Contents:
- WHY THE GAY SUBPLOTS ‘THE LIGHTHOE’ AND ‘JOJO RABB’ DON’T GO FAR ENOUGH
- MILARY RABBATE REJECTS GAY RABBI
WHY THE GAY SUBPLOTS ‘THE LIGHTHOE’ AND ‘JOJO RABB’ DON’T GO FAR ENOUGH
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In a story about two men on a serted island, the homoeroticism is practilly baked to the log-le. ” But a foppish Hler is the least of Wai’s troubl — the real homoeroticism to play wh Sam Rockwell’s character.
(Wai don’t even beg to addrs that the Nazis were sendg gay people to ncentratn mps. The movie’s “exclively gay moment” may be lour than the one “The Lighthoe, ” but ’s far more problematic, as Wai plays for edic affect to generate sympathy for his characters — queerns as shorthand for humany. Of urse, neher Wai or Eggers are gay, which is not to say straight filmmakers n’t or shouldn’t e queer elements their work.
MILARY RABBATE REJECTS GAY RABBI
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The Milary Rabbate is refg to allow a gay rabbi to give lectur at Israel Defense Forc bas: Rabbi Ron Yosef, head of the Hod anizatn. which aids Orthodox Jewish homosexuals, has asked to addrs relig and haredi soldiers recent months – but has been turned down. Rabbi Ron Yosef said rponse that " the five years sce s tablishment, the Hod anizatn has received at least 124 appeals form relig gay soldiers askg for our help, 37 of them servg the Milary Rabbate and 55 regular ary service or reer service.
Rabbi Yosef add that "Hod, which is not a special re anizatn, and works full operatn wh rabbis and profsnals, believ that the IDF – cludg the Milary Rabbate – mt help relig gay soldiers general, and particularly light of the fact that many haredi troops are about to jo the army ranks soon.