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Mar 2009 12

Synagogues working to be more open to gays

The newsletter sent out last month by Temple Israel of New Rochelle contained the usual sort of announcements, including a reminder about the synagogue’s upcoming Purim carnival, mazal tovs and condolences, and nformation about a social event at a local steakhouse. But a small notice about a screening of the film “Hineini: Coming Out In a Jewish High School” reflected a quiet change at the Reform synagogue in suburban New York.

View the original at JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People
Synagogues working to be more open to gays
Sep 2008 24

‘Hineini’ Released on DVD Boston Release Party Brings About 75 to Club Café

At the official release on Sunday, Sept. 21 in Boston of the ground-breaking documentary “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School” on DVD, and a companion curriculum, some 75 local rabbis, educators, and supporters gathered to see film star Shulamit Izen, director Irena Fayngold, and take in a performance by local folk-pop artist Catie Curtis.

View the original at New England Blade
‘Hineini’ Released on DVD Boston Release Party Brings About 75 to Club Café
Sep 2008 17

DVD release for groundbreaking documentary about Jewish LGBT youth

In 2005 the film Hineini, a documentary about a student at a Boston Jewish day school trying to start a gay/straight alliance (GSA), helped jumpstart a debate on LGBT inclusion in Jewish schools and communities. The film, a collaboration between the Boston-based LGBT Jewish advocacy group Keshet and filmmaker Irena Fayngold, became a powerful teaching tool for Keshet, which has sponsored screenings at schools and synagogues across the country.

View the original at Bay Windows
DVD release for groundbreaking documentary about Jewish LGBT youth
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