And it is not just gays who are affected (by AIDS). “We should perpetuate that by helping people and by educating people. But by the same token, she added, the saving of a life is a fundamental precept in the Jewish religion. Ms Faraday said that homosexuality was “problematic” within the Torah. Ritualism is very important, but I think the essence of religion often gets lost.” “We talk of God and we talk of mercy and compassion and all these other things that people very easily forget.
“First of all, my position on homosexuality is absolutely inconsequential to the cause Regardless of what I feel, it is not for me to judge. “I have been asked how, as a religious Jew, I can work for an organisation that is condoning homosexuality,” she said, in an interview with the Australian Jewish News. Photo: Lex MrockiĪS A YOUNG Orthodox Jew working in a voluntary capacity for the Victorian AIDS Council, Tammi Faraday has often been forced to defend her job.įor the 20-year-old Leibler-Yavneh graduate, however, there is no conflict between her religion and her work. Tammi Faraday: helping to universalise the AIDS issue.
Jackie Brygel talks to Tammi Faraday about how she reconciles her religious beliefs with her work on the Victorian AIDS Council. : 1935 – 1999), Friday 20 October 1995, page 23 Fighting prejudice against AIDS sufferers