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273: 300:, stabbed three parade participants with a kitchen knife. During a police interrogation, he described the motive behind his actions: "I came to murder on behalf of God. We can't have such abomination in the country." He was subsequently convicted of three counts of attempted murder and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The Jerusalem District Court also ordered that NIS 280 million (about US$ 60 million) be paid as compensation to the victims. 43: 331:
Despite threats, violence and challenges from conservative parties and aggressors, the March for Pride and Tolerance has continued to be help each year. As the city's largest human rights event, involving many thousands of marchers, the Pride March enables participants to shape the contemporary face
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declared a "holy war" against those participating in the parade and announced that unless the parade was cancelled, violence would ensue. The Parade's coordinators filed a complaint, accusing them of incitement to murder. A week before the parade violent rioting broke out in the Haredi neighborhood
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Additionally, the JOH provides low cost counseling through its Open Counseling Services which is a psycho-social service unit with therapists and social workers. JOH also provides social workers to guide and support LGBTQ at-risk youth and teenagers day-to-day and in emergency situations. The Open
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JOH offers services specifically for youth living in the area around Jerusalem, including doing outreach in schools. Beyond youth groups, there are adult groups including a group of English speakers, Arabic speakers, senior women, and senior men. The Jerusalem Open House runs the program "More le
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In 2005, a municipal ban attempted to halt the parade, but it was overturned by a district court order. Protesters, many of them religious Jews, lined the mile-long parade route shouting insults and displaying signs with messages like: "You are corrupting our children," and "Jerusalem is not San
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JOH takes action on a variety of issues concerning the LGBTQ community through campaigning and advocacy. Current campaigns include efforts to convince the Rabbinical School of the Conservative movement to accept LGBT people into its Rabbinical program in Israel; to achieve recognition for LGBTQ
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The Jerusalem Open House was founded in 1997. JOH opened the first LGBT health clinic in Israel โ€“ the Open Clinic โ€“ and has since expanded to offer mental health care. The community center many different group meetings, as well as a comprehensive youth. Additionally, the Jerusalem
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of Jerusalem and publicly support LGBTQ people's struggle for full rights, and life without prejudice in their city. Prior to the Pride March, the month of July is filled with daily events, lectures, workshops and parties celebrating Pride and Tolerance in Jerusalem.
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Schlissel was released 3 weeks before the pride parade in 2015 and he returned to attack again. Six people were stabbed at the parade by Schlissel, including 16 year old Shira Banki, who died. Schlissel has since been sentenced to life in prison for six counts of
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where JOH organizes events, joint holidays, activities, workshops, poetry nights and lectures. The center also organizes meetings and events for people of all religious denominations, including a social group for
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Counseling professional staff provides training, workshops and seminars on LGBTQ and therapy related issues and works to improve the well being of Jerusalem's LGBTQ community.
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march organized by the center has become the largest human-rights demonstrations in Jerusalem, and has been put on annually since 2002. In 2006, JOH hosted
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in settlement. Since then, JOH has organized the annual pride parades in Jerusalem under the name "Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance".
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in 2015. The program consists of educational seminars around the city to educate and to create a more tolerant environment for LGBTQ youth.
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and physically disrupted a presentation that JOH members were giving about the attack at the 2015 Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance.
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gay men. In addition, JOH supports exchanges with LGBT synagogues abroad. JOH has also hosted family friendly gatherings for
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Creating Change Conference was first cancelled, then un-cancelled, and finally protested against by
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Haim" which was founded in memory of Shira Banki after she was killed in a hate crime at the annual
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and their inclusion in Israel's national Holocaust memorial ceremonies; and to protest against
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The 2006 Pride parade was also steeped in controversy. Radical right-wing activists
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service planned by A Wider Bridge and in which JOH participated as part of the
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The JOH has been involved in some controversy, both within Israel and in the
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In 2002, JOH sued the city of Jerusalem for not being allowed to have a
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testing and counseling to anyone. The clinic can also prescribe
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In 2014, JOH was erroneously brought up in relation to the
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protesters in Chicago. Protestors accused the groups of
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In 2008, JOH opened a clinic which offers anonymous
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