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Reform rabbis install first openly gay president, Denise Eger
The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of the Reform movement, installed its first openly gay president, Rabbi Denise Eger.\n
Meet Joel Simkhai, the Israeli foundr of Grindr
“Everybody knows Grindr. If you’re a gay man and you don’t know what Grindr is, then you’re lying.”
Amendment allowing Israeli gays, singles to use surrogate mothers advances
An Israeli government committee approved an amendment that would allow same-sex couples and singles to use surrogate mothers in Israel.
U.S., Israeli LGBT community leaders convene
In a first-ever seminar organized by Project Interchange, an educational institute of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities from the United States and Israel met recently to explore possible collaborations and share knowledge.
West Hollywood’s tzedakah mayor
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
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.
California: the left’s laboratory
Our state of California has become a laboratory. The progressive party, the Democrats, holds every statewide office, from governor on down, and they hold super-majorities in both houses of the state legislature.