Comments on: Yeshiva of Flatbush says no to Gay Alumnus http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/ Gay Jewish news for Gay Jewish People Thu, 17 May 2012 06:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: R http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-992 R Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:56:04 +0000 http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-992 Flatbush (compared to other Orthodox HS's) has a large number of openly gay alumni spanning all ages. Some are not just alumni but they belong to active families in the YOF community. Flatbush needs to respect its alumni -- the reunion is not a horse and pony show for the school to display alumni that align exactly in the mold Flatbush would prefer. Reunions should be unbiased, nonpolitical, and most importantly social. Unrelated, here's an article Dr. Joel Wolowelsky published about counseling gay/curious Yeshiva students. http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/ethic/homosexual-1.htm Flatbush (compared to other Orthodox HS’s) has a large number of openly gay alumni spanning all ages. Some are not just alumni but they belong to active families in the YOF community. Flatbush needs to respect its alumni — the reunion is not a horse and pony show for the school to display alumni that align exactly in the mold Flatbush would prefer. Reunions should be unbiased, nonpolitical, and most importantly social.

Unrelated, here’s an article Dr. Joel Wolowelsky published about counseling gay/curious Yeshiva students.
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/ethic/homosexual-1.htm

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-971 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:25:30 +0000 http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-971 Just to note: I never requested to bring my partner... I asked to reserve space for two people at the reunion. Just to note: I never requested to bring my partner… I asked to reserve space for two people at the reunion.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-954 Anonymous Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:17:30 +0000 http://www.gaygevalt.com/blog/2007/12/21/yeshiva-of-flatbush-says-no-to-gay-alumnus/#comment-954 You may want to blog about http://harvard.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21124240888 a Facebook group called 'Open Flatbush Reunions' that has gotten 130 members since Thursday protesting this incident. You may want to blog about
http://harvard.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21124240888
a Facebook group called ‘Open Flatbush Reunions’ that has gotten 130 members since Thursday protesting this incident.

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