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Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2017.Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
October 9, 2023, 7:11 am
Vale Dianne Feinstein
Feinstein was for years a centrist on Israel, although she was a sharp critic of the country's treatment of non-Orthodox Jews.
By Ron Kampeas
Queerways mural in St Kilda.
May 18, 2023, 10:37 am
Mural recognising Jewish LGBTQI+ groups
"It took me a few minutes to realise that in fact it was the Jewish Lesbian Group of Victoria logo (on the left) and the Aleph Melbourne logo on the right."
By Mia Gardiner
From left: Daniel Bryen (Thorne Harbour Health), Colin Krycer (Aleph Melbourne), Michael Barnett (Aleph Melbourne) Photo: Aleph Melbourne.
March 2, 2023, 12:20 pm
Aleph co-convenor recognised
Krycer has been volunteering with Melbourne's LGBTIQ+ community for over 35 years, much of this with the Victorian AIDS Council at Thorne Harbour Health.
By Mia Gardiner
February 13, 2022, 10:00 am
A sense of Jewish pride
The annual Midsumma Pride March received fantastic support from the community.
By AJN STAFF
Photo: AJN file
December 2, 2021, 1:00 pm
Jewish schools react to proposed law
By CARLY DOUGLAS
BDS protesters at the Jam Factory, Melbourne. Photo: Twitter
November 25, 2021, 8:00 am
BDS protest at Queer Film Fest
Protesters at Melbourne's Jam Factory last week called for the cancellation of a screening of an Israeli movie at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and urged the festival to adopt a BDS platform.
By CARLY DOUGLAS
Panellists discuss the LGBTQ+ experience in the Jewish community, March 2021.
November 5, 2021, 9:00 am
JBOD launches LGBTQ+ mentorship program
The program is a project of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' LGBTQ+ Working Party. It is designed to support, engage and mentor Jewish LGBTQ+ individuals who are looking for guidance and community.
By AJN STAFF
August 19, 2021, 5:00 am
Finding inspiration from the other side of the world
B'nai B'rith and JNF Jewish Changemaker, Jarod Rhine-Davis speaks to Rabbi Steven Philp about building a bridge between the LGBT+ and Jewish communities.
By Jessica Abelsohn
March 10, 2021, 9:47 am
Dayenu shines bright
Dayenu’s float featured a two-metre-high Magen David, around which members performed a choreographed routine with rainbow stars and flags to the tune of Hava Nagila.
By AJN STAFF
Jarod Rhine-Davis speaking at last year’s Pride Shabbat event at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue on Mardi Gras eve.
March 3, 2021, 12:17 pm
Coming out of the ‘Jewish closet’
Ahead of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Melbourne’s Midsumma Pride March, The AJN speaks to Jarod Rhine-Davis about building bridges between the queer and Jewish worlds.
By Shane Desiatnik
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman pitching the guidelines proposal at the LaunchPad Innovation Showcase.
January 20, 2020, 9:00 am
Reaching out to gay congregants
Rabbi Glasman: 'We can and should be encouraging gay religious Jews to stay connected to their faith to the best of their ability'.
By Peter Kohn
Image: Skypixel/Dreamstime.com
March 15, 2018, 5:05 pm
A plea for tolerance from all sides
The left should be cognisant of its rigidity when it comes to imposing rules that attempt to include but inevitably alienate, and the right should trust in the resilience of the community to change.
Shira Banki was fatally stabbed in 2015
June 29, 2016, 2:34 pm
Life sentence for gay pride murderer
A makeshift memorial for victims of the Pulse nightclub. Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman.
June 16, 2016, 12:00 am
Community mourns Orlando victims
Australian Jewry has expressed its sadness and shock at the massacre carried out at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida that left 49 people dead and 53 injured.
By Evan Zlatkis
Lighting candles in Zion Square in memory of the Orlando victims.
June 16, 2016, 12:00 am
Israel stands with Orlando
With shtreimels and pride flags, they absorbed the tragedy together, members of Jerusalem’s LGBTI community and members of its Charedi community.
By Nathan Jeffay
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