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To addrs the subject of homosexualy and Judaism, we spoke to a gay Jew and had the followg exchange:

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MEET THE KG OF NEW YORK’S GAY JEWISH NIGHTLIFE

After an ultra-Orthodox upbrgg and yhiva tn, Jayson Ltman has bee a lear the gay Jewish muny * gay jews nyc *

After an ultra-Orthodox upbrgg and yhiva tn, Jayson Ltman has bee a lear the gay Jewish muny. Bily navigatg this scene — at tim a headset so he uld ordate the chaos — was Jayson Ltman, the eveng’s host and one of the most dynamic figur New York’s gay Jewish muny.

Wh nearly 1, 000 partygoers this past December — most om New York, but others travelg om Boston, Philalphia and Washgton — the Jewbilee has bee a major event on the regn’s gay Jewish lendar, as well as a way for revelers to nnect often-separate parts of their inty. Wh nearly 1, 000 partygoers this past December -- most om New York, but others travelg om Boston, Philalphia and Washgton -- the Jewbilee has bee a major event on the regn’s gay Jewish lendar. “The people at my parti are what I ll cultural or urban gay Jews, ” says Ltman, 34, a former yhiva boy who spent two years after high school studyg Israel.

THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND

Over 500 gay Jews (and those who love them) partied and chugged Manischewz at Serlic, the Passover Party, prented by Hebro. * gay jews nyc *

Even after tellg his parents at 22, he grappled wh the prospect of what he lls “livg gay, ” and then for half a “cid that I didn’t want to be gay” after all. “Gog to a gay-affirmg therapist jt wasn’t an optn at that pot, ” he adds.

FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM

The biggt party for gay Jews (and those who love them) was as wild as ever. * gay jews nyc *

I never would have been able to go om beg really relig to beg gay” whout a amework that alt wh both.

Like practilly everythg else New York, his turn toward gay Jewish learship hged partly on real tate. Instead of droppg the ia, he ntacted Vlada, a gay bar Manhattan’s Hell’s Kchen neighborhood that was perfectly happy to sell drks and play mic on what would otherwise have been a silent night. In the years sce, Ltman — whose day job is fance — has found He’bro, a nightlife anizatn that hosts three gay Jewish parti an average year.

MYAN REVIEW – TENR G-OF-AGE TALE OF A GAY JEWISH NEW YORKER

Haaretz Interviews Five Jews — Includg the Rabbi of a ‘Gay Synagogue,’ a Transgenr Activist and the Head of the Rsian-speakg Communy — to Fd Out What Has Improved or Worsened Sce June 1969, Includg Their Standg the Jewish Communy * gay jews nyc *

(The next, a Purim celebratn he’s llg “Homotashen, ” will take place March 10 at Manhattan’s Marime Hotel. Some gay partygoers have also exprsed disfort at the more outré elements, but that hasn’t moved Ltman to alter the ftivi. While he looks forward to highlightg Israel’s posive rerd on gay rights — pecially parison to s neighbors’ — he says he hated about formg the new anizatn bee of the issue’s divisivens.

“We are supposed to agree, ” he says of the gay muny, referrg to marriage equaly and other issu.

GAY JEWS CELEBRATE ‘HIGH HOMODAYS’ NEW YORK

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But he predicts that Israel will bee an creasgly proment topic the gay world, and hop his group will be an out-and-proud source of support, even if don’t necsarily agree wh or weigh on every Israeli actn. For Israel are jt two more outlets for gay Jews New York, jog the cy’s s-old gay synagogue and other anizatns.

But for those at his parti, he’s offerg a new way to nnect both sis of their stat as double-mori: gay a mostly straight world and Jewish a untry that mostly isn’t.

“I found out that you n’t e out as gay and then put your Jewish inty the closet, ” he says of his own experience.

“ARE THERE GAY JEWS?”

There is no official membership, and only a handful of people are willg to put their nam on support-group Ashkazy, a gay-rights activist and Orthodox Jew who liv New York Cy, says he has spoken wh over 200 gay Orthodox Jews over the past few years. Filmmaker Sandi DuBowski, who produced and directed Tremblg Before G-d, terviewed hundreds of gay um (observant) Jews over the past few years for his movie.

And those volved gay muny outreach say there are many more out there. Open and Secret Support Groups In the New York area, home to the largt ncentratn of gay Orthodox Jews, at least four support groups have spng up to meet their needs.

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