
HarrietandLisa(onegayandJewish,andoneneither)begantheirjourneyinIsraellastyear.TheyintegratedthemselvesintotheLGBTcommunityinTelAvivandsawthedifferencebetweenlifethereandinJerusalem,wherenotlongagothePridemarchhadtobeheldindoorsduetoviolencefromtheultraorthodoxcommunity.TheyhavesincemadeveryintimateandestablishedrelationshipswithintheLGBTcommunityinIsraelandreturnedintheSummerof2014tocontinuetheirfascinatingjourneyintoacountrywhichiscontinuallydiverseandcomplex.IsraelisahavenfortheJewishpeopleandalso,increasingly,ahavenforthegaycommunity.It'sgovernedbyOrthodoxcivillawandyetithoststheworld'sbiggestgaypride.TheBoycott,DivestmentandSanctionsmovementsaythisisacynicalmarketingploy,notapoliticalawakening.InvestigatingtheseclaimstakesusonanextraordinaryjourneyintoIsrael'sBohemiansideandthesocialrevolutionthat'schallengingthe...WrittenbyPeterGerardDunphy