Daniel Jonas is the chairperson of ‘Havruta – Religious Gay Man,’ a gay Jewish-observant organization in Israel. Daniel was born and raised in Jerusalem. An observant Jew, married to Uri, Daniel holds an MA degree in Jewish History from Hebrew University. His MA thesis was about the homoerotic aspects of the Sabbatean theology. Jonas first […]
Yaniv Weizman is the founder and chair of IGY: Israeli Gay Youth Organization and the founder and co-CEO in the advertising company Teenk. In November 2008, he was elected to the Tel Aviv Municipality as part of the local party Rov Ha’ir, and serves as a consultant to the mayor for LGBT community issues and Tourism […]
Zehorit Sorek is a prominent Israeli LGBT activist, Founder of the Pride Minyan group for religious LGBT Israelis and leader of the LGBT caucus of Yesh Atid party. Zehorit Sorek founded the Pride Minyan in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur 2009, after she felt like she has no place in her native Orthodox synagogue. As […]
Anat Nir has been an activist, social entrepreneur and publicist in Israel’s LGBTQ community for over 15 years. At the age of 21, Anat was the initiator and owner of “Makom”, one of the very first lesbian bars in Tel Aviv. During its yearlong activity, her bar became known throughout the community and drew the […]
Shira Banki, 16, a high school student, was fatally stabbed at a gay pride parade in Jerusalem in 2015. High school student Shira Banki, 16, was wounded stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride march by ultra-Orthdox Jew on July 30, 2015. On August 2nd, Shira lost her fight for life at Hadassah hospital. The teen was one of […]
Michal Eden is an Israeli attorney and a leading activist for LGBT rights in Israel. She is a former Tel Aviv City Councilwoman from the Meretz party, a political and social activist who is associated mainly with LGBT and feminist struggles. Eden is a partner in the law firm of Ira Hadar and Michal Eden, […]
Nitzan Horowitz is an Israeli politician and former journalist, and he second openly gay Knesset member in Israeli history. He resides in Tel Aviv with his partner, playwright and director Ido Riklin. Horowitz was born in Rishon LeZion in 1965. He graduated the Tel Aviv University Law School. In his early journalistic career he served as a […]
Hannah Klein, dubbed ‘First Lesbian of Tel Aviv,’ has worked for years for the LGBT community, and her own biography is parallel to the history of the lesbian community in Israel. She was the only female representative on the Aguda Committee up until 1976, establishing the women’s department in the organization and was active in […]
Shai Doitsh has been the Chairman of the Aguda, Israeli National LGBT Task Force, since January 1st 2012. Doitsh was born in 1979 and lives in Tel Aviv. Before joining the Aguda, he engaged in marketing and earned his Bachelor degree in Diplomacy Governance and Strategy at Herzliya’s IDC college. Shai has been part of […]
BIOGRAPHY Yael Dayan is an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv City Council. Her service on the City Council ended with the 2013 election. Yael is the daughter of Moshe Dayan. Dayan first made […]