From Israel: Trust Me
Jardín América The matzav scares me. It seems too overwhelming to overcome. Yet I refuse to surrender to despair.
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News & Politics
Jerusalem Pride 2015 and its Aftermath
Three weeks ago, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed six people at Jerusalem’s annual LGBTQ pride march. One victim, 16-year old Shira Banki, died of her wounds several days later. The assailant, Yishai Schlissel, was released from jail only a month before the attack, after serving a 10-year sentence for stabbing three people at Jerusalem’s 2005 pride march.
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Mazel Tov, America!
When news of the SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage broke, I was with my three children on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, on a beach between Haifa and Acre. My oldest and youngest were bouncing giddily in the waves, which were choppier than usual. My middle son was marveling […]
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Same-sex Marriage and the Slippery Slope: Comparing Chalk to Cheese
If a polygamous family files a lawsuit challenging their state’s marriage laws, let Justice Alito answer his own question then. That’s what he gets paid for.
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Titanic as Marriage Equality Metaphor
If I were a political cartoonist, the metaphor I would use to illustrate the current status of the epic same-sex marriage battle would be the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic representing outright opposition to marriage equality; The iceberg breaching the Titanic’s hull represents SCOTUS’s 2013 Windsor decision declaring pivotal portions […]
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Same-Sex Marriage Update: 6th Circuit Upholds Marriage Bans
The United States Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to rule that refusing same-sex couples the freedom to marry is not unconstitutional
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Virginia Decision Allows Same-Sex Couples Access to Adoption and Foster Care
Marriage equality in Virginia brings with it access to adoption and foster care.
Legal / News & Politics
The United States Supreme Court’s Surprise Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The Supreme Court decided not to hear arguments in any of the five cases that were ripe for review, leaving in place rulings in favor of same-sex marriage.
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A Boy’s Bar Mitzvah and a Family’s Coming of Age
A multi-generational, multi-racial and multi-denominational family unites in celebration.
Spirituality & religion
Invoking God’s Name in Vain: a Personal Update from Israel
Living in Israel has been especially depressing this past month. Kidnappings. Murders. Bombs. Sirens. Air strikes. Demonstrations. Threats of ground troops. I have sworn off Facebook for the moment, after seeing my news feed overrun by messages laced with judgment, fear, rage, self-righteousness, and more. Although my family and I […]
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