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Front from left: Jewish LGBT+ World Congress president Frank Giaoui, Dayenu president Kim Gotlieb and Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah with Congress members at Emanuel Synagogue. Photos: Shane Desiatnik
March 31, 2019, 12:00 am
Historic conference packs a punch and a party
FROM a "queer tour" of the Sydney Jewish Museum and more than 20 small group seminars by 24 presenters from around the world, the 25th Jewish LGBT+ World Congress proved to be a colourful celebration of inclusivity.
By Shane Desiatnik
Members of Dayenu and the Jewish LGBT+ World Congress at the recent 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
March 18, 2019, 12:00 am
Sydney to make Jewish LGBT+ history
Get ready to learn, discover, pray and, of course, party … because the 25th Jewish LGBT+ World Congress is coming to Sydney from March 21-24 – and you are invited!
By Shane Desiatnik
Dr Kerryn Phelps (second from left) with her wife Jackie and three other members of Dayenu at the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
March 14, 2019, 12:00 am
From a protest to a celebration
I hope this Congress helps LGBTQI Jewish communities around the world to succeed in their struggle for equality and social justice.
By Kerryn Phelps
Kim Gotlieb (second from right) with members of Dayenu at the Mardi Gras Fair Day held in February.
March 2, 2018, 12:01 am
Mardi Gras ‘the biggest ever’
SYDNEY'S Jewish LGBT+ group, Dayenu, has a float full of flair, friendship and love ready to come out of the workshop and roll into the limelight at this weekend's Mardi Gras parade.
A still from a video released earlier this year in which Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage.
September 7, 2017, 12:01 am
Yay or nay?
WITH the legality of the postal survey into same-sex marriage currently being considered by the High Court, communal leaders on both sides of the debate have been sharing their thoughts with The AJN.
September 29, 2016, 10:30 am
Leak’s SS-SSM comparison ‘repulsive’
A CARTOON comparing equal marriage advocates to the Nazi stormtroopers has been slammed as “repulsive”, “unacceptable” and “an inversion of history”, by leaders of the Jewish and LGBTQI+ communities.
By Yael Brender
Sydney Jewish LGBTQI+ group Dayenu.
September 6, 2016, 12:03 am
Rabbi urged to face facts about homosexuality
Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen has elicited powerful and passionate responses from LGBTQI+ families and Jewish community groups with the launch of his new book.
By Yael Brender
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
From left: Brandon Srot, Rabbi Benjamin Elton, Justin Koonin, Dawn Cohen, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio and Vic Alhadeff.
May 5, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis unite on LGBTI inclusion
IN what was described by one panellist as “monumental”, an Orthodox rabbi, a Reform rabbi, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists came together last Sunday to discuss the place of LGBTI Jews in the Jewish community.
Dayenu members and supporters practise their parade choreography in front of the Dayenu float. Photo: Toby Evans (Toby Centre Photography).
March 10, 2016, 12:00 am
A celebration of identity
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) president Jeremy Spinak joined over 70 members of Sydney’s Jewish community who took part in this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as part of Dayenu’s float last weekend.
Shira Banki.
August 6, 2015, 12:00 am
Pleas for tolerance after fatal stabbing
JEWISH gay and lesbian support groups in Australia have called for more tolerance among the Orthodox community in the wake of last Thursday’s attack at Jerusalem’s gay pride parade that claimed one life.
By Gareth Narunsky
December 9, 2011, 9:57 am
Mixed reaction to marriage policy
AUSTRALIAN Labor’s adoption of same-sex marriage as party policy at its conference last weekend has elicited a mix of reactions from the Jewish community.
June 2, 2011, 2:12 pm
Rabbis take up same-sex cause
THE Rabbinic Council of Progressive Rabbis has called upon the Australian Government to permit same-sex couples to marry.
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