What we need to fight LGBTI discrimination

‘What is the one thing people of faith could do to help address LGBTI+ discrimination?’   Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie was recently invited to attend an international leadership conference at Wilton Park in the United Kingdom on ‘Opportunities and challenges: The intersection of faith and human rights of LGBTI+ persons.’    This short video, including Amichai, was created […]

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Killed by Isolation: Amichai’s speech at Orlando Vigil

Al Eleh Ani Bochiyah | For These Souls We Weep | על אלה אני בוכיה Those who sew in tears, will reap in joy. May all memories be a blessing.     Lab/Shul joined Congregation Bnai Jeshurun (BJ), Saint Paul and Saint Andrew (SPSA), and Romemu for an interfaith vigil honoring the memory of the […]

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Hadassah Gross Presents: Esther Scroll 2014!

Rebbetzin Haddassah Gross, still deep inside the Dead Sea, where she descended just last Purim on a dangerous mission to rescue the Divine Presence, somehow also managed to produce a timely twist on the classic Esther Scroll! Inspired by Disney’s latest Oscar winning song AND the world’s best seller, fueled with faerie dust, celebrating  the courage of queens and the […]

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Are We One? Short Video Interview with Amichai on Israeli-American Jewish Relations. (Yes, We Are, Sort Of)

Check out Hiddush – for Religious Freedom & Equality‘s video interview with Israeli-American educator Amichai Lau-Lavie. “Lau-Lavie speaks about the differences and similarities between American and Israeli Judaism, the need for mutual understanding and respect in a perfect Jewish democracy and the challenges that the Jewish people face in bringing pluralistic Judaism, freedom of religion, and equality […]

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