Tehila ( he, תהל"ה ''Tehila'',
lit.: "praise, adoration"; an acronym of: תמיכה להורים של לסביות, הומוסקסואלים, ביסקסואלים/יות, וטרנסג'נדרס, ''Temicha LeHorim Shel Lesbiyut Homoseksualim Biseksualim/iot VeTransjenders'',
lit.: "Support for the Parents of homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender people") is a mutual support group in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
for parents of
LGBT
' 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 a ...
people. The organizations activities include operating
support group
In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping str ...
s, telephone help lines, and a website, as well as publishing and distributing supportive information.
The organization is based on the principles of and is very similar to the American organization
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays).
Not such an Awful Secret
World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews, Jill Cartwright
Tehila was founded in 1989.
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LGBT culture in Tel Aviv
LGBT organizations in Israel
LGBT family and peer support groups
Organizations based in Tel Aviv
1989 establishments in Israel
Organizations established in 1989