Jerusalem gay pride

Pride or prejudice? Anti-Zionism and antisemitism in queer spaces - opinion

Social justice spaces have been infiltrated with antisemitism for years, under the sanitized term of “anti-Zionism.”

 Israeli drag queens and go-go dancers dance on a truck during the annual gay pride parade in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 13, 2014.
 Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2025.

WATCH: Police, Jerusalem Pride marchers clash as protesters call for hostages' release

  Thousands attend the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance March. May 30, 2024.

'Palestinian, not Pride flag should be raised': Guardian reports on Israel's 'pinkwashing'

 Thousands attend the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance March. May 30, 2024.

Grapevine: Touch of Chelm


Religious Jewish LGBT community invites Smotrich, Lior to Pesach Sheni

Levenstein, Lior, Shapira and Smotrich have all been known to be disparaging of the LGBT community.

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Hatred against the parade or the gay community doesn’t begin or end with hatred against one community.

Jerusalem pride parade, 2 August 2018.

In pictures: Gay pride parade in Jerusalem

An 'in pictures' story of the annual "love without borders" Jerusalem pride parade.

Jerusalem pride parade, 2 August 2018.

Annual Pride Parade takes over Jerusalem

Participants in the Jerusalem parade congregated in Liberty Bell Park amid heavy security, and at 17:30 began wending their way through the city.

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J’lem chief rabbi asks mayor to remove pride flags

Rabbi Aryeh Stern describes gay pride flags as symbolizing “the opposite” of holiness, and says he is “saddened” that the parade is taking place at all.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Police step up preparations for Jerusalem Pride Parade

"Beyond possible attempts to harm the participants of the march, it is important to remember... past attempts to carry out terrorist attacks," said Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich.

Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade 2017

Ex-hassidic transgender Rabbi Abby Stein on LGBT: You are not alone

The transgender descendant of the Baal Shem Tov describes her journey from Williamsburg, NY to becoming the woman she is today.

Abby Stein, former Hasidic rabbi, talked about her journey to becoming the woman she is today, despite her sheltered religious upbringing, July 22, 2018.

A glimmer of hope in the LGBT Pride Parade murder memorial

Tisha Be’av in Memory of Shira Banki, the teen murdered at the 2015 Pride Parade, casts the sad day in a new, hopeful light.

Rabbi Benny Lau sits at the center of a previous Meeting Place gathering in Zion Square

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi: Pride Parade is causing more damage than benefit

"The essence of this parade is contradicting the trend of Jerusalem as a holy city," said Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern.

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Jerusalem gets ready to host annual gay pride parade

“There are many religious people who are willing to accept the LGBT community, and we intend that the parade will be a platform for dialogue and understanding, not for hatred.”

Jerusalem Pride Parade