Rabbis 4 Gay Rights

• RCA (Rabbinical Council of America) no longer endorses reparative (X-GAY) therapy 11/29/12 

• "Statement of Principles" on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientation in Our Community signed by 160+ Orthodox Rabbis 7/28/10                                    

• Rav Aaron Lichtenstein- "Rabbi: Exhibit ‘greater honesty’ toward gays"- (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel) 1/2/13    

• "The Stranger Within Your Gates: Answering Questions about Bais Abraham’s Recent Eshel Shabbat" by Rabbi Hyim Shafner

• Rabbi Shlomo Riskin: "Efrat's rabbi: Same-sex couple can raise a family" 01/01/09 (Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel) 

• Rabbi Zev Farber: "Homosexuals in the Orthodox Community" (Y.C.T) January, 2012

• Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg: "Homosexuality: Can You Change Human Nature?" Shabbat Sermon (Rabbi of Beth Tfiloh Yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland) 3/10/12  

• Rabbi Mordechai Rackover- "Who Critiques the Critics?" (Rabbi of Brown University Hillel,Y.U) 3/14/12 (Hillel Rabbi at Brown University) 

• Rabbi Shmuli Yanklowitz: "An influential US Orthodox rabbi ‘Comes Out’ as an LGBT ally" ((Founder of Uri L'Tzedek-Awaken to Justice, Y.C.T) 4/21/12           

• Rabbi Steven Greenberg- First Openly Gay Orthodox Rabbi

• "The Cost Of Standing Idly By" 10/12/10 

• "Gay Orthodoxy Revisited: The Constrained Halakhic Solutions" October, 2004         

• "Orthodox Gays Need Allies, Not Just Compassion" 8/14/2012               

• "A Place for Gays in Orthodox" 1/11/12                                                         

• "'Commitment Ceremony' For Orthodox Gay Jews" 1/11/12      

• Book:"Wrestling with God and Men" 2003

• "An Interview With Rabbi Steven Greenberg: Orthodox And Gay" 7/7/10     

• "Orthodox Rabbi Steven Greenberg talks to Pasadena shul about homosexuality, welcoming the stranger" by Roberto Loiederman 11/20/10

• Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld- The Rabbi of the "National Synagogue" in D.C. 

• Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: "Same Sex Marriage in America: What Does Orthodox Judaism Say?" (Ohev Sholom,The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C) 12/15/12 

• Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: "Chok and Egel Ha-Zahav: Homosexuality and Orthodox Jews" (Ohev Sholom,The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C) 2/4/2000

• Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: "A Bible Lesson for Rick Santorum: Why It's Not Immoral to be Gay" by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld(Ohev Sholom,The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C) 3/27/12

• Rabbi Shmuley Boteach- He has been coined with the title of "America's Rabbi"             

• "Hagel's Homophobic History" 1/9/13

• "Divorce, Not Gay Marriage, Is the Real Issue for Rescuing Families" 1/25/10     

• "The Morality of Gay Adoption" 11/24/10                               

• "While Gays Push to Marry, Heterosexuals Fear Commitment" 6/27/11              

• "Homophobia Is Itself an Abomination" 10/16/10                             

• "Gays as the New Religious Bogeyman" 11/17/08