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News Flamboyant First as Jewish Boat Floats in Amsterdam Gay Pride Canal Fest
(JTA) — Its passengers included celebrities, a rabbi and revelers in biblically themed costumes, but the Jewish boat at Amsterdam’s gay pride parade stood out for more than just its riders. Following a west-to-east course along the Dutch capital’s Prinsengracht canal on Saturday along with dozens of similarly flamboyant vessels, the Jewish boat was the only…
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Opinion A Blood Libel Against All Palestinians
The family of murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir / Haaretz On July 1, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu eulogized the three Israeli yeshiva students murdered in the West Bank. “A deep and wide moral abyss separates us from our enemies,” he said. “They sanctify death while we sanctify life…” When 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir was…
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Opinion The Pinkwashing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
An undated family handout picture of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Now that Israeli police have arrested six Jewish suspects for the kidnap-murder of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, it’s safe to say that the teen was not killed by his own family for being gay. Of course, Mohammed’s family has been saying that all along. They’ve…
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Opinion ‘Pinkwashing’ Washed Out at Toronto Gay Pride
Getty Images “I knished a girl and I liked it.” That placard, waved by a member of Toronto Jewish gay group Kulanu, captured the spirit of yesterday’s massive WorldPride parade in Canada’s largest city: Joyful, fearless and boisterously irreverent. About 100 Kulanu participants joined an estimated 12,000 marchers cheered by more than a million spectators…
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Fast Forward Shai Piron Apologizes for Saying Same-Sex Couples Not a Family
Israeli Education Minister Shai Piron apologized for saying that same-sex couples are not a family. Piron was interviewed on Sunday by several Israeli media outlets. In an interview aired on television stations, he said, “I am painfully convinced that my remarks were miserable. It’s not my place to decide who is a family and who…
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Fast Forward San Francisco Synagogue Wants To Prevent Suicide at Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge may adopt some drastic changes in the near future. The Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District officially approved funding to erect nets underneath the bridge to deter or save suicide jumpers. Last year alone, 46 people fell off the bridge, and about 100 more were…
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News New York’s Gay Pride Weekend Bigger — and Jewier — Than Ever
(Haaretz) — The most outrageous snapshots from any given Pride parade tend to be the most popular – six-foot drag queens (seven, if you count heels and hair,) chiseled go-go dancers in mini-Speedos, loads of glitter. It is an event that has come to be defined by party boys. But ahead of New York Pride…
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News Anti-Israel Group To March in Toronto Gay Pride Parade
The group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will take part in this year’s Toronto Pride parade. For the first time in five years, there has been no organized opposition to QuAIA participating in the parade, which will be held June 29. Jewish community and some city officials have opposed the group joining in the past. “People…
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