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LGBTQ Jewish Icons in History and Today


LGBTQ+ Jewish Icons in History and Today - B'nai Jeshurun

Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her) was ordained as a rabbi in 2018, becoming the first openly gay, Black, female rabbi in the world. Raised in a non- ...

14 Jews Who Changed Queer History Forever - Hey Alma

betty berzon First up is badass Betty Berzon who is famously known for being one of the first psychotherapists to treat gay and lesbian ...

21 Jewish American LGBTQ+ people who are making history

Gamal Palmer is now the Senior Vice President of Leadership Development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and he has talked about ...

8 Jewish LGBTQ+ Icons You NEED to Know About - Project MORE

In 1968 Betty Berzon became the first psychotherapist in the United States to come out as gay. She began to treat gay and lesbian patients and by 1971 fought ...

List of LGBT Jews - Wikipedia

Rebecca Alpert, lesbian professor in the Departments of Religion and Women's Studies at Temple University · Lionel Blue, first British rabbi publicly to come out ...

Historical Jewish perspective on Homosexuality/LGBTQ : r/Judaism

Boyarin is a contemporary academic Talmud scholar and practicing orthodox Jews who essentially argues that Sexuality and Judaism are complicated ...

10 Jewish LGBT Leaders You Need to Know This Pride | New Voices

1. Magnus Hirschfeld. Magnus Hirschfeld | [CC BY 2.0], via Wellcome Images Born in 1868, the German physicist is widely regarded as the first ...

Celebrating Jewish LGBT Pride | The New York Public Library

Jewish Pioneers in LGBT Rights ... Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) was a German Jewish doctor and author who fought to decriminalize homosexuality ...

You Should Know: 10 LGBTQ+ American Jews Who've Made History

In 1978—a year of great change and liberation for the gay and lesbian communities—Rabbi Allen Bennett became the first openly gay Rabbi in the ...

Two Thousand Years of LGBTQ Jewish History - YouTube

Comments3 ; Harvey Milk: Gay Jewish Icon. Museum of Jewish Heritage · 1.6K views ; From a Reform Rabbi to Chabad. Jewish Learning Institute · 21K ...

Jewish Queer Activism: Rising Upon Our Past

Today, a few months since first reading it, I realize how much The New Queer Conscience has impacted how I view my identity. The history of ...

'Jewish and Homosexual': An Exploration of Jewish LGBTQ+ ...

Titled 'Jewish and Homosexual', it explored contemporary attitudes towards the inclusion of gay and lesbian people within Jewish spaces and ...

A History of LGBTQ Inclusion in the Institutional Jewish World

1990: The Union for Reform Judaism announced a national policy declaring lesbian and gay Jews to be full and equal members of the religious ...

The Chain of History: a conversation with three Jewish lesbian activists

(l–r) Ella Stern, Rachel Gold, and Judith Katz. Though their ages are all separated by more than 20 years, they find much common ground. Photo ...

Timeline of LGBT Jewish history - Wikipedia

1990s · 1990 - The Union for Reform Judaism announced a national policy declaring lesbian and gay Jews to be full and equal members of the religious community.

9 Jewish LGBTQ activists you should know | The Times of Israel

Kramer will be remembered as one of the most important figures in the history of LGBTQ activism. ... If so, please join the ToI Community today.

PinkNews' top 11 Jewish gay and lesbian icons

PinkNews' top 11 Jewish gay and lesbian icons · 11. RABBI LIONEL BLUE · 10. Joel Simkhai, Founder of Grindr · 9. Simon Amstell, Comedian/Actor · 8.

New York's Jewish LGBTQ History - YouTube

LGBTQ Jewish New Yorkers have made a profound impact on the American arts scene, LGBTQ activism, and American religious life.

Harvey Milk: Gay Jewish Icon

This Museum and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah program explores Milk's life, death, and legacy with Lillian Faderman, a distinguished scholar of LGBTQ history.

Faith Resources for Jews - PFLAG

As they have with many other rights struggles throughout history, Jews have contributed mightily to the fight for LGBTQ equality. ... LGBT people in Jewish life ...