This is a list of LGBT Jews. Each person is both

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

(by birth or conversion according to Jewish law, or identifies as Jewish via ancestry) and has stated publicly that they are

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, wh ...

, gay, lesbian,

pansexual , meaning "all" , definition = Sexual or romantic attraction to people regardless of gender , classification = Sexual identity , parent = Bisexuality , synonyms = , associated_terms = Polysexual, queer, heterof ...

transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...

, and/or queer or questioning (

LGBTQ ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is ...

), or identify as a member of the LGBTQ community. Being both Jewish and LGBTQ is a canonical (recognized) example of some facet of each person on this list, such that the below listed person's fame or significance flows from being both Jewish and LGBTQ. In ''Queer Theory and the Jewish Question'', editors

Daniel Boyarin Daniel Boyarin ( he, דניאל בויארין; born 1946) is a Religion historian, Born in New Jersey, he holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship. He is the Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture in the Departments ...

, Daniel Itzkovitz, and

Ann Pellegrini Ann Pellegrini is Professor of Performance Studies ( Tisch School of the Arts) and Social and Cultural Analysis (Faculty of Arts and Science) at NYU and the director of NYU's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. In 1998, she founded the ...

explain:

Politicians

* Roberta Achtenberg, former HUD assistant secretary * Yossi Avni-Levy, diplomat * Volker Beck, German politician and member of The Greens * Sam Bell,

Rhode Island Senate The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of w ...

member."RI State Senator-Elect Alleged He is Being Targeted By NeoNazis"
''GoLocal Providence'', October 28, 2018. *

David Cicilline David Nicola Cicilline (; born July 15, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 36th mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011, the first openly g ...

, the Mayor of

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

, member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together the ...

Barney Frank Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a former American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committ ...

Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

member of the

Marcia Freedman Marcia Judith Freedman ( he, מרשה פרידמן; née Prince; May 17, 1938 – September 21, 2021) was an American-Israeli activist on behalf of peace, women's rights, and gay rights. In 1969, she immigrated to Israel where she helped establi ...

, former member of the Israeli Knesset *

Ron Galperin Ron Shalom Galperin (born August 1, 1963) is an American politician who served as the 19th Los Angeles City Controller from 2013 to 2022. He took office on July 1, 2013 and won re-election in 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Galperin is th ...

, City Controller of Los Angeles, first openly gay person elected citywide in Los Angeles *

Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz ( he, נִצָּן הוֹרוֹבִיץ; Transliterated: ; born 24 February 1965) is an politician and former journalist serving as Minister of Health since 2021. He is currently leader of Meretz. He previously was the chief U. ...

, Israeli Member of Knesset, first openly gay person elected to the Knesset *

Rebecca Kaplan Rebecca Dawn Kaplan (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian-born American attorney and politician who has served as an at-large member of the Oakland City Council since 2009. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Born and raised in Ontario, ...

, City Councilmember At-Large,

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

* Anne Kronenberg, American political administrator *

Mark Leno Mark Leno (born September 24, 1951) is an American politician who served in the California State Senate until November 2016. A Democrat, he represented the 11th Senate district, which includes San Francisco and portions of San Mateo County. Befo ...

, California State Assembly member *

Carole Migden Carole Migden (born August 14, 1948 in New York City) is an American politician from San Francisco who represented the third district of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008 and the 13th district of the California State Assembly from ...

, former California State Senator *

Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in ...

, former San Francisco city supervisor, first openly gay person to be elected to public office in the United States *

Jeremy Moss Jeremy Allen Moss (born June 23, 1986) is an American Democratic politician from Michigan currently representing the 7th State Senate District, which includes Farmington, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Vill ...

, Michigan State Senator * Amir Ohana, first openly gay right-wing member of the Knesset *

Jared Polis Jared Schutz Polis (; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist, serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado since January 2019. He served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2 ...

, Colorado Democrat and a former Internet entrepreneur; became the first openly gay non-incumbent male elected to Congress; elected Governor of Colorado in

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* Stan Rosenberg, President Pro Tempore, Massachusetts State Senate *

Barbra Casbar Siperstein Barbra Casbar Siperstein (November 20, 1942 – February 3, 2019), commonly known as Babs Siperstein, was an American political and transgender-rights activist. She came out as a trans woman in the late 1980s. When her wife died in 2001 she chann ...

, first openly transgender member of the

Democratic National Committee The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the governing body of the United States Democratic Party. The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office, as well ...

* Itzik Shmuli, politician

Religious LGBT figures

* Rebecca Alpert, lesbian professor in the Departments of Religion and Women's Studies at Temple University *

Lionel Blue Lionel Blue (6 February 1930 – 19 December 2016) was a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, described by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the most respected religious figures in the UK". He was best known for his longstanding work wit ...

, first British rabbi publicly to come out as gay; wrote ''Godly and Gay'' (1981) *

Deborah Brin Deborah Brin (born October 8, 1953) is one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis. She is now the rabbi emerita of Congregation Nahalat Shalom in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to her education from the Recon ...

, one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis *

Denise Eger Denise Leese Eger (born March 14, 1960) is an American Reform rabbi. In March 2015, she became president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in North America; she was the first openly gay ...

, first female and the first openly gay President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California; in March 2015 she became president of the

Central Conference of American Rabbis The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), founded in 1889 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the principal organization of Reform rabbis in the United States and Canada. The CCAR is the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in the world. I ...

, the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in North America, and she was the first openly gay person to hold that positionTess Cutler
"Rabbi Denise Eger seeks to open doors wider to all Jews"
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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles ''The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles'', known simply as the ''Jewish Journal'', is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp. ''The Journal'' w ...

'', March 4, 2015. * Steven Greenberg (b. 1956), first out Orthodox rabbi and staff member of CLAL * Dario David Hunter, American-Israeli lawyer,

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

, educator and politician considered the first Muslim-born person to be ordained as a rabbi *

Jason Klein Rabbi Jason Klein became the first openly gay man chosen to head a national rabbinical association of one of the major Jewish denominations in the United States in 2013, when he was chosen as president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Asso ...

, first openly gay man to head a national rabbinical association of a major US Jewish denominations (2013), when he was chosen as president of the

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) founded in 1974, is the professional association of rabbis affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. It has approximately 300 members, most of whom are graduates of the Reconstructionist Rabbinica ...

; also the first

Hillel Hillel ( he, links=no, הלל, lit=praise) is a Jewish masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Hillel the Elder (110 BC–10 AD), Babylonian sage, scholar, and Jewish leader * Hillel, son of Gamaliel III (3rd century), ...

director to hold the presidency;NJ native to lead rabbinical association , NJJN
. NJjewishnews.com. as of this election, he is the executive director of Hillel at the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral ...

, a post he has held since 2006;Major US Jewish group elects 1st openly gay rabbi , JPost , Israel News
. Jpost.com. he will be president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association for two years * Sharon Kleinbaum, first rabbi of

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a synagogue located in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1973, and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue. CBST serves Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities, their famili ...

, one of the most influential rabbis in the United States *

Debra Kolodny Debra Kolodny is a bisexual rights activist and congregational rabbi. They served in the past as Executive Director of Nehirim. Background Kondny came out as bisexual in 1984 and has continued to be open about their orientation in the context o ...

, openly bisexual American rabbi; edited the first anthology by bisexual people of faith, ''Blessed Bi Spirit'' (2000), to which she contributed "Hear, I Pray You, This Dream Which I Have Dreamed," about Jewish identity and bisexuality *

Amichai Lau-Lavie Rabbi Amichai Yehuda Lau-Lavie (born April 22, 1969) is a social entrepreneur, human rights activist and LGBT, conservative rabbi, founder and spiritual leader of the Lab/Shul community in New York. Biography Lau-Lavie is the fourth son of Naph ...

, founder of Storahtelling and Lab-Shul. *

Sandra Lawson Sandra Lawson (born 1970) is a rabbi and the first Director of Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Reconstructing Judaism. She previously served as Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life at Elon University. Lawson became the first openly gay, fema ...

, became the first openly gay African-American and the first African-American admitted to the

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) is a Jewish seminary in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Asso ...

in 2011; became the first openly gay, female, black rabbi in the world in 2018 * Stacy Offner, openly lesbian American rabbi who accomplished important firsts for women and lesbians in the Jewish community;Alpert, R.T.
Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition
Columbia University Press, 1998.Rabbi Offner
, Union for Reform Judaism website. Retrieved 2011-11-05. first openly lesbian rabbi in a traditional congregation; first openly lesbian rabbi hired by a mainstream Jewish congregation; first female rabbi in Minnesota; first rabbi elected chaplain of the Minnesota Senate; first female vice president of the

Union for Reform Judaism The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America. The other two arms established ...

; first woman to serve on the US national rabbinical pension board * Toba Spitzer, first openly lesbian or gay person chosen to head a rabbinical association in the United States in 2007, when she was elected president of the

* Abby Stein, transgender activist, former Hasidic Jew * Margaret Wenig, American rabbi and instructor of liturgy and homiletics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; in 1976, she and Naomi Janowitz published ''Siddur Nashim'', the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery; in 1990 she wrote the sermon "God Is a Woman and She Is Growing Older," which as of 2011 has been published ten times (three times in German) and preached by rabbis from Australia to California *

Sherwin Wine Sherwin Theodore Wine (January 25, 1928 – July 21, 2007), Hebrew name שמעון בן צבי, Shimon ben Tzvi, was an American rabbi and a founding figure of Humanistic Judaism, a movement that emphasizes Jewish culture and history as so ...

(1928-2007), rabbi and founding figure in

Humanistic Judaism Humanistic Judaism ( ''Yahadut Humanistit'') is a Jewish movement that offers a nontheistic alternative to contemporary branches of Judaism. It defines Judaism as the cultural and historical experience of the Jewish people rather than a relig ...

Ron Yosef Ron Yosef (Hebrew: רון יוסף) is the founder of the Israeli organization Hod, which represents Israeli gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews. His organization has played a central role in the recent reevaluation of the role of religious homosexual ...

(b. 1974) (Hebrew: רון יוסף), Orthodox rabbi who helped found the Israeli organization

Hod Hod or HOD may refer to: * Brick hod, a long-handled box for carrying bricks or mortar * Coal scuttle, bucket-like container for carrying coal * Hawk (plasterer's tool), used to hold plaster * a container used to hold clams when clam digging * ...

, which represents gay and lesbian

Orthodox Jew Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses ...

s; his organization has played a central part in the recent reevaluation of the role of religious homosexuals in the Israeli

Religious Zionist Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, they ...

movement *

Reuben Zellman Reuben Zellman is an American teacher, author, rabbi, and musician. He became the first openly transgender person accepted to the Reform Jewish seminary Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2003. Education Zellman received his B.A ...

, American teacher, author, and assistant rabbi and music director at Congregation Beth El in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...

; first openly transgender person accepted to the Reform Jewish seminary Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...

(2003); ordained by the seminary's

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor ...

campus in 2010

Academics

Allan Bloom Allan David Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell Uni ...

, philosopher *

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butle ...

, philosopher *

Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari ( he, יובל נח הררי ; born 1976) is an Israeli historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers '' Sapiens: A Brief History ...

, professor and author *

Martin Duberman Martin Bauml Duberman (born August 6, 1930) is an American historian, biographer, playwright, and gay rights activist. Duberman is Professor of History Emeritus at Herbert Lehman College in the Bronx, New York City. Early life Duberman was born ...

, historian * Uzi Even, Israeli chemist and former Knesset member *

Lillian Faderman Lillian Faderman (born July 18, 1940) is an American historian whose books on lesbian history and LGBT history have earned critical praise and awards. ''The New York Times'' named three of her books on its "Notable Books of the Year" list. In add ...

, American lesbian historian * Jack Halberstam, Professor of English and Director for the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Southern California *

Magnus Hirschfeld Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a German physician and sexologist. Hirschfeld was educated in philosophy, philology and medicine. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitaria ...

, sexologist and activist *

Ron Huberman Ron Huberman is an American entrepreneur and current CEO/Co-Founder of Benchmark Analytics, a provider of an evidenced-based public safety management system, featuring early warning and intervention analytics software for law enforcement agencies t ...

, Israeli-born CEO of

Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, is the List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment, third ...

Fritz Klein Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was an Austrian Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Early life and ed ...

, psychiatrist and sexologist *

Joy Ladin Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Earl ...

, American professor and poet, first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution *

Arlene Istar Lev Arlene Istar Lev is a North American clinical social worker, family therapist, and educator. She is an independent scholar, who has lectured internationally on topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity, sexuality, and LGBTQ families ...

, clinical social worker, family therapist, and educator *

George Mosse Gerhard "George" Lachmann Mosse (September 20, 1918 – January 22, 1999) was an American historian, who emigrated from Nazi Germany first to Great Britain and then to the United States. He was professor of history at the University of Iowa, the ...

, historian *

Oliver Sacks Oliver Wolf Sacks, (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. Born in Britain, Sacks received his medical degree in 1958 from The Queen's College, Oxford, before moving to the Uni ...

, British neurologist, naturalist, and author *

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is cons ...

, philosopher

Show business

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles'' ...

, film director * Simon Amstell, comedian and television presenter *

Assi Azar Assi Azar ( he, אסי עזר; born 10 June 1979) is an Israeli television host. Biography Assi Azar was born in Holon, Israel.Neal Baer Neal Baer (born 1955) is an American pediatrician and television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the television shows '' Designated Survivor'', '' ER'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Biography Education Baer ...

, TV writer, producer * Orna Banai, actress, comedian * Michael Bennett, choreographer and musical theatre director *

Ilene Chaiken Ilene Chaiken (born June 30, 1957) is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. Chaiken is best known as being a co-creator, writer and executive producer on the television series ''The L Word' ...

, creator of ''

The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene ...

'' *

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of ...

, film director *

Jason Danino-Holt Jason Danino-Holt ( he, ג'ייסון דנינו-הולט; born 17 January 1987) is an Israeli television presenter and former MTV Europe presenter. He also presents "The Tube" on i24news English. Life and career Danino-Holt was born in Tel Aviv ...

, news anchor, TV presenter *

Brandon Flynn Brandon Paul Flynn (born October 11, 1993) is an American actor, known for his role as Justin Foley in the Netflix series ''13 Reasons Why'' (2017–2020), as well as appearing as himself in the short film ''Home Movies'', and Mike the Intern in ...

, actor *

Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'' and '' Hairspray'' and movie roles in '' Mrs. Doubtfire'', ''Independence Day'', an ...

, actor and playwright *

Diane Flacks Diane Flacks is a Canadian comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright. Early life and education Flacks was raised in the Jewish faith. Her early education took place in Jewish parochial schools. Flacks studied drama at Leah Posluns Institu ...

, Canadian Jewish comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright *

Eytan Fox Eytan Fox ( he, איתן פוקס; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director. Biography Eytan Fox was born in New York City. His family immigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a prof ...

, Israeli film director *

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starrin ...

, actor, comedian and writer *

Victor Garber Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian-American actor and singer. Known for his work in film, television, and theatre, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards, and six Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also ...

, actor, comedian and writer * Judy Gold, stand-up comedian and actress * Julie Goldman, stand-up comedian * Amos Guttman, film director *

Todd Haynes Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender ...

, film director * Matan Hodorov, journalist, TV presenter *

Nicholas Hytner Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner (; born 7 May 1956) is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include ''Miss Saigon'', ''Th ...

, theatre and film director *

Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project, based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the 2016 Nati ...

, award-winning Venezuelan-born playwright and director, US resident * Asi Levy, actress *

Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series '' Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fl ...

, comedian and actor *

Miriam Margolyes Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The To ...

, award-winning British actress best known for her portrayal of Professor Sprout in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students a ...

'' film series * Ezra Miller, actor *

Ben Platt Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of ''The Sound of Music'' (2006) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (201 ...

, actor, singer, and songwriter best known for his roles in ''

Dear Evan Hansen ''Dear Evan Hansen'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety, "who invents an important role for himself in a ...

'', ''The Book of Mormon'', and '' Pitch Perfect'' * Max Rhyser, actor *

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

, choreographer and musical theatre director * Joshua Rush, actor *

Jonathan Sagall Jonathan Sagall ( he, יהונתן סגל; born April 23, 1959) is a Canadian-born Israeli actor, director, producer and screenwriter.John Schlesinger John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Midnight Cowboy'', and was nominated for the same award for two other films (''Darling'' an ...

, film director *

Antony Sher Sir Antony Sher (14 June 1949 – 2 December 2021) was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and a four-time nominee, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 a ...

, actor *

Bryan Singer Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Singer ...

, film director * Peter Spears, actor and film producer *

Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller had been a pioneer of the Swedish film ...

, film director *

Gal Uchovsky Gal Uchovsky ( he, גל אוחובסקי; born September 27, 1958) is an Israeli screenwriter, producer, journalist, activist and Israeli TV personality. Early life Uchovsky was born in Hadera. His family moved to Vienna where his father studie ...

, actor *

Bruce Vilanch Bruce Gerald Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on ''Hollywood Squares'', as a celebrity participan ...

, comedy writer and actor *

Dale Winton Dale Jonathan Winton (22 May 1955 – 18 April 2018) was an English radio DJ and television presenter. He presented the shows '' Dale's Supermarket Sweep'' from 1993 until 2001 and again in 2007, the National Lottery game show '' In It to W ...

, TV presenter *

Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress and activist. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in ...

, actress, model, and musician * Joey Soloway, writer, director, producer, comedian

Musicians, composers, lyricists, and vocalists

* Aderet (singer), singer-songwriter, DJ, producer *

Howard Ashman Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also prob ...

, musical writer *

Babydaddy Scott Hoffman (born September 1, 1976), known by his stage name Babydaddy, is an American musician and the Ivor Novello Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, backing vocalist and composer for the U.S. glam rock band Scissor Sisters. He is the br ...

, member of

Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters were an American pop rock band formed in 2001. Its members include Jake Shears and Ana Matronic as vocalists, Babydaddy as multi-instrumentalist, Del Marquis as lead guitar/bassist, and Randy Real (who replaced Paddy Boom) ...

* Jean-Pierre Barda, singer, actor * Frieda Belinfante, conductor (she has a Jewish father) * Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor * Marc Blitzstein, composer * Apollo Braun, musician, author * Carrie Brownstein, guitarist in Sleater-Kinney * Aaron Copland, composer * Joel Derfner, musical theatre composer * Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist * William Finn, musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist * Ezra Furman, singer-songwriter * God-Des (of God-Des and She) * Ari Gold (musician), Ari Gold, pop singer * Lesley Gore, pop singer * Amir Fryszer Guttman, singer, musician, choreographer, actor, theater director * Lorenz Hart, lyricist * Jerry Herman, musical theatre composer and lyricist * Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist * Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink), American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author * Dana International, Israeli pop singer * Rona Kenan, musician * Dave Koz (born David Kozlowski), jazz saxophonist * Adam Lambert, singer and runner-up on the American Idol (season 8), 8th season of ''American Idol''Adam Lambert, the new face of glam rock
Malcolm Mackenzie, ''The Times'', 4 February 2010. * Ivri Lider, musician, singer * Lyrik, music producer, singer-songwriter * Barry Manilow, singer and songwriter * Doron Medalie, songwriter, composer * Jon Moss, drummer, member of Culture Club and The Damned (band), The Damned * Offer Nissim, DJ, record producer * Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter * Peaches (musician), Peaches, Canadian electro-punk musician and performance artist * Phranc, singer-songwriter * Yehuda Poliker, singer-songwriter, musician, producer, painter * Yehudit Ravitz, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer * Marc Shaiman, musical theatre and film composer * Gil Shohat, music composer, conductor and pianist * Troye Sivan, South African-born YouTuber and actor * Harel Skaat, singer-songwriter * Socalled, rapper * Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre composer and lyricist * Hovi Star, singer * Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, composer, and pianist * Brandon Uranowitz, stage and television actor * Yeho, singer, actor

Writers

* Leroy F. Aarons, journalist, editor, author, playwright, activist founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) * Jon Robin Baitz, playwright and screenwriter * Steve Berman, speculative fiction writer * Betty Berzon, author, first psychotherapist in America to come out as gay to the public (1971) * Kate Bornstein, writer, playwright, performance artist, gender theorist * Jane Bowles, novelist and playwright * Alfred Chester, novelist *Benjamin Cohen (journalist), Benjamin Cohen, journalist * Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media * Joel Derfner, writer and memoirist *Gaby Dunn, writer, journalist, comedian, and actor * Elana Dykewomon, American novelist * Eve Ensler, playwright and performer * György Faludy, poet * Leslie Feinberg, activist, author * Edward Field (poet), Edward Field, poet * Sanford Friedman, novelist * Robert Friend (poet), Robert Friend, poet * Masha Gessen, journalist, author, and activist *Allen Ginsberg, US Beat generation poet * Richard Greenberg, playwright * Jacob Israël de Haan, poet * Marilyn Hacker, poet * Aaron Hamburger, novelist * Max Jacob, poet * Chester Kallman, poet and librettist *Larry Kramer, playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, LGBT rights activist, and founder of ACT UP * Lisa Kron, playwright and performer * Tony Kushner, playwright and screenwriter * Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist * David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer *Fran Lebowitz, author and public speaker * Leo Lerman, writer/editor * Sue-Ann Levy, columnist * Michael Lowenthal, novelist * Jay Michaelson, writer, columnist, author of ''God vs. Gay?'' * Herbert Muschamp (1947–2007), ''New York Times'' architecture critic * Leslea Newman, children's book author, short story writer, editor * Harold Norse, poet * Marcel Proust, novelist * David Rakoff, essayist * Adrienne Rich, poet and essayist * Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist * Muriel Rukeyser, poet * Siegfried Sassoon, poet * Sarah Schulman, journalist, writer and playwright * Martin Sherman, playwright * Andrew Solomon, writer on politics, culture and psychology * Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist * Gertrude Stein, writer * Julian Stryjkowski, novelist *Bogi Takács, poet * Paula Vogel, playwright and teacher * Yona Wallach, poet

Artists and architects

*Yael Bartana, Israeli artist and film-maker *Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer * Robert Denning, American interior designer, from the age of 15 was the partner of Edgar de Evia, photographer and from 1960 both life and business partner of Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer * Yishay Garbasz, artist in photography, installation, and video * Nan Goldin, photographerNational Foundation for Jewish Culture
. Jewishculture.org. * Herbert List, photographer * Maurice Sendak, illustrator and author of children's books as well as costume and set designer for films, theater and opera * Simeon Solomon, painter * Uri Gershuni, Israel photographer and educator * Adi Nes, Israeli photographer *Arnold Scaasi, Canadian-born American fashion designer *Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer *Michael Kors, American sportswear fashion designer *Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian-born painter and art forger *Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer

Sports figures

* Robert Dover (equestrian), Robert Dover, six-time Olympic equestrian *Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete and youth movement leader known for his attempts to save children during the Holocaust *Gil Mossinson, Gili Mossinson, basketball player * Tzipora Obziler, tennis player * Renée Richards, tennis player * Sue Bird, American-Israeli basketball player who has won three List of WNBA champions, WNBA championships (2004 WNBA Finals, 2004, 2010 WNBA Finals, 2010, 2018 WNBA Finals, 2018), four Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medals, (Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads, 2004, Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters, 2008, Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters, 2012, Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters, 2016), two NCAA Championships (2000 and 2002), and four FIBA World Cups (2002, 2010, 2014, and 2018)

Miscellaneous

* Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI * Stuart Appelbaum, American trade union leader *Gad Beck, Holocaust survivor and memoirist * Barbara Brenner, breast cancer activist and leader of Breast Cancer Action * Roy Cohn, lawyer and co-counsel (with Robert F. Kennedy) to Senator Joseph McCarthy * Jonathan Danilowitz, activist * Barry Diller, media executive * Sandi Simcha DuBowski, documentary filmmaker * Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles * Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, first transgender person in the role of LGBT liaison to the White House * David Geffen, film producer and record executive * Jazz Jennings, transgender activist *Frank Kameny, prominent gay rights activist from 1957 to 2011 (born to Jewish parents but became an atheist) * Cameron Kasky, gun control activist * Eva Kotchever, Polish feminist, owner of the Eve's Hangout in New York, assassinated at Auschwitz * Miz Cracker, American drag queen * Ezra Nawi, Israeli human rights activist * Dana Olmert, activist * Yotam Ottolenghi, chef * Etai Pinkas, activist *Felice Schragenheim, Jewish resistance fighter and Holocaust victim *Ari Shapiro, American radio journalist * Joel Simkhai, Grindr founder and former CEO * Randi Weingarten, current president of the American Federation of Teachers * Riki Wilchins, activist *

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