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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

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People dance underneath a giant rainbow banner during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
March 21, 2024, 3:57 pm
High Court orders government to redo birth certificates for same-sex couple moms
Ruling hailed as historic win for LGBTQ parents seeking to have second mother added to child’s legal document following years-long struggle
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Sarit Ahmad, 18, whose brothers arranged for her murder due to her sexual orientation. She was shot to death in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2023, 12:51 pm
Brother of lesbian Druze teen, 2 others charged with her murder
Police accuse Sa’id Ahmad of hiring gunmen to kill his sister Sarit, who was shot dead a month after filing a fresh complaint against him for death threats
By ToI Staff
Lesbian author, poet and playwright Elana Dykewomon, photographed at her home in Oakland, Calif., on May 1, 2022, died Aug. 7, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images via JTA)
August 12, 2022, 6:10 pm
Elana Dykewomon, influential Jewish lesbian author and playwright, dies at 72
Award-winning writer, whose characters were Jewish lesbians like her, passes away minutes before her first play, inspired by 2016 death of her wife, was to be performed
By Andrew Esensten and PHILISSA CRAMER
Rabbi Camille Angel at University of San Francisco Lone Mountain Campus. (Lea Loeb/JTA)
March 5, 2022, 3:07 pm
Rabbi is ‘queering’ religion at the Jesuit Catholic University of San Francisco
Being a lesbian Jewish teacher at a Christian institution allows Rabbi Camille Angel to perform a rainbow of outreach services
By Lea Loeb
Alix Dobkin poses in a t-shirt that reads 'The Future'is Female" in Preston Hollow, NY in 1975. Dobkin, the lesbian singer and feminist activist, died in her home from a brain aneurysm and stroke. She was 80. (Liza Cowen via AP)
May 22, 2021, 7:33 pm
Singer and pioneering lesbian activist Alix Dobkin dies at 80
The Jewish musician often played Yiddish songs during performances for all-women audiences
By THALIA BEATY
Comedian 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
Jess Salomon, left, and Eman El-Husseini are seen at an Upright Citizens Brigade show in New York City. (Jenni Walkowiak)
December 1, 2018, 5:45 am
Married lesbian Palestinian-Jewish comedians aim to get laughs, make history
There aren’t many couples who thank Saddam Hussein in their wedding speech, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg for these atypical funny ladies
By Ben Sales
Maayan Jess Belding (left) and Ronnie Zidon (from Maayan Jess Belding's Facebook page)
November 29, 2018, 7:50 pm
BDS activist falls in love with female soldier, becomes Zionist; they’ll marry
As her relationship with Ronnie Zidon deepened, Jess Belding did what she previously believed was unthinkable and moved to Israel; she also converted to Judaism
By ToI Staff
Members of Nepal's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community prepare for a gay pride parade in Kathmandu on August 27, 2018. (Gopen RAI/AFP)
September 3, 2018, 11:40 am
Malaysia canes women under Islamic law for lesbian sex
Local head of Amnesty International denounces punishment as ‘cruel and unjust’ amid concerns over deteriorating conditions for gay community in Muslim-majority country
By AFP
Malaysian Muslim women line up to cast their ballots at a voting center for the general election in Alor Setar, state capital of Kedah, northern Malaysia, May 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
August 14, 2018, 5:03 pm
Malaysian women to be caned for lesbian sex
Islamic court sentences duo to 6 cane strokes each; LGBT rights group calls punishment ‘torture’
By AFP
Anna 'Ans' van Dijk on trial in Amsterdam for collaborating with the Nazis (left) and diarist Anne Frank (public domain)
June 1, 2018, 4:20 pm
Was Anne Frank betrayed by a Jewish collaborator?
With her ‘satanic hunting instinct,’ the notorious Anna ‘Ans’ van Dijk is fingered to have tipped off Nazis about the Jews hidden in the ‘Secret Annex,’ leading to their murders
By Matt Lebovic
Actress Salma Hayek attends the HFPA and InStyle celebration at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Season in West Hollywood, California, November 15, 2017. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
December 14, 2017, 7:00 pm
Weinstein denies sexual harassment claims by Salma Hayek
Disgraced producer says actress’s allegation that he forced her to do a lesbian scene in ‘Frida’ is ‘not accurate’
By ToI Staff
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
Chavie Weisberger (Facebook via JTA)
September 6, 2017, 11:23 pm
NY Hasidic mother who came out as lesbian regains custody of her children
Appeals court restores Chavie Weisberger’s guardianship over her kids, but rules she must keep a kosher home, send children to religious schools
By JTA
Education Minister Naftali Bennett seen at the Knesset on July 26, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 17, 2017, 2:54 pm
Bennett defends lesbian aide amid national religious criticism
Jewish Home leader says he won’t discriminate based on sexual orientation after rabbi quits party over spokeswoman’s employment
By Alexander Fulbright
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