The Jewish and LGBTQ narratives share a crucial parallel: The personal, in-the-flesh knowledge of being a stranger in a strange land. I would even suggest that they are, or can be, deeply and essentially linked, and that it is a mitzvah of the first order for straight Jews to welcome our LGBTQ brothers and sisters with open arms, and stand with them in their struggles. As Haaretz reporter Brian Schaefer notes, “the delegation of proud, God-fearing religious gays and lesbians appearing in the parade… remind us that sexuality and spirituality are not mutually exclusive.” Arisa - Tel Aviv Song that will represent. Though there has been real movement, across the globe, toward the recognition of the civil and human rights of the LGBTQ community, we still have a mighty long way to go, not least in not insisting that the people line up neatly with the colorful stereotypes. Arisa - Tel Aviv (Universong 121 Israeli entry) danieljano88 274 subscribers Subscribe 83K views 3 years ago Omer Adam ft. But participants will also find a quieter, ultimately more subversive presence, as well:Īs wonderful as Pride Week is, it’s typically a week apart, much like the community doing all the dancing. It’ll feature all the usual suspects-Adonises and Amazons in itty-bitty clothes rainbow flags, clothes, and hair the famous and the wanna-be. Gay or straight, Pride is one of the best weeks of the year to be in the city that I still consider my home.The big event is, of course, the parade itself, which will take place on Friday. Israel's most famous singer left the Holy Land two months ago and moved to Dubai with his partner, Israeli model Yael Shelbia. Witness the fact that this year’s “Official Video of Tel Aviv Pride Week” (which, okay, I admit: I did not know that was a thing) is performed by the straight and wildly popular Mizrahi singer Omer Adam (video below). Wheels up for Israeli singer Omer Adam relocating to Dubai. It’s real, it’s documented, and the sheer cynicism becomes even clearer when we consider that the government that conducted a PR campaign around gay-friendly Tel Aviv is the same government that gives disproportionate power to religious parties that reject all that Gay Pride stands for.But what is also a thing, what is also real, is Israel’s actual LGBTQ community, and the joyous celebration that is Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Week-a multi-hued happening to which people travel from all over the world, because it’s a blast.
“Pinkwashing”-the calculated exploitation by Israel’s government of the LGBTQ community’s hard-won civil and social gains as a beard for the human rights abuses of the occupation-is a thing.
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