Topic: LGBTQ Rights

• An Enduring Passion: Sharon Raphael and Mina Meyer

  A video by JewsOnFirst.org, October 2009

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  "Religious views shouldn't come into play in a civil marriage"

  Conversation with community leader Michael Weinstein

  Hosted by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, January 30, 2009

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  "The state should get out of the marriage business altogether"

  JewsOnFirst conversation with Rabbi Elliot Dorff

  Hosted by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, January 30, 2009

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  "There is so much hurt in the lives of the couples that have been married"

  Conversation with Rabbi Denise Eger

  Hosted by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, January 30, 2009

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  "It feels quite personal to have lost this civil right"

  Conversation with Rabbi Lisa Edwards

  Hosted by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, January 27, 2009

• Sacramento authorities charge two men in killing of Satender Singh

  by JewsOnFirst.org, August 8, 2007

• Jewish Congregation Among Faith Groups in Solidarity As Sacramento LGBT Community Is Shaken by Hate Murder

  Anti-gay Slavic Christian community suspected of harboring killer

  by JewsOnFirst.org, July 25, 2007

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  Recorded Conversations with two Sacramento leaders

  Rabbi Mona Alfi of Congregation B'nai Israel and Dr. Darrick Lawson, president emeritus of the Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento, discuss their work for social justice

  Interviews and introduction by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, July 17, 2007

• Sacramento Pride and the Faith Community

  by Stella Levy, July 15, 2007

• Jesus Camp Camp

  Interview with camp director Becky Fisher

  by Jack E. Jett for JewsOnFirst.org, January 22, 2007

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  Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

  Rabbi and congregation supported WorldPride in Jerusalem, protested ultra-Orthodox demonstration in NY against Pride event in Israel

  Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York, interviewed by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org co-director, November 28, 2006

• Interview with a 21st Century Freedom Rider

  The Soulforce Equality Ride "puts a face" on the adversary

  By JewsOnFirst.org, April 5, 2006; photographs by Robin Reed, Soulforce Equality Ride

• Liberalizing Conservative Judaism's LGBT Policy Might Be a Ten-Year Process

  Interview with Rabbi Elliot Dorff

  by JewsOnFirst.org, March 14, 2006

• A Message From Rabbi Rembaum

  Prominent Conservative Rabbi writes that he will honor gay couple

  Email message from Rabbi Joel Rembaum, Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, March 2006

Marriage Equality

• The Marriage Metaphor of Shavuot

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, May 31, 2006

Religious Right Preaches Hatred of LGBTQ People

• Militant Slavic Christians threaten progress on gay rights in California

  Immigrants who fled Soviet persecution to California menacing Sacramento LGBT community

  by JewsOnFirst, August 9, 2006

• Appalling Meanness in Missouri

  Small town organizes to drive out gay-owned business

  by JewsOnFirst.org, July 18, 2006

• Maryland leaders and activists protest "conversion therapy" conference

  Vigil greets Focus on the Family anti-gay event in Washington DC suburb

  by Jane Hunter, JewsOnFirst.org, June 11, 2006

• Telling "Wall Street"

  by JewsOnFirst, May 2006