Current sectionJewish WorldShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeRome's famous Colosseum as seen from Jewish LGBTQ group Keshet Italia's float at Rome's 2025 Pride parade. Credit: Mel ZoharAfter refusing to get behind a manifesto that condemns 'the ongoing genocide in Gaza,' Keshet Italia was told they could not participate in Roma Pride with a float, as they did in years past. Keshet: Other groups aren't 'subjected to a continuous test of identity and politics to prove they deserve to be there'11:56 PM • June 01 2026 IDTLater this month, Roma Pride – Italy's largest LGBTQ+ pride festival – will bring in guests and revelers from across the country and around the world for events, celebrations and, of course, a massive parade boasting hundreds of thousands of attendees. Among the floats and marching groups will be corporations, embassies and cultural groups. One of them will be notably absent: Keshet Italia, Italy's LGBTQ+ Jewish organization.In the NewsIsraeli Military Physician Killed in Hezbollah Drone Strike in Southern LebanonIsrael's Schools Aren't Broken. They're Doing Exactly What They Were Built to DoHaaretz CartoonIsraeli Coalition and Opposition Politicians Unite in Criticism of NetanyahuNaftali Bennett Comes Out in Favor of Equal Rights for Same-sex CouplesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Orders Unprecedented Seizure of Religious Site From Palestinian AuthorityIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Pentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran War