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The Schmooze Neil Patrick Harris Will Lead The Tel Aviv Pride Parade
Tel Aviv pride just got a little gayer, a little cooler, a little more Neil Patrick Harris. Actor Neil Patrick Harris will be this year’s international ambassador for this year’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade, the Jerusalem Post reported. The 45-year-old actor, who is not Jewish, is beloved for his comedy, panache, and good hair. He…
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Fast Forward 52 People Detained For Attempting To Disrupt Jerusalem Pride Parade
(JTA) — More than 10,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s Pride parade, but 52 were detained or arrested on suspicion of trying to disrupt the event, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told the Jerusalem Post. The number of attendees was significantly smaller than last year, when a record 30,000 people participated in the march in support of the LGBTQ community in…
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Fast Forward Minneapolis LGBTQ Bar Sees Protests Over Owner’s Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
A soon-to-open LGBTQ bar in Minneapolis has been the subject of heavy criticism in the local Jewish and gay communities after it was revealed that its owner had written several anti-Semitic Facebook posts. Cheers Minneapolis was scheduled to open at the end of the month during the city’s Pride weekend, but after the offending posts…
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Opinion For Me, Being Gay And Zionist Are One And The Same
Thousands of people marched down Fifth Avenue on Sunday with their synagogues and Jewish youth groups. The Celebrate Israel Parade, billed as the largest pro-Israel gathering in the world, was a sea of blue and white flags. Interspersed in that sea were a few dozen rainbow flags with stars of David on them, representing a…
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Opinion I Was Kicked Out Of A Restaurant In Israel For Being Gay. It Made Me More Zionist Than Ever.
A year and a half ago, I was thrown out of a pizza shop in Jerusalem for being gay. I was celebrating the LGBTQ+ Pride weekend with three fellow rabbinical students, and wearing a T-shirt with rainbow colored lettering. After entering the pizza shop, an employee asked me if I was gay. I said yes….
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Fast Forward Evangelical Church Postpones Pro-Israel Event After Israeli Diplomats Attend Pride
An evangelical church near Miami postponed a pro-Israel event after the Israeli consul general in Miami participated in a rally supporting the LGBT community. The incident, which took place at the beginning of May, highlights the delicate balance that Israeli diplomats need to maintain as they appeal to polarized constituencies in the United States. In…
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Life Why Yeshivas Must Offer LGBTQ Education
The lessons were designed to prepare children for life in modern Britain. Andrew Moffat, assistant principal of the Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, conceived of the No Outsiders program as a way of introducing LGBT people and the concepts of same-sex relationships and gender identity to children aged 4 to 11. That “And Tango Makes…
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Life A New Program Offers A Space For Non-Binary Mitzvahs
During middle school, Yoni Kollin took part in “Shevet,” a Jewish teen group in Los Angeles for boys post-bar mitzvah. The program, facilitated by Moving Traditions, a Jewish organization that provides progressive educational teen programming, offered a parallel program for girls, too, called “Rosh Hodesh.” Yet for Kollin, neither program was a perfect fit. Kollin,…
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