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Gay pride parade in Tel Aviv, Israel. 2017
February 15, 2019, 10:45 am
Homophobic incidents in Israel up by 54 percent in 2018
Report by he Nir Katz Centre on LGBT-phobia delivered to president Reuven Rivlin, with 821 incidents of harassment in 2018, compared with 533 in 2017
By JTA
Bilal Hassani
February 2, 2019, 4:47 pm
Moroccan-French Eurovision entry will perform in Israel, despite death threats
Bilal Hassani, 19, refused to back down regardless of intimidation from anti-Israel activists
By JTA
Dana International taking the Limmud audience one step further on their Jewish journey
December 24, 2018, 5:46 pm
Dana International: Life for Israeli LGBT has improved since 1998 Eurovision win
Song contest winner tells Limmud audience that LGBT in Israel still face problems from the Ultra Orthodox
By Joe Millis
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
October 12, 2018, 3:31 pm
Orthodox leaders back Chief Rabbi’s LGBT anti-bullying stand
Groundbreaking statement issued from leading figures including head of Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Beth Din of the Federation and head of Gateshead yeshiva.
October 12, 2018, 10:37 am
Orthodox school downgraded to ‘inadequate’ after failure to teach LGBT bullying
Beis Madrash Elyon's rating demoted by Ofsted in part because pupils do not learn about prejudice-based bullying
Ernie (left), with his rubber duckie, and Bert (right)
September 21, 2018, 2:19 pm
Sesame Street Jewish writer says Bert and Ernie were gay
Mark Saltzman reveals the characters on the PBS children's show were modelled as a gay couple after himself and his life partner
By JTA
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
September 18, 2018, 12:41 pm
Israeli Charedi leader accuses Chief Rabbi Mirvis of ‘blasphemy’ over LGBT guide
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch claims the British Orthodox Jewish leader was “encouraging” homosexuality by releasing guidance against bullying
September 14, 2018, 11:44 am
Jewish youth group gets £10,000 LGBT ‘inclusion’ grant
BBYO handed funding from National Lottery grant which will allow it to offer leaders professional training to support its members
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
September 12, 2018, 1:51 pm
Charedi rabbis distance themselves from Chief Rabbi’s LGBT school guidance
Representatives for strictly-Orthodox schools body Chinuch UK, says the document doesn't apply to the 'majority' of Jewish children
By Jenni Frazer
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
September 6, 2018, 12:48 pm
Voice Of The Jewish News: Let’s take pride
This week's editorial reflects on the landmark move made by Chief Rabbi Mirvis and KeshetUK to promote tolerance for the LGBT pupils
Rachel Fink, current JFS Headteacher
September 6, 2018, 10:05 am
OPINION: Let’s resolve to be there for all our young people
Headteacher of JFS, Rachel Fink reflects on the Chief Rabbi's new guide, produced with KeshetUK, to promote toleration of LGBT students
By Rachel Fink
Joe Hyman 
September 6, 2018, 10:01 am
OPINION: Chief Rabbi Mirvis writes LGBT+ Jews into the Book of Life
Joe Hyman reflects on the new landmark guide for Jewish schools that encourages toleration of LGBT students
By Joe Hyman
September 6, 2018, 12:39 am
Gay pride at Chief Rabbi’s landmark new LGBT tolerance guide
In historic step - Rabbi Mirvis and LGBT+ umbrella group KeshetUK produce 33-page document urging tolerance towards young Jews discovering their sexuality
Yahrzeit candles and signs entitled "You shall not murder" at the rally at Rabin Square on 8 August 2009.
August 13, 2018, 4:25 pm
Thousands march on ninth anniversary of shooting at Tel Aviv gay youth centre
More than 2,000 come together to remember the 2009 incident in which a lone gunman murdered two and wounded many more
By JTA
Participants take part in the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride parade on August 2, 2018. This year's parade, the 17th annual Jerusalem march, is being held under the banner of "Pride and Tolerance". Photo by: JINIPIX
August 3, 2018, 12:00 pm
Record 30,000 at Jerusalem Pride Parade march amid tight security
More than 2,500 officers ensure safety of demonstrators in the capital to ensure the event went ahead safely, three years after the stabbing of Shira Banki
By JTA
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