Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated each year in June. According to the Library of Congress, it is a time to celebrate “how LGBTQ Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help create awareness and goodwill.”
This year, to celebrate Pride Month:
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest is made stronger by the participation of people of every age, ability, race, ethnicity, denomination, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and religious affiliation. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcome, included, and valued.
We invite you to review the resources below and join us at an upcoming event.
Congregation Shomrei Emunah In Montclair, NJ is proud to partner with Moving Traditions to launch a Tzelem group for LGBTQ+ teens. This group is open to 7th - 12th graders […]
Join us for a very special Shabbat Service where we celebrate pride. All members of the LGBTQ+ community (and allies) are encouraged to attend! At 5 PM, we'll start our night with a Pre-Neg where we'll have food, drinks and a rainbow challah! At 6, we invite all to join us in the Sanctuary for […]
Congregation Shomrei Emunah In Montclair, NJ is proud to partner with Moving Traditions to launch a Tzelem group for LGBTQ+ teens. This group is open to 7th - 12th graders […]
Join us for a glittery, queer Shabbat celebration, featuring songs, prayers, poems, and Torah. BYO dairy/parve kiddush lunch, picnic blanket/lawn chair. Dessert will be supplied. We kindly request an RSVP (not required) so that we know approximately how many to expect.
Montclair Pride presented by Audi, is our family-friendly Pride festival which honors diversity, inclusion, and, above all, love. This sprawling event spans five blocks in beautiful downtown Montclair, just steps from NJ Transit. The festival, which last year welcomed over 26,500 attendees, will feature three stages showcasing an incredibly diverse lineup of performances including musicians, […]
Congregation Shomrei Emunah In Montclair, NJ is proud to partner with Moving Traditions to launch a Tzelem group for LGBTQ+ teens. This group is open to 7th - 12th graders […]
The North Jersey Pride Festival is one of the largest family-friendly LGBTQ Pride celebrations in the tristate—and we are planning our biggest celebration yet! Admission is free to this all-day community celebration, thanks to the generosity of our corporate sponsors. (Learn all about sponsorship!) Live stage. Enjoy an incredible show featuring local and national talent (and all […]
Looking for a Jewish summer camp for your child? Many Jewish camps joyfully welcome and support LGBTQ+ campers and families. Learn more
The Purim Superhero by Elizabeth Kushner
The Boy Who Cried Fabulous by Lesléa Newman
Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
Merkaz Q Camp Program at Camp Tel Yehudah is a summer camp experience for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, and queer teens and allies interested in the intersections of Jewish and LGBTQ+ identities. Learn more about yourself, make new friends, grapple with ideas that matter to you in a safe and fun environment.
Faith For Pride is a program of the Interfaith Alliance to “….bring people together to demonstrate that congregations and communities across faith and place vehemently oppose the bills that threaten the lives and livelihoods of our LGBTQ+ friends, family, and neighbors…to build an interfaith movement that fights for the rights and safety of the LGBTQ+ community.” Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ is proud to be a co-sponsor of #Faith4Pride this year!
Keshet is a national organization that “…works for the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and our families in Jewish life.” They strengthen Jewish communities, equip Jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge to build LGBTQ-affirming communities and create spaces in which all queer Jewish youth feel seen and valued, and advance LGBTQ rights nationwide.
Eshel is a national organization and their mission “…is to create a future for Orthodox lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and their families. Through its innovative and culturally sensitive programming, Eshel supports LGBTQ Jews, opening hearts, minds and doors in traditional Jewish communities.”
JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) is an organization that “…supports and empowers LGBTQ Jewish youth with a special focus on teens and young adults from Orthodox, Chassidic, and Sephardi/Mizrahi communities.”
For a more comprehensive list of groups and organizations that support the Jewish LGBTQ+ community, click here.
DID YOU KNOW: Greater MetroWest is proud to host a Keshet Shivyon Cohort, in which 10 synagogues and agencies from our area have embarked on a year-long process of increasing LGBTQ+ inclusion in the community. The following institutions are participating in this program: Temple Emanu-El (Westfield), Temple Sholom of West Essex, Congregation Beth Israel Scotch Plains, Congregation Agudath Israel, Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael (MJCBY), Jewish Services for the Developmentally Disabled (JSDD), JESPY House, Golda Och Academy, JCC Metrowest, and Federation.
Learn moreFederation is committed to ensuring that all members of our community feel welcome. If you identify as or ally with interfaith/multifaith, LGBTQ+, or Jews of Color, please contact our Director of Welcoming and Inclusion to learn more.
Sharon Zucker
Director of Welcoming and Inclusion
[email protected]
