153 posts categorized "Homophobia and its Discontents"

May 21, 2013: Lakewood Modesty Booklet – Gay In The Mikva
Comments: 8 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
The Lakewood modesty booklet You and Eye has a small vignette on being a gay (or bi-curious) yeshiva student. Here it is: Related Post: New Lakewood Modesty Booklet. [Hat Tip: maven.] Related articles Lakewood Haredi Modesty Poster Yosef Kolko Child...

January 10, 2013: Kabbalists Happy Because They Get To Roll Naked In The Snow To Atone For Sins, Israeli Rabbi Says
Comments: 40 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes , Sefardim
Snow has a more personal meaning to kabbalsits, Rabbi Yitzhak Batzri also noted, because they have the rare opportunity to perform a kabbalistic atonement ritual, tikkun gilgul sheleg – immersing oneself naked in snow and rolling front and back a...

January 9, 2013: Haredi Yeshiva Students Who Stoned Lesbian Teen Are Not True Haredim, Haredi Activist Says
Comments: 12 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel
"I have no idea if the stone-throwers from last week could be defined as haredim, but their behavior proves that they do not act according to the laws of the Torah. The teenagers acted they way they did despite the...

January 2, 2013: Updated: Teenage Girl Reportedly Stoned By Haredi Boys Who Thought She Was Lesbian
Comments: 27 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel
A teenage girl was attacked by a mob of yeshiva students in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ganey Tikva Sunday because they judged from her dress that she is a lesbian. File photo: haredim stone police in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem...

January 1, 2013: UPDATED: Leading Modern Orthodox Rabbi Says Gays No Worse Than Jews Who Don’t Keep Shabbos, Attacks Orthodox And Haredi Homophobia As Cruel
Comments: 53 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein – the son-in-law of the late leader of Modern Orthodoxy Rabbi Joseph Ber Solevechik, who was the heir to leadership of the Brisker stream of of Orthodoxy, as well – has strongly ruled that homosexuals should...

December 27, 2012: In A First For Israel, State Rabbinic Court Denies Woman Alimony Based On Alleged Lesbian Affair
Comments: 19 | Categories: Halakha , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Religion , Women & Judaism
Lesbian relationships are forbidden under Jewish law but generally bear no punishment and are not viewed as severe violations, unlike homosexual sex or heterosexual marital infidelity, which both carry severe punishments. Even so, the rabbis equated the purported affair with...

December 26, 2012: The Homophobic Chairman Of The Zionist Orthodox Habayit Hayehudi Political Party
Comments: 25 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , BTs , Chabad , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
Naftali Bennett is clearly homophobic – and he wants the Israel he hopes to lead to be homophobic, too. Naftali Bennett The Homophobic Chairman Of The Zionist Orthodox Habayit Hayehudi Political Party Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com The chairman of the...

December 16, 2012: Don’t Let Arabs Tutor Your Kids Because They Could Be Gay Or Pedophiles, Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Rules
Comments: 23 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Sefardim
“If the teacher lives a perverted lifestyle, what is vernacularly called a homosexual, one must be very careful when studying with such a person…We are not concerned about this matter when it comes to two Jews, but in the case...

December 10, 2012: Video: Y-Love Releases Pro-LGBT Video – In Yiddish
Comments: 27 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Music
"Since coming out this May, one of the major things that I have felt is an overwhelming sense of wanting to give back to the LGBT community in general and the Jewish LGBT community in particular. Spending most of my...

December 4, 2012: Haredi Rabbis Want Army To Stop Asking Haredi Yeshiva Students If They're Gay
Comments: 9 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel
"A friend of mine walked into the dining hall and asked as what does 'gay' mean. He's a righteous person and he really didn't know what it means. He went to the yeshiva head and told him how they had...

November 27, 2012: Jewish 'We'll Make You Straight' Conversion Therapy Group Sued For Deceptive Claims
Comments: 31 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents
Four gay men and two of their mothers filed a lawsuit today against Jews Offering New Alternatives to Healing (JONAH), a New Jersey conversion therapy group that claims to rid men of same-sex attractions and turn them straight. JONAH's therapy...

November 14, 2012: 5,600 Join Organization For Orthodox And Haredi Homosexuals
Comments: 27 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Med-Ethics , MO & Chardal
Approximately 5,600 religious homosexuals have joined the Hod organization since its establishment in 2008, according to figures presented by the organization in a special seminar held in collaboration with the Israel Psychological Association. 5,600 join religious gays' organization Testimonies collected...

November 13, 2012: Secular Jewish School's Firing Of Openly Gay Principal Contested In Court
Comments: 32 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents
Joseph Gerassi, who is believed to have earned more than $300,000 a year as principal, is unlikely to find an equivalent job at another Jewish school because homosexuality is not condoned by sections of the Jewish community. Joseph Gerassi The...

November 10, 2012: Once A Villain, Zionist Orthodox Rabbi Now Gets Unexpected Support From Gays, Lesbians
Comments: 4 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal , Skepticism
Rabbi Shay Piron, who was named to the second spot on secularist Yair Lapid's new political party Yesh Atid’s list, has received strong unexpected support from Israel’s LGBT community, even though the Zionist Orthodox rabbi once advocated for change therapy...

November 4, 2012: Rabbi Yehuda Levin Blames Hurricane Sandy On "Homosexual Agenda," Gay Marriage
Comments: 36 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
"Remember when Dr. Falwell and Dr. Pat Robertson attributed 9/11 to the homosexual agenda and abortion? Guess our leaders have a huge problem doing that now. After all, the dirty secret they don't tell us is that Romney supports homosexual...

October 18, 2012: Rabbis Jail Bi-Sexual Husband After Ten Years Of Get Refusal
Comments: 30 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Women & Judaism
The woman discovered that her husband was secretly having an affair – with a man. In fact, she didn’t just discover her husband was having an affair – she caught him red-handed in the act. And then she immediately filed...

July 26, 2012: Homosexuality And Orthodoxy
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Homophobia and its Discontents
A public radio show interviews several gay Orthodox and haredi Jews and follows it up with a debate of sorts between Rabbi Meir Fund, who is haredi, and Rabbi Debra Kolody of Jewish Renewal. (Fund wipes the floor with Kolodny,...

July 3, 2012: Former Chabad Hasid Sues Judaica Store Heir Over Child Sexual Abuse
Comments: 49 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Chaim Levin, a gay activist who grew up in Crown Heights and who occasionally writes for FailedMessiah.com, filed a lawsuit against his cousin for allegedly sexually abusing him. Levin, a former Chabad hasid, alleges that the sexual abuse began when...

May 16, 2012: Hasidic Rapper Comes Out As Gay
Comments: 75 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Skepticism & Former Haredim
“I feel like I’ve wasted years of my life worrying that it would alienate the community I dedicated my life to as an artist and as a man. But my hope is that it will open their eyes—and hearts.” Out...

April 20, 2012: Conservative Movement In Israel Approves Gay Rabbis
Comments: 55 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel
Israel's Masorti Movement has decided to approve the ordination of homosexual rabbis. The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, affiliated with the movement, will admit gay and lesbian students for training as spiritual leaders this fall. Israeli Conservative Movement approves ordination of gay...

March 27, 2012: Haredi Posters Reported To Police
Comments: 49 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Religion
Posters promoting the 7 Laws of the Children of Noah post in Stamford Hill, London – presumably by Chabad followers – were reported to police as "homophobic." Greater London, England with Stamford Hill shown Police alerted over new homophobic posters...

February 12, 2012: Israel Psychological Association Says Sexual Orientation Therapy Can Hurt Patients – But Says It Still May Be Possible To Change Sexual Orientation Through Therapy
Comments: 35 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , Med-Ethics , MO & Chardal
According to Orthodox rabbis, the important thing is the fact that the IPA believes a patient should be presented with the existing knowledge, which warns against reparative therapy, but that the possibility to change a person's sexual orientation should not...

February 2, 2012: Rabbi Apologizes For Calling Homosexuality An Illness
Comments: 22 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Amsterdam's chief rabbi apologized for signing a declaration which described homosexuality as an illness. Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag Rabbi apologises for calling homosexuality an illness PETER CLUSKEY • Irish Times The Hague – AS THE chief rabbi of Amsterdam apologised for...

January 31, 2012: Jewish Press Gets Threats Over Gay Article
Comments: 63 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
Last week, the Jewish Press ran an op-ed from a homosexual who was born and raised in a hasidic household. The article did not endorse or encourage homsexuality. Instead, it talked about the damage done to individuals by what can...

January 25, 2012: Gay, Orthodox, And Fed Up With Frum Homophobia And The "Torah Declaration"
Comments: 101 | Categories: Chabad , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
"It confuses me that this Torah Declaration contains flawed arguments that would pass muster in the beis medrash. Saying that Hashem would never make a gay person unable to change is simplistic, inconsistent and flat-out wrong. If someone gets into...

January 19, 2012: Jewish Day School Students Taught How To "Cure" Homosexuals
Comments: 102 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal , Religion
As part of the school's Jewish studies curriculum, pupils are shown a website from JONAH - Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality. It promotes the idea that homosexuality can be "mitigated and potentially eliminated" and sends participants on retreats such...

January 18, 2012: Amsterdam Chief Rabbi Suspended For Anti-Gay Stance
Comments: 78 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
The chief rabbi of Amsterdam, Aryeh Ralbag, who is also the head of Triangle K kosher supervision, was temporarily relieved from his post today by the board of the Orthodox Jewish community, after he signed a document, the "Torah Declaration,"...

January 4, 2012: Head Of International Network Of Orthodox Mental Health Professionals Removes His Name From 'We Can Cure Gays' Declaration
Comments: 69 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
"…the parts [of the "Torah Declaration"] that imply all forms of homosexuality are absolutely treatable with our current knowledge base [do] not adequately convey the complex clinical dimensions of this matter.” In other words, Rabbi Simcha Feuerman of Nefesh signed...

December 29, 2011: Romney Denounced By More Than "850" Rabbis As A "Dangerous Homosexualist"
Comments: 49 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Rabbi Yehuda Levin and a handful of fellow travellers claim "850 plus rabbis" at a Hanukkah "conclave" – which was attended by a handful of rabbis, not dozens or hundreds – denounced Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a "dangerous...

November 30, 2011: Haredi Rabbis Launch Secret Initiative To Oppose Orthodox Acceptance Of Gays
Comments: 146 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Med-Ethics
The initiative is endorsed by Agudath Israel of America's number two rabbi, Shmuel Kamenetzky and relies heavily on the false idea that all homosexuals can be "cured." Jayson Littman broke this story on the Huffington Post a couple days ago....

October 19, 2011: Hasidim Protest At Community College
Comments: 65 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Hasidim protested same sex marriage, promiscuity and high taxes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Hasidim protested same sex marriage, promiscuity and high taxes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College earlier this week. Stealtheworld writes on Tumblr: Hasidic...

October 11, 2011: Haredi Fringe Group Claims Molestation Of Boys Has "Surged" Since Same Sex Marriage Bill Passed In NY
Comments: 49 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
JPAC wants men's mikvas to put up its anti-gay signs "The Jewish Political Action Committee is now organizing an awareness program to stop Gay molesters from attacking children and teens. Since the gay marriage bill in New York was introduced,there...

October 10, 2011: Haredi Fringe Group Works Borough Park
Comments: 63 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Torah & Science
The haredi fringe group JPAC puts its signs in sukkas in Borough Park. The JPAC people have created at least one unwelcoming sukka in Borough Park. Note the sign that says homosexuality is worse than murder. That moronic statement is...

October 3, 2011: It Only Gets Worse
Comments: 92 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Kosher Scandal , Religion , Torah & Science
Fringe haredi group: "SHAME ON WHITE LIBERALS WHO OPPOSE HUMANS WHO EAT MEAT YET SUPPORT THE MURDER OF BLACK BABIES THROUGH ABORTIONS." A previous JPAC demonstration The fringe haredi group JPAC sent me the following email yesterday, all bold and...

September 27, 2011: Haredi Anti-Evolution, Anti-Gay Protesters
Comments: 59 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Outreach , Torah & Science
Haredi anti-evolution and anti-gay protesters staged another offensive demonstration on Manhattan's Upper West Side today. JPAC, a small haredi organization that specializes in idiotic and offensive demonstrations staged another one today on Manhattan's Upper West Side, angering residents, drawing police...

September 13, 2011: A One Issue Vote Against Community Interests?
Comments: 44 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Today is the special election to fill Anthony Weiner's empty seat in the US Congress. A group of haredi rabbis is urging you to vote against one candidate – who is himself Orthodox – because they are upset with one...

August 29, 2011: Rabbis Withdraw Support For Gay-Lesbian Marriages – For Now
Comments: 16 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
Senior Orthodox Zionist Rabbis Yaakov Ariel, Haim Drukman and Elyakim Levanon have withdrawn their support from a recent initiative seeking to match between religious homosexuals and lesbians until the religious and ethical aspects of the issue are clarified. Rabbis withdraw...

August 24, 2011: YouTube Pulls Rabbi's Video As Hate Speech
Comments: 56 | Categories: Bans & Censorship , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Rabbi Yehuda Levin's new video blaming yesterday's East Coast earthquake on the legalization of gay marriage in New York State is blocked by YouTube "as a violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting hate speech." Here's VIN's post summarizing the video: Rabbi...

August 24, 2011: Leading Rabbi Comes Out Against Gay-Lesbian Marriages
Comments: 26 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
A new Web initiative seeking to match religious homosexuals and lesbians has sparked a row in the religious world. Although it has gained the support of a series of dignified rabbis, not everyone is pleased. One leading rabbi opposes these...

August 16, 2011: Video: Orthodox Rabbi Marries Gay Men…To Lesbians
Comments: 82 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
And now Rabbi Areleh Harel wants to take his unconventional matchmaking service to the Internet. Time Magazine's story.

July 28, 2011: Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade Today
Comments: 45 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel
Jerusalem police are preparing a large security contingent for this year’s event. Over one thousand police officers, border police and volunteers will protect marchers as they make their way through Jerusalem. Activists are pushing for a hate-crimes bill that would...

July 26, 2011: Video: Neturei Karta Protests Gay Marriage
Comments: 39 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Williamsburg's all purpose demonstrators take on gay marriage. The Stuffed Dogs In The Back Belong To JPAC. [Hat Tip: Jayson Littman.]

July 25, 2011: Anti-Gay Marriage Protest
Comments: 50 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents
JPAC held a small protest near 3rd Avenue yesterday to protest the first same sex marriages done in New York State. Here's a picture… Of course, the sign makes no sense. Dogs can not consent. Adult human beings can. Gay...

July 8, 2011: A New Look At Homosexuality
Comments: 77 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents
Two secular Bible scholars try to explain the Torah in way that permits homosexuality. “If a man lies with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done an abomination. They are to be put to...

July 2, 2011: Rabbis Protest Gay Singer
Comments: 26 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
A homosexual's voice equals lewdness? Rabbis, right-wing activists and National Service girls are protesting a decision to invite singer a gay to perform at an event honoring Israel's National-Civilian Service volunteers. Some of them are even threatening to boycott the...

June 22, 2011: An Open Letter On Same-Sex Marriage From A Gay Orthodox Rabbi
Comments: 66 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
"I am an Orthodox rabbi, ordained at Yeshiva University. I am also the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi in the U.S.…I share this with you so that my personal stake is made clear from the start. My partner and I...

June 22, 2011: Did Gay Orthodox Jews Go Too Far?
Comments: 32 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents , Israel , MO & Chardal
Amid a sea of rainbow flags and equal-rights banners at Tel Aviv’s 18th annual Gay Pride parade, an unexpected soundtrack filled the air: hasidic music. Despite the suspicions of some marchers, it wasn’t an act of protest by Orthodox groups....

June 21, 2011: Video: Satmar Hasid Spits On Lesbian Rabbi
Comments: 72 | Categories: Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah prompted a heated reaction from one of the Orthodox protesters by throwing an arm over his shoulder as she attempted to insert herself between Diaz and the cameras. Capitol Confidential Video: Ruben,...

June 21, 2011: Gay Orthodox Jews: A Response To The Jewish Press
Comments: 109 | Categories: Chabad , Guest Posts , Haredim , Homophobia and its Discontents
Jewish Press reporter and columnist Elliot Resnick said gays are selfish and "self-indulgent," as he criticized a former friend, who he called "Dovid," for coming out as gay. Now "Dovid" responds. A Response To Elliot Resnick and the Jewish Press...

June 20, 2011: Jewish Press Reporter Argues Homosexuals Are "Self-Indulgent," Should Suffer In Silence
Comments: 109 | Categories: Homophobia and its Discontents , MO & Chardal
"But do [closeted homosexual] Jews complain? Do Catholic priests, the overwhelming majority of whom remain celibate their entire lives, complain? No. They wage their internal battles quietly, recognizing that not every topic need be discussed openly and not every feeling...

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