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In Boston, the Prudential building might not shine red, purple and pink, but love is still in the air with events around the city for LGBT singles and couples alike to celebrate the Hallmark holiday of love.
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In honor of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, gay news site Queerty is encouraging LGBT Jews to buy a new book featuring a Jewish boy with two fathers, the first of its kind to bring Judaism, children, and homosexuality together.
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Earlier in the week we told you about the Rainbow List—the American Library Association’s roundup of top LGBT titles for kids. Well, next year they may want to add The Purim Superhero, billed as the first LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book written in English.
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A Denver, CO MO Rabbi, YCT grad, has hosted a ‘Keshet’ toeivah training institute at his Orthodox Shul.
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Thank you to the super-gay activist Michael Barnett for telling Gay Dads Australia about this new book, "The Purim Superhero".
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As you may have guessed, we’re huge fans of Jewish children’s books, which is why we were very excited to co-sponsor the launch of The Purim Superhero, the first LGBT- inclusive Jewish children’s book inEnglish!
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People forget that Superman is an alien. This book is a reminder that that’s the source of his strength.
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These terrific books depict same-sex parents, without making them the stars of the story.
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In April, The Samuel Bronfman Foundation (SBF) invited post start-up organizations to apply to a new Second Stage Fund. This fund was created to provide general operating support to organizations at critical junctures in their growth trajectories as they move into their second stage of development.
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An unprecedented lawsuit against a Jewish non-profit whose programs aim to “convert” gay men could become a “watershed moment” in history, says the head of a national advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Jews.
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At the 2009 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington, 50 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jews and their allies gathered in a small room on the ninth floor of the conference hotel.
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I'm a white gay Jewish man. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t even know what “cisgender” meant.
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Jeanne Schwartz called her husband John at work one afternoon in June 2009. “Joe has taken a lot of pills,” she said. Their 13-year- old son Joe, who’d just come out as gay at his middle school, had tried to commit suicide.
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If you’ve ever been to one of those giant auto shows where hundreds of gleaming new car models are lavishly displayed in a convention hall the size of Montana, you’ve got an idea of what it felt like last Sunday morning when I entered the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly (commonly known as the “GA”), which is being held this year at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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Fifty percent of Jewish groups participating in LGBT inclusion survey receive the highest rating. Still, community leaders say there is work to be done.
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A study assesses the policies of Jewish organizations.
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About 204 organizations participate in survey from Human Rights Campaign to create index.
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Benchmarks policies and practices among 200+ North American Jewish nonprofit organizations.
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Slingshot present’s the eighth annual edition of Slingshot: A Resource Guide for Jewish Innovation, featuring 50 inspirational organizations, in Jewish life in North America.
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