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  • Campus Politics

    By on October 11, 2012

    Professors are supposed to be smart. That's why they're professors. Certainly, Joy Ladin is no dummy. The literature professor waited until she'd secured tenure before...

  • National LGBT Briefs: Rust Belt Horror, Suspect Sermon And Teen Shabbaton

    By on August 2, 2012

    Two Women Accused in Pennsylania Killing Of Ex-Girlfriend  Testimony at a July 25 preliminary hearing is revealing horrific details in the May 17 murder of...

  • Global LGBT Briefs: Ukraine Assault, Apology in Australia and Farewell to Beck

    By on June 28, 2012

    Leading Ukrainian Gay Activist Attacked Taras Karasiichuk, an LGBT rights activist and head of the Kiev Pride 2012 organizing committee, was attacked on his way...

  • Stringed Along

    By on June 7, 2012

    ''Germany in general, and specifically Berlin, is a very, very open and diverse place now – a very creative place,'' says classical musician Avi Avital,...

  • Gay by Association

    By on February 29, 2012

    Michael Ian Black once made out with Bradley Cooper. ''He wasn't yet People's Sexiest Man Alive,'' Black says. ''Had I known he would be that,...

  • Masks and Mischief at GLOE’s Purim Party

    By on March 17, 2011

    The DC JCC's Kurlander Program for Gay & Lesbian Outreach and Engagement — aka GLOE — presents its fourth annual Masquerade and Mischief Purim Party,...

  • Remembering Tel Aviv

    By on August 2, 2009

    In the wake of a brutal attack on an Israeli GLBT community center, local GLBT and Jewish community members will be holding a vigil tonight,...

  • Uncovering Ivri

    By on May 27, 2009

    Ivri Lider kissed a girl -- and people liked it. ''Yeah, it was like it was written by a gay man,'' Lider laughs, referring to...

  • Out In Congress

    By on May 13, 2009

    There have been gay members of Congress before and there are those who serve now. There has already been an openly gay candidate elected to...

  • Changing Rabbis

    By on April 15, 2009

    Growing up in Chicago, Rabbi Toby Manewith thought she was going to be a lawyer. ''I sort of always wanted to be a lawyer,'' the...

  • Make Me a Match

    By on January 21, 2009

    Find something cute to wear. Pick a place to go. Make sure your teeth are clean and you smell wonderful. Get a haircut. When you...

  • Prouder than Bombs

    By on January 14, 2009

    Here it is, some 60 years since the Israeli Declaration of Independence, and the bombs are still falling. Hamas is firing rockets into Israel and...

  • The Gold Standard

    By on September 24, 2008

    Mitchell Gold has been busy. Those Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams ''signature stores'' keep popping up, including the local outlet near 14th and Church Streets...

  • A Warm GLOE

    By on April 2, 2008

    The District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, better known as the DCJCC -- or simply as ''The J'' for those really in the know --...

  • In the House

    By on April 2, 2008

    In New York City, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah claims to be the world's largest GLBT synagogue. Beth Chayim Chadashim, founded in 1972 in Los Angeles,...