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Israel’s religious gays battle for acceptance

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:00:23 +0000

(Jerusalem) A once unimaginable movement is emerging from within Israel’s insular Orthodox Jewish community: gays and lesbians demanding to be accepted and embraced, no matter what the Bible(...)

Israel: Partner of gay shooting victim is granted visa

logointern3 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:00:56 +0000

Israel’s interior ministry issued a temporary visa to Thomas Schmidt, the German citizen whose partner was killed during a shooting at the LGBT center in Tel Aviv.

Public pressure and the(...)

Israel: German partner of gay attack victim must leave

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:00:51 +0000

(Jerusalem) Israel says it is expelling the German partner of an Israeli killed in a shooting at a community center in Tel Aviv.

A masked gunman opened fire in 2009 at a meeting of gay and(...)

Same-sex couple on Israel’s `Dancing With Stars’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:00:47 +0000

(Jerusalem) Israel is the first country to feature a same-sex duo on its version of the popular television competition “Dancing with the Stars,” and the two women have already resolved the(...)

Court: Jerusalem must fund gay center

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:22:40 +0000

(Jerusalem) Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the Jerusalem city government to provide more than $120,000 in funding for a prominent gay community center.

Thursday’s ruling was the latest sign(...)

Jerusalem hosts subdued gay pride march

logointern1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:33 +0000

Jerusalem– Thousands of Israelis marched calmly Thursday in Jerusalem’s longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.

The subdued Jerusalem march from the center of (...)

Protestors compare gays and lesbians to animals at Jerusalem Pride

logointern1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:29 +0000

Thousands in Jerusalem celebrated Pride on Thursday with a mile and a half march to Knesset. While there were protests by some members of the ultra-orthodox community, the event was peaceful.

Withers: Why do news organizations still turn to the Family Research Council?

James Withers — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:27:25 +0000

Question for the day: why is Politico.com, a respectable place for news and opinion, giving op-ed space to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council? This week Perkins and John Sheehan, a(...)

Thousands participate in Tel Aviv gay pride parade

logointern1 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:00:11 +0000

Israeli media has reported that approximately 100,000 people took part in Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade.

In addition to the thousands of civilians who turned out for the gay pride parade in(...)

Is Israel ready for a gay PM?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:28:32 +0000

From the Advocate:

“A poll published by the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Aharonot on Friday showed that nearly half of Israelis surveyed are ready for a gay prime minister, reports The Jerusalem(...)