Pride Month: A Year of LGBT Victories
June is coming, which means LGBT Pride Month is just around the corner! Throughout the month of June, we celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community throughout the nation.
Winning the Freedom to Marry: Jewish Values, Jewish Voices
The vast majority of Jewish people support the freedom to marry, knowing that strengthening gay families helps many and harms no one. The freedom to marry is not about forcing any rabbi or synagogue – or, for that matter, any priest, minister, imam, mosque, or church – to perform a ceremony.
Support LGBT Rights in Israel!
IRAC received a tremendous honor last Thursday: We were invited to carry the lead banner at the Jerusalem Pride march. The Jerusalem Pride march, while smaller than the one in Tel Aviv, is considered to be the most important one in the country.
Sometimes, Words Hurt More than Sticks and Stones
The old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” was first recorded in the 1860s and is something parents have since used to soothe their children’s hurt feelings.
Crossing the Threshold
"As soon as you have crossed the Jordan into the land that Adonai your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones.