gays Archives – Jewish Journal

Reporter Challenges Iranian Foreign Minister on Executing Gays

Aaron Bandler June 12, 2019

Holocaust memorial to gays to be built in Tel Aviv

Jewish Journal August 21, 2013

A monument to gays persecuted by the Nazis will be built in Tel Aviv.

L.A. Jewish LGBT community reacts to same-sex marriage decisions

Jewish Journal June 26, 2013

Leaders of the area’s Jewish LGBT community rejoiced today after the Supreme Court ruled that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples, was unconstitutional. The court also paved the way for a return of same-sex marriage to California in a separate case by dismissing an appeal to Proposition 8 that banned such marriages.

Rabbi breaks with Carl Paladino over apology

Jewish Journal October 14, 2010

NYTIMES.com: The alliance between the Republican Carl P. Paladino and an Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn has fallen apart, with the rabbi denouncing Mr. Paladino on Wednesday for his apology over remarks he had made about homosexuality on Sunday.

Synagogues Working to Be More Open to Gays

Jewish Journal March 13, 2009

[UPDATE] The newsletter sent out last month by Temple Israel of New Rochelle contained the usual sort of announcements, including a reminder about the synagogue’s upcoming Purim carnival, mazal tovs and condolences, and information about a social event at a local steakhouse.

Open-Door Policy

Ruth Stroud June 19, 1997

They are your brother, your cousin, your lawyer, your best friend, or possibly yourself. Yet, while there are as many gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the Jewish community as in any other, they often feel like outcasts in their own faith, afraid that they can\’t be open about their sexuality and a committed Jew as well.