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Judaism
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 Independence
Park : The Lives of Gay Men in Israel (Contraversions
: Jews and Other Differences) by
Amir Sumaka'i Fink, Jacob
Press
Shachar is an ex-army officer who was raised in
a settlement in the Sinai Desert.
Walid is a Haifa-born Arab going to college in
Tel Aviv.
Noam is married man with children who teaches in
a religious high school in Jerusalem.
Amit is a 21-year-old Tel Aviv "call
boy" who grew up in a small rural town.
Theo grew up in Nazi Germany and immigrated to
Israel under the British Mandate.
What do these men have in common? They are all
gay, they are all Israeli, and they all tell their stories in
"Independence Park: The Lives of Gay Men in Israel."
They talk about their family backgrounds and early childhood
memories, their first stirrings of sexuality and responses to
those feelings. They reveal their emotional struggles as well as
their religious and political views. The book can be read as
literature -- there are some fine story-tellers here -- or for
pure human interest, as the narratives themselves are deeply
moving.
"Independence Park" includes an
introduction providing an basic, up-to-date overview of
contemporary Israeli culture and gay politics, as well as a
glossary of possibly unfamiliar terms, making it accessible to all
readers.
"This is one of the best books on
present-day Israeli society that I have read." -William
Brinner, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, University of
California, Berkeley
"The twelve brave men who speak here tell
gripping tales, by turns tragic and comic, joyful and somber, but
all, ultimately, full of hope. I know of no better portrait, in
English, of Israel at fifty." -Yael Dayan, Member of Knesset
(Labor), author, "My Father, His Daughter"
"The diverse, detailed stories in
Independence Park are fascinating and moving - joyful, wrenching,
funny, honest - and they pop with the complexities of Israeli
social and political life, gayness, sex, and masculinity. An
important and absorbing book." -Joshua Gamson, Assistant
Professor of Sociology, Yale University
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Various Religions in connection to gay people. Homosexuality and religion. Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Bible, New Testament, Old testament, Sexuality, Sexual moral, morality, ethic, gay rights, human rights
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The purpose of this site is to provide a home on
the Internet for Orthodox Jewish lesbians. At the moment, there
are OrthoDykes groups in New York, in Israel and on the Internet.
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OrthoGays is the home on the Internet for
Orthodox Gay Jewish Men. We are here to exchange information,
social contacts, and to provide support.
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The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Jewish Organizations consists of more than 65 member organizations
in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany,
Hungary, Israel, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the
United Kingdom, and the United States. The World Congress holds
conferences and workshops representing the interests of lesbian,
gay, and bisexual Jews around the world. The focus of these
sessions varies from regional, national, continental, to global.
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