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Contents:
- CAN RABBS BE GAY? 11 SURPRISG FACTS (UPDATED 2023)
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- WE ORTHODOX JEWS SPERATELY NEED GAY RABBIS
- CAN RABBS BE GAY OR LBIAN?
- GAY RABBIS GETTG MARRIED — AND MARRYG
- AM I A GAY RABBI, OR AM I A RABBI WHO IS GAY?
- FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM
- JESALEM CHIEF RABBI: GAY PEOPLE NNOT BE RELIG, SHOULDN’T PRETEND TO BE
CAN RABBS BE GAY? 11 SURPRISG FACTS (UPDATED 2023)
* can rabbis be gay *
Two vers Levic (Levic 18:23 and Levic 20:13) exprs unequivol nmnatn of male homosexual sex (although is not clear whether what is referred to is terurse or all sexual acts between men).
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
It is a momento day for gay and lbian upl -- but doubly meangful for rabbis same-sex relatnships: Not only n they marry, but they n perform legal marriag for other same-sex upl, too. * can rabbis be gay *
”READ: Puttg The Prohibn Agast Homosexualy ContextAs evint by s language, the biblil prohibn do not extend to female homosexual acts, though later mentators disapproved of lbianism. One rabbic source associat female homosexualy wh the activi of the Egyptians and Canaan, om which the Jews are supposed to absta.
WE ORTHODOX JEWS SPERATELY NEED GAY RABBIS
The Levic vers also imply that is the act of homosexual sex, not the homosexual person, that is abhorred. Several tradnal sourc temper the harshns of the “abomatn” by cg the lack of procreative potential as the reason for the abomable nature of the homosexual act. Nohels, the tradnal Jewish posn on homosexualy is still difficult for many liberal-md Jews, and the liberal nomatns have bated the extent to which gays and lbians n be fully tegrated to relig Conservative Halakhah and HomosexualyThe first and least ntroversial step taken by the Conservative, Renstctnist, and Reform movements was to endorse civil equaly for gays and lbians.
In 1977 drafted a ll to crimalize homosexual sex and to end all discrimatn based on sexual how do one get around the apparently unambiguo biblil prohibn agast homosexualy? Many who seek to tablish full relig rights for gays and lbians employ the rearch that pots to the voluntary nature of homosexualy.
Th some Jewish thori have argued that sce homosexualy is not chosen, s exprsn nnot be, the Reform movement do not nmn homosexual sex, and openly gay people are eligible for admtance to Reform rabbil schools.
CAN RABBS BE GAY OR LBIAN?
In addn, the Reform movement approv of rabbic officiatn at same-sex marriag and mment Denomatnal Approach on Ordag Openly Gay and Lbian RabbisDaniel Siegel, the Rabbic Director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, has endorsed same-sex marriage specifilly bee he believ that hols should not be limed only to certa people and certa relatnships.
Usg this as her startg pot, Rebec Alpert, a Renstctnist rabbi, has argued that the ernment’s refal to regnize same-sex marriage vlat relig rabbis wh the Conservative movement also ce the ncept of on ( which an dividual has no real choice) permtg homosexual sex. In December 2006 the Conservative Movement’s Law Commtee voted to accept two ntradictory thuvot (posns) on homosexualy halakhah — one reaffirmg the stat quo, and one affirmg change.
The rult of the vote is that rabbis, synagogu, and other Conservative stutns may choose to ntue to not perm mment ceremoni and not hire openly gay or lbian rabbis and ntors, or may choose to do so.
GAY RABBIS GETTG MARRIED — AND MARRYG
The cisn also paved the way for the movement to orda openly gay recent years, there has been an creased awarens of the prence of gays and lbians more tradnal Jewish muni as well. Numero anizatns and support groups exist for gay Jews who are terted matag a tradnal Jewish liftyle.
AM I A GAY RABBI, OR AM I A RABBI WHO IS GAY?
Steven Greenberg, a gay Jewish tor who was ordaed as an Orthodox rabbi, wr and lectur on the possibili for gays and lbians the Orthodox muny. Fally, Tremblg Before G-d, a crilly acclaimed 2009 documentary about gay Orthodox Jews, has ma a signifint impact raisg nscns about homosexualy the Orthodox world.
FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM
"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.
Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.
There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d.
JESALEM CHIEF RABBI: GAY PEOPLE NNOT BE RELIG, SHOULDN’T PRETEND TO BE
”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. JERUSALEM (JTA) — On May 24, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that I would be ordag a gay Orthodox rabbil stunt who was nied the opportuny to receive smicha om his own Orthodox yhiva. But I also know that our muny sperately needs gay Orthodox rabbis, and we ignore that munal need at our own peril.