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Hanukkah benefit concert for Jewish LGBTQ youth organization faces death threats
A member of a band performing for the concert received a call that suggested his faith called for “killing people at events like this.”
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Reform Jews poised to pass transgender resolution
The resolution calls for Reform Jewish congregations and camps to have gender-neutral bathrooms and encourages gender-neutral language at Reform Jewish institutions.
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U.S. Reform Jewish rabbis to install first openly lesbian leader
Denise Eger will be installed Monday as the first openly gay president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of Reform Judaism.
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Israel OK’s gay Jews to immigrate with non-Jewish same-sex spouses
JERUSALEM — Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive publicized Tuesday, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar told immigration authorities not to differentiate between married gay and straight couples. Israeli law grants citizenship to Jews and close non-Jewish relatives who move to Israel.
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Are there no LGBT Jews?
Everywhere I travel, I’m in search of how our community is depicted. Unfortunately, I notice we are not always included. That is discrimination by censorship. And unfortunately, many of our national organizations get a failing grade on this subject. They don’t understand the seriousness of this censorship.
