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Haifa (Wikimedia Commons/Piotr Musioł)
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Haifa’s lesser-known queer history tells its own story

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

While often overshadowed by Tel Aviv’s reputation as Israel’s queer capital, Haifa has quietly nurtured a vibrant, complex LGBTQ+ legacy of its own. From its feminist history to its mixed […]

Sara Glass is the author of "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
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‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2025April 28, 2025
From "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Dore.
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Why our preferred pronoun for God should be ‘they’

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Orthodox school challenged by gender-fluid applicant

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 13, 2020August 17, 2020
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S.F.’s queer librarian on activism, identity and young adult lit for queer teens

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