Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Calls Homosexuality ‘A Wild Lust That Needs to Be Overcome’
'It would be better if they cast off their kippah and Shabbat [observance] and show their true faces,' the rabbi said
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Opinion Israel's Homophobia Problem Just Got Even Worse
Still reeling from the Education Minister’s endorsement of 'conversion therapy,' we in Israel’s LGBTQ community are now told by an ex-chief rabbi we’re unfit to be Jews. Jewish religious leaders are spreading darkness from Jerusalem
The Constituency That Keeps ‘Conversion Therapy’ Legal in Israel
Despite the Health Ministry issuing an official warning against such practice in 2014, a small group of licensed professionals who immigrated from the U.S. continue to perform 'conversion therapy'
Amid Conversion Therapy Scandal, Netanyahu Names LGBTQ Activist as International Spokesman
Evan Cohen’s appointment comes day after Netanyahu distanced his government from Education Minister Rafi Peretz’s comments in favor of conversation therapy
Out of the Closet and Into Tel Aviv's Destructive Party Scene
Young Israeli men who emerge from the closet may find their way to the gay community through its intense nightlife. Some get lost in the drugs, orgies and sexual assault
250,000 March in Largest-ever Tel Aviv Pride Parade
'We are marching today in the biggest and most consistent protest in Israel, demanding equal rights so that every person can write their own story,' says head of Association for LGBTQ Equality
With Transgender Woman's Suicide, Israel’s LGBTQ and Religious Worlds Come Together
Neta Hadid was buried in a religious ceremony with rabbis taking part, while in eulogies she was addressed as both a man and a woman
'I Won, and in the Holy Land!' Prepping for Eurovision, Tel Aviv Hosts the Gay Games
In the second year in a row, Tel Aviv hosted the international TAG games for the LGBTQ community. “The atmosphere is never sexual,” says one Indian-British visitor from London who grew up in Dubai
Two for the Price of One: An Israeli Gay Couple's American Journey to Fatherhood
Want a model as your egg donor? Fork over another $8,500. Want boy-and-girl twins? Try genetic engineering. Like many gay couples, we turned to surrogacy. But given the life story of the woman who carried our twins, we had to wonder if surrogacy can ever be moral
'The Thought of My Son Being Gay Frightened Me. I Found It Hard to Love Him'
An Israeli professor describes his difficult path toward coming to terms with his gay son, the dancer-choreographer Ido Tadmor
'A Lesbian Romance Plus Religion Plus Politics' – Israeli Director's Film Reflects a Roller-coaster Life
Tsivia Barkai Yacov speaks with Haaretz about 'Red Cow' and the experiences that shaped her
Israeli Doctors Ban 'Conversion Therapy' for Gay People
Members who perform conversion therapy could now be expelled from the Israel Medical Association, which represents 90 percent of the country’s doctors
Israel's Cruel Treatment of a Lesbian Mom After Her Partner's Tragic Death
Omra Levi-Hazan was left on her own, with two small children. Her battle to get her partner recognized as a mother posthumously is story of true grit, but also of Israel's institutionalized insensitivity toward the LGBT families
Netanyahu: I Support LBGT Surrogacy but Coalition Cannot Pass Such Legislation
Netanyahu was forced to participate in a debate over a recently adopted surrogacy law after lawmakers gathered a requisite 40 signatures for him to do so
Israel to Appeal Ruling Allowing Lesbian Couple Abroad to Register as Parents
Israel registers heterosexual couples as parents without any residency condition. 'We are sad that our country is fighting and abandoning us by appealing a justified and progressive decision,' the women said
Israel Rejects Court-proposed Compromise to List Both Members of Lesbian Couple as Parents
Rejection of compromise proposed by High Court leaves decision to the justices
Opinion Absent Are the People Who Happen to Make Up Half the Population
Even today, the greatest liberals snort in contempt at the sight of pesky feminists who courageously fight against tremendous odds
Netanyahu Responds to LGBT Criticisms: Proud to Lead One of World’s Most Open Democracies
'There is a big gap between what Netanyahu writes and the real discrimination the LGBTQ community is experiencing in Israel,' activists say in response
Opinion Now Israel Has a Revolution of the Pampered, in Stages
Like the LGBT community, the Druze are fighting an erosion of their favored status – and just might help the country achieve a state based on justice
Israel's New Adoption Law to End Discrimination Against LGBT Parents
The memo of the bill comes a year after a High Court challenge to the state’s policy that prohibited adoption in Israel by anyone other than ‘a man and his wife together’
Dozens of Israeli and U.S. Orthodox Rabbis Come Out in Support of LGBTQ Community
Missive by liberal religious leaders is response to a letter published last week by over 200 other rabbis, who labeled LGBT community ‘perverts’ and their behavior 'aggressive terrorism'
'Aggressive Terror': Over 200 Israeli Rabbis Slam LGBT Groups as 'Deviants'
Rabbis sign open letter supporting Jerusalem rabbi who was harshly criticized for his support of the new law blocking surrogacy for same-sex couples
Opinion Why Israel's LGBT Protest Is Soaring, While Other Liberal Causes Crash and Burn
Gay people are the symbol of secular Israel in the 21st century
Opinion There Is No 'Israeliness' Without Equality
There is nothing that serves the Israeli regime better than divisiveness. Anything that brings this about (texts, ideas, protests, arrogance) is a reward for the rulers
Israel’s High Court Slams State’s Behavior in Two Gay Parenthood Cases
In one, the court ordered the state to show cause for refusing to register both members of a same-sex couple as parents of an adopted child on the child’s birth certificate
LGBT Groups to March From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Ahead of Pride Parade
The announcement of next week’s march follows Sunday’s rally of 80,000 people in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square to protest discrimination against the LGBT community
Analysis Israel’s LGBT Protest Is the Start of Nothing
The rage over denying gay couples the right to surrogacy won't be sustained: The economy is doing too well for people to rock the boat