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May 2015
Relationships: on being Jewish and LGBTQ
Relationships: on being Jewish and LGBTQI. How multiple identities impact or interact in relationships with family, friends & the community; attitude to faith/culture and the broader Jewish community
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Gender Issues: whether and how Gay, Lesbian; Bisexual; Trans or Queer identities are reflected within Judaism and Jewish Ritual Practice
Find out more »June 2015
LGBT Conference in Tel Aviv/Israel
The LGBT – 40 Years of Pride Conference, organized by The Aguda and A Wider Bridge, will bring together a diverse group of LGBTQ leaders from around the world, representing dozens of nations and communities, with an array of religious and secular practices, people of many races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identities. For two and a half days, we will gather in the heart of Tel Aviv, home to a dynamic and vibrant LGBTQ community, to inspire and strengthen…
Find out more »Pride Shabbat
Filming at South London Synagogue (please CONTACT US for details)
Find out more »July 2015
Ritual Bricolage Workshop
The Ritual Bricolage workshop is an exploration of how LGBTQI Jews in Britain can reclaim something that has perhaps been denied to us in the very gendered and traditional world of Judaism. Sometimes rituals can be very meaningful if we feel a part of what is going on. But how can we as LGBTQI Jews bring our whole selves into sharing with others our connection to Judaism? What is our part in all of this? What is our story in all of this? During this…
Find out more »September 2015
Ritual Reconstructed goes Sukkot
During the holiday of Sukkot, it’s customary to invite guests 'ushpizin' into our homes. We feel blessed that Rabbi Janet Burden has invited Ritual Reconstructed to join her Sukkah (festival hut) at her family home in West London. We will be welcomed by Rabbi Janet's access course to Judaism and create divine energy together by sharing stories and songs of community, diversity and transformation. We encourage participants to arrive 30 minutes earlier and help us to decorate the sukkah LGBT-style…
Find out more »November 2015
Ritual Reconstructed End of Project Event
Ritual Reconstructed Join us for an event dedicated to examining Jewish life through an LGBTQI lens. Ritual Reconstructed is a collaborative, community and academic project working with film, performance, installation and storytelling to look at the ways in which Jewish people who identify as LGBTQI, engage in religious and community life. This event is a culmination of that project. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. You are welcome to attend any one part of the event or…
Find out more »February 2016
Ritual Reconstructed: reconfiguring “places” of spirituality & identity The University of Portsmouth
book your FREE spot here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ritual-reconstructed-reconfiguring-places-of-spirituality-identity-tickets-20461065598?aff=ebrowse Ritual Reconstructed Re configuring “places” of spirituality and identity. In the past year Searle Kochberg, from the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, has been working on and collaborating with Liberal Judaism UK, Bucks New University, Coventry University and colleagues in CCI to create Ritual Reconstructed, a Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) research project. Ritual Reconstructed is a collaborative, community and academic project looking at the ways in which Jewish people who identify as LGBTQI, engage in religious and community life, consisting…
Find out more »Ritual Reconstructed: reconfiguring “places” of spirituality & identity
Book your place here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ritual-reconstructed-reconfiguring-places-of-spirituality-identity-tickets-20032781589 Come and join us in celebrating LGBTHM 2016 by attending the screening of the full 2015 documentary on LGBTQI people of faith: "Ritual Reconstructed: reconfiguring “places” of spirituality & identity" – a series of short films made as part of the Ritual Reconstructed project directed and produced by Searle Kochberg, University of Portsmouth which examine LGBTQI Jewish ritual in the UK This free to attend screening will be followed by a Q&A session afterwards. The Q&A session will take place with the…
Find out more »December 2020
Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: continuity and signalling the future. Aka. “Ritual Reconstructed: The Online Hanukah Edition
We are delighted to invite you to take part in an online interdisciplinary symposium which builds and expands upon the AHRC funded project Ritual Reconstructed: challenges to disconnection, division and exclusion in the Jewish LGBTQI+ community. For 2020, we present: Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: continuity and signalling the future. Half-day panels and events will take place during December on the 15th (am) 9.30-1.30pm Day 1 of 3: Ritual Reconstructed Revisited: Hanukah Symposium 16th (pm) 12.00-5.30pm Day 2 of 3.…
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