Gender & Sexuality

Some traditional Jewish authorities condemn homosexuality, while advocating compassion for individual gays and lesbians.

The Torah does not address lesbianism, but later rabbinic commentators frowned upon it.

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

LGBT issues in Judaism

Judaism approves of sex and sexual pleasure, valuing it as a means toward procreation and companionship.

A selection of statements from rabbis of various denominations.

Traditional sources on homosexuality.