Israel-Palestine Virtual Symposium – Spring 2026

2026-06-23T00:00:00-04:00
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Pride at MJH with Rabbi Amichai

SUNDAY, June 7th
3-4pm EST
IN PERSON

 

Celebrate Pride with the Museum! Explore queer Jewish joy through romance books, hear stories of queer Jews from the Holocaust to the present and join Keshet for a workshop on building LGBTQ+ equality and belonging. See the full schedule below:

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM:
Queer Jewish Love Stories — This panel with Shelly Jay Shore, author of Rules for Ghosting and Love Me Like a Rock Song, and Paul Rudnick, author of The Tuxedo Society and What is Wrong with You?, will explore themes of queer Jewish joy and romance in literature. Moderated by Stacey Agdern.

1 – 2:30 PM:
LGBTQ+ Equality & Jewish Values: A Community Workshop with Keshet — This training is designed for community members at large and will familiarize them with the basics of building LGBTQ+ equality and belonging. At the end of this training participants will be able to:

3 – 4 PM:
Voices of Pride: Queer Jewish Stories Past and Present with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Eric Marcus, Miryam Kabakov, and Samuel C. Huneke
This panel featuring Samuel C. Huneke, author of I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany; Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History Podcast; Miryam Kabakov, Executive Director of Eshel; and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, social activist and storyteller, writer and community leader, will discuss various stories of queer Jews from the Holocaust to the present and how these stories continue to impact us today.

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