First LGBT-Inclusive
Jewish Children's Book

The first of its kind, The Purim Superhero, includes a boy finding his costume for Purim, with his dads. More about the story and author.

Jewish organizations have made great strides in gay inclusion

It felt like LGBT Jews were still stuck in the closet. LGBT inclusion leads to a stronger, more deeply authentic Jewish community.

Raising the Bar of LGBT Inclusion

LGBT are overwhelmingly less engaged in their faith communities than their heterosexual counterparts. Find out how to welcome them.

Jerusalem hosts 10th
annual gay pride parade

Around 5,000 people are expected to parade through the city’s streets, including the spot where 3 participants were stabbed in 2005.

LGBT Study is Woefully Incomplete
But a Good Start

In the report, it lists 14 steps organizations can take to be more inclusive. Most of the steps call of organizations to take up advocacy.

Israeli Lawmaker Asks Military
to Stop Enlisting Gays

A National Party Leader claims the Torah forbids homosexuality.
Details.

Jewish Movement in Israel
Gives Gay Rabbis the 'OK'

The Conservative Jewish seminary in Israel will now allow gays & lesbians to become rabbis, after years of opposition. - from The AP

Orthodox Jewish Rapper
Comes Out as Gay

Orthodox rapper Y-Love has revealed that he's gay. Speaking to Out Magazine, he said he hopes people will open their minds & hearts.

Photo of Uniformed Gay Israeli
Soldiers Causes a Stir

The image posted on the IDF website shows the two holding
hands in honor of Pride Month.

Gay and Jewish in the new Egypt

Screen legend Omar Sharif's grandson wonders if there's a place for him in Egypt after he announces he's gay and half Jewish.

Seattle panel nixes meeting with
Israeli gays over 'Pinkwashing'

A Seattle LGBT commission canceled the meeting under pressure from gay community over Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

Israel Court Rules Lesbian couple
can be child’s mothers

Before the ruling only the birth mother was allowed to be the mother, forcing the 2nd woman to start adoption proceeedings

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Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945

Photgraphs, lithographs and articles that documented persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi regime, were featured in a special exhibit at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum in the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building.