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Proud, but pushed out: Why LGBTQ Jews are creating Pride spaces of their own

JL;DR SUMMARY As antisemitic sentiments persist in some LGBTQ community spaces, Jewish LGBTQ groups are increasingly creating separate Pride events. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bds MovementJewish IdentityZionismLgbtqSan DiegoPride MonthAustinQueer SpacesRaleigh

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Austin, Texas, United States
"In early June, Rabbi Eleanor Steinman wrote to members of Temple Beth Shalom, the Reform congregation she leads in Austin, Texas, sharing the synagogues plans to celebrate Pride Month with several events in June."
San Diego, California, United States
"Similar monthlong Jewish Pride festivities are also taking place in San Diego and Raleigh, N.C., where organizers of the citywide Pride festivals have taken stances that Jewish leaders say put LGBTQ Jews at risk."
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
"Similar monthlong Jewish Pride festivities are also taking place in San Diego and Raleigh, N.C., where organizers of the citywide Pride festivals have taken stances that Jewish leaders say put LGBTQ Jews at risk."
New York, United States
"In New York and San Francisco, grassroots Shalom Dykes parties are being planned as alternatives to the cities Dyke Marches, where anti-Zionist sentiment is de rigueur."
San Francisco, California, United States
"In New York and San Francisco, grassroots Shalom Dykes parties are being planned as alternatives to the cities Dyke Marches, where anti-Zionist sentiment is de rigueur."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Jewish communities are already on high alert, following the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington last month and the firebombing of a Boulder, Colo."
Boulder, Colorado, United States
"Jewish communities are already on high alert, following the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington last month and the firebombing of a Boulder, Colo., protest for the Israeli hostages in Gaza soon after."

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