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Leah Forster (Courtesy of Forster)
December 15, 2018, 1:31 am
NY kosher agency says its note acknowledging targeting lesbian comic is forgery
After Leah Forster shares alleged statement by Vaad Harabanim of Flatbush saying a supervisor warned restaurants to cancel her shows, Vaad says document is fake
By Josefin Dolsten
Kaufman in front of the Hayes Theater in New York City, where the play he’s directing will debut on November 1. (Courtesy of Torch Song on Broadway/via JTA)
November 12, 2018, 4:17 am
A Venezuelan yeshiva student’s journey toward directing a Broadway classic
Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ inspired Moises Kaufman to leave home for New York; little did he imagine he’d one day head up this production of it
By Curt Schleier
Former 'American Idol' star Brett Loewenstern (courtesy)
August 8, 2018, 6:10 am
‘American Idol’ star who left IDF speaks up about secret mental health battle
After being advised to hide his diagnosis of Bipolar II disorder from army psychiatrists, singer Brett Loewenstern was forced to make a hasty retreat from basic training
By Matt Lebovic
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz just took a job at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a New York City synagogue serving the LGBT community. Next to him is the synagogue’s senior rabbi, Sharon Kleinbaum. (Courtesy of CBST/via JTA)
July 3, 2018, 4:44 am
This ultra-Orthodox rabbi just took a job at an LGBT synagogue
Despite criticism in his highly haredi town of Lakewood, NJ, Rabbi Mike Moskowitz says serving queer Jews at New York’s Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is a fulfillment of his duty
By Ben Sales
Ruth and Roman Blank in the film 'On My Way Out.' (Youtube Screenshot)
February 24, 2018, 1:31 pm
When this grandfather came out as gay at age 95, two brothers grabbed the camera
Documenting the family’s response to a bombshell revelation, Brandon and Skyler Gross create ‘On My Way Out,’ a stirring film that opened the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
By Patrice Worthy
Blaze Bernstein, center, with his parents, Jeanne Pepper and Gideon Bernstein. (Facebook via JTA)
January 29, 2018, 3:04 pm
Inside ‘Atomwaffen,’ where Blaze Bernstein’s alleged killer trained for race war
Before he was charged with the murder of his former classmate, Samuel Woodward participated in ‘doomsday camp’ with one of America’s ‘most extreme’ hate groups
By Matt Lebovic
Participants hold signs at a concert held by Jewish Queer Youth. (Courtesy JQY)
January 17, 2018, 5:18 am
Jewish LGBTQ youths find safe space to reconcile religious and sexual identities
With many members coming from communities that prefer to keep them in the closet, JQY helps those who may still identify with their heritage find the path that’s best for them
By Cathryn J. Prince
Members of Turkey's Jewish community pray at Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul on October 11, 2004, during a ceremony to mark the official reopening of the synagogue (AP/Murad Sezer)
November 26, 2017, 2:51 am
Turkey Jewish leader denies snubbing gay Israeli envoy
Consul in Istanbul reportedly complained that community failed to invite him to events or call him up to Torah in synagogue
By JTA
Rabba Sara Hurwitz, right, is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat in New York and the 'Rabba' at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in Riverdale, Bronx. (Uriel Heilman)
September 30, 2017, 7:23 pm
5 key takeaways, some surprising, from new survey of US Modern Orthodox Jews
They believe in God, earn well, want greater roles for women in clergy, are increasingly open to gays, may be less attached to Israel
By Ben Sales
Capt. Jon Cutler shakes the lulav and etrog with Jewish soldiers on the Sukkot holiday. (Courtesy)
September 19, 2017, 1:26 pm
How a high-ranking gay Navy chaplain retired with pride
On the anniversary of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal, a career Jewish Navy man shares about serving in secrecy — and finally breaking the news to his friends
By Rich Tenorio
Water from Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise in Houston, Texas, August 29, 2017. (AP/David J. Phillip)
September 17, 2017, 11:19 pm
Texas woman who is Jewish and lesbian asked to stop working at food pantry
Carmen Hix claims pastor at Calvary Church said she can’t represent the community, as her lifestyle is a sin
By JTA
Rabbi Mychal Copeland took over as spiritual leader of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in July. (Norm Levin/J. The Jewish News of Northern California/via JTA)
August 26, 2017, 5:26 am
Iconic San Francisco synagogue is no longer ‘just’ for LGBT Jews
With increased gay rights in the US, the new challenge for ‘queer havens’ is getting members of all stripes into the pews
By Rob Gloster
Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 24, 2016. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images/via JTA)
June 29, 2017, 2:40 am
Jewish tech millionaire turned lawmaker could be first openly gay governor of Colorado
Jared Polis wants to utilize his business know-how to bring free education to young children statewide — and use 100% renewable energy by 2040
By Josefin Dolsten
Parader waves a rainbow flag at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 28, 2017, 4:15 am
LGBT Jews say it’s increasingly difficult to be pro-Israel and queer
The complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is lost on many in the gay communityת leading to outright rejection of the Jewish state
By Ben Sales
A lesbian couple hold hands during the annual Gay Pride rally, on June 8, 2007 Tel Aviv, (David Silverman/Getty Images via JTA)
June 7, 2017, 8:54 am
Top UK rabbi says gay acceptance is ‘fantastic,’ sparking controversy
Leading Sephardic figure Joseph Dweck criticized for praising change in attitudes to homosexuals; Israeli chief rabbi calls it ‘heresy’
By JTA
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