Love is a Family Value: Tales from the Front Lines of Israeli Religious-LGBT Dialogue

A Lecture by Benjamin A. Katz

Join us for this talk by Benjamin A. Katz, a senior board member of Shoval: Education for Tolerance, an Israeli organization that hosts dialogues between religious LGBT people and religious education, mental health, and community institutions.

Shoval hosts about 50 sessions and supports or hosts about six conferences per year across Israel. Katz will speak about his experiences leading Shoval, as well as the shared experiences of Israeli LGBT activists who work in an otherwise conservative community and political environment. Katz is also a registered psychologist, currently performing doctoral research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.