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Jun 22, 2026, 8:09 PM

Pride Month and the Case for Men’s Spaces

Pride Month is not a season for lecturing people about identity. It is a season for listening carefully to what people tell us about who they are, what they have survived, and what they need in order to live...

Jun 22, 2026, 7:12 PM

The Homecoming of Tel Aviv Pride

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After a tense week in Israel I didn’t want to get my hopes up that attending my first ever Tel Aviv pride would actually happen. Even walking down to the beach with the thousands of others draped in colours...

Saundra Sterling Epstein

Jun 20, 2026, 1:57 PM

I saw Orthodox acceptance of LGBTQ Jews grow. Now it’s evaporating

(JTA)

Rabbis and communities must stay committed to inclusion despite political and cultural pressure. If they don't, the results will be devastating

Jun 19, 2026, 7:16 PM

Why Is It So Hard for Everyone to March in the Israel Day Parade?

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In 1964, I was one of a legion of young Hebrew School kids from across the US who were studying the Hebrew alphabet, learning about Israel and the history of our people and saving dimes to plant a tree...

Jun 16, 2026, 8:35 AM

“They Were Annihilated Once” – Choose Love

I admit that I have never found Pride activities to be particularly enjoyable, nor have I found a queer community to be a good fit most times. And at times I've unfortunately loathed the queer community, often out of...

Jun 16, 2026, 5:45 AM

Pride and Prejudice: When Inclusion Requires Exclusion

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Pride is supposed to be a celebration - A celebration of dignity. A celebration of identity. A celebration of belonging. For decades, LGBTQ activists fought to create spaces where people would not be judged by stereotypes, excluded because of who...

Itai Eithan Shamir

Jun 13, 2026, 12:50 AM

Eurovision Song Contest 2026: United By Music, After All

Fans celebrating in the arena at the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, the world's biggest live televised music event, drawing more viewers annually than the Super Bowl. Each year,...

Jun 11, 2026, 1:18 PM

The Sultan’s Algorithm

Turkey and Transnational Illiberalism. AI Illustration. (Credit: ChatGPT)

Turkey, Transnational Illiberalism, and the Poverty of Our Political Vocabulary There is a particular kind of danger that arrives not as an army but as a narrative, one that does not breach a border so much as dissolve the very...

Itai Eithan Shamir

Jun 10, 2026, 9:47 PM

Eurovision 2026: United By Music, After All

Fans celebrating in the arena at the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest — the world’s biggest live televised music event, drawing more viewers annually than the Super Bowl....

Jun 10, 2026, 12:38 AM

Why the left should like Israel

The media coverage and the common discourse about Israel are all too often reduced to conflict and politics. In many political discussions, particularly on the left, Israel is viewed primarily through the lens of conflict and security. However, there are...

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