Category: Middle East

“Jewish Pink Elephant” by Rich Dweck: VIDEO: “Gays March in Israel Parade NYC 2012 for First Time” w/commentary

“Jewish Pink Elephant” by Rich Dweck: VIDEO: “Gays March in Israel Parade NYC 2012 for First Time” w/commentary.

Ron Yosef – Gay Orthodox Rabbi | YouTube

Uploaded by on Sep 26, 2010

This story was shot in October 2009. It focuses on Ron Yosef, an orthodox Rabbi living in the Israeli city of Netanya, who has come out of the closet and shaken his conservative community.
The story was filmed and edited by Yermi Brenner for the Video Journalist Movement (http://www.vjmovement.com/truth/537) and blogged in the Huffington Post (http://www.yermibrenner.com/?page_id=2).

Meeting with IRAC Director Noa Sattath – June 12, 2012

Meeting with IRAC Director Noa Sattath.

  • Tuesday, 12 June 2012
  • 12:00 until 13:30
  • Location:
    To be confirmed
  • The Jewish Religious Action and Advocacy Centre (JRAAC) present Israel Religious Action Centre (IRAC) director Noa Sattath.Noa is in Australia to take part in Limmud Oz, where she is one of
    the presenters. She is a student in the Israeli Rabbinic program
    in Jerusalem. Prior to her work in IRAC, Noa was the Executive
    Director of the Jerusalem Open House, the LGBT community centre
    in Jerusalem. Noa was also the Executive Director of MEET, a nonprofit organization that uses technology to create a common
    language between Israeli and Palestinian young leaders.This event is a chance for young adults who are interested in social justice issues to hear what Noa has to say and discuss some of the social justice issues facing Israel, Australia and the world

Mordechai Levovitz: Gay Jews March for First Time in Celebrate Israel Parade (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post

Mordechai Levovitz: Gay Jews March for First Time in Celebrate Israel Parade (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post.

The Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Trans Jewish Community with Straight Allies, Friends and Family Celebrate Israel Parade

GLBT supportive organisations in 2012 Celebrate Israel Parade

Limmud Oz 2012 – June 9-11: The Queer Sessions

Limmud Oz - Festival of Jewish Learning & Culture

Limmud Oz 2012 – June 9-11: The Queer Sessions

Full programme (PDF)

Sunday:
Time Description
5:30pm – 6:30pm A Progressive Alternative to Halakhic Deliberation
Community/Activism
Social issues
Philosophy
H2.20
The founding philosopher of the Reconstructionist movement Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan was fond of saying, “The past has a vote, not a veto.” Progressive Jews have often given the past a veto instead because we lack alternative tools for analysing religious and ritual problems from a contemporary perspective. This workshop will provide an introduction to Value-Based Decision Making and apply its teachings to the hot-button contemporary question of Jewish weddings for gay and lesbian couples.
Shoshana Kaminsky

Monday:
Time Description
10:45am – 11:45am Pride and Tolerance in Jerusalem
Israel
H1.25
Jerusalem is the most religious city in the world with an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender) centre. Learn more about the struggle for equality of the Jerusalem Open House, the LGBT center in Jerusalem – a small organization that withstood unprecedented attack by Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders.
Noa Sattath
9:30am – 10:30am
Homosexuality and Judaism
Social issues
H2.35
Throughout history, bigotry cloaked in religious idealism has been at the heart of campaigns against minority groups of all backgrounds including gay people, and sexual orientation continues to be one of the most contentious issues facing society even a decade into the 21st century. But is there an authentic view supported by Judaism? Join Rabbi Yaakov Glasman as he sensitively addresses this most important question facing our community today.
Yaakov Glasman