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Israel News Gays Debate ‘Pinkwashing’ as N.Y. Center Reverses Ban on Israel-Related Events
A debate over Israel is roiling New York’s gay and lesbian community. Days after barring a talk by gay scholar Sarah Schulman about her new book that criticizes Israel, a leading New York gay community center effectively reversed its decision amid heavy protest and allowed the event to go forward. Prominent gay elected officials, including…
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Breaking News NY Gay Center Will Allow Israel-Related Events
A New York gay community center announced February 15 that it had lifted a moratorium on events relating to Israel days after coming under heavy criticism for barring a prominent gay scholar from speaking about her new book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The decision, announced at 4:50 PM on a Friday leading into a three-day…
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Breaking News French Jews Square Off in Gay Marriage Debate
Wide-eyed and smiley, Elay-Gabriel seems utterly unaffected by the French media’s sudden interest in him. A dozen French journalists have visited the 18-month-old in recent months because he is trapped in a sort of legal limbo: He cannot obtain citizenship because the state does not recognize children born to surrogates abroad as French, even if…
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Opinion Does Israel Need a Gay Lobby?
The recent Israeli elections ended with a predictable scene: a victory speech delivered by Benjamin Netanyahu to hundreds of Likud party supporters. But if this moment of triumph appeared to be a foregone conclusion, there was much that was new — and alarming — about this recent election campaign. It saw the birth of a…
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Life Seder Plate Orange: Now At Pottery Barn
If ever there was proof positive that a once-marginal feminist Jewish ritual is now mainstream, this is it: The latest Pottery Barn catalog touts a new seder plate — holding an orange. The modern, leaf-themed Passover tabletop accouterment has seven compartments. In addition to spaces for the ritual re-telling’s traditional symbols, there’s a leaf meant…
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Breaking News Jim McGreevey and the ‘Fall to Grace’
When New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey stepped down from office in 2004 in a gay sex scandal, he became another disgraced politician brought down by his own actions. Since then, the former Democratic governor, now 55, has tried to step out of the spotlight after a messy divorce from his second wife by swapping politics…
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Life What Would Debbie Say — About Jodie?
Jodie Foster’s speech at The Golden Globe Awards Sunday night was rambling, provocative and prompted strong reactions. She seemed to come out as a lesbian, upending one of Hollywood’s oldest open secrets. And she made an ardent, funny case for respecting her privacy. Some people loved it. Others did not. Based on my Twitter and…
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Opinion Marriage Isn’t One Size Fits All
Let’s face it. Unless you send your child to a Jewish day school, Camp Ramah or Brandeis University, there is a high chance that he or she will become romantically involved with a non-Jew. While I appreciate Jane Eisner’s concerns in For 2013, A Marriage Agenda, she does not address some of the fundamental issues…
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