On Friday Night I attended the Liberal Shull’s Welcoming Pride Shabbat. I found the service very moving although I’m still finding Liberal Judaism surreal as I was brought up in an old fashioned Orthodox Synagogue, which discriminated against lesbians, gays and bisexuals. It’s about time Judaism was brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century!
I was invited by Keshet (Hebrew for Rainbow) to support them at the Manchester Pride Parade. I thought it was an ideal time to celebrate the fact that I am a born again Jew and to thank L for introducing me to such a friendly Jewish Community. I know what is like to be excluded and oppressed thanks to the hegemony of Orthodox Judaism. So I marched wearing the Keshet T- shirt and a rainbow coloured yarmulke in front of what looked like the whole of Greater Manchester! It was a really positive experience.
Later on we went for a meal in the Gay Village. I was sat opposite the Rabbi so thought it best not to eat meat in front of him even though he is defiantly not a stereotypical Orthodox type of Rabbi. Then I went to Kyoties with the women and the men Including the Rabbi went out Clubbing with his boyfriend. How cool is that a Rabbi that goes clubbing!
What a shame I’m the only Strait Jewess in Keshet or I could marry a nice Jewish girl! It’s like ‘the Well of Loneliness’ in reverse!
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I have to say that I have never come across a rabbi going clubbing with his boyfriend before!
I thought it was only us Anglicans who were into this sort of thing:)
Heather
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