Happy Pride! Looking for LGBTQ+ resources for this month and year-round? We’ve got you covered.
The Cambridge Minyan
This group meets twice monthly for Shabbat morning davening (praying) and once a month on Fridays for potlucks and davening: They welcome nonbinary people, women and Jews of color, as well as those from Sephardic or Mizrachi traditions.
Queer Jews of Greater Boston
This Facebook community is devoted to LGBTQ+ Jewish people in the Boston area, with news, events and community resources.
Nice Jewish Queer Folk
Find this Brookline-based group on Meetup, with a slightly older bent. They curate readings, dating events and workshops.
Congregation Am Tikva
This congregation is devoted to fostering community for the Jewish LGBTQ community since 1976, hosting High Holiday services and events.
Moishe House
A national organization with a home based in Jamaica Plain, Moishe House runs programming geared toward post-college, young adult queer Jews, from community meals to cocktail hours to shabbat events.
Events
Boston Pride for the People
Boston’s annual Pride parade kicks off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, from Copley Square. Want to march? Join Keshet.
Pride Night with CJP
Drinks, snacks, board games and words of wisdom from Keshet CEO Idit Klein, with a focus on 20- and 30-something Jews. It happens on Monday, June 24, at 7 p.m. at Trident Booksellers in the Back Bay.
Pride Liberation Seder
This seder from Temple Israel of Boston, Temple Sinai, Congregation Am Tikva and Temple Beth Zion puts a spin on the Passover Haggadah to tell the story of the LGBTQ+ community’s liberation, with plenty of room for audience participation: Share your coming out story, which will be printed in their commemorative Haggadah. After the event, enjoy a catered meal. It starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, at Temple Israel of Boston.
Challah Bread With a Rainbow Twist
If you find yourself on Martha’s Vineyard in June, learn how to make challah in rainbow colors in honor of Pride, taught by Vineyard Baker’s Teri Culletto, known for her glorious focaccia art. The event is put on by the Trustees. It happens on Thursday, June 27, at 5:30 p.m. at the FARM Institute in Edgartown.
Red Sox Pride Night
Boston is unified under one religion when it comes to the Red Sox. They celebrate Pride Night at Fenway Park on Tuesday, June 11, as they face the Phillies.
Resources
Eshel
Eshel supports Orthodox LGBTQ+ people with virtual support groups and programming.
Fenway Health LGBTQIA+ Aging Project
The LGBTQIA+ Aging Project works toward equity, inclusion and community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual older adults, ensuring that they can age with dignity and respect.
GLAD
Based in Boston, GLAD offers legal resources for LGBTQ people, with a comprehensive national “know your rights” database.
JQY
Jewish Queer Youth (JQY) supports LGBTQ teens and young adults with an emphasis on Hasidic, Orthodox and Sephardi/Mizrahi communities.
JQ International
This Los Angeles-based organization offers a national resource and support line for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies, with support and resources over the phone and by email at 855-JQI-HLPS.
Keshet
Keshet works at the intersection of Judaism and LGBTQ life, helping Jews build LGBTQ-affirming communities while advocating for rights nationwide.
