed to providing safe environment for parade"
Underground Dilettante Goes to Sha’ar Zahav’s 30h Birthday
"Celebrating Sha’ar Zahav’s 30th Birthday"
Jewish Gay Center teaches Tolerance
"As director of the Rainbow Center, a Jewish non-profit education and outreach organization for gay men and lesbians, Stapel-Wax and the center’s goal is to spread a message of tolerance for gay people within Jewish communities and organizations in Atlanta."
Israel: home to a transformation in Arab gay community
"Arab Israeli and Palestinian lesbians break the taboo"
Jewish Groups Set To Fight Veto of Hate-Crimes Bill
" Jewish groups are gearing up to fight the president’s expected veto of a hate crimes bill opposed by Christian conservatives."
An Interview With Mom
"Gold and co-author Kate Moira Ryan spent six years interviewing 50 Jewish mothers of varied denominations."
Jews and Muslims back Pope over gay rights
Rabbi allies with Muslims aginst Gay Rights in Italy
Gay Jewish Porn Star Wins Fellini Lawsuit
"Michael Lucas, gay Jewish pornstar, in another controversy"
Gay Rights Fight and a Lot of Chutzpa
"Gay Jewish furniture CEO brings Gay Rights Fight into America’s living room."
On Being Lesbian or Gay and jewish
"In Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish, the homosexual and Jewish populations and cultures are compared and contrasted."
JTS Accepts first Lesbian Student
"Conservative Jewish Seminary Accepts First Lesbian Student"
Bioethics and Conservative Responsa
"Rabbi takes communitarian perspective on bioethics, medical access"
Iraq puts Gay Rabbinical Agenda on Hold
"The Iraq debate extended far beyond the allotted time and precluded the assembly from taking up a resolution, raised by petition, calling on Conservative rabbinical schools to accept gay and lesbian students."
Exploring Dual Identities
"Jewish lesbian Judy Gold adapts one-woman show into poignant book on religion and motherhood"
Rabbis Struggle for Total Inclusion and Equality
"A group of Israeli and US Conservative Rabbis will try to pass a resolution next week at the Annual Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts that would force Israel’s rabbinic seminary to admit homosexuals."
Gay Jewish Cincy: 3 Perspectives
"What is it like to be gay and Jewish in a city that has a reputation and history of intolerance toward homosexuality? David’s Voice spoke with three individuals to get their perspectives on being gay and Jewish in Cincinnati."
Life of the Party
Who is Leo Lerman, the man who turned down an invitation from the queen and king of Spain? Read THE GRAND SURPRISE The Journals of Leo Lerman.
Faith and Homosexuality
"It’s not often that one attends an event geared toward discussion of LGBT issues at which the acronym is spelled out for attendees. Yet that’s how the forum “God, Gays, and Faith: Journeys Through Challenging Terrain” began"
Association Picks Gay Woman for Leadership Spot
Lesbian Rabbi heading the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Mazel Tov to Lesbian Rabbi
"Rabbi Kleinbaum named one of Newsweek’s top 50 rabbis in America"
Ordaining Gay Men and Women
In this week’s Portion column, Jewish Theological Seminary talmudic scholar Judith Hauptman writes that “the past 35 years have witnessed the halachic maturation of the American Jewish community” with respect to the status of women. “Every one of its segments,” she adds, “is also rethinking its attitudes toward, and its treatment of, gay men and women.”
Education Ministry to recognize gay and lesbian youth group
"Education Minister Yuli Tamir will announce on Wednesday the ministry’s recognition of the Israeli Gay Youth Organization (IGY), at the organization’s annual fundraising event in Tel Aviv."
Following Others
"Rabbi David Londy on the Conservative Movement stance on Homosexuality and other issues"
Conservative seminary bans gay rabbis
"Jerusalem’s Conservative seminary upholds ban on gay rabbis"
Opening The Closet Doors
"JTS decision to ordain gay rabbis ushers in a new era - and questions - for the Conservative movement."
A rare gathering
"In Israel, gay Arab activists forge ahead with plans for a rare public conference"
I Found the State in my Bedroom
"It is a common idea that marriage is the most effective means of protecting children, and that it takes care of women. But in fact it is an opening to excessive interference of society in the life of the individual."
Increased Rights to Common Law Couples in Israel
"Common-law couples, including gays, to get gov’t housing aid"
Gay Community Seeks Jerusalem Parade
"Open House members ask police to let them march in streets of capital on June 21. Last time it ended with a compromise between homosexuals, haredim"
Open House fights for J’lem gay parade
Fighting for Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade and an Arab gay rights Meeting
Biblical Heroes in Dire Straits
"Israeli photographer Adi Nes began his latest series, Biblical Stories, at a moment of crisis in his own life."
Reconstructionists tap lesbian rabbi
"The Reconstructionist movement tapped a lesbian rabbi to head its Rabbinical Association"
Help! There’s a a Gay in my class
" know today that other gay people went to school with me, but back then I was sure I was the only homosexual for miles"
Let’s Move Beyond Fear
Believing that all, regardless of sexual orientation, are created in the image of God and entitled to equal rights, liberal Jews overwhelmingly believe that gays should not face discrimination either in terms of marriage or in terms of ordination.
JDate and the LGBT community
Popular Jewish dating website adds support for gays and lesbians
Gay Jewish Film Debut in UK
"A Jewish documentary about a gay Jewish student’s fight for acceptance at her high school is to receive its UK premiere at London’s Gay And Lesbian Film Festival."
And the award goes to Queer Yiddishkeit
"Last week’s Grammy Award to the Klezmatics for their first all-English album, “Wonder Wheel,” was joyously reported by many Jewish news outlets, including this newspaper. For all the media coverage, however, no mention was made of the Klezmatics’ iconic status in the Queer Yiddishkeit movement."
Gay Jews Connect Their Experience To Story of Purim
"Purim celebrations, during which even traditional Jews embrace cross-dressing and debauchery, serve as unofficial gay pride events, said Scott Gansl, past president of the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews."
Jewish float rejoins Mardi Gras
"A Jewish contingent will reclaim its place in this year’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras after opting out last year due to a lack of interest."
Jewish groups back bias crimes bill
"U.S. Jewish groups are backing a proposed bill that would expand prosecution of hate crimes."
God on the Mind and on the mic
"Romy Hoffman, an Orthodox-raised, queer-identified Australian rapper, embraces culture clash and hooks up with famed indie label Kill Rock Stars."
My Niece has Two Daddies
"This column will once again be devoted to the gays. If you’re really sick of me (or hey, Conservative Jews in general) talking about the gays... well, too bad"
Conservative Movement in Flux
"Significant majorities of respondents support the ordination of rabbis and the investment of cantors who are gay or lesbian"
Gay Ordination Still Open
"Issue of gay ordination still open despite signals in favor, leaders say"
The End of Conservative Judaism
"The truth is that there is a grand divide in the Jewish community worldwide between two groups: those who think that Jewish law (halacha) is really, truly, binding and those who do not."
Gay Ordination in the Spotlight
"Issue of gay ordination still open despite signals in favor, leaders say."
Conservative Leaders Back Gay Rabbis
"An overwhelming majority of religious and lay leaders in the Conservative synagogue movement support gay rabbinical ordination and same-sex marriage, according to the results of a newly released survey."
Israeli experience may sway US Army policy on gays
"In 1993, Congress banned known homosexuals from the military, convinced their presence could undermine morale and discipline. That year, Israel took exactly the opposite approach."
British Jewish body expresses concern about new gay laws
The organisation representing British Jews says new government laws compelling it to promote homosexuality in the UK must not restrict Jewish community members’ "freedom of conscience and conviction" at the same time.
Tel Aviv, The Final Gay Frontier
"Tel Aviv resident Justin Rudzki was strolling across the city’s busy Dizengoff Square one day when he spotted an Arab man. Their eyes met and the two men approached one another. But this wasn’t to be yet another moment of conflict between Jew and Arab in the Middle East."
Gay Porn Star Takes a Stand for Israel
"Gay Jewish porn star Michael Lucas has raised issue over the way a gay blog has described Israel by saying “people are tired of seeing Israel using its weapons” and has described him as “virulently pro-Israeli”
Male and Female He Created Them
"One thing is certain according to secret laws: Intimate relations without love are like a body with no soul"
Zeek, not a Gay Magazine, But it’s Out!
"Clearly, in our cultural moment in America and in the Jewish community, sexuality is newsworthy. The struggle for equality for members of sexual minorities is the signal civil rights struggle of our time, for a variety of reasons which I’ve written about elsewhere. And in the Jewish community, acceptance of sexual minorities is fast replacing gender egalitarianism as the key dividing line between progressive and non-progressive Judaisms"
Look to Israel on gays in military
"A former U.S. military chief of staff cited Israel’s experience in recommending allowing gays to openly join the military."
This Week’s Featured Article
"One thing is certain according to secret laws : Intimate relations without love are like a body with no soul"
Judy Gold jokes about her life as a gay, Jewish mother
"Comedian hopes insulting jokes will help open minds"
Toronto’s Orthodox community adjusts to Nicole, nee Mordechai
"Mordechai’s community and friends are still adjusting to his decision to become Nicole - some better than others."
Vote in favor of ordaining gays draws mixed views
"While some CJLS members resign in protest, other rabbis express support"
Area Rabbis Deconstruct Rulings Affecting Gays
"The committee passed three teshuvot, or "responses" -- two that upheld prohibitions against homosexual behavior, and one that sanctions gay-commitment ceremonies and allows for the ordination of gay rabbis, but still labeled sex between two men as unacceptable."
Why the Conservative movement endorsed gays
Q & A with Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Vice-Chair of the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
Testing The Waters On Gay Ordination
"Before JTS’ Eisen makes final decision, thousands of Conservative Jewish leaders to be polled on views of controversial issue."
Gays And God
"Local symposium eyes Judaism and sexual diversity in shadow of landmark Conservative ruling."
Gay decision ’sanctifies prejudice’
"Gay decision ‘sanctifies prejudice,’ says an outraged Jewish mother"
Let Each Congregation Choose for Itself
"Rabbi Jerome Epstein on the Conservative Movement Decision on LGBT rights: We believe in pluralism because it mirrors our understanding of God’s world."
Separate Wing of the Conservative Movement
"Overseas Seminaries Set To Reject Gay Ordination Canadian Rabbis Mull Forming Separate Wing of Movement"
The gay question and the Jewish question
By Yoav Sivan
The recently published "Forward Fifty" list of the most influential members of the American Jewish community for 2006 should remind us again how pivotal is the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community to the agenda of the Jewish community in America: The word "gay" appears in five different entries, making the acceptance and inclusion of LGBT people the bench mark of advancement and relevance for Jewish institutions. It should also remind us of the distance, (...)
Knesset okays preliminary reading to revoke gay marriage ruling
"Two weeks after the High Court of Justice issued a precedent-setting ruling authorizing five gay couples married abroad to be registered legally in Israel, the Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved in a preliminary hearing a bill to rescind the court’s ruling."
Conservative Jews Allow Gay Rabbis and Unions
"The highest legal body in Conservative Judaism, the centrist movement in worldwide Jewry, voted yesterday to allow the ordination of gay rabbis and the celebration of same-sex commitment ceremonies."
Conservatives OK Gay Ordination
"Homosexual Jews may now be ordained as Conservative rabbis and rabbis now may perform same-sex unions"
Breakthrough News Dec 5, 2006
"The Conservative movement’s highest legal body moved to allow commitment ceremonies for gays and the ordination of gay rabbis."
Bay Area LGBT Jews to get helping hand from new group
"The human mosaic that makes up the Bay Area is about to be rearranged. Jewish Mosaic, the Denver-based nonprofit for sexual and gender diversity, is expanding to San Francisco."
Conservative Rabbis Reconsider Stance on Gay Sex
By Alan Cooperman
After years of debate, the Conservative Jewish movement is on the verge of redefining its approach to homosexuality, a pivotal decision for a movement that occupies a shrinking middle ground between Orthodox and Reform Judaism.
A panel of 25 eminent Conservative rabbis will meet in New York next week to consider five proposed teshuvot, or answers, to the question of whether homosexual sex is permitted under Jewish law.
Although the answers have not been made public, (...)
Tough Debate on Gay Jews
"Panel faces tough debate on gay Jews. Rabbinical council will review bans on homosexual rabbis and same-sex rites."
The end of the Conservative movement?
"The heart of the crisis in the movement is the issue of its attitude toward homosexuals and lesbians. It would be difficult to find any other subject that illustrates so clearly the gap between the liberal conception, which views same-sex couples as complete equals with heterosexual couples, and the halakhic conception, which has an absolutely negative attitude toward homosexuals."
Court Decision is True Pride Parade
"Two gay couples pave way for same-sex marriage registration"
Israel “bursts open” for gay marriage
"Israel’s orthodox community has only just recovered from a gay pride rally being held in Jerusalem, but now they must prepare themselves for gay marriage"
In Jerusalem, Fundamentalism on the March
"For a variety of reasons, gays and lesbians are at the front lines in today’s culture wars between fundamentalism and liberalism, both in Israel and in the United States. But this debate is not really about homosexuality, or the specialness of Jerusalem, or the sensitivities of a religious community. Nor is it even about freedom of expression."
IDF rabbi compares gays to beasts
"Officer serving as IDF rabbi sends email in which he compared sexual intercourse with animals and gay relations"
Haredi Protests Drive Straight Israelis Into Gay Rights Camp
" When newscasts reported that Haredim clashed violently with police and threatened more violence if the parade should take place, secular Israelis around the country got worried."
3.000 cops for 3,000 gay demonstrators
"The Gay Pride rally, which drew nearly 3,000 people, went off peacefully. None of the nightmare scenarios of violence against participants were realized."
Frightening, but liberating
"Twelve years ago, when Avigail Sperber attended Jerusalem’s Ma’ale School of Television, Film and the Arts, a religious institution, she fell in love - with a female classmate."
Gay Pride event ends in relative quiet
" Following weeks of tension and threats of violence that left Israel’s capital city at the precipice of full-blown riots and bloodshed, Jerusalem’s Gay Pride event came to a relatively quiet end Friday afternoon"
Rabbis to curse parade organizers
"A Jewish invocation will be used by ultra Orthodox rabbis in Jerusalem to curse the organizers of the Gay Pride March and the police who protect them, said a spokesman for the Edah Haredit Monday."
Is marching as a gay the greatest of sins?
"I have always found it puzzling that religious people of all denominations continue to see gay men and women as the single greatest threat to civilization and the ultimate sin"
We Can’t Let Violence, Threats Win
"If we allow our event to be canceled due to threats of violence, we are giving up on freedom of expression in Israel"
AG instructs police to approve ’modest’ gay pride march in J’lem
" Open House spokesman calls Mazuz’s decision a boost to democracy and freedom of expression in Israel."
Proud in my shtetl
"In 2000, an international gay pride parade was held in Rome. The parade route passed not far from the Vatican, stirring a great tumult in the Christian world. The organizers of the Rome march (including the chairman of the Jewish community, Amos Luzzato) also based their arguments on the principles of democracy and freedom of expression."
Police to decide Sun. whether to allow J’lem gay pride parade
" Jerusalem police will on Sunday decide whether to let the Gay Pride parade occur, in light of threats by extremist groups to attack marchers and disrupt order throughout the country."
J’lem haredim riot over Gay Pride Parade
Jerusalem Police are expected to announce Sunday that they are banning the parade due to concerns over public safety.
Supreme Court might prevent Gay Parade
"A last-minute intervention by the Supreme Court might still prevent the Jerusalem Gay Parade from marching next Friday."
Religious Gays Keep Faith Despite Hatred
"Being both gay and Orthodox, a difficult existential reality under normal circumstances, may have never been harder."
Gay Parade Tensions Rise in Tel Aviv
The windows of the Geulot Israel synagogue on Tel Aviv’s Shenkin Street were smashed overnight Wednesday, and the words, "If we can’t march in Jerusalem, you won’t walk in Tel Aviv," were spray-painted on the synagogue walls, police said.
NJ Rabbis: Same-Sex Ruling Won’t Sway Orthodox Vote
"According to two rabbis, New Jersey’s recent court decision in favor of gay unions will not significantly impact Orthodox voters still on the fence between neck-and-neck Senate contenders Bob Menendez and Tom Kean, Jr."
A Different Kind Of Ambassador
"Ivri Lider, Israel’s openly gay superstar, is the newest asset in the hasbara battle."
Jews split on gay marriage ruling
" U.S. Jewish opponents and supporters of gay marriage each declared a measure of victory after the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the legislature to consider the issue."
Foreign Ministry promoting Gay Israel
"The Foreign Ministry is promoting Gay Israel as part of its campaigns to break apart the negative stereotypes many liberal Americans and Europeans have of Israel."
Benefit Held for Gay Islam Film
"Halal Films raised $17,000 Monday, October 16 for In the Name of Allah, the working title of a groundbreaking film that’s been four years of work by director Parvez Sharma and producer Sandi DuBowski."
Haredim: J’lem gay parade may lead to another war
"Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protest at Jerusalem’s Sabbath Square against holding of 2006 Gay Pride Parade in city; ‘war in Lebanon broke out as soon as the parade was announced,’ haredi man says."
Most Israelis Support Same Sex Couples
"Ynet, Smith Institute poll shows 58 percent of Israelis support same-sex couples, including their right to raise children, while 19 percent say they would want to revoke right of same-sex couples to raise children, but add that these couples should ‘lived as they see fit’; 50 percent of traditional Israelis, 16 percent of religious Israelis open to idea of same-sex couples that are able to raise their children, survey says"
When Worlds Collide
"Gay Israelis and Palestinians wade through old battles in new documentary"
The Winning Way To Fight The Ban On Gay Marriage
"Now that President Bush has endorsed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages, those who hope to stop it need to understand why their strategies have been so unpersuasive in the past"
Reconciliation Meeting
Following statements that outraged gays, army chief in Israel meets with community’s representatives in bid to explain his comments
Jewish community leader in Ukraine and Same-sex Unions
"Jewish community leader in Ukraine resigns over issue of same-sex unions"
The tools of Halacha are there to use
"As Blu Greenberg once said, "Where there is a rabbinic will, there is a halachic way." How true this is. But so often in the Orthodox world the authority of certain rabbis takes precedence over a true reading of the sources."
Israeli film portrays a doomed gay relationship
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
What do you do for an encore?
Tel Aviv-based filmmakers Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky must have asked themselves this question after the commercial success of their last film, Walk on Water, the highest-grossing movie in Israeli history.
The story of a Mossad secret-service agent assigned to track down a Nazi war criminal, Walk on Water was screened in 25 countries and was a box-office hit, earning a grand total of $7 million (US).
Hot on its heels, the Israeli duo (...)
Gay film faces challenges
" The makers of an Israeli film about a gay Palestinian who finds love in Tel Aviv complained about audience backlash at home and abroad."
Philly Pride Mission to Israel
"A Significant First: ’This Was About Being Proud of Who We Are’" - Philly Pride Mission to Israel - part II
Gay Jews celebrate High Holy days
"Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Jews on both sides of the Atlantic are gearing up to celebrate the upcoming Jewish new year in LGBT Synagogue services."
Congregation Or Chadash in the Hall of Fame
"Congregation Or Chadash has been selected for Induction into Chicago’s Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame"
Debate over gay rabbis non-issue in Brigantine
"Despite the Conservative synagogue’s don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, everyone knew that their part-time rabbi was gay"
Adult film producer fleshes out his ’fantasy’ at tea
"Michael Lucas, a porn industry producer, speaks at a Calhoun College master’s tea about his work to “help people relieve themselves” through his production of adult gay films."
Liberals Cheering at JTS, Crying Foul Elsewhere Over Gay Debate
“It’s pluralism that’s important to our movement,” Epstein said. “I would hate to see a movement that would take a position and say, ‘We are only going to be egalitarian’ or ‘We are only going to be nonegalitarian.’”
Making It Official, Creatively
" When Abe Newman and his partner, Craig Pollack, discussed the possibility of marriage, they decided that they wanted their ceremony to be infused with Jewish traditions"
Ban on Gay Rabbis May Be Lifted
"The vote by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards will test what Conservative leaders call their "big umbrella" -- allowing diverse practices within one movement. It will also signal to the wider community how far the Conservative branch will go to reinterpret Jewish law."
Gay Ban’s Human Toll
"A convert to Judaism was a star rabbinic pupil at JTS, until she came out as a lesbian."
Precedent: Lesbian surrogacy approved
"Health Ministry authorizes lesbian couple to create common child; egg to be taken from one of them, fertilized and implanted into womb of the other"
Trans Judaism
Dzmura writes: “Through storytelling, we can narrate the part of our lives that our bodies no longer tell. If I gloss over my girlhood I am depriving myself of those precious-even if preciously difficult-experiences. If I want real intimacy with people, I need to tell the truth of my life.”
Trans People and the Spiritual Path
"Trans people face obstacles in pursuing spiritual path (Gay) Some world religions more welcoming than others"
Rabbi’s advice: ’Cure lesbian with sorcery’
"Rabbi assures cheated husband that his lesbian wife will come running back if he pours sand on her lover’s doorstep."
Role of gays, lesbians debated
"Exactly what is the halacha governing gay men and lesbians in the Conservative world? Right now, the answer is fairly clear; it’s basically a variant of "love the sinner, hate the sin."
Gay Jewish Revolutionary
"JUDD WEINBERG IS AN ASPIRING WRITER, ACTIVIST AND ONE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL YOUNG ADVOCATES FOR GAY RIGHTS."
Conservative Rabbis Predict Gay Ban Will Fall, Canadian Shuls Weigh Split With Movement
"With leaders of Conservative Judaism predicting an end to the outright ban on gay ordination and same-sex marriage, some of the movement’s more traditional Canadian synagogues are threatening to form a breakaway coalition."
We’ll Stand up for Right to Hold Gay Parade
"Representatives of Open House in Jerusalem for Pride and Tolerance, organizers of next month’s gay pride parade in Jerusalem, meet with minister for Jerusalem affairs to discuss holding of parade"
An Urban Legend for Adults
""Tied Hands" is a complicated film that does not take a stance on what is right and wrong or who is guilty and who is moral."
Jerusalem Gay Pride in Cards
"Open House organization decides to hold gay pride parade in capital this year"
Entertaining gay Israeli troops
"Gay Jewish porn star to visit Israel to show solidarity with country, perform for gay community"
The Politics Of Cabaret
Mellman sees something of his Jewish background in his work: “I would say that the political character of our work on Kiki and Herb is, for me, a condition of having grown up in a liberal Jewish household."
Scaled back World Pride draws gays
"The most important part of World Pride is that the LGBT rights are understood in the bigger context of human rights"
Somewhere, over the rainbow
"We came to Israel to build bridges and support local LGBT rights. Together with hundreds of Israeli LGBT persons we had gathered to talk, learn, worship and stand in solidarity at World Pride 2006."
Not such an Awful Secret
"My son came out of the closet - or rather I dragged him out of the closet, just after he finished the army 22 years ago," says Dvora Luz, a Czech-born Israeli who lives in Rishon Letzion.
A Gay Rights Festival in Jerusalem
"It will be the largest, most significant, and most diverse LGBT cultural festival of its kind ever to be held in this part of the world."
Gay clergymen prepare for WorldPride
"Thousands of activists and organisers from around the globe will converge in Jerusalem for a week of discussion, camaraderie and community."
A Pioneer in Same Sex Marriage
"At this Broward synagogue all are welcome: gay, heterosexual or transgender."
New Rabbi arrives at Beth Emeth
"July was not a typical month for members of the Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Emeth in Hewlett. They were left without a rabbi following the departure of Jason Klein in late June, and conducted services themselves for the past four weeks."
Mideast Crisis Won’t Deter World Pride
"Despite the current violence in Lebanon and Israel, most World Pride events will be held as planned in Jerusalem in August, its organizers vowed July 25."
Gay Jews and the hidden ’collateral damage’
"If the rabbis were more tolerating, my husband would be alive. He would know that you can be gay and orthodox at the same time"
How can Israelis be antigay?
"Just as the Nazis wallowed in ignorance, fear, and scapegoating, these antigay Jews in Israel now do the same to the LGBT people of the world."
Kulanu Founder receives award for Jewish Leadership
"“I think immediately after I came out I decided that I didn’t want to give up my commitment to Judaism and Jewish life."
Pink, white and blue
"Despite flare of tension surrounding approaching Jerusalem Pride Parade, gay Jews will, in all likelihood, continue to make aliya in effort to realize age-old Jewish dream"
New York Court on Same-sex Marriage
"The Court’s ruling is an opportunity for the state legislature to ensure the right to civil marriage via legislation and we call on its members to do so."
Next Stop: World Pride
"This coming August, WorldPride 2006 in Jerusalem will celebrate our existence, our lives and our struggles as gay people on every continent, in every country, every society, every culture-and every religion."
Breaking OUT - San Diego’s Gay Jews
"They’re rabbis, students, and synagogue leaders. They’re playwrights, politicians, and entrepreneurs. They come from all corners of San Diego and all varieties of religious observance. But they share two very important characteristics: they’re Jewish, and they’re gay."
Divisions Surface Anew Over Gay-Marriage Ruling
"The Jewish community reacts to appeals court decision as both sides fix sights on Albany, scene of the next battle."
Conservative Judaism and the LGBT Community
"Conservative movement faces ‘daunting challenges’"
Top Award for Gay Israeli Filipino Film
"The Los Angeles Film Festival, that closed last night saw its audience award bestowed to Israeli gay film, ’Paper Dolls’."
Blessed be he who made me gay
"People, in general, are disturbed by moral problems. Not their own, of course, but others"
Parade of Perversion is under Way
"The entire public must come to Jerusalem on the day of the parade. Straight people, too, should be there. Especially straight people. And religious fanaticism and benighted hatred are especially repulsive and disgusting perversions."
Minister: Recognition of gays a danger
"Shas up in arms regarding change in Ministry of Education policy towards homosexuals. Minister Nahari writes denunciating letter to education minister, claiming program unacceptable to parents"
Out congregation to partner with mainstream synagogue
"The city’s largest GLBT Jewish congregation is partnering with one of the area’s oldest Jewish synagogues to share a facility for worship."
Jerusalem Hosts World Pride
"Jerusalem’s World Pride, launching a year later than expected because of the 2005 Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, will run from August 6 to August 12. Like its first incarnation, Rome’s World Pride in 2000, the event is meant to bring direct attention to the ongoing religious assault on the world’s LGBT community."
Emerging Torah of Same-Sex Marriage
Some have argued it prohibits all male-male sexuality. Others have argued that the verse must mean something else, for this "lying with" seems anatomically impossible.
Why a Rabbi Will March in Pride
"Jews have been marching to and in Jerusalem since the days of the Temple. One of my favorite descriptions is of the bringing of the first fruits on Shavuot."
Attempts to "sabotage" Gay Parade
“World Pride is in solidarity with the queer liberation struggles in Israel, Palestine and worldwide. A boycott would be a tragic betrayal of this global quest for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) freedom.”
A Very Special Rabbi
“Temple Emanu-El has always welcomed Jew and gentile,” Landsberg said. “White, brown, black, yellow, green, or purple. Male or female. Gay, straight, bisexual, or transgendered. Wealthy or impoverished. The elated and the downtrodden. The traditional and the venturous. The seeds I have planted appear to have blossomed,” he said, adding: “Whether the plants are annuals or perennials is yet to be determined.”
"Gay drama in Holy City"
"Boycotting oppressive Israeli institutions is justified, but boycotting a celebration of queer life, culture and human rights is a reactionary stance that plays into the hands of homophobes."
Organizer: Jerusalem is ideal for WorldPride
Tom Musbach
Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of Jerusalem Open House, was in the United States recently to drum up support for the second WorldPride, which his group is hosting Aug. 6-12 in Jerusalem.
More than 10,000 LGBT people from around the world are expected to participate in the weeklong event. Organizers hope WorldPride --held in a foundational city for three of the world’s major religions -- will proclaim a global message that love knows no borders.
In this interview, El-Ad (...)
BEKI holds ’Gay Pride Shabbat’
"the first "Gay Pride Shabbat" ever held at a Connecticut Conservative synagogue last weekend"
Same Sex Marriage and the Jewish Dilemma
"On both sides of the Jewish debate on the marriage protection amendment there’s danger of hypocrisy: putting the separation of church and state aside for short term gains is risky"
Charity offers gay pride Jerusalem tour
The New Israel Fund is offering a gay tour of Israel to coincide with this year’s WorldPride in Jerusalem.
Reform Jewish Movement Urges Senate to Oppose Federal Marriage Amendment
"Feldman: Religious institutions have the right to decide which partnerships they will and will not sanctify in their houses of worship. The government, however, should not codify the religious views of some..."
Court: Transsexual woman can’t see child
"Woman who underwent sex-change operation appeals to High Court of Justice after Rabbinic Court cancels prior alimony agreement; appeal rejected"
Municipality to fund Gay Pride Parade
"Court orders Jerusalem municipality to fund Gay Pride Parade"
Clergy defends Gay Marriage
"With the Senate slated to vote in three weeks on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, an interfaith coalition of liberal clergy is arguing that the measure would violate their religious liberty."
Despite it all, I’m still a Jerusalemite
"It’s not easy for a gay, left-wing secularist to live in Jerusalem"
Term paper on gays? Not in this school
High school student seeks to research link between sexual identity, outlook on life; teacher approved paper, but Education Ministry official thinks differently, saying ’students must not be associated with homosexuality’
World Pride and Queeruption in Israel
"August 6th-12th 2006 will be World Pride in Jerusalem. Queeruption 9 will take place in Tel Aviv from August 3rd through 13th."
Lesbian Ceremony in Russia Sparks Controversy
Rabbi Nelly Shulman officiated at the first same-sex union in Russia
Gay Leadership Conclave
"on May 24, the executive directors of as many as 36 national organizations for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans will meet behind closed doors"
J’lem mayor: Gay parade a provocation
"City Council holds stormy session after council member asks to prepare capital for parade; Meretz member accuses Mayor Uri Lupolianski of incitement that led to violent incidents during last year’s parade"
A rabbi’s struggle: To allow gay clergy or not?
"Over the past few decades, the cultural battles over homosexuality have been waged in courtrooms, workplaces, schools and any number of other public forums..."
LGBT Outreach Program
"DCJCC all a’GLOE’ Outreach program for gays, lesbians to kick off this weekend"
Gay, Jewish, Ivy, Hip Hop Homo
"Soce, the Elemental Wizard, is also known by his birth moniker, Andrew Singer. Singer is quick to point out that he is not the only white, gay, Jewish rapper out there, but he is probably the only Ivy League-educated (Yale), violin-playing rapper trying to break down barriers in a music industry niche too often scarred by homophobia."
Gay Marriage in the US
"According to a recent Pew poll, opposition to gay marriage, same-sex adoption, and gays & lesbians openly serving in the military has declined significantly over the two past years."