Thursday, May 4
7:00pm – 10:30pm (Dinner at 7 PM, Program at 7:45 PM, Drinks at 9:00 PM)
Sign up is FREE with donations accepted to cover program costs at https://bit.ly/pesachsheni
For fifteen years, Pesach Sheni – a minor biblical holiday one month after Passover – has been reclaimed by the Israeli LGBTQ+ religious communities as a holiday of religious tolerance.
This year, communities across Brooklyn will come together to hold our own Pesach Sheni celebration with Dr. Orit Avishai, professor of sociology at Fordham University. Following dinner, Dr. Avishai will discuss her recently published book, Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel. Dr Avishai will share what makes Israeli religious LGBT activism unique, and what lessons (and mistakes) can be learned for other communities pushing for social change within their respective religious and political establishments. Discussion will be moderated by Dr. Benjamin Katz, Israeli LGBTQ+ activist and postdoctoral scholar of psychology at Stony Brook University. Drinks and schmoozing to follow!
Event sponsored by UJA and Prospect Heights Shul. Co-sponsor list (in formation):
Minyan Atara, Altshul, Keshet, Kane Street Synagogue, Park Slope Jewish Center, T’ruah, CBE, and Nolita Minyan.