Gay Rabbi Joshua Lesser writes about his upcoming wedding, and about that same conversation that every engaged same-sex couple is having – to get married quickly, before January 20th. The night of the election early into the morning, my partner, Alex and I were exhausted. We took time out from our political commentary and analysis before […]
A Wider Bridge’s 2016 honoree Roberta Kaplan, recently gave a speech to one of the largest Conservative shuls in the U.S., where a significant number of congregants voted for Donald Trump. “I’ve fought for gay rights in the courtroom and have seen same-sex marriage become the law of the land,” Kaplan said. “Despite narrow interpretations, […]
A controversial rabbi says Jewish members of the Australian House of Representatives who support same sex marriage have ‘gaps’ in their ‘spiritual literacy.’ Australia’s three federal Jewish MPs, Josh Frydenbery, Labor’s Michael Dandy and Mark Dreyfuss, all support legalising same-sex marriage. The Institute for Judaism and Civilization Dr Shimon Cowen has told Sky News that […]
Support for gay civil unions or marriage has sharply risen among Israelis to a strong majority over the past year, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Moshe and Idan got married this week in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Facebook) According to the poll, conducted by the Israeli civil equality advocacy group Hiddush, 76 percent of […]
MK Merav Michaeli: “While I am opposed to marriage as an institution, nevertheless I am even more opposed to discrimination.” On Friday, journalist-turned-MK Merav Michaeli, officiated a wedding ceremony for a gay couple. Despite her opinions on marriage in general, Michaeli not only praised the couple, she called for an expansion of the institution to […]
Galit Sabag, events photographer, launched a website called Pride at the Chuppah, that gives information about suppliers and service providers needed in order to produce weddings for same sex couples in Israel. The idea of the website came to Sabag six years ago, when she was just starting out as a photographer and joined a […]
Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio from Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney has publicly declared her support for same-sex marriage in a video posted on Facebook in the lead-up to Mardi Gras. It's good to know that Australia has faith leaders like Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio who can explain how marriage equality is supported by religious texts. Help us amplify […]
A Jewish day school in Melbourne reportedly has become the first Australian K-12 institution to support a campaign for marriage equality. Bialik College, which has more than 1,000 students from kindergarten to high school, provided a letter of support last week backing the Australian Marriage Equality campaign “asking all Australian universities and academia to add […]
The Siddur Lev Shalem is “both more traditional and contemporary” in several ways, senior editor Rabbi Ed Feld says. In the sign of the increasingly changing landscape of Jewish life in the United States, the Conservative movement this week published a “completely egalitarian and LGBT-friendly” prayer book that includes prayers for, among other things, single […]
Following historic US decision, Israeli LGBT association hopes to win a similar legal battle and bypass the religious establishment. “It’s too early to tell if it would be a historical moment for the LGBT community in Israel, but I can definitely say that this is a historical moment for me. To my first Supreme Court […]