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Rabbi Daniel Bogard (left) and Shira Berkowitz lead songs at Camp Ramot Amoona. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Berkowitz)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish summer camp veterans are opening a camp for trans kids. It was filled within weeks.

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at the history of Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQ synagogue

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
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Posted inUncategorized, Obituaries

Paul Cohen, 74, LGBTQ advocate and giant in Jewish community

by Dan Pine February 25, 2022March 1, 2022
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Posted inNews

Two Peninsula cities adopt proclamations to combat ‘casual’ antisemitism

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 23, 2022February 25, 2022
pride flag waving in the wing
Posted inU.S.

Jewish federations umbrella adds gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority list

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 22, 2022
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Queer Israelis and Americans have a lot in common, say leaders of Israel Gay Youth.
Posted inNews

Queer Israeli leaders build bridges with American peers in Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 1, 2021October 11, 2021
Niv Nissim, right, and John Benjamin Hickey star in "Sublet," the new film from director Eytan Fox. (Photo/Daniel Miller)
Posted inCulture

Eytan Fox, pop prince of Israeli cinema, keeps it queer in ‘Sublet’

by Michael Fox June 10, 2021June 10, 2021
Ezra Furman performs in London, England, August 14, 2019. (Photo /JTA-Robin Little-Redferns)
Posted inMusic

Oakland’s own Ezra Furman announces she’s a trans woman — and a mom!

by Lisa Keys April 29, 2021April 30, 2021
Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by an interview he heard on KQED to help Tom Ammiano get a long-denied varisty letter.
Posted inBay Area

A varsity letter, 63 years late: East Bay cantor rectifies politician’s homophobic high school snub

by Gabriel Greschler March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

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