Jun 29, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Gay Orthodox Jews See Growing Acceptance In Israel By Michele Chabin c. 2011 Religion News Service TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) Though never short on spectacle, this year's annual gay pride festival was even more colorful with a parade float, sponsored by Google, representing the country's religious gay and lesbian communities. Dressed in shorts and T-shirts [more]
May 18, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Religious gays battle for acceptance Israeli Orthodox homosexuals increasingly rejecting age-old dictates to ignore their attraction, abstain from sex or undergo therapy that supposedly will make them straight A once unimaginable movement is emerging from within Israel's insular Orthodox Jewish community: Homosexuals demanding to be accepted and embraced, no matter what the Bible says. Living [more]
Apr 8, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Devout and proud The gay religious community in Israel is represented by three different organizations, reflecting divergent views on rabbinical authority, consummation of same-sex relations and raising families. The crowding in the fast-food place where Amit (not his real name ) recounts his life story does not calm his fears that someone might eavesdrop on [more]
Apr 8, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Devout and proud The gay religious community in Israel is represented by three different organizations, reflecting divergent views on rabbinical authority, consummation of same-sex relations and raising families. The crowding in the fast-food place where Amit (not his real name ) recounts his life story does not calm his fears that someone might eavesdrop on [more]
Mar 11, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Israeli rabbis launch initiative to marry gay men to lesbian women So far, 11 marriages have been performed, and some were surprising successes. Rabbis from the religious Zionist community have launched an initiative to marry gay men to lesbian women - with some surprising successes. So far, 11 marriages have been performed. Haaretz conducted an [more]
