In this paper we present an exploratory analysis of the opinions and initiatives of Jewish leaders toward the attitudes and the demands of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in brazilian society. Our article is organized in four sections, and we begin with a brief presentation of the research that led to the data analyzed here, and then we deal with the methodological issues and circumstances in which the interviews with the leaders of two Jewish communities in Rio January took place. In the third section we discuss the rabbis' perceptions on homosexuality and the flags of the social movement for sexual diversity. In the fourth, as a conclusion, we argue that despite the differences in their ways of dealing with the biblical tradition, the rabbis' perception of homosexuality is similar and negative.
Judaism; homosexuality; religious leaders