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Naomi Newman as Reb Eli in the upcoming Zoom play "God of Vengeance." (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inTheater

A queer, heretical Yiddish play too edgy for 1907 lives again on Zoom

by Patricia Corrigan March 9, 2021September 14, 2022
two young white men in rainbow tallits exchange rings
Posted inReligion

A small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating same-sex weddings

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 28, 2020January 14, 2022
Israelis take part in the Jerusalem Pride Parade, June 25, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Nati Shohat-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli Orthodox leader: Judaism does not forbid same-sex couples from building a family

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
two old woman with short white hair pose together smiling
Posted inTV & Film

Documentary tells story of Sacramento couple’s forbidden gay military romance

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn September 16, 2020September 17, 2020
Roee and Adiel Kiviti, with son Lev and daughter Kessem. (Photo/Courtesy Immigration Equality)
Posted inU.S.

State Department appeals court decision granting U.S. citizenship to baby of same-sex couple with Israeli roots

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA August 20, 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

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Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inPride

Don’t let Pride’s 50th anniversary pass by. Lots of Jewish resources are available.

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Jerusalem gay pride parade, Sept. 18, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Hadas Paush-Flash90)
Posted inUncategorized

We Orthodox Jews desperately need gay rabbis

Rabbi Daniel Landes by Rabbi Daniel Landes May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Moses, as illustrated by Max Chernley in Saul Sugarman's "Gay Passover: The Gayest Version of Exodus Ever Told"
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An only-in-S.F. gay haggadah reflects writer’s own journey

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 8, 2019June 21, 2019
Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin, 1928. (Photo/Atelier Baruck)
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Uncle Alfred: ‘Jewish, Gay & Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany’

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