Cosmopolitan without being condescending, au courant without the arrogance of hipness, Eytan Fox has been the pop prince of Israeli cinema for nearly three decades. The gay, New York-born director’s worldview has translated easily across borders, as the beyond-Israel success of “Yossi & Jagger” (2002) and “Walk on Water” (2004) demonstrated. Fox’s new film, “Sublet”…
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Music
Ezra Furman announces she's a trans woman — and a mom!
This piece first appeared on Kveller and was distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman is a trans woman — and has been…
Bay Area
A varsity letter, 63 years late: Cantor rectifies S.F. pol’s high school snub
All it took was an email for a 63-year-old wound to start to heal. In December, Cantor Stephen Saxon tuned into KQED’s “Political Breakdown” and heard an…
U.S.
Transgender Jews find an unexpected safe haven: the farm
Alex Kohanski began using the gender-neutral they/them pronouns on their first day of the Jewish farming fellowship Adamah in the fall of 2019. Though…
Local Voice
Let’s install a Harvey Milk mural at S.F. State
With the Leila Khaled webinar and anti-Israel panel on Sept. 23, once again San Francisco State University has made international news as a hotbed and…
Profile
What it’s like to come out as trans when you’re married to the rabbi
Samantha Zerin headed home from a Yiddish class she had taught as part of her synagogue’s adult education program on the evening of Dec. 19 and knew her…
Israel
Pride rallies across Israel in lieu of annual parades
They came out by the thousands across Israel to show their support for LGBTQ rights — but the numbers were a far cry from the Pride parades held annually…
Books
A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. A year before Noam Sienna, 30, earned his Ph.D. in Jewish history…
Pride
Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events
Pride Month in the Bay Area offers plenty of opportunities to celebrate the LGBTQI community and its history. Many synagogues host “Pride Shabbats,” but…