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Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot in Brookline 2016 has ended

"Shavuot is the time when the community gathers around the mountain, and makes pilgrimage to a holy place, for the ultimate transformative experience." 
—Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ז׳ל

8th Annual Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot in Brookline

All Night, June 11-12, 2016
Starting at 9:00pm with special pre-session at 8:15p.
384 Harvard Street and 100 Centre St. in Brookline, MA

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Saturday, June 11 • 10:50pm - 11:40pm
Six Queer Heroes and Scoundrels

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Same-sex love, hidden and formally decried, finds surprising expression in Jewish poetry, prose and  law. Full of pathos, gender bending, humor and intrigue, it reveals a sliver of life that has been all but erased from memory. Meet 6 queer characters of Jewish history, some famous others infamous whose stories help to make sense of the issue for our own moment.
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Rabbi Steven Greenberg

Steve has worked with communities around the world to make Orthodox Judaism more inclusive of gays and lesbians. He is the author of Wrestling with God & Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition, which won the Koret Book Award and is one of the founding Co-Directors of Eshel... Read More →

Saturday June 11, 2016 10:50pm - 11:40pm PDT
Landers Hall 384 Harvard St.
  Pshat/Drash   Remez

Attendees (5)