Beyond the Fight for Marriage Equality
Senate Committee Passes DOMA Repeal
The Defense of Marriage Act bars federal recognition of same-sex
Religion in Israel: Democracy and Pluralism Must go Hand in Hand
Discrimination Begets Poverty
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, 20% of homeless youth are LGBT (even though only 10
"I now pronounce you man and...man." DOMA and the Legalization of Love
The (Circle) Spiral of Jewish Life
We often think about the cycle of the year-the change of the air in the fall, or the blossoming of new life in the spring-and we see a circle.
At a Jewish wedding, why does the couple stand under a canopy?
The canopy under which Jewish couples stand when they are married is called a chuppah. The chuppah represents the new home a couple establishes through their marriage.
40 Years of Fighting to End Workplace Discrimination
In 1974, two members of the House of Representatives, Reps. Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Ed Koch (D-NY), introduced a bill entitled the “Equality Act of 1974." This bill would ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment on a national level.
The Free World
by Peter Shapiro
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Book Discussion: Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of The Cairo Geniza
Prior to reading Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of The Cairo Geniza, by Adina Hoffman and Peter Coles, if asked to define a geniza, my response would have been: "a place to bury sacred text that contained the name of God".