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Community My Orthodox Rabbi Father Taught Me To Love LGBT People
Growing up as a religious girl, I always pictured myself having a husband, enough kids to fit a minivan, and living in a comfortable home. I dreamed of having a wedding where I see my future husband meeting me halfway down the aisle and then finish the walk to get married under the chuppah. But…
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The Schmooze Disney Will Sell These Rainbow Mouse Ears For LGBT Pride Month
“Micky Mouse Rainbow Love” is not the street name of a club drug. It is the name the Walt Disney Company has assigned the rainbow mouse ears they are now selling in Disney parks. in a ? full of people you’re all i ? thank you @disneyland for a day full of magic, new video,…
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Community What Being Gay Taught Me About Zionism
This Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, which incidentally lands a week after Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a symbolic reminder of how far the Jewish people have come in such a short span of time. Yet seventy years later, the debate over the history of the country continues to divide people across the…
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The Schmooze Listen To Bob Dylan Reimagine A Classic Ballad As A Gay Love Song
Bob Dylan is a little gay and a little corporate these days. Doesn’t sound much like the Robert Zimmerman you know and love to be confounded by? Well, he’s funny that way. On a new collaboration, “Universal Love,” Dylan joins artists including Kesha and St. Vincent in reworking classic love songs so that each singer…
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Fast Forward Lesbian Couple’s Jewish Wedding Goes Viral In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A same-sex Jewish wedding ceremony held in the iconic Brazilian hotel frequented by kings and queens has made headlines in Latin America’s largest nation. It is the first Jewish same-sex wedding to go so public and is believed to be the first Jewish ceremony between two women in Brazil. Some…
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Fast Forward London Jewish School Censored ‘Homosexual’ From Textbook
An Orthodox Jewish school for girls in London blacked out the word “homosexual” from an official textbook, along with references to women and men hanging around together, according to a report in The Guardian. The textbook, titled “Understanding the Modern World,” is part of the official curriculum of the state-funded school. School authorities censored an…
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Fast Forward This Teen Had A Gender-Neutral B’nei Mitzvah
(JTA) — When Esther Thorpe came out as gender neutral a year ago, identifying neither as male nor female, Miriam Taylor Thorpe was worried. Esther’s mother already had a child come out as gay and feared that Esther, 14, would have trouble finding a Jewish community that would be accepting and inclusive. The family was…
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The Schmooze Disney Made History This Weekend — With A Bar Mitzvah
On Friday night, Disney became a man. Disney Channel aired a gay character’s bar mitzvah for the first time in the network’s history. Not only did the popular kids’ program “Andi Mack” feature an hour long special dedicated to a bar mitzvah, but in addition, the character having the bar mitzvah was the same character…
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