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Opinion I’m a Bisexual Jewish Woman. Is It Wrong That I Want To Pass as Straight?
From communities on all sides, the answer I’m getting is yes
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News Will French Chief Rabbi’s Death Heal Split Over Gays?
Joseph Sitruk, the former chief rabbi of France who died in September, was a towering figure to his country’s Jewish community. Serving for two decades — between 1987 and 2008 — in the top clerical post, the Tunisian-born Sitruk gained a reputation for his charisma, friendliness to Orthodox and Sephardic teachings and engagement with the…
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Opinion How Both the Left and the Right Get Israel’s Gay Rights Struggle Wrong
Jerusalem’s gay pride parade, in which I marched on Thursday, was full of contradictions. On the one hand, Israeli politicians competed to show their support for the march. Likud MK Gilad Erdan came with his posse of security guards, and party members waved Yesh Atid banners in the march’s staging area. On the other hand,…
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Fast Forward T’ruah Wants Israeli Anti-Gay Rabbis Punished
— T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights is urging action in Israel against two rabbis who made “denigrating” comments about LGBT people and women, among other comments that stirred controversy in recent days. The rabbinic network, which represents some 1,800 rabbis in North America, said in a release Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Pride Stabber Rearrested Over New Plot
JERUSALEM — Yishai Schlissel, who is serving a life sentence for stabbing six marchers at last year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade and killing a 16-year-old, was arrested in prison for a violent plot against this year’s march. Israel Police cleared for release Thursday, hours before the scheduled start of the march, that Schlissel was arrested in…
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Opinion By Boycotting Gay Pride, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Is Endorsing Hate
One day before Jerusalem’s gay pride parade and one year after the murder of 16-year-old Shira Banki by an ultra-Orthodox homophobe, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has announced that he will not attend the parade. His stated reason: not wanting to “be part of something that offends the ultra-Orthodox.” Barkat, give me a break. You must…
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Fast Forward Family of Pride Parade Stabber Banned from City During March
The family of the man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at last year’s Jerusalem Pride parade has been banned from the city during this year’s march after being detained by police. The brother of Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six marchers at last year’s parade, killing a 16-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion…
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Israel News Bowing to Ultra-Orthodox, Jerusalem Mayor Snubs Gay Pride March a Year After Killing
Thousands are predicted to march in the Jerusalem Pride March on July 21, which will mark one year since an ultra-Orthodox man murdered 16-year-old Shira Banki and wounded six others at the 2015 parade. But Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barkat, will be not be joining them. Barkat said he will not be marching out of deference…
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