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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

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Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman (center) at a hearing, with committee legal adviser Attorney Gur Bligh (right), February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 5:08 pm
Knesset legal adviser: Overhaul leaves equality, freedom of expression unprotected
Adviser to Knesset committee leading legislation charge says clause in government’s bill would mean fundamental civil rights have no anchor in Israeli law
By Jeremy Sharon
Dr. Charles Silverstein, therapist and LGBTQ rights activist, died on January 30 at the age of 87. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 7, 2023, 7:47 pm
Charles Silverstein, who helped delist homosexuality as mental illness, dies at 87
The Jewish American therapist, author and activist was best known for role in securing the landmark DSM reclassification in 1973 and for his canonical book ‘The Joy of Gay Sex’
By Yaakov Schwartz
People hold a protest against the 'Citizenship Law' outside the Knesset, on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2022, 5:03 pm
Cabinet okays Citizenship Law for Knesset vote, over objection of Meretz, Ra’am
If passed, controversial bill would renew ban on permits for Palestinians who marry Israelis to live with their spouses in Israel; opposing coalition members warn of repercussions
By ToI Staff
Elad Dvash-Banks, right, and his partner, Andrew, play with their twin sons, Ethan, left, and Aiden in their Los Angeles apartment, January 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
October 10, 2020, 7:59 am
US court rules son born abroad to gay Israeli-American couple is a citizen
Judges strike down State Department appeal over earlier decision child is American despite being conceived with Israeli father’s sperm and born in Canada using a surrogate mother
By brian melley
Ira Glasser speaks in this still from 'Mighty Ira.' (Courtesy)
October 2, 2020, 3:22 am
Film explores why a Jewish former ACLU head defended Nazis’ right to free speech
In ‘Mighty Ira,’ streaming Oct. 9, activist lawyer sticks to his guns about Skokie march, a defining moment of his 34-year career — and befriends a Holocaust survivor who opposed
By Jordan Hoffman
Candidates for regional and local council chairman of Israeli municipalities in the West Bank (From L-R) Yael Ben Yashar, Ruti Spitzer and Sosh Adar. (Ron Luba, courtesy, courtesy)
October 19, 2018, 11:19 am
In the land of the forefathers, some female settlers challenge the patriarchy
Shosh Adar, Yael Ben Yashar and Ruti Spitzer are testing the extent of gender equality in Israeli communities in the West Bank, where men have long dominated the political arena
By Jacob Magid
From left, Yael Cobano, Ruth Timon, Rabbi Stephen Berkowitz and Zohar Ben-David participating in the Torah reading at the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid. (Margarita Gokun Silver/via JTA)
June 11, 2017, 3:58 am
The female foursome that started Madrid’s first Reform congregation
City’s progressive community, now a 26-family force of its own, uniquely focuses on inclusivity for women, the LGBT community and non-Jews
By Margarita Gokun Silver
Vice President Joe Biden waves after speaking at a memorial service for former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (Zach Gibson/AP)
February 1, 2017, 6:57 pm
Biden launches NGO to promote equal rights, cancer research
Former vice president’s foundation will also assist military families and work to prevent violence against women
By Josh Lederman
Devon Terrell in 'Barry,' written by Adam Mansbach and Vikram Gandhi. (Netflix)
January 3, 2017, 11:55 pm
A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience
In ‘Barry,’ Adam Mansbach and Vikram Gandhi take a crack at portraying future president Barack Obama’s campus isolation during his Columbia years
By Lisa Klug
November 28, 2016, 3:39 pm
Orthodox boys need women teachers
In a world no longer defined by male authority, strong female Jewish role models improve religious education for all
Illustrative: A bronze statue of the Satanic icon Baphomet, currently residing in a shed outside The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts. (Courtesy)
October 26, 2016, 4:36 pm
In haunted Salem, a Jewish church founder preaches the art of ‘Satanic’ social change
At a former funeral home in a town inextricably linked to witchcraft, secular Jew Malcolm Jarry opens a new heaquarters for his Satanic Temple, a controversial movement with up to 50,000 members worldwide
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative. A Boeing 747 El Al plane. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 22, 2016, 5:14 pm
El Al makes history with its first all-woman cockpit
Due to last-minute schedule change, pilot Smadar Schechter and first officer Merav Schwartz find themselves together on flight to Cyprus
By ToI Staff
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