gay Archives – Jewish Journal

Gay parent sues Pressman Academy for discrimination

Eitan Arom September 28, 2017

Jewish tech millionaire turned lawmaker could be first openly gay governor of Colorado

Josefin Dolsten, JTA June 26, 2017

Can gay and lesbian teens find a home in Orthodoxy?

Eitan Arom May 17, 2017

Barney Frank on practically everything

Jewish Journal December 16, 2014

Long a legislative lion for Democrats, Barney Frank retired from Congress two years ago.

West Hollywood’s tzedakah mayor

Roberto Loiederman July 24, 2013

In any town across the country, a city council meeting can feel a lot like ground zero for American democracy: One by one, residents approach the podium and address the decision-makers with suggestions or grievances. With a few changes, a similar scene could have played out in a medieval English shire or a 19th century Polish shtetl.

Edgar M. Bronfman: Jewish values dictate protecting gay marriage

Jewish Journal June 26, 2013

In the early 1970s, while I was CEO of the Seagram Company, public dialogue about gay rights was largely nonexistent in corporate America. Social discourse had not yet even evolved into the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ethos that dominated the following decades. Homosexuality was simply not discussed and therefore, by implication, was shameful.