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9 Jewish LGBTQ activists you should know
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2016
New York City’s gay pride parade on Sunday was full of highlights. The NBA and WNBA became the first professional sports leagues to march.
Shavuot and Pride Week: A double holiday turns to grief
Jewish Journal
June 15, 2016
Jewish mysticism holds that every year at around midnight on Shavuot, the skies open up, as they did in the Torah story over Mount Sinai, for prayers to ascend to God.
Lady Gaga joins mourners at L.A. City Hall to vent anger, grieve
Eitan Arom
June 14, 2016
Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga was visibly and audibly shaken as she took the microphone in front of Los Angeles City Hall on June 13 to speak words of consolation and anger to a heartbroken crowd of more than 2,000 mourners.
Charedi lawmaker in Israel compares Reform movement to mentally ill person
Jewish Journal
February 24, 2016
A Charedi Orthodox lawmaker in Israel reportedly compared the Reform movement to a mentally ill person.
Moving and shaking: Temple Ner Simcha commemorates Paris victims; OUR HOUSE gala and more
Ryan Torok
November 24, 2015
Trans-denominational synagogue Temple Ner Simcha in Agoura Hills held a ceremony Nov. 16 to commemorate the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks, which took place three days prior.
Standing on holy ground
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2015
We arrived in Selma, Alabama to stand and march on holy ground.
Reform rabbis install first openly gay president, Denise Eger
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2015
The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of the Reform movement, installed its first openly gay president, Rabbi Denise Eger.\n
Rabbi Denise Eger seeks to open doors wider to all Jews
Tess Cutler
March 4, 2015
What does God require of you? Only to do justice, to love compassion and walk humbly with your God.
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