Topic: HOD

October 5, 2014
10:14 pm

Illustrative: Israelis take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem on August 1, 2013. (photo credit: Sarah Schuman/Flash90)

Health Ministry warns against LGBT conversion therapies

Ministry says there is no scientific evidence that treatment works; Orthodox gay group blasts recommendation

By Times of Israel staff

December 31, 2012
4:54 pm

Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan in 2010 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Left rips into Jewish Home candidate for coming out against single-sex unions

Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan says legal recognition of gay marriage would destroy the Jewish people

By Asher Zeiger

June 9, 2012
6:07 am

Elad David (left) and his husband, Gil Diamant, were recently married in in unofficial ceremony in Tel Aviv. They are flying to New York to legally marry in the fall. (photo credit: courtesy)

‘With this ring I thee wed’: The turbulent battle for same-sex marriage in Israel

A divisive issue even within the gay community, marriage remains a distant dream for many couples

By Michal Shmulovich