Please join us for Shabbat dinner with guest speaker, Johanna Rachel Taraslewicz who will discuss Jewish Poland today. Johanna has lived in Krakow and Warsaw and discovered her Jewish roots several years ago.  She is the author of the book,  Mama.

Contact Rabbi Aaron Katz at miami@nehirim.org for more information.

 It’s that time again, high holiday time!  In preparation we will discuss the history, ritual and liturgy of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar.

Contact Rabbi Aaron Katz at miami@nehirim.org for more information

It’s been a scorching summer — come bid an ambivalent farewell to the season with CBST and Nehirim’s New York community.  We’ll have all varieties of kosher meat and vegetarian BBQ options  plus lots of fun LGBT Jewish folks.  We are asking for advance reservations and a small fee to cover costs, but it’s a suggested donation only.  The BBQ is BYOB: Bring Your Own Beverage — please bring a bottle/6-pack of non-alcoholic beverage to share with the group.

 The barbecue is in East River Park on the Lower East Side.  The park is a 10 minute walk from the Essex/Delancey F/J/M/Z stop — just walk on Delancey south of the bridge toward Brooklyn, until you get to the water.  The best way to get there is by bike — it’s right on the East River Bikeway!

For more information:  info@nehirim.org or info@cbst.org 

Registration will be up the first week of August.

Trans & Queer Beit Midrash – Radical Adornment & Redemptive Identity:  Finding Femme in Midrash 

Join us for a conversation about butch and femme identities through a Jewish lens. Drawing from the ancient Midrashic tradition and the modern “midrash” of Joan Nestle and Leslie Feinberg, we will examine the rich history  of the unique Butch-Femme Jewish canon, and explore modern perspectives about the overlap of these identities. Jewish and gender enthusiasts of all levels appreciated and encouraged. Teaching by Hebrew College rabbinical student Margot Meitner.

Presented by TransTorah, Keshet & Nehirim with support from CJP.

RSVP: by 7/27: email Joanna at joanna@keshetonline.org for address.

There will be a short service led by Zvi Bellin, followed by food and schmoozing.  Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

When?: Friday, July 23rd @ 6:30pm

Where?:  Contact us for address information and to RSVP at info@nehirim.org 

Join your fellow LGBT Jews for a wonderful Shabbat dinner and “Tisch” featuring delicious food, beautiful singing, and fabulous company. Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones!

When?: Friday, July 16th, 7:30pm

Where?: Miami Area (location provided upon RSVP)

Contact Rabbi Aaron Katz at miami@nehirim.org for more information and to RSVP

Watch the sun set and the moon rise and have a drink as we study the secrets of life.

When?: Thursday, July 8th at 7:30pm

Where?: Miami Area (location provided upon RSVP)

Contact Rabbi Aaron Katz at miami@nehirim.org for more information and to RSVP

July 5, 6:30pm
Uptown, New Orleans (address given upon RSVP)

Email Jordan to RSVP: jordan.a.aiken@gmail.com

This public event is part of the LGBT Jewish Movement Building Convening, an historic gathering of Jewish lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) leaders to build a stronger and more unified movement for LGBT inclusion and equality in Jewish life. See jewishinclusion.com for more information.

Stuart Milk is the founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation and the Harvey Milk Global Human Rights Institute whose goal is to advise, assist and support LGBT rights organizations, movements and advocates worldwide with a primary mission to help achieve equality through the story and message of his late Uncle in all corners of the globe and to fulfill Harvey’s dream of a world without discrimination and a world without hate

Monday, June 28, 2010, 8pm

Berkeley Hillel, 2736 Bancroft Way

Berkeley, CA