Keshet's Training Institute for Jewish Educators
May 31 - June 3, 2009
Pearlstone Retreat Center, MD

Apply online!

Join this national gathering of educators, clergy, youth professionals and community leaders to learn:

Keshet's Shabbat potluck was such a success that we're making it a regular event. Join us the last Friday of every month for a relaxed Shabbat meal. Bring a favorite vegetarian dish to share. All ages welcome!

Details:
Friday, February 27, 7 - 9 pm
Keshet member's home, Jamaica Plain

RSVP for location by Thursday, February 26 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

It’s time for everyone’s favorite Jewish drag holiday - PURIM! Embrace your inner fashion designer and create a fabulous costume. (Then join us at the Gragger Purim Party on March 21 to show off your new costume!)

Details:
Thursday, March 5, 7 - 9 pm
Workmen’s Circle, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline, MA

RSVP by March 4 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

Join us at Temple Ohabei Shalom for a special GLBT Shabbat with Ben Klein, a senior attorney at GLAD and the lead counsel in the case that brought marriage equality to Connecticut. Ben will share his thoughts about the legal road ahead for GLBT rights. Grab a snack and schmooze at the oneg following services.

Details:
Friday, March 6, 7:30 pm
Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon St., Brookline, MA

RSVP by March 4 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

Bring the kids - or just act like one - and help us kick-off our new Keshet Parents' Group. Whether your specialty is strikes or gutter balls, you've gotta love those funny-looking shoes.

Details:
Sunday, March 22, 2-4 pm
Lanes and Games, 195 Concord Tpke. (Route 2 E), Cambridge, MA
Cost: $4.75 game (per person), $3.00 shoe rental

RSVP by March 19 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

Keshet's Shabbat potluck was such a success that we're making it a regular event. Join Keshet the last Friday of every month for a relaxed Shabbat meal. Bring a favorite vegetarian dish to share. All ages welcome!

Want to host a dinner? Contact Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org to reserve a date.

RSVP by March 26 to Elyssa.
Check http://www.keshetonline.org in March for location and time!

Join Keshet for a cozy evening of taste-bud enlightenment as we learn all there is to know about tea. (Or at least all that you need to know to impress your friends.)

Details:
Saturday, January 31, 7:30-9:30 pm
Cafénation, 380 Washington St., Brighton, MA, 02135
Cost is $5.

RSVP by Thursday, January 29 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

Queer Shabbat is back! Bring a favorite vegetarian dish to share and join other Keshet members for a relaxed Friday night meal.

Details:
Friday, January 23, 7:00-9:00 pm
At a Keshet member's home, Brookline, MA, 02445

RSVP by Tuesday, January 20 for address to Elyssa at or 617-524-9227.

Keshet works for the full inclusion of GLBT Jews in Jewish life. [http://www.keshetonline.org]

January 21, 2009: An Act of Faith

Massachusetts Communities of Faith Speak Out for Transgender Equality

Keshet and The Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality invite you to help kick off a faith-based campaign in support of a civil rights bill for transgender equality.

Join with clergy, lay leaders, and community members from many faiths and spiritual traditions to celebrate our work and learn how you can take action and help pass a bill that will make Massachusetts a more just state for everyone.

January 21, 2009
7:00 - 9:00 pm

January 6, 2009: Singing for Our World

How have social justice themes made their way into Jewish music? With Cantor Rosalie Toubes of Temple Sinai as our guide, we will look at how composers use text and music to share their message. A not-to-be-missed evening with one of Boston’s most talented cantors!

Details:
Tuesday, January 6, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Temple Sinai, 50 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, MA, 02446

RSVP by Wednesday, January 5 to Elyssa at or 617-524-9227.