This Sunday our community will observe Tisha B'av and turn our attention to the city of Jerusalem, mourning the destruction of its temples some two millenniums ago. Here is the most famous love song to Jerusalem, my hometown, sung with my amazing colleagues Cantors Netanel Herstik and Yaakov Lemmer ...

Graeme O'Neil takes a look at Cher singing "The Golden Girls" theme song for "Celebrating Betty White", and Betty's appearance on the "Sonny And Cher Show".

The pop superstar advocated for the Equality Act during an acceptance speech and a performance of “You Need to Calm Down.” While accepting the Video of the Year award, the pop star said the honor signaled fans’ support of her message of in “You Need to Calm Down.” The single has been received as an

Lee Daniels, director of 2009's Precious, sat down with Larry King to discuss, among other things, his new movie The Butler and how his perspective as a gay, black man influenced the film's focus on the civil rights movement. Later, Daniels shared his own story of growing up gay and the continued st...

Get ready for a fantastical celebration of community, inclusion, and diversity at the Pines Party Toon Island! Just like your favorite cartoons, Pines Party weekend in Fire Island, NY was a magical and positive space for all our friends, queer and otherwise – everyone was welcomed to the overnight p

The much-anticipated film version of the Broadway smash In the Heights lands in theaters and on HBO Max June 11. As means of whetting appetites, we’ve also got the opening number. In the Heights follows a group of friends living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. The handsome

Although we are lucky to be in our lovely environment in the Pines, we are aware of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for social justice by African Americans in the United States. Certainly, many of us can remember the hard-won battles that we fought in the LGBTQ community for safety and...

The youngest McMurray is a sweetie named Tuff (Jake Foy), an out and proud gay man who works on his family’s ranch, putting his bull-riding days behind him after his brother’s death. And, like so many gays, Tuff loves his mama, Isabel it’s wonderful to see a character like Tuff so naturally play int

The Artemis missions will build a community on the Moon, driving a new lunar economy and inspiring a new generation. Narrator Drew Barrymore and NASA team members explain why returning to the Moon is the natural next step in human exploration, and how the lessons learned from Artemis will pave the w

Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is a 142-step staircase in Caltagirone, Sicily made from thousands of ceramic tiles, one design per step, as a fitting tribute to a city known for its design and production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. For centuries the stairs have bee...