Rabbinical school will open doors to gay students

JERUSALEM – The Conservative Jewish seminary in Israel says it will allow gays and lesbians to become rabbis, overcoming years of opposition ...

Conservative Judaism school to ordain gay students

The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem on Thursday announced it would accept homosexual students, bringing a bitter feud that pitted ...

Jewish seminary opens door to gay students - The Christian Century

Openly gay students who want to serve as rabbis or cantors in Conservative Judaism are now welcome at the Jewish Theological Seminary, school ...

Conservative Jewish Seminary Will Accept Gay Students

The Jewish Theological Seminary, the intellectual and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism, said yesterday that it would begin accepting openly gay and ...

JTS to admit gay rabbinical students - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Theological Seminary announced Monday that it would change admission policies to accept openly gay students at its rabbinical school.

Chabad + LGBT students : r/Judaism - Reddit

You're probably less likely to encounter this attitude at a college Chabad than in most other traditional Jewish spaces, but the idea that being ...

West Coast Seminary Opens Doors to Gays - The Forward

Two gay applicants — one man, one woman — have been accepted for the fall by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism ...

Are there rabbis allowed to be LGBTQ? - Quora

A person cannot be an Orthodox Rabbi and do a same sex marriage. Since same sex marriage is forbidden by Jewish law it cannot be done by someone ...

LGBTQ+ Rabbinic Groundbreakers: Rabbi Don Goor on Opening ...

When I applied to Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), I hid the fact that I was gay. I feared that being discovered ...

Op-ed: Religions Must Open Their Doors to LGBT Members

Orthodox Jewish sects prohibit homosexual conduct. Many of us in the LGBT community who may have felt a desire for spirituality have suppressed ...

Where are the Pitchforks? Being an Openly Gay Student at Yeshiva ...

These people empowered me to feel safe, comfortable, and confident as a Jewish gay man. I even hosted two events of my own for LGBTQ Jews and ...

Yeshiva Chovevei Torah says it will not ordain gay student

In a statement to The Jewish Week, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) student Daniel Atwood, 27, wrote: “Four years ago I came out as gay during my first year at ...

Conservative students split on gay ordination anniversary

"We celebrate not only the admission of gay and lesbian students to our rabbinical and cantorial schools but also the process of honest outreach ...

Uncertain Territory: Conservative Judaism's Pioneering Gay ...

When the first openly gay rabbinic students came through the doors of Conservative Judaism's Jewish Theological Seminary in 2007, there ...

Jewish University Launches New Strategy Amid Religious Freedom ...

Yeshiva University has offered a compromise: It will recognize an LGBT club, but it won't support homosexual activity.

Ziegler Rabbinical Student Is Bridging the Gap Between the ...

He sat down with us to share the amazing work that he's doing to bridge the gap between the LGBT+ and Conservative Jewish communities, including ...

We Orthodox Jews desperately need gay rabbis | AZ Jewish Post

JERUSALEM (JTA) — On May 24, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that I would be ordaining a gay Orthodox rabbinical student who was ...

Yeshivas, Day Schools, and LGBT Kids - Lilith Magazine

That's because most Orthodox interpretations of the Torah prohibit same sex expressions of sexuality. As a recent alumna of two Jewish day ...

Educational institute refuses to hold event for gay students - Ynetnews

Visiting American rabbinical students at Schechter Institute ask to mark anniversary of ruling allowing homosexuals to be ordained as rabbis ...

The Wellbeing of LGBT+ Pupils A Guide for Orthodox Jewish Schools

It can also be targeted at people who have LGBT+ family members, and at students who may be unsure of their sexuality or gender identity, students who do not ...