Host Simon Spungin is joined by human rights lawyer and LGBTQ+ activist Eitay Mack for a deep dive into the Israeli gay community’s #metoo moment, conversion therapy and the price the LGBTQ+ community in Israel is paying for its alliance with companies that sell technology used to repress gays elsewhere. Support groups: The Aguda - The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel; Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel.

Host Simon Spungin is joined by human rights lawyer and LGBTQ+ activist <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-alliance-between-israeli-queers-and-the-high-tech-sector-is-no-source-of-pride-1.10350076">Eitay Mack</a> for a deep dive into the Israeli gay community&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tel-aviv-councilman-accused-of-rape-resigns-as-metoo-rocks-lgbtq-community-1.10371107">#metoo moment</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-gay-haredim-turn-to-her-for-help-she-sometimes-prescribes-chemical-castration-1.10315056">conversion therapy</a> and the price the LGBTQ+ community in Israel is paying for its <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-alliance-between-israeli-queers-and-the-high-tech-sector-is-no-source-of-pride-1.10350076">alliance with companies</a> that sell technology used to repress gays elsewhere. Support groups: <a href="https://www.lgbt.org.il/english-new">The Aguda - The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel</a>; <a href="https://www.1202.org.il/en/union/about">Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel</a>.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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