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Opinion I’m an Orthodox Rabbi and I Celebrate Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling
On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to ban same-sex marriage. The issue still divides America, though the latest Pew numbers say 54% of Americans are in favor of gay marriage and only 36% oppose. In the Orthodox Jewish community, the matter is far less…
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Opinion Dear Israel, America Is Our Queer Jewish Homeland
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States on Friday, I was quite happy. Though it’s hardly the end of the struggle to better the lives of queer people across the United States, that ruling was a pretty big step in the right direction. As I am a…
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News Jewish Groups (Mostly) Celebrate SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision
(JTA) — How often do you get the opportunity to pack “109 years,” #LoveWins and the rainbow colors into 140 characters? That’s how the American Jewish Committee celebrated the Supreme Court ruling Friday extending marriage rights to gays throughout the United States. “For 109 years AJC has stood for liberty and human rights,” its tweet said….
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Opinion What Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Teaches Me About Charleston
I finished reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler two days ago. As a Jew, I had wanted to understand why someone would want to destroy all that European Jews had worked so hard to build. But as I read, I could not help thinking instead about Dylann Roof, the white 21-year-old who killed nine black…
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Film & TV 13 Jewish Things To Binge-Watch For Pride Month
When it comes to Jewish and Israeli pride, is a frequent topic of discussion. But from campy and ridiculous to serious and heart-wrenching, Israelis have created some amazing pieces of LGBTQ culture. In celebration of pride month, we bring you some movies and musicians you may not have heard of but should definitely discover. A…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Andy Samberg Channels His Inner Andre Agassi
If you’re still reeling from the “Game of Thrones finale,” there’s some good news on the horizon. Kit Harrington (aka Jon Snow) will in HBO’s ‘7 Days in Hell,’ a tennis parody about the longest Wimbledon match in history. From the looks of the trailer a very bare faced Harrington, repping the Brits, still knows…
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Breaking News 91% of Americans Would Back Jew for President
Ninety-one percent of Americans said they would vote for a presidential candidate who is Jewish, according to a new poll. The Gallup poll of recent voting preferences released Monday showed that 73 percent of Americans would support an evangelical Christian for president, while 60 percent would back a Muslim and 58 percent an atheist. The…
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The Schmooze Elena Kagan Livens Up SCOTUS With Spider-Man Jokes
Who better to rule on a case called Kimble vs. Marvel Entertainment than a die-hard Marvel fan? Enter Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice by day, friendly neighborhood Spider-man defender by night. The case involved an inventor, Stephen Kimble, inventor of a Spider-Man web-shooting toy (licensed to Marvel) who claimed that a 51-year-old legal precedent was…
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