Marriage Equality Update
Standing for Marriage Equality in Israel
I recently ended a three-week trip to the United States and returned home to Israel. This was a particularly emotional trip, as I was in Boston the day of Marathon. I saw firsthand how resilient the people of Boston are in a crisis.
Reform Jewish Leader Hails New Jersey Supreme Court Case Requiring Equal Rights for Same Sex Couples
Washington, DC, October 25, 2006- In response to today's ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court requiring swift action by the legislature to ensure equal rights for gay and lesbian couples, Rabbi Randi Musnitsky, Regional Director of the Union for Reform Judaism's New Jersey/West Hudson Valley
Pride Month: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights
Each June, we observe Pride Month and take time to celebrate the many important victories won for LGBTQ people in the United States.
What Should Jewish LGBTQ+ Spaces Look Like?
The State of the Union and LGBT Equality
Since September 2010, there has been a first-ever focus on the crises that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth face in America’s schools.
LGBTQ Life in Israel
In Farewell Speech, USY International President Talks About Coming Out
Daniel (D.J.) Kaplan has been the Union of Synagogue Youth (USY) International President for the past year. In his farewell address, he talked about when he came out of the closet.
A Kinder, Gentler Nation
This week brings us Yom Y'rushalayim (May 8 / 28 Iyar), one of several Jewish holidays commemorating events of war in the modern State of Israel. This one recalls Israel's "recovery" of the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967.