NEW YORK — For years, Laurie Grauer had waved a rainbow flag emblazoned with a Jewish star at the Chicago Dyke March, sometimes marching near activists waving Palestinian flags. It had never been a problem.But this year, Grauer was confronted by the...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 16, 2016
A prominent Israeli activist on LGBT issues, named one of the 100 most influential people in Jewish State, spoke to about 50 community members at Washington University to cap a day spent with students and others on the campus.Etai Pinkas shared a history...
BY ERIC BERGER , Staff Writer
• Published June 29, 2016
Lawrence Amitin said the St. Louis PrideFest parade this year felt different because of the terrorist attack at a gay club earlier this month in Orlando, Fla. In the wake of the attack, he said he could relate to the LGBT community not only because his...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 25, 2012
B'nai mitzvah mitzvah When Central Reform Congregation members Michael Getty and Brian Vetruba decided to become b'nai mitzvah together, the couple wanted a mitzvah project that was not only meaningful to them but also beneficial to the entire St. Louis...
