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Pride Shabbat

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Pride Shabbat was fantastic – thank you all for showing your support!

Event Description:

Pride Shabbat
Friday, June 23

  • Erev Shabbat Service at 7:00 pm with Senator Dr. Karen Berg

Saturday, June 24

  • Pride Torah Study at 9:00 am with Rabbi David and Professor Rev. Johanna Bos
  • Pride Shabbat at 10:30 am honoring LGBTQIA+ Jewish community with Voices of Kentuckiana, Shir Chadash, and Rabbi Rachel Pass
  • Pride Luncheon at noon with performance by Voices of Kentuckiana

The Temple is celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride month.

Pride Shabbat honors our LGBTQIA+ members and families. This year we are honoring especially the memory of our beloved friend, Henry Berg-Brousseau z”l (of blessed memory), who grew up as a member of The Temple and was always loved and supported by our community. We are so proud of Henry’s achievements and will always cherish his memory.

Pride Shabbat is Friday evening and Shabbat morning, June 23-24, 2023.

Friday service will have our Temple member, Henry’s mother, State Senator Doctor Karen Berg speak and share the legal struggles and discrimination that LGBTQIA+ are facing in our State.

Shabbat morning we start with a special Torah study led by Rabbi David and Prof. Rev. Johanna Bos on LGBTQIA+ issues in the Torah and Jewish sources.

Shabbat service begins at 10:30 am, our LGBTQIA+ members will be leading services, and Rabbi Rachael Pass (Henry’s sister) will be delivering the sermon.

We will also view a special video about what it means to be a LGBTQIA+ member at our Temple. Voices of Kentuckiana, the only LGBTQIA+ choir in KY will participate in the service which will be led by Shir Chadash and Avery Curtis. After the service, there will be a 30-minute performance led by Voices of Kentuckiana.
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There will be a special free lunch catered by Good Belly to all who attend (RSVP is needed below). The desserts will include the famous WRJ/Sisterhood rainbow cake, and we will bless Sarah Harlan’s delicious handmade rainbow challah.

Pride Shabbat Friday, June 23 Erev Shabbat Service at 7:00 pm with Senator Dr. Karen Berg Saturday, June 24 Pride Torah Study at 9:00 am with Rabbi David and Professor Rev. Johanna Bos Pride Shabbat at 10:30 am honoring LGBTQIA+ Jewish community with Voices of Kentuckiana, Shir Chadash, and Rabbi Rachel Pass Pride Luncheon at noon with performance by Voices of Kentuckiana The Temple is celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride month. Pride Shabbat honors our LGBTQIA+ members and families. This year we are honoring especially the memory of our beloved friend, Henry Berg-Brousseau z”l (of blessed memory), who grew up as a member of The Temple and was always loved and supported by our community. We are so proud of Henry’s achievements and will always cherish his memory. Pride Shabbat is Friday evening and Shabbat morning, June 23-24, 2023. Friday service will have our Temple member, Henry’s mother, State Senator Doctor Karen Berg speak and share the legal struggles and discrimination that LGBTQIA+ are facing in our State. Shabbat morning we start with a special Torah study led by Rabbi David and Prof. Rev. Johanna Bos on LGBTQIA+ issues in the Torah and Jewish sources. Shabbat service begins at 10:30 am, our LGBTQIA+ members will be leading services, and Rabbi Rachael Pass (Henry’s sister) will be delivering the sermon. We will also view a special video about what it means to be a LGBTQIA+ member at our Temple. Voices of Kentuckiana, the only LGBTQIA+ choir in KY will participate in the service which will be led by Shir Chadash and Avery Curtis. After the service, there will be a 30-minute performance led by Voices of Kentuckiana. photo There will be a special free lunch catered by Good Belly to all who attend (RSVP is needed below). The desserts will include the famous WRJ/Sisterhood rainbow cake, and we will bless Sarah Harlan’s delicious handmade rainbow challah.

Temple Pride Parade

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Thank you, everyone, for coming out to our Pride Parade 2023!

Event Description:

Pride Parade
Friday, June 17, meeting at 11:00 am

Please join the Pride Committee and Cantor Lauren to support the 2023 Pride Parade. We will be meeting at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 17, at the corner of North Campbell Street and Adams Street near the Lynn Family Stadium. Once assembled we will be having a short service led by Cantor Lauren followed by celebrating and marching in the parade. Please watch for further updates and/or changes to the meeting place in the weekly emails. We hope to see you all there. If you have any questions ahead of time or you need further directions on the day of the parade, please call or text Chavvah at 803-446-7691. Please RSVP to andrea@thetemplelouky.org with your t-shirt size (limited quantities and sizes available).

Pride Parade Friday, June 17, meeting at 11:00 am Please join the Pride Committee and Cantor Lauren to support the 2023 Pride Parade. We will be meeting at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 17, at the corner of North Campbell Street and Adams Street near the Lynn Family Stadium. Once assembled we will be having a short service led by Cantor Lauren followed by celebrating and marching in the parade. Please watch for further updates and/or changes to the meeting place in the weekly emails. We hope to see you all there. If you have any questions ahead of time or you need further directions on the day of the parade, please call or text Chavvah at 803-446-7691. Please RSVP to andrea@thetemplelouky.org with your t-shirt size (limited quantities and sizes available).

Pride Shabbat at The Temple

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Thank you, everyone, for coming to our Pride Shabbat at The Temple!  It was an incredible day of equality, inclusion, spirituality, and rainbows!  Thank you INNER VOICES of Kentuckiana and everyone for making it such a success!

The Temple commemorates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Pride Month with our Fifth Annual Pride Shabbat. The Temple represents the only Jewish congregation in Kentucky that commemorates LGBTQ Pride Month with a special Shabbat Service.

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 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.

Judaism teaches that the differences between humans are a divine act: God created us different and distinct from each other. Every one of us has our own face, opinions, and orientation. Some of us have one sexual orientation and one gender identity, and some have another. We were all created in God’s image.

Together with our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members, we celebrate the sanctity of every human life.  Additionally, we 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.

Pride Parade 2019

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Thank you to everyone that participated with The Temple team during the Pride Parade 2019! We had a blast and even got a photo op with Mayor Fischer!

The Temple commemorates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) Pride month with the Fifth Annual Pride Shabbat.

The Temple represents the only Jewish congregation in Kentucky that commemorates LGBTQ pride month with a special Shabbat Service.

Judaism teaches that the differences between humans are a divine act: God created us different and distinct from each other. Every one of us has our own face, opinions, and orientation. Some of us have one sexual orientation and one gender identity, and some have another. We were all created in God’s image.

Together with our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members, we celebrate the sanctity of every human life.  Additionally, we 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.

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 bring to all our members.

During the month of June, The Temple will mark Pride Shabbat through prayer, study, and experience. The Pride 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.

Pride 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.