A growing group of queer Jews are adapting Jewish laws and rituals regarding purity to their own marriages, relying on informal networks and conversations to explore how practices fits their relationships
They come in chartered buses, send messages of solidarity and paint Paris Square pink every Shabbat. How the anti-Bibi protests became an LGBT struggle too
Yishay Garbasz, a transgender woman who lives and works in Berlin, had not visited Israel for more than a decade while fighting to be listed as female on her Israeli passport
'Find Me,' the highly-anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel 'Call Me By Your Name,' is out next week. In an interview, author André Aciman told Haaretz why he's nervous
Demonstration by College Democrats group earlier this month had called on the university to allow LGBTQ events on campus, something organizers say is regularly denied
Organizers are demanding the university condemn homophobic rhetoric on campus, allow LGBTQ events on campus and promote dialogue between students and faculty members
'It would be better if they cast off their kippah and Shabbat [observance] and show their true faces,' the rabbi said
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
According to organizers, municipality approved holding event at the city's main square. But after residents and religious groups complained, it sought to relocate it
Haaretz interviews five Jews — including the rabbi of a ‘gay synagogue,’ a transgender activist and the head of the Russian-speaking community — to find out what has improved or worsened since June 1969, including their standing in the Jewish community
'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
The DC Dyke March singled out Jewish symbols and queer Jews for policing and exclusion. I mourned another social justice space where I was not welcome - because of my religion and sexuality
'This isn't just a celebration, but a call for equality. It’s an issue for Israelis from all parts of the country,' says CEO of LGBT rights organization
27-year-old Daniel Atwood was denied by his New York seminary despite the school originally agreeing to ordain him
New York's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah informed the 27-year-old Daniel Atwood he would not be ordained despite the school previously agreeing to do so
Even in the Nazi camps, homophobia 'helped' inmates distance themselves from those considered 'other.' Even today, Jewish gay and lesbian victims are still erased from how we talk about the Holocaust
'Our project is about changing the world through the insights of queer people but for the benefit of everybody, just like the feminist project isn’t ultimately for the benefit of women only,' said rabbi Benay Lappe
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
A liberal Orthodox rabbinical seminary refused to ordain Daniel Atwood because of his sexual orientation
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
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
Police initially set different terms for the parade's execution, which included setting up 2-meter tall fences because of the 'sensitivity' of the event. Following a High Court appeal by organizers, the demands were withdrawn
Originally, police said they wouldn’t grant a permit for the parade without a two-meter fence, due to the 'sensitivity' of the event. in a submission to the High Court of Justice, the state says this requirement is withdrawn
Among the requirements are a 2-meter-high fence along the route and staying away from the local Chabad House – to protect the marchers, say police
Both Netanyahu and Deputy Health Minister Litzman oppose allowing single-sex couples to arrange surrogate births in Israel, claiming it would create a back-door method to allow single men to use surrogates
Tel Aviv may grab all of the headlines and plaudits as a gay mecca, but Haifa is determined to grab a piece of the action
Young Jews in the LGBTQ community often feel the need to live double lives, but now a New York-based group is empowering them to take pride in who they are
The synagogue began including same-sex marriages in its announcements earlier this year, but will no longer following a complaint by the Orthodox Union
Clinton: ‘Empathy should not only be at the center of our individual lives and our spiritual lives, but it should be at the center of our public life’
Back in 1992 the congregation was so small that Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum was its first paid staffer. Now it's so popular it has to hold High Holiday services at the Javits Center