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Fast Forward Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ+ student group in landmark settlement
The settlement with the YU Pride Alliance — now called 'Hareni' under the settlement — ends litigation that lasted nearly four years
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Theater Abby Stein shows us the Hasidic Williamsburg she left behind
Stein’s memoir about growing up transgender in the Hasidic community, 'Becoming Eve,' is being adapted into a new play
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Theater A ‘dreadfully Jewish’ new play tells the story of a Grindr hookup gone awry
'As Time Goes By' explores modern gay male loneliness with humor, but is scant on Jewish themes
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel LGBTQ group A Wider Bridge names new leadership after previous director charged with sexual misconduct
The announcement of Rabbi Denise Eger as interim director, as well as Daniel Hernandez as board chair earlier this year, comes as the group contends with pressures from multiple angles
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BINTEL BRIEF She’s married to a man but attracted to women. Now what?
Bintel says she’s not alone — and there are Jewish ways to recognize these feelings
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Culture Simply Barbra has been channeling Streisand for over 30 years
Steven Brinberg has performed with the likes of Audra McDonald and Jonathan Groff as his long-time Streisand drag persona.
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Books In an Israeli boy’s coming of age story — tween angst, family dysfunction, and a bar mitzvah amidst rocket fire
Eli Zuzovsky’s debut novel ‘Mazeltov’ explores the turmoil of adolescence.
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Opinion My ancestors left their homelands to escape antisemitism. Will my son have to leave the U.S. because he’s trans?
Trump's executive orders scapegoating transgender people echo past persecutions of Jews
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Fast Forward Texas candidate’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of Tuesday runoff. Did it fuel her rise?
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Fast Forward Trump announces he has ‘largely negotiated’ Iran deal, Strait of Hormuz opening
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Opinion In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different