The Temple commemorates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Pride month with the Third Annual Equality Shabbat, June 10, 2017 from 9:00 am -1:00 pm.
The Temple is the only Jewish congregation in Kentucky that commemorates LGBTQ pride month with a special Shabbat Service.
Schedule of Events:
9:00 am | Torah Study (text study)
10:30 am | Special Shabbat Morning Services including our traditional Pride Parade with our Torah.
12:00 noon | Free Kiddush Luncheon, “Hineini (Here I am): Coming Out in a Jewish High School,” a terrific documentary, and discussion.
Together with our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members, and their families we celebrate the sanctity of every human life and seek to realize the divine image inherent in us all. The Temple is leading religious discourse that seeks to welcome LGBTQ members as equals in society at large and in our own community. A genuine invitation to join our community requires recognition of the unique value and life stories of LGBTQ people and celebration of the contribution they make to our Temple.
Through such an invitation, our own community will become richer and more diverse; while members of the LGBTQ community are able to enjoy community life and the additional meaning Reform Judaism brings to all our members. In order to expand and celebrate our invitation to the LGBTQ community, we established a new tradition of the Equality Shabbat.
During the month of June, The Temple will mark Pride Shabbat through prayer, study, and experience. The Equality Shabbat can help us advance from the stage of accepting the LGBTQ community to the stage of actively inviting LGBTQ people to be full partners in our community.
Equality Shabbat is celebrated in June as part of a worldwide program of Pride events commemorating the beginnings of the LGBTQ liberation movement in June 1969. Since then, Pride Month includes parades, demonstrations – and prayers.
The Temple has always promoted the two central ideals in Jewish teachings, “Love thy neighbor” and “All people are created in God’s image.” Throughout The Temple’s almost 175 year history, rabbis and lay leaders have been active in civil rights and in advocating for fair treatment of all people, including LGBTQ individuals.
The Temple rabbis are active with the Fairness Campaign and have conducted same sex marriage rites since 1996 – including the first same sex marriage in the state of Israel. The Temple is a welcoming congregation and celebrates the contributions of all of its members. The Temple rabbis hope that Equality Shabbat will help to promote acceptance for, and celebration of, LGBTQ individuals in Louisville and throughout the region.
What: Equality Shabbat
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: The Temple, 5101 US HWY 42 Louisville, KY 40241
Cost: Free, Reservation requested for lunch
For more information: Becky King (502) 212-2028 or becky@thetemplelouky.org
Contact Information
- The Temple
- 5101 US HWY 42, Louisville, KY
Event Time
- Friday, June 9, 2017
- 8:00 PM
Price
- FREE