I'm just saying.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I thought male homosexuality was against the Jewish law.
But I was a little blurry on where at some points they were saying a parent or friend could attend and in other parts they were saying spouses only. I get that he wanted his partner to attend as his partner and not just a friend, though.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
quote: "As previously stated to you, we welcome your attendance and look forward to your participation. However, your partner cannot attend," wrote Eisenberg. "The policy of the school that is enforced is that only graduates and their spouses (engagements are recognized) are invited. We cannot acknowledge or define your partner relationship as one that falls under this policy. We kindly ask you to respect and follow our Yeshiva’s policy and attend the reunion without your partner."
I think that is the bit that clears up the blurryness. The first reference about bringing a guest like a best friend or a mom is just speculation as to what the school "should" do rather than what it is doing.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
To heck with them. If it was me, I wouldn't even go. Not the type of people I'd want to attend a party with.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
It is more or less a party, in the end, so in that sense I don't understand why the uptightness. I thought at first it might be a rabbinical school or something, and while religious classes are important to the curriculum, it is in the end a school.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote: The controversy comes more than six years after "Trembling Before G-d," an award-winning documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews increased awareness of homosexuality in the Orthodox world.
I hadn't heard of this documentary. I see that Netflix has it. Is it worth watching?
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
I watched it when it came out, so my memory is a little fuzzy. I do remember liking it.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
My recollection is that Lisa was interviewed for it.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
There are good things in it and not so good things.
When Sandi was first working on it, he interviewed me for about 2.5 hours at his apartment in Manhattan, and in the early 20 minute trailer he brought around to drum up interest, I was the only talking head. It was me, as talking head, Mark, a gay British yeshiva student, who wound up in the final movie, Michelle, a somewhat embittered ex-Hassidic lesbian who also wound up in the final cut, and Israel, a really nasty anti-religious guy who also wound up in the released film.
In the end, he had like 500-600 hours of footage, and one of the creative decisions he made was to limit it to people who were raised Orthodox, which is why I'm not in it.
Personally, I liked "Keep Not Silent" better. It's particularly about members of the OrthoDykes in Israel, all of whom I know.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted:
quote: The controversy comes more than six years after "Trembling Before G-d," an award-winning documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews increased awareness of homosexuality in the Orthodox world.
I hadn't heard of this documentary. I see that Netflix has it. Is it worth watching?
I think so. I found it to be powerful and moving, and I cried in the movie theater when I saw it.
quote: "Am I surprised at the school’s position? No. Disappointed? Yes.
Yeah, this pretty much sums up my feelings. It's not like the guy chose to be gay. He is the way G'd made him.
Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :
Oooooh, looks like somebody on this board is gonna have their funeral protested by the Phelps.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It would be an honor.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Now there's a thought. We should all send letters to the Westboro baptists asking them to protest at our funerals... at their expense, of course.
Dear Sir or Madam,
As a fag enabler of some renown, I request your presence at my funeral...
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
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