ISRAEL — A gay rabbi from England living in Israel was installed as the leader of Adat Shalom Emanuel in Rehovot, the only non-Orthodox synagogue in the city, reports GayAsiaNews.com. Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, a native of Liverpool who has been living in Israel since 1989, belongs to Israel’s Masorti (Conservative) Movement that approved the ordination…
TEL AVIV — An estimated 30,000 tourists, men in tank tops, overcrowded clubs and bars, cultural events and city streets replete with rainbow flags are making the Israeli capital a hugely popular city to celebrate Pride Week, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “It’s never like this,” said Shuli Mammon guarding the door of a club in Tel Aviv’s…
TEL AVIV — Israel’s popular TV host, Assi Azar, has volunteered for this year’s annual gay youth organization campaign to encourage LGBT teens to be who they are, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The purpose of the new campaign is to show LGBT youth that they have someone to turn to, and to expose them to the variety of…
Now in its 9th year, the Tel-Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (TLVFest) is one of the most important cultural LGBT events in Israel and will take place from June 7-16 at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque, coinciding with Pride week. The above promotional video stars the famous Israeli drag queen Nona Chalant and the Israeli actress, model…
Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is planning to promote an amendment to the Inheritance Law that would allow same-sex partners to be each others’ heirs when the Knesset reconvenes for its summer session May 11, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Love is love, and a family is a family, and it’s inconceivable that the law allows for institutional…
Boy George, the hit making wunderkind from the 1980s whose chart-topping singles included “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya,” “Miss Me Blind” and “Church of the Poison Mind,” is set to kickoff Israeli Pride in the southern port city of Eliat. The festivities, which run from May 15 to the…
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom …” – Matthew 16:19 I clearly remember when I held in my hand, for the first time, a most precious set of keys! What an incredible feeling of power, elevated status and sweet freedom came over me when my grandpa placed in my hand the keys…
With elections less than five months away, suggestions that Tel Aviv may elect its first openly gay mayor have started to surface. Reporting from 972Mag.com, journalist Noam Sheizaf is reporting that second-term Member of Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and former journalist for Channel 10 News Nitzan Horowitz has launched a serious bid to challenge the current…
You are cordially invited to join me in celebrating my birthday at The Center – Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. Only $20 for dinner and dessert catered by Babbo’s Restaurant. All proceeds benefit the outreach of MCC – our community church! Like some of you, I was raised in a Christian tradition and was taught…
(CNN) — A conservative group is planning a television and online ad campaign urging senators to vote against former Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearings to be secretary of defense. The American Future Fund plans to run television ads in Washington and in certain states against Obama’s nominee, the group said, as well as…
