LinkThe film, produced by Blue Star PR in collaboration with Israel's two largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) organizations — the Agudah and Jerusalem Open House — featured members of the gay community in Tel Aviv discussing Israel's unique tolerance of homosexuality, especially in the military.
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The Stanford Jewish Queers plan to further the dialogue addressed by the documentary by inviting Avner Even-Zohar, the openly gay former Captain of the Israeli Defense Forces, to campus in hopes that he will discuss the contrasting positions of Israel and the United States on gays in the military.
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Gays have been allowed to serve since 1993. It is also not that unusual to see young women come into Sbarro carrying their service rifle (M16s).
The IDF (Tsva Hahagana LeYisrael) has a pretty good mix of people and even Israeli Arabs.
