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{{Short description|Jewish Orthodox LGBT initiative in Israel}}
[[Image:Shoval logo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Shoval - All is created for your glory, Hebrew logo]]
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| name = Shoval - All is created for your glory
| native_name = שׁב"ל - שהכל ברא לכבודו
| native_name_lang = he
| logo = Shoval logo.jpg
| logo_caption =
| formation =
| purpose = Promoting tolerance and understanding of LGBT people within religious communities in Israel
| headquarters =
| location_country = {{flag|Israel}}
| language = Hebrew
| parent_organization = Havruta, Bat Kol
}}
'''Shoval - All is created for your glory''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: שׁב"ל - שהכל ברא לכבודו) is an initiative of [[Jewish]] [[modern orthodox|orthodox]] [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] people in [[Israel]] that actively promotes tolerance and understanding of [[LGBT]] people within religious communities in Israel through meeting with educators.
'''Shoval - All is created for your glory''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: שׁב"ל - שהכל ברא לכבודו) is an initiative of [[Jewish]] [[modern orthodox|orthodox]] [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]] and [[transgender]] people in [[Israel]] that actively promotes tolerance and understanding of [[LGBT]] people within religious communities in Israel through meeting with educators.
<ref>Harris, Ben. [http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/01/24/1010292/for-religious-gays-in-israel-new-initiatives-are-providing-hope "For religious gays in Israel, new initiatives are providing hope"], ''[[JTA News|JTA]]'', 24 January 2010.</ref>
<ref>Harris, Ben. [http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/01/24/1010292/for-religious-gays-in-israel-new-initiatives-are-providing-hope "For religious gays in Israel, new initiatives are providing hope"], ''[[JTA News|JTA]]'', 24 January 2010.</ref>
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==Mission statement==
==Mission statement==
Shoval promotes tolerance and understanding of [[LGBT]] people within the religious communities in Israel. Shoval's main focus is to create a safe place within the religious communities in Israel for LGBT adolescents. It provides educational programs that are directed at educators, social workers, and people that affect LGBT adolscents directly, in order to raise awareness about LGBT issues.
Shoval promotes tolerance and understanding of [[LGBT]] people within the religious communities in Israel. Shoval's main focus is to create a safe place within the religious communities in Israel for LGBT adolescents. It provides educational programs that are directed at educators, social workers, and people that affect LGBT adolescents directly, in order to raise awareness about LGBT issues.


==Core values==
==Core values==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.shovalgroup.org/ Shoval - All is created for your glory] (official site) ([[Hebrew]])
*[http://www.shovalgroup.org/ Shoval - All is created for your glory] (official site) ([[Hebrew]])
* [http://havruta.org.il/shoval Shoval on Havruta web site] - A call for religious educators ([[Hebrew]])
*[http://havruta.org.il/shoval Shoval on Havruta web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144035/http://havruta.org.il/shoval |date=2011-07-21 }} - A call for religious educators ([[Hebrew]])


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Latest revision as of 11:46, 23 September 2024

Shoval - All is created for your glory
שׁב"ל - שהכל ברא לכבודו
PurposePromoting tolerance and understanding of LGBT people within religious communities in Israel
Location
Official language
Hebrew
Parent organization
Havruta, Bat Kol

Shoval - All is created for your glory (Hebrew: שׁב"ל - שהכל ברא לכבודו) is an initiative of Jewish orthodox lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Israel that actively promotes tolerance and understanding of LGBT people within religious communities in Israel through meeting with educators. [1] It is a cooperation of gay men from Havruta, and lesbian women from Bat Kol, and is supported and promoted by these organizations. The organisation's name derives from the second of the Sheva Brachot.

Mission statement

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Shoval promotes tolerance and understanding of LGBT people within the religious communities in Israel. Shoval's main focus is to create a safe place within the religious communities in Israel for LGBT adolescents. It provides educational programs that are directed at educators, social workers, and people that affect LGBT adolescents directly, in order to raise awareness about LGBT issues.

Core values

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Shoval members hold to the following core values:

  • Sexual orientation and gender identity are significant and central parts of a person’s life.
  • Acceptance and being at peace with one’s sexual orientation is the way to an ethical life of health and fulfillment.
  • There should be a place within religious society for LGBT people, without contradiction or denial.
  • The religious society has a responsibility for the physical and mental well being for all youth with alternative sexual orientation and alternative gender identities.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Harris, Ben. "For religious gays in Israel, new initiatives are providing hope", JTA, 24 January 2010.
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