Pride Month
Events
LGBTQA 101 with Rabbi Ariel
What does LGBTQA mean? What’s the difference between gender and sexuality? How do they/them pronouns work? If you’ve ever asked questions like these— or simply want to better understand queer... Read More
Dinner & Discuss – Pride and Identity
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesDinner & Discuss (D&D) is a new Friday night Shabbat experience that brings people together around food, conversation, and learning. Designed to be welcoming and discussion-focused, the evening begins with a community potluck, continues with a facilitated discussion featuring guest rabbinical student, Simcha Howard, with R’ Ariel, and concludes with a quick ma’ariv/ evening service.... Read More
Pride Shabbat
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesRabbinical Student, Simcha Howard Please join us for Shabbat services, including a special dvar Torah in honor of Pride by guest rabbinical student, Simcha Howard. Simcha Howard (they/them) is a second-year rabbinical student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and a Los Angeles native with a love for Ancient Near Eastern history, L.A. history,... Read More
LGBTQA Get-Together
Burlington, VermontIn honor of Pride, R’ Ariel and Jason are opening their home to come together to share food, board games, some song, and be in community. All are welcome, but a special invitation is extended to those who identity within the LGBTQA community, as well as their families, loved ones, and guests! Please register in... Read More
Fifth Annual Pride Seder 2026
Ohavi Zedek Social Hall 188 N. Prospect St, Burlington, VTOur fifth annual Pride Seder is a ritual that chronicles the liberation of LGBTQA people, much like the Passover Seder, which retells the story of the liberation of the Jewish people. Register Here Join a diverse gathering of Vermont LGBTQA Jews, Jew-adjacent folks and allies to celebrate our coming out of bondage with songs, prayers,... Read More
In the Torah: Imagining Queerness and the Ancient Israelite Body
Ohavi Zedek Samuelson Saiger Sanctuary 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesRabbinical Student, Simcha Howard Please join us for a thought-provoking class by our visiting Rabbinical Student, Simcha Howard! In-person with Zoom option for those that can not attend. The Torah is assumed by many to be exclusionary of variant-sexed bodies, and modern critique often interprets Biblical categorization of non-normative bodies in an inherently negative way.... Read More