LGBTQ Jews

Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of 'The Equal Parent,' left, with son Solly and husband Robin. (Courtesy)

Pride month

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

Glasgow’s queer Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts after alleged antisemitic threats

By Jacob Judah

June 26, 2023, 3:02 am

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

By Robert Philpot

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, October 18, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons via JTA)

June 24, 2023, 1:00 pm

Charleston rabbi resigns, leaving South Carolina over anti-LGBTQ legislation

Greg Kanter, one of three rabbis at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation, tells community his family will move ‘to a place that will not target us and our human rights’

By Andrew Lapin

File: Morgan Halleb packs Pink Peacock food for delivery. (Pink Peacock/ via JTA)

June 23, 2023, 2:21 am

Glasgow’s queer Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts after alleged antisemitic threats

The Pink Peacock, which operated on a ‘pay-as-you-can’ basis, closes doors after ‘astonishing amount of antisemitic vitriol,’ claim owners

By Jacob Judah

People march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 1, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

June 1, 2023, 8:38 pm

30,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security but without incident

National Security Minister Ben Gvir jeered by participants, who shout ‘Nazis out’ at the far-right minister; marchers also call to protect democracy, hold anti-overhaul banners

By Jeremy Sharon

Participants march under heavy security in the annual Pride Parade, in Jerusalem, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

May 7, 2023, 5:13 pm

Organizer of Jerusalem Pride Parade tells police of threats against marchers

Open House director says the June 1 event ‘will continue without question,’ calls on law enforcement to deal with those targeting event

By ToI Staff

A woman at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022, holds up a sign with the biblical phrase 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 1, 2023, 9:01 am

Gay and Orthodox: Book charts the rise of a once unthinkable dual identity in Israel

‘Queer Judaism,’ a new work from academic Orit Avishai, explores the rapid transformation over just two decades of the visibility and activism of LGBTQ religious Jews

By Amy Spiro

Scholars at Svara, a queer yeshiva based in Chicago, have served the Jewish LGBTQ community for two decades and are now creating the first written set of Jewish law by and for trans Jews. (Jess Benjamin/via JTA)

March 27, 2023, 5:33 am

Queer yeshiva publishes first set of Jewish legal opinions by and for trans Jews

Among the topics addressed are family purity and when to use a ritual bath, and how a trans man converting to Judaism should be ‘circumcised’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Ari Shapiro behind the microphone as host of NPR's 'All Things Considered.' (Stephen Voss/NPR)

March 21, 2023, 10:15 pm

NPR’s Ari Shapiro reports on lessons learned behind the microphone – and in print

New memoir gives the inside scoop behind the familiar voice from ‘All Things Considered’ news program, the people he’s met during his career and his passion for performing

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, on 34th and Lexington. The all-male campus counterpart is in Morningside Heights. (Julia Gergely/JTA)

March 16, 2023, 11:24 pm

NY lawmakers lash Yeshiva University for demanding private info of LGBTQ club members

University’s lawyers request personal details including medical, employment records from Pride students in legal battle; state lawmakers call move ‘ethically reprehensible’

By Luke Tress

Comedian Judy Gold hosted A Wider Bridge's annual gala on March 13, 2023, which celebrated Israel at 75 and addressed growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment with the new government coalition elected in January. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)

March 16, 2023, 2:19 am

With Israel’s right-wing government, US Zionist LGBTQ group faces urgent crisis

After advocating for Israel in the American gay community for years, A Wider Bridge faces an impasse as the Jewish state’s new coalition includes proudly homophobic politicians

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Illustrative: A Yeshiva University building in New York City, January 13, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

February 28, 2023, 9:27 pm

NYC official: Yeshiva University public funds at risk due to LGBTQ policy

Funding for flagship Modern Orthodox university is increasingly under scrutiny as it argues it is legally a religious institution to avoid recognizing student Pride group

By Luke Tress

Representative David Cicilline, Democrat-Rhode Island, on Capitol Hill, July 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

February 22, 2023, 10:32 am

Pro-Israel progressive David Cicilline leaving US Congress to lead nonprofit

Openly gay Jewish Democrat, a member of the influential House Middle East subcommittee, leaving politics to take up position as CEO of Rhode Island Foundation

By Agencies

Channel 12 news reporter Yair Cherki at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

February 14, 2023, 11:50 pm

Prominent Orthodox Israeli journalist Yair Cherki comes out as gay

‘I tremble as I write these words,’ Channel 12 religious affairs reporter writes in a Facebook post that quickly goes viral; ‘I love men and God, and this isn’t contradictory’

By Jacob Magid

Publicist Howard Bragman poses for a photo on Dec. 17, 2008, in Long Beach, California (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

February 13, 2023, 8:48 am

Hollywood publicist, crisis relations specialist Howard Bragman dies at 66

Says he felt like a martian growing up as a ‘fat, Jewish, gay kid’; clients included Monica Lewinsky, Cameron Diaz, Sharon Osbourne; was activist for LGBTQ rights, Jewish causes

By Lindsey Bahr

Jewish leaders from across Missouri came to Jefferson City to testify and lobby against various bills that would restrict the rights of trans people. (Courtesy of Daniel Bogard via JTA)

February 10, 2023, 2:09 am

Missouri Jewish leaders advocate for trans rights at state legislature

Activists protest laws that would limit options for transgender children and censor discussion in schools, citing biblical adage that all humans are created in God’s image

By Jackie Hajdenberg