First openly gay Orthodox rabbi ordaed Jesalem - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM
• MEET THE KG OF NEW YORK’S GAY JEWISH NIGHTLIFE
• GAY CONGREGATN CELEBRAT ITS INTY WH NEW HOME MANHATTAN
• A GAY SYNAGOGUE NEW YORK: HALF A CENTURY OF CHEERFUL STGGL
• GAY SYNAGOGU’ UNCERTA FUTURE
• ‘GAY SYNAGOGUE’ FDS A HOME, FULL OF ANCIENT ASSYRIANS

FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM

The Early YearsIn 1973, Jab Gubbay, a gay Jewish man om India, was livg New York and noticed a small ad for a gay ‎Passover Ser at the Church of the Holy Apostl, Chelsea. ‎ Gubbay volunteered to lead the Ser that night and retold the story of our liberatn ‎om Egyptian slavery; and wh that, the ia of a gay synagogue was born. ‎Shortly after the ser, Jab Gubbay negotiated a way to nduct ‎weekly Friday night servic the church and ls than a year, a small ad was placed the Village Voice announcg the gay synagogue’s first Friday night ‎service.

MEET THE KG OF NEW YORK’S GAY JEWISH NIGHTLIFE

Wh s pulse on a social pass, CBST ‎joed the First Gay Rights March on Washgton  1979; and om that pot on beme a regular stop durg the rounds ‎of both cy and state legislators, cudg: Manhattan Borough Print, Andrew Ste; Mayor, Ed Koch; and ‎U. Congrsman, Theodore AIDS CrisisIn 1982, when an immunologil disease began to spread among gay men, CBST held a ‎symposium on “Gay Diseas. Thanks to CBST’s Open Door policy, a missn of longtime CBST member and gay ‎muny activist, Irvg Cooperberg z”l, our High Holy Days servic rema ee and open to all, to this day!

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Rockville Open Hoe (ROH) a safe space gatherg for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (Q+) teens, and their iends and alli, between the ag of 13-18 years old. The Jewish Gay Network of Michigan (JGN) works to crease the sensivy of the Jewish and secular muni to the digny of everyone, regardls of sexual orientatn.

GAY CONGREGATN CELEBRAT ITS INTY WH NEW HOME MANHATTAN

IGY is a natnal non-prof anizatn that empowers young lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng youth and young adults to accept themselv for who they are and flourish as dividuals. Be Dror is a unique center for gay, lbian, bi-sexual and transgenr adolcents who have been rejected and alienated bee of their sexual orientatn.

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A GAY SYNAGOGUE NEW YORK: HALF A CENTURY OF CHEERFUL STGGL

Jewish LGBT+ Group (formerly JGLG) is a London-based social group for Jewish men and women who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. Rabow Jews is a pneerg project that rerds and shows Jewish lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) history om the 1950s to today. Dayenu Based Sydney, Atralia, Dayenu exists to meet the needs of Jewish gays, lbians, bisexuals, trans, and tersex people as well as their iends, fai, partners and other supporters.

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GAY SYNAGOGU’ UNCERTA FUTURE

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‘GAY SYNAGOGUE’ FDS A HOME, FULL OF ANCIENT ASSYRIANS

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