Join us to celebrate Pride Shabbat!  We’ll enjoy special hors d’oeuvres, wine and seltzer, and good conversation at 6:30 pm, followed by Shabbat Services at 7 pm, in celebration of Pride month.

Our special guest speaker will be Justin Rosen Smolen, a strategist, speaker, and facilitator with a passion for designing creative experiences that bring diverse groups together for connection, learning, and action.  Justin serves as Director of Jewish Emergent Network where he leads collaboration and strategy across seven pioneering communities throughout the United States to advance a bold and inspired vision for Jewish life.  He brings over 15 years of experience launching and scaling innovative national programs with a focus on education, access, and inclusion, including at Keshet where he created leadership experiences for LGBTQ Jewish teens and young adults and partnered with Jewish youth movements to build safer and more inclusive spaces for LGBTQ youth in Jewish life. Justin holds an MPA in management and an MA in Jewish Studies and is an alum of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and the Generation Now Fellowship.  He lives in northern New Jersey with his partner and their two children.

For details, contact Vera@GRS.org.