Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized It was a very gay night in Hollywood. Okay technically Beverly Hills. The Golden Globes was a night to celebrate Gays and lesbians. With a major win for best picture for “The Kids are All Right” and a best actress nod to Annette Benning in that very film, lesbian family life was highlighted. So too…Read more »
Posted by in glbt We are still remembering the young people who died because they were bullied. Some committed Suicide and were driven to relieve the pain of humiliation and hurt inflicted upon them by others. Activist Dan Savage started the It Get’s Better Video Campaign as a way to reach out to LGBT and Questioning Youth who are…Read more »
Clint McCance an Arkansas School Board member resigned over his blatant homophobia and threats against gay people made on his Facebook page. Anderson Cooper of CNN interviewed McCance and tried to elicit an apology from him. But McCance didn’t apologize. He wiggled and wormed and couldn’t look Anderson Cooper in the eye. Even Dr. Phil…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Torah Commentary Shabbat Noach Genesis 6:9-11:2 A Midrash: The earth became a wicked place. People were harsh to one another. They spoke cruelly. They stole from one another. There was no such thing as human kindness. They bullied each other and drove some to murder and others to suicide. They humanity forgot that they were made in…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized This is a letter to the Publisher of the Jewish Standard who recently succumbed to pressure from the Orthodox community to retract gay and lesbian Jewish wedding announcements in that paper. Dear Mr. Janoff: I am deeply disappointed in your paper’s (The Jewish Standard) policy to exclude gay couples from wedding announcements. What happened to…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Don’t forget to show up tonight for the young people who were bullied to death. The rash of recent suicides because young people were bullied for being gay is shocking. It is time to make sure this stops. Even as the religious wing nuts continue to want to demonize gay people. No wonder some young…Read more »
Posted by in glbt Keshet in Boston put together this incredible list of Jewish community endorsers of this important anti-bullying pledge for Jewish communal institutions and individuals. Can you take the pledge? I have and Kol Ami has and the Reform Movement has; the Conservative movement, the Reconstructionists and so many more. Please join this wave. Sign by clicking…Read more »
Posted by in glbt I guess I am still in shock about Tyler Clementi. Or I am In shock that two fellow college students would violate another person’s privacy so much. Two roommates at Rutgers evidently filmed his sexual encounter, bragged about it on Twitter and webcast it. Social Networking gone mad. In this weekend of the movie premier…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Suicide in Judaism is forbidden. It violates one of the most important principles therefore choose Life. I wrote about this idea in my Yom Kippur Morning Sermon. Choosing life ought to inform our decision-making. And Suicide violates that principle. As does murder. All suicide is tragic but the four gay young people who committed suicide in…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 