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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride in Greater MetroWest

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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.” 

Did you know that Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ has an LGBTQ+ subcommittee, made up of community members who aim to increase LGBTQ+ inclusion across our community?

We invite you to review the resources below and join us at an upcoming event.

Save the date: We’d love to see you at Federation’s first-ever Pride Picnic, celebrating our LGBTQ+ community and allies–save the date: June 1, 2025!

Additional Resources:

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? Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ 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, and Jewish Community Center (JCC) MetroWest.

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We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcome, included, and valued.