Star-studded lineup planned for Limmud Winnipeg 2018
Diversity and inclusion are among the themes of the Winnipeg Jewish community’s eighth annual Limmud Winnipeg festival, which runs from March 10 to 11.
Canada’s first LGBTQ Jewish summer camp to open this summer
Canadian Young Judaea is launching a new overnight summer camp for LGTBQ Jewish campers called Machane Lev.
It’s time to shift the tone on LGBT issues
The Talmud speaks of no less than six genders. The Mishnah states that “androgynous” is a gender category of its own.
THE TORAH AND TRANSGENDERISM
In our liturgy, the Torah is referred to as the “tree of life.” But although it’s rich in general guiding principles, the Torah is paradoxically terse or mute on several of our era’s hottest issues: abortion, gay marriage and transgenderism.
Ottawa mayor learns about LGBTQ rights in Israel
One week before the local Ottawa Pride Festival, Mayor Jim Watson welcomed a guest from Israel for a discussion of LGBTQ issues. Daniel Jonas – a leading Israeli gay rights activist and chairperson of the religious LGBTQ organization, Havruta – was in Ottawa following a visit to Montreal, where he met with the Israeli consul-general […]
Trans Activist Abby Stein grills NYC Mayor about haredi school reform
Abby Stein, a Jewish transgender activist and former Chassid in New York City, asked Mayor Bill de Blasio some tough questions about haredi educational reform at a town hall meeting in Harlem, held August 2.
Halifax Jewish, LGBTQ communities mend rifts with Pride Shabbat
A Pride Shabbat dinner on July 28 was the first-ever effort in Halifax to bring together the local Jewish and LBGTQ communities.
Exploring my identity as a LGBTQ Jewish person on Birthright Israel
Before the trip, I viewed my LGBTQ and Jewish identities as mutually exclusive. Not anymore.
Birthright Israel launches first-ever Canadian LGBTQ trip
LGBTQ Birthright, departing June 4, will feature sites typical of other Birthright trips, but also experiences Israel through LGBTQ lens.
LGBT kids need ‘support, love and acceptance’
For young people in the Orthodox community, lives are on the line because of negative attitudes toward homosexuality, panel told
