The Jesse Peterson Radio Show [Podcast]

Monday, March 26th, 2012 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay Michaelson appears on a far-right talk radio show and does his best to make the religious case for equality.

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God vs. Gay? on Keepin’ the Faith | WILL AM580 [Podcast]

Sunday, March 18th, 2012 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

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Where We Live [Podcast]: God vs. Gay

Friday, January 20th, 2012 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay debates a “pro-family” activist on NPR.

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God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality

Jay gave this half-hour talk about God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality in November, 2011, in San Diego.

Sunday, November 13th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay Michaelson on NPR’s “State of Belief”

Author Jay Michaelson debunks the myth of "God vs. Gay" in this interview on NPR.

Saturday, November 5th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Listen to the entire November 5th, 2011 State of Belief Radio program. To hear Jay Michaelson’s previous appearance on State of Belief Radio, click here.

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God vs. Gay (WPRI) [Podcast]

Friday, October 21st, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay talks about the Bible and gay rights, along with the differences between the Jewish and Christian approaches to this issue, on the WRPI radio show “The Quest of Life.”

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The Religious Case for Equality: Interview on The Quest of Life with Harry Faddis

Harry Faddis interviews Jay Michaelson about religion and homosexuality on WRPI FM.

Friday, October 21st, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

This interview with Jay Michaelson about God vs. Gay: The Religious Case for Equality originally aired on The Quest of Life with Harry Faddis, October 21, 2011, on WRPI–Troy, NY.

God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality

One-minute video on reading problematic verses of the Bible in accord with progressive values

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Being Gay in the Eyes of God [Podcast]

Friday, October 7th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

After spending a year in Israel, Jay Michaelson became entranced by the Orthodox Jewish lifestyle: the community, the commitment to tradition, the feeling that all parts of life were sanctified by God. But by the time he turned 30, he felt he had to make a difficult choice between traditional Judaism and embracing his gay identity.

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Gay Jewish, Gay Christian (with Michael Kelly) [Podcast]

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay and Rev. Michael Kelly discuss the similarities and differences between homosexuality in Christianity and Judaism, with a focus on mysticism and queerness.

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What Did Jesus Say About Homosexuality?

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

The Real Meaning of Sodom and Gomorrah

Friday, April 15th, 2011 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

If You’re Queer and Jewish, Mazel Tov!

Nehirim's "It Gets Better" video

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 | Judaism and Israel, Sexuality/LGBT Issues

The Orthodox Jewish Community and Homosexuality: New Developments [Podcast]

Friday, September 17th, 2010 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay discusses the recent Statement of Principles about homosexuality by ninety Orthodox Rabbis and its implications for the wider gay community.

First aired September 17, 2010, on The Quest of Life with Harry Faddis.

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The Orthodox Jewish Community and Homosexuality: New Developments

Quest of Life radio show

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | Judaism and Israel, Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay Michaelson talks with Harry Faddis on the Quest of Life radio show about new developments regarding the Orthodox Jewish Community and homosexuality.   Click here to listen.

Bloggingheads: Sex and the Bible (with David Carr)

Friday, July 30th, 2010 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

The Illusions of Spirituality [Podcast]

Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Meditation and Spirituality

Jay has written about the possibilities for enlightenment in the practice of spirituality. He discusses the potential for delusions in the spiritual path and the idea of the personal aspects of spirituality being counterproductive.

First aired June 18, 2010, on The Quest of Life with Harry Faddis.

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Israel and American Jews

WNBC, The Debrief with David Ushery

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 | Judaism and Israel

Why Gay Rights is a Religious Issue [Podcast]

Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Sexuality/LGBT Issues

Jay navigates the path between the religious issues of homosexuality, the hostility of religions to homosexuality, and the religious arguments for equal rights for GLBT people.

First aired February 26, 2010, on The Quest of Life with Harry Faddis.

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What’s New about the New Jewish Spirituality?

with Jo Ellen Green Kaiser and Rabbi Jill Jacobs, from the Everything is Good book event in San Francisco

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | Judaism and Israel, Meditation and Spirituality

Love is what matters, not the sex of one’s beloved

Address at New York rally in response to the shootings at a Tel Aviv LGBT group

Saturday, August 15th, 2009 | Judaism and Israel, Sexuality/LGBT Issues

G-dcast: The Spies and their Confidence Problem

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 | Judaism and Israel