Rachel Biale, from the Progressive Jewish Alliance, discusses our social service duty to support equal marriage rights. Biale will share insights on the current situation – in which same gender LGBT couples are barred from marriage in many synagogues – and offer ways to get involved in a grass roots campaign led by the PJA to cure these injustices in the Jewish community. Post-discussion screening of Hineini, which chronicles the story of one student’s courageous fight to establish a gaystraight alliance at a Jewish high school in Boston. “An engaging portrait of a pioneering teen activist ... Izen’s youthful enthusiasm for her faith is infectious.” - Variety
Co-presented by the Progressive Jewish Alliance
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Added by kingd1414 on August 6, 2007