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Fast Forward Richard Simmons Libel Suit Dismissed In Odd Win For Transgender Rights
LOS ANGELES – In a counterintuitive victory for trans rights, a Los Angeles judge indicated Wednesday that he would dismiss Richard Simmons’ defamation suit against the National Enquirer and Radar Online. Simmons sued the publications in May over a story alleging that he was in the process of becoming a woman. While affirming his support…
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Fast Forward Iconic San Francisco Synagogue No Longer ‘Just’ For LGBT Jews
(JTA) — SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — At Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco, Rabbi Mychal Copeland leads Shabbat services with a rainbow tallit around her shoulders. The synagogue newsletter is called “The Jewish Gaily Forward.” But the shul, which since its 1977 founding has been known as…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Threatens To Quit Naftali Bennett’s Right Wing Party Over Lesbian Aide
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rabbi who is a leader of the Jewish Home Party has threatened to leave the party because a spokeswoman for its leader, Naftali Bennett, is a lesbian. Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, the head of the Zomet Institute, which researches how technology can be used under Jewish law, on Wednesday resigned from the…
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News Zionist Group Shunned At Chicago SlutWalk — But Organizers Cry Sabotage
There are some things you might expect from a SlutWalk — an annual march designed to bring attention to sexual assault and “rape culture.” You would expect participants to show up in fishnets and tutus and pasties, carrying protest signs and chanting things like “My dress is not a yes!” You would expect that the…
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Fast Forward “Zioness” Group Plans To March At Chicago SlutWalk
A group calling itself the “Zioness Movement” has announced it will be walking in the Chicago SlutWalk this Saturday. The group was formed this summer, after the SlutWalk announced a ban on Zionist and Jewish symbols at their march. The SlutWalk organizers retracted the ban in late July. “As Jews and Zionists, we seek justice…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Pride Changes Schedule To Avoid Yom Kippur
(JTA) — Organizers of North Carolina’s gay pride parade and festival have altered the event’s schedule in order to accommodate the Jewish community. The N.C. Pride parade had been scheduled for Sept. 30, which this year is Yom Kippur. Following the announcement of the date last month, organizers apologized for scheduling the parade for Yom Kippur and…
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Fast Forward This Is What Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade Looks Like
(JTA) — The turnout for Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade on Thursday was more than three times the expected number, with at least 14,000 people marching. Tens of thousands of people are dancing and singing at Jerusalem Pride. ???️? https://t.co/7YQdGWTIDo — Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 3, 2017 Some estimates said that up to 22,000 people attended…
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Fast Forward Police Detain Man Who Threatened Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Police detained a 33-year-old man who made Facebook threats against participants in the Jerusalem gay pride parade. The unidentified man, from central Israel, made the threats in a post Thursday on his page before the start of the parade, Israel Police said. He was questioned and released by an Israeli court…
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