Orthodox Israeli rabbi Ron Yosef became in 2009 the first Israeli Orthodox Rabbi to come out , by appearing in Uvda ( " Fact " ) , Israel 's leading investigative television program , in an episode regarding conversion therapies in Israel . Yosef remains in his position as a pulpit Rabbi . Yosef testified that his Yemenite congregation did not accept him being a homosexual very easily and it took them a while to accept it . He stated that the younger generation strengthened and supported him , while the older generation had a more difficult experience . Yosef received death threats in the year leading up to the 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting . In 2013 , he stated he is in a relationship with a man . Yosef has stated his approach to the issue of homosexuality in Judaism as follows : " It is clear to me that lying with another man is forbidden , and our starting point is commitment to halacha and Torah . The goal is not to seek permission . But you need to give us a shoulder and support . " In 2019 Daniel Atwood became the first openly gay Orthodox person to be ordained as a rabbi ; he was ordained by the rabbi Daniel Landes , in Jerusalem
2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
Homosexuality and Judaism