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Opinion Who’s To Blame for Jewish Group Getting Booted from Gay Conference?
It’s been a busy week for the National LGBTQ Task Force. Jewish accusations of exclusionary behavior, silencing, anti-Semitism, being too harsh on Israel, being too easy on Israel — all this and more inundated the Task Force, and all because of a single event at the Creating Change Conference in Chicago. First the Task Force…
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Fast Forward Gay Conference Reverses Decision to Boot Group With Israel Ties
The National LGBTQ Task Force has reversed its decision to remove from its conference schedule a reception hosted by a U.S. organization with a Jerusalem advocacy group. A Wider Bridge had charged that Friday’s event with leaders of Jerusalem Open House at the Creating Change conference in Chicago had been canceled due to pressure from…
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News Gay Jewish Group With Israel Ties Booted From LGBT Conference in Pinkwashing Feud
A group of American and Israeli LGBTQ Jews that was scheduled to appear at the largest conference of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer activists in the United States this week has been booted from the event because of pressure by anti-Israeli activists, the group says. U.S. nonprofit A Wider Bridge, which builds connections between…
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The Schmooze How ‘Transparent’ is Reshaping Image of Transgender Jews
The prevalence of transgender issues in pop culture seems to have reached a pinnacle this year. Caitlyn – nee Bruce – Jenner appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair. The movie “Tangerine,” which stars transgender actors, took film critics by storm. Director Tom Hooper’s “The Danish Girl,” currently in theaters, tells the story of one…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Knesset Members Skip Swearing-In of Gay Lawmaker
JERUSALEM — Haredi Orthodox lawmakers skipped the Knesset swearing-in of Amir Ohana, the first openly gay lawmaker from the Likud party. Ohana took the oath on Monday afternoon to replace Silvan Shalom, who resigned earlier this month amid accusations of sexual assault. Ohana is the fourth gay lawmaker to serve in the Knesset. Sources from…
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Opinion How Jewish Leaders Can Keep the LGBT Debate Honest
A funny thing is happening in Jacksonville, Florida. In the wake of one of the most dishonest civil rights debates in recent memory — Houston’s cash-soaked, lie-filled controversy over whether to expand its human rights ordinance to protect LGBT people from discrimination — the city of Jacksonville has taken a different route. They’re talking honestly…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Lawyer to be First Openly Gay Likudnik in Knesset
A Tel Aviv attorney will be the first openly gay person to serve as a Knesset lawmaker for the right-wing Likud party. Amir Ohana, 39, is expected to be sworn in next week to fill the seat of Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, who resigned amid accusations of sexual assault. A major in the Israeli army…
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Fast Forward Second Brooklyn Hasid Cleared in 2013 Attack on Gay Black Man
Charges against a Hasidic man accused with four others of beating an African-American man in New York City have been dismissed. Joseph Fried, 27, is the second member of the group to have charges dropped in the 2013 assault in Brooklyn of college student Taj Patterson. Patterson, 24, lost vision in his right eye as…
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