Jewish Organizations to Host Pride Shabbat

The Jewish Community Relations Council, Keshet, and the Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center will host the inclusive event March 31

Photo by Cecilie Johnsen via Unsplash
Photo by Cecilie Johnsen via Unsplash

The Jewish Community Relations Council, Keshet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating equality for LGBTQ+ Jewish people, and the Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center (JCC) will partner to host Community Pride Shabbat March 31. 

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 6 p.m. at the JCC Sandler Center in Boca Raton. The service will be led by cantorial soloist Jake Harris and Rabbi Greg Weisman from Temple Beth El.

“I’m so excited for our Community Pride Shabbat in March,” said Weisman, who is also Rabbi Board Chair for the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. “As the rights and protections for those who identify as LGBTQ+ are in peril around the world, taking the time to celebrate these members of our community and those who love them could not be more important. As a rabbi, I hear our tradition us calling to notice, recognize, and celebrate the holiness of each human being, as being made in God’s image.”

Pride Shabbat will take place on Trans Day of Visibility, an annual awareness day celebrated around the world. The day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender-nonconforming people, while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve justice for trans people.

Shabbat is the Jewish Day of Rest, which lasts from Friday evening to Saturday night.  During Erev Shabbat, the Friday evening start to the holiday, people often come together and celebrate the end of the work week and enter the days of rest with a prayer service, candle lighting, and festive dinner. During Shabbat, Jewish people are encouraged not to engage in labor, as they separate work from prayer.

Registration for Pride Shabbat is required. Click here to register and for information and entrance to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County campus.

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