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Barbara Cymrot, pictured in the Castro District of San Francisco, was one of the first parents to join Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco's LGBTQ synagogue. (Aaron-Levy Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPride

LGBTQ synagogue Sha’ar Zahav, once reluctant to welcome children, embraces its third generation

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 26, 2024July 1, 2024
Cantor Sharon Bernstein of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav participates in the Pride Seder on June 13, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

‘It reminds us why Pride exists’: S.F. Pride Seder honors queer liberation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 16, 2021June 23, 2021
The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal building is lit up for Pride month activities, June 28, 2020 (Photo/Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality)
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Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 30, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
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A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020
Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Don’t let Pride’s 50th anniversary pass by. Lots of Jewish resources are available.

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland June 22, 2020
Julia Lindon in a scene from “Lady Liberty.” (Photo/Courtesy Classy Kid Productions)
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‘Lady Liberty’: Jewish Film Institute has Pride in livestream of funny TV pilot

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 15, 2020
Bedroom window of San Mateo city council member Amourence Lee, which was smashed by a rock (upper left) on June 2, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Lee)
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Rock thrown through window of Jewish, Asian-American San Mateo city council member’s house

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Arthur Slepian (right), newly named chair of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, with husband Gerry Llamado in Israel. (Photo/Courtesy Slepian)
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Arthur Slepian, activist who linked LGBTQ Jews in U.S. and Israel, set to become Federation chair

by Dan Pine June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Emily L. Quint Freeman (Photo/Carlos Zarate)
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‘Failure to Appear’: At 73, this Vietnam-era anti-war fugitive is telling her story of 20 years on the run

by Liz Harris June 2, 2020July 8, 2020
Mama De La Smallah performs at a 2019 Tel Aviv Pride event for her drag house, WERK, at the Desire Club in South Tel Aviv. (Photo/JTA-Laura E. Adkins)
Posted inPride, Culture, On Stage, Holidays, Jewish Life

Meet a 20 year-old IDF combat soldier, drag queen and political activist

Laura E. Adkins by JTA and Laura E. Adkins June 28, 2019June 28, 2019

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