Category Archives: Jewish and Gay— Movies
“OUT IN THE DARK”— Another Look
“Out in the Dark” Another Look Amos Lassen I rarely review a film twice and when I do it has to be something special. I distinctly remember when the now classic “Bonnie and Clyde” was released it was panned by the critics and was pulled back in by the studio and then rereleased a bit …
“WAGNER AND ME”— Mixed Passion
“Wagner and Me” Mixed Passion Amos Lassen It is generally assumed that Richard Wagner is the world’s most controversial composer. Stephen Fry, actor and writer, has a passion for Wagner (as do many others) but Fry is Jewish and lost many family members in the Holocaust. This makes it very difficult to separate Nazism from …
Caretakers by Day, Drag Queens by Night
Caretakers by Day, Drag Queens by Night By Anne Joseph The story of five gay, cross-dressing Filipino migrants in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv who work by day as caretakers for elderly Hasidic men and by night transform into a musical drag act, might seem improbable. But it is a true story. Based on Tomer Heymann’s award-winning …
“The Purim Superhero” by Elizabeth Kusher and Illustrated by Mike Byrne— The First LGBT Inclusive Jewish Children’s book
“The Purim Superhero”, Kar Ben Publishing, 2012. The First LGBT Inclusive Jewish Children’s book Amos Lassen Keshet, the national organization for LGBT Jews held a contest for children’s books with Jewish themes that are LGBT inclusive and the result is “The Purim Superhero”. It is the story Nate who has to decide how to fit …
“YOSSI”— The highly anticipated sequel to “YOSSI & JAGGER”—We have been waiting for it!!
presents YOSSI The highly anticipated sequel to YOSSI & JAGGER A film by Eytan Fox Starring Ohad Knoller, Lior Ashkenazi, Orly Silbersatz, Oz Zehavi, Ola Schur Selektar Official Selection: Tribeca Film Festival 2012 Official Selection: Outfest 2012 Opens in Los Angeles on Friday, February 8, 2013 Ten years after Yossi and …
“MARY LOU”— A Modern Musical Fable
“Mary Lou” (“Tamid oto chalom”) A Modern Musical Fable Amos Lassen Eytan Fox, the Israeli movie maker who brought us “Yossi and Jagger”, “Walk on Water”, “The Bubble” and who has “The Story of Yossi” (a sequel to Yossi and Jagger”) now brings us “Mary Lou” which is more than just a movie—it has a …
Instead of Chinese food this Christmas–let’s dance
RSVP to the Facebook event here Click here for limited $10 tickets New York’s hottest party for gay jews! This year… at XL! A CHRISTMAS EVE JEWBILEE December 24, 2012 XL NIGHTCLUB 512 West 42 Street New York City 9pm-3am DJ Steve Sidewalk $10 tickets (limited) / $15 tickets online / $20 at door Pix …
“LET MY PEOPLE GO!”— A New Gay/Jewish Comedy
“Let My People Go” A New Gay/Jewish Comedy Amos Lassen Ruben (Nicolas Maury) is something of a nerd yet he managed to find a really good-looking boyfriend (Jarrko Niemi). However things have not been good for them and their relationship falls apart. Ruben had come to Finland, bankrolled by his uncle, to study comparative sauna …
Building True Acceptance— By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us
Building True Acceptance By helping gay kids, synagogues and Jewish schools can make the community better for all of us By Marjorie Ingall|November 14, 2012 7:00 AM| Jeanne Schwartz called her husband John at work one afternoon in June 2009. “Joe has taken a lot of pills,” she said. Their 13-year-old son Joe, who’d …
Transgender Jews Seek Place at Table— Conference Aims To Break Communal Silence on Issue
Transgender Jews Seek Place at Table Conference Aims To Break Communal Silence on Issue Speaking Up: Transgender Jews celebrate shabbat at a California synagogue. By Chanan Tigay Published November 14, 2012, issue of November 16, 2012. Berkeley, Calif. — Shortly before Emily Aviva Kapor began the transition from male to female, she sat down to …
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