Special Topics

Homosexuality and Judaism

Homosexuality in Jewish tradition, law, and life.

 

 

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Jewish Law

Denominational Issues

New Rituals

 

Contemporary Issues

Same-Sex Marriage

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Jewish Law

Overview

Jewish views on homosexuality

 

Biblical Prohibitions

Sexual relationships forbidden in the Torah

 

Homosexuality and Halakhah

Traditional sources on homosexuality

 

Changing Jewish Law

New Halakhic approaches

 

Rejecting Halakhah

Condoning homosexuality on extra-legal grounds

 

Female Homosexuality

Rabbinic views on lesbianism

 

Conservative Halakhah

The 2006 CJLS vote

 

 

 

Denominational Issues

Gay and Lesbian Rabbis

Attitudes about ordination

 

Homosexuality in Orthodoxy

Conflicts between homosexuality and traditional Jewish life

 

 

                  

New Rituals

Coming Out

Ritual celebrations of different sexual identities

 

A Seder Ritual

Including marginalized Jews in mainstream Jewish life

 

 

 

 

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Jewish Pride Flag (Congregation Or Hadash)

 

 

 

Contemporary Issues

Tradition and Compassion

Rejecting homosexuality; accepting homosexuals

 

Gay and Lesbian Adoption

Same-sex Jewish couples face a myriad of challenges

 

Jewish and Gay in the 21st Century

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Jewish communities

 

Gay, Gray and Jewish

A Jewish-lesbian‑grandmother-feminist‑activist shares her story

 

A Gay Perspective on Parashat Tazria

Understanding God's presence in AIDS

 

History and Homosexuality

Are today's homosexual relationships prohibited by the Bible?

 

 

 

Same-Sex Marriage

Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage

The major Jewish denominations come to different conclusions

 

Condoning Gay Marriage

The Reform movement's support for same-sex weddings

 

Same-Sex Marriage

Balancing contemporary morality and Jewish tradition

 

Gay Rights and Jewish Texts

Do Jewish texts support same-sex marriages?

 

Against Same-Sex Marriage

Opposition to the Reform movement's endorsement

 

Is a Same-Sex Union a Jewish Marriage?

Does kiddushin apply to homosexual unions?

 

 

 

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