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Last week Cleveland hosted the 2014 Gay Games, with approximately 7,000 participants and 20,000 spectators. A large Israeli delegation was also present.
The Israeli team of 7 athletes won 10 medals: 4 Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 2 representatives of the Israeli LGBT task force presented on equality in Israel. We are very proud of the Israeli delegation! Thank you Israel in Philly , Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs , The Aguda - The Israeli National LGBT Task Force and the other organizations and people for supporting the Israeli delegation. Your support made the Israeli presence in #GG9meaningful and surely brought results and much pride to the State of Israel. |
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where there is equality for all, and now let's talk about freedom.
Freedom of Religion
God Bless my parents that risked everything, brought us out of a communist, anti antisemitic Soviet Union, with little English. For the Jews outside of America it is beyond religion, it is our nationality, culture, who we are, descendants of our ancestors, Zionist, Hebrew, Jew, it is all the same my friends, everything is connected. The article below is an amazing perspective about belonging, being different, coming from a country where you are not accepted, it really explains clearly about the identity of a Jew.
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/its-not-easy-to-be-progressive/
Freedom of Speech
Thank God in America we have freedom of speech, but unfortunately some people bring violence into it, and then it is not a freedom anymore, it is not a conversation anymore, http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/temple-univ-jewish-student-punched-face-and-called-kike-anti-semitic-attack
Freedom to Express Yourself
Mayim Bialik is an amazing, successful actress and proud Jewish mama, I love how she talks about the reasons for choosing her Emmy dress. Her other blogs talk about loving to wear her Star of David, and even though it has made her less popular in the eyes of some people, she doesn't care, she stands tall and proud with Israel, go Jewish sister, http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik/
Freedom to Breastfeed
It is amazing to me that in our culture nudity is celebrated, and in my opinion it is to each their own, but breastfeeding is looked down upon. Our body is a miracle, I was lucky to nurse all my three kids, and Thank God for formula for those who need it, but all those powders, bottles, and expense I was lucky to have very little to do with. California just passed a law to put breastfeeding rooms at major airports, woo hoo! There was a "nurse in" at an Anthropologie store that made a woman go and sit on a toilet to nurse her baby, disgusting, so easy to put on a nursing cover, and do what is natural, women have been breastfeeding since the beginning of time!
http://www.10news.com/news/u-s-world/calif-senate-approves-breastfeeding-rooms-at-major-airports
Nurse on my Sisters,
Coach Yulia
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