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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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Briefing on Iran

Base Boston (Courtesy photo)

Event / June 17, 8:00 am

Briefing on Iran

Join CJP for a timely update on Israel’s preemptive operation against Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Hosted by Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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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.

By JewishBoston

closeup of a gay pride flag and a transgender pride flag waving on the blue sky, moved by the wind

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LGBTQ+ Jewish Resources for Pride Month and Beyond

Find your community.

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LGBTQ+ Pride Kar-Tr iStock

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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.

James A. Molnar Unsplash Transgender LGBTQI+ Pride

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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!

By A Wider Bridge

Mimi Lemay and her son Jacob

Activist Mimi Lemay on Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Youth

By JewishBoston

Flags for LBGTQi rights hold by different people

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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

(Photo: iStock/Palana997)

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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.

For Mayyim Hayyim

(Photo: iStock/FG Trade)

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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.

For Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Chai-larious Times with comedian Matthew Broussard

Base Boston (Courtesy photo)

Event / June 17, 7:00 pm

Chai-larious Times With Comedian Matthew Broussard

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

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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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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.

For JewishBoston

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

Camila Quintero Franco Unsplash, stress anxiety fear mental health

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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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