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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Find Pride events in Boston and read stories from members of Boston’s Jewish LGBTQ+ community. We are honored to elevate their voices.

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12 Rainbow Recipes for Pride Month

Celebrate LGBTQ pride with these colorful, Jewish-themed recipes, from challah and hummus to falafel and babka.

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event / June 18, 6:00 pm

Pride Liberation Seder

Hosted by Temple Israel of Boston, Sinai Brookline, Congregation Am Tikva, Temple Beth Zion

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event / June 18, 8:00 pm

Jewish SciFi/Fantasy Book Club: “The Forbidden Book”

Hosted by Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley

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A Flag at London Gay Pride with the Star of David

event / June 20, 6:00 pm

Pride Shabbat Nariya

Hosted by Temple Beth Zion, Kavod, Base BSTN

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event / June 20, 7:30 pm

Pride Shabbat Rinah

Hosted by Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley

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event / June 25, 7:00 pm

P-R-I-D-E: Drag Bingo

Hosted by CJP Young Adults, Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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Mamalehs cookies

event / June 26, 6:00 pm

Rainbow Black & White Cookie Class

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event / June 27, 6:00 pm

Gesher Shabbat Dinner: Celebrating Pride Month

Hosted by Temple Shalom of Medford

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LGBTQ+ Jewish Resources for Pride Month and Beyond

Find your community.

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5 Jewish Rituals to Celebrate Pride Month

Pride Month honors LGBTQ+ joy, resilience, and identity. Explore five Jewish rituals to celebrate, reflect, and connect—your way.

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Pride in a Box

Take your pride season to the next level and celebrate your Jewish identity with the brand new A Wider Bridge pride in a box!

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Mimi Lemay and her son Jacob

Activist Mimi Lemay on Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Youth

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On Trans Jewish Joy

A moment of holiness led me to see my own truth: my Jewishness opened me up to my transness, and my transness opened me up to the Divine.

By Zane Diamond

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On Becoming Myself

I grounded myself in the water, appreciating the inherent wholeness of my unadorned self, and now go by a new name and new pronouns that fit me perfectly.

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How to Support Your LGBTQ Child

Keshet offers ideas.

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LIAT Fellows at State Department

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From Campus to Capitol Hill: BU Student Fights Antisemitism

With advocacy tools and national allies, Eduardo Kornworcel is turning grassroots action into real change.

By Orthodox Union Advocacy Center

Project Horizon

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CJP’s Reach in Israel Continues to Grow

A partnership with Project Horizon offers key support to 54 communities.

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Base Boston

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The Power of Musical Kabbalat Shabbat

On certain Friday nights in Cambridge, song, spirit, and community come together to open the gates of Shabbat at Base Boston.

By Rabbi Jackson Mercer

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Tutti Druyan’s Newest Hit? Music With a Mission for Little Learners

Singer, educator and mom Tutti Druyan launches Tiny Tutti—a new video series blending music, early childhood learning and Jewish values.

By Penny Schwartz

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Ephraim Curtis Middle School

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How One Sudbury School Is Fighting Antisemitism

A student-led project tackles the origins of hate crimes.

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These Therapists Give a Name to the Way Jewish Distress Has Been Ignored Since Oct. 7: ‘Traumatic Invalidation’

Miri Bar-Halpern and Jaclyn Wolfman strike a nerve with a paper about the mental toll of being told your distress and fears don’t count.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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Foundation for Jewish Camp

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What To Know About Jewish Summer Camp This Year

A camp insider on how Jewish camps are meeting this moment.

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Kobi Gideon Kibbutz Be'eri

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From the Rubble of War to a New Beginning

Powered by Boston’s entrepreneurial spirit.

By Avnet Kleiner, Oshrat Gafni-Moyal & Hilla Perlman-Pniel

For CJP’s Boston-Haifa Connection

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event / June 18, 10:00 am

Beginner Mah Jongg

Hosted by JCC Greater Boston

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Nigun Quartet

event / June 18, 7:30 pm

Between Worlds: An Evening With the Nigun Quartet

Hosted by Congregation Kehillath Israel

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event / June 18, 8:00 pm

Jewish SciFi/Fantasy Book Club: “The Forbidden Book”

Hosted by Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley

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Avalon

event / June 19, 11:00 am

June BJF Film Club Meetup Discussing “Avalon”

Hosted by Boston Jewish Film, JCC Greater Boston

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Derek Kouyoumjian Photography Boston Workers Circle A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus

event / June 21, 7:30 pm

Yiddish Chorus Concert

Hosted by Boston Workers Circle

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event / June 22, 3:00 pm

Sunday Afternoon Mahjong

Hosted by Sinai Brookline

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Yogev Shetrit Trio

event / June 26, 7:30 pm

The Way of Tradition: Yogev Shetrit Trio

Hosted by Congregation Kehillath Israel

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Ittay Flescher

event / June 27, 7:00 pm

IPF Atid Boston Book Club: “The Holy and the Broken”

Hosted by Israel Policy Forum’s IPF Atid

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event / June 29, 4:00 pm

Hosted by The Boston Synagogue

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Zach Mayer

event / July 6, 7:30 pm

Zeh Hayom: Zach Mayer and Friends

Hosted by Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley

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