Ariel Sobel, PRIDE

Ariel Sobel

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Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Past:
  • PRIDE
  • Haaretz.com
  • Alma
  • The Jewish Daily Forward

Past articles by Ariel:

Here's The Complete Guide To All The Queer Pride Flags We Fly

​There are many, many shades of the rainbow. → Read More

'Like a swastika, or Confederate flag': How the Dyke March turned the Star of David into a hate symbol

The DC Dyke March singled out Jewish symbols and queer Jews for policing and exclusion. I mourned another social justice space where I was not welcome - because of my religion and sexuality → Read More

The Alabama Heartbeat Bill Compares Abortion to the Holocaust. That's Not Okay.

On Wednesday May 15, 2019, Alabama’s governor signed into law a near total-ban on all abortion at any stage of pregnancy. Even women — and children — who conceived through rape or incest would be forced to endure an unwanted pregnancy. Despite its name, the Alabama Human Life Protection Act doesn’t protect life. It endangers … → Read More

The New Alabama Bill Compares Abortion to the Holocaust. That's Not Okay.

On Wednesday May 15, 2019, Alabama’s governor signed into law a near total-ban on all abortion at any stage of pregnancy. Even women — and children — who conceived through rape or incest would be forced to endure an unwanted pregnancy. Despite its name, the Alabama Human Life Protection Act doesn’t protect life. It endangers … → Read More

The Poway Shooting Didn’t Just Target Jews

Despite the fact that the shooting was a horrific act of anti-Semitism, it was not just the Jews who were attacked yesterday. → Read More

Why Do Jews Have To Be Murdered For You To Admit Anti-Semitism Is Real?

Hearing that anti-Semitism is real didn’t make me feel better. It made me feel worse. → Read More

Why I Go to a Queer Synagogue Regardless of Who I'm Dating

Yesterday, my boyfriend invited me to read aloud this week’s Torah portion with his father, a lifelong weekly tradition between them. As he pulled out two copies, he also plopped a kippah on each of our heads. This has become our tradition – both him and I wear kippahs when we engage with Jewish life. … → Read More

Auschwitz is rewriting Holocaust history, one tweet at a time

My grandmother survived Auschwitz. This week, the Auschwitz Museum blocked me on Twitter for challenging their denial of Polish anti-Semitism → Read More

Did We Protect Bryan Singer Instead of His Victims?

"There is a sincere fear that speaking out against queer abusers is damaging to the queer community—but the queer abusers are the bigger threat," writes Ariel Sobel. → Read More

Anti-Semitic Environmentalism Is The Latest Social Justice Threat To Jews

Anti-Semitism, once reserved for the far left and right, has now entered the animal rights movement with a vengeance. → Read More

Take Note, Women’s March: Jewish Existence Is Resistance

I agonized over what to write on my poster for the Women’s March this past Saturday. → Read More

We Asked Jewish Women If They'll Attend the Women's March

With the 2019 Women’s March just a month away, the national organization has never faced more dissent or controversy. The leaders behind Women’s March Inc. face accusations of anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, misuse of funds, and employing Nation of Islam, a hate group, as their security. At the inaugural march in 2016, Women’s March co-chairs Tamika … → Read More

Why Did It Take a Non-Jew to Get the Women's March to Care About Anti-Semitism?

When Alyssa Milano spoke out about her disappointment with the leadership of the Women’s March for inadequately addressing anti-Semitism, it sent shock waves through the country. An issue that Jewish people had not forgotten, but nearly everyone outside the community had stopped addressing, had made its way back into our Twitter feeds. For those not … → Read More

The Women’s March Is Victim Blaming. Again.

But it wasn’t the right who asked Milano to comment on the Women’s March’s associations with Louis Farrakhan.It was me. → Read More

Lesbian Brides Set Gowns on Fire During Ceremony

Inspired by the fire-benders of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the two wanted to make sure their wedding was unforgettable! → Read More

Eleanor Roosevelt Leaves the Closet & Time-Travels in New Web Series

In First Lady Problems, a fed-up feminist is stuck in a rut until time-traveling Eleanor Roosevelt appears in her closet. → Read More

Ariana Grande Fans Thought She Came Out as Bisexual in 'Thank U, Next'

A misreading of the song has become a misreading of the singer's sexual orientation. → Read More

The Majority Wins Only If the Majority Votes, Says Powerful PSA

"...democracy only works if the people participate." → Read More

Hannah Gadsby and 'Transparent's' Jill Soloway Are Reportedly Dating

The Transparent creator and breakout comedian bonded over rage and toppling the patriarchy. → Read More

Trump Voters Think Men Face More Discrimination Than LGBTQ People

Women, Mexican-Americans, and African-Americans have it easier than men, according to a new survey that sampled Trump and Clinton voters. → Read More