Gay Shabbat x Grindr Shabbat
In June of 2023, Blake, Jakob, and Julia came up with what seemed like a novel idea: Gay Shabbat. And much of what we do has been new to the Queer and Jewish communities. We quickly learned, however, that this work is built on a foundation laid out for us by many Queer Jewish leaders of years past who similarly believed in the value of gathering for Shabbat. One of these people is Rabbi Matt Green - better known as the "Grindr Rabbi."
From 2014 to 2016, Grindr Shabbat was a community of queer Jews that met regularly for Shabbat davening/prayer and dinner in different locations around Brooklyn. Led by Rabbi Matt Green, the community developed out of a core group of Jews he literally met on Grindr into a transformative kehillah/community of people of all sexual and gender identities. Since then, Grindr Shabbat was absorbed into the Brooklyn Jews program that Rabbi Matt has led, which brings together young Jews from across Brooklyn to engage in Jewish culture, ritual, and political life. Heading into the tenth anniversary of its founding, Grindr Shabbat is poised to make a comeback in 2024 with Gay Shabbat.
We are SO EXCITED to announce that our next all-inclusive, large-scale, Kosher-catered, Gay Shabbat will be hosted in partnership with Rabbi Green and Grindr Shabbat in Brooklyn.
Friday, February 23, 2024
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30pm Cocktail Hour
8:15pm Dinner
Tickets for Shabbat are $36. If you have any financial limitations, please reach out to us at gayshabbat@gmail.com. We will work with you so that you can come! If you have the capacity to give more, all remaining proceeds will enable us to host, plan, and execute more Gay Shabbats.
As always, we want to thank you, members of the Gay Shabbat community, for joining us to hamotzi, hagafen, and unite together around beautiful food and immense amounts of queer Jewish joy.
Important note: if you have not already completed our intake form, please do so at gayshabbat.org/welcome.
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BYOK (bring your own Kippah– if relevant)
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