Posts Tagged: LGBT
Jewish LGBT+ Group Pulls Out of London Pride Parade Due to Safety Concerns
A Jewish LGBT+ education and training charity in the United Kingdom announced that it will not participate in the Pride in London parade this weekend...
Berlin Cops Arrest Man for Arson Attacks, Vandalism Against Holocaust Memorials
German police have arrested a 63-year-old man in connection with a series of recent arson attacks and vandalism targeting memorials to Jewish and LGBT victims...
German Police Investigating Vandalism of Two Holocaust Memorials in Berlin
Two memorials in Berlin to victims of the Nazi Holocaust have been vandalized with antisemitic and homophobic messages, German police said on Tuesday. One target was...
Israel Refuses to Join US in Condemning Anti-LGBT Legislation in Hungary
i24 News - Israel refused to join the United States and 37 other Western countries in criticizing the legislative moves promoted by Hungarian Prime Minister...
Israel’s New Health Minister Plans to Lift Restrictions Preventing Gay Men From Donating Blood
Israel’s new Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz will seek to lift restrictions on blood donations from gay men, as one of his first actions after he...
Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attacks on ADL, Messianic Jewish Synagogue and Gay Bar in City
A Las Vegas man had pled guilty to charges related to his plans to commit a series of hate-motivated attacks in the city. The Las Vegas...
State Department Watchdog Alleges Bias by Senior Political Appointees Over UN Human Rights Council, UNRWA
JNS.org - The US State Department’s watchdog, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), released a 34-page report on Thursday accusing two senior political appointees of...
Arab Homophobia and Western Indifference
JNS.org - One of the more spiteful terms to have emerged from the global campaign against the State of Israel is “pinkwashing” — a catchphrase...
In Tel Aviv, 24-Hour Supermarkets Carry the Banner of LGBTQ Rights
CTech - In Tel Aviv, 24-hour supermarket chains carry the banner of LGBTQ rights. On Monday, in celebration of the Tel Aviv Pride week, local...
The Real Pinkwashers
From 1988, when sodomy statutes were repealed in Israel, to 2014, when Tel Aviv unveiled the first memorial to LGBT victims of the Holocaust, to...
Gay Iranian Novelist Seeks Asylum in Israel
JNS.org - At a time when Iran is known for its hostile attitude towards Israel, openly gay Iranian poet and novelist Payam Feili this week...
A ‘Dangerous Moment for America, Allies’: Major Jewish Groups Uneasy as US Lifts Economic Sanctions Against Iran (VIDEO)
US and international Jewish organizations responded with trepidation to the US's instantaneous lifting of banking, steel, shipping and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday that came with...
ADL, LGBT Group Slam CUNY for Sponsorship of Anti-Israel ‘Pinkwashing’ Conference
The Anti-Defamation League and a Jewish LGBT group have blasted a conference being planned by the The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City...
Boycott BDS, Not Israel
Last November, the New York Times published an op-ed that took the demonization of Israel to another, more insidious level. The attack, authored by...
