Celebrate Pride with CBE!
Brooklyn Pride is coming up and CBE will be the gathering space for all queer, Jewish Brooklynites and those who love them! On Friday night, join us for a family-friendly Shabbat dinner and services featuring the CBE Quintet and guest speaker Jaimie Krass, CEO and President of Keshet. On Saturday, gather with LGBTQ+ Jews from across Brooklyn for dinner and sweet treats before marching in (or watching) the Brooklyn Pride Parade. We hope you and your family—chosen and otherwise—will join us to bring in the rainbow ruach!
Full weekend schedule:
Friday, June 12
5-6 p.m. | Youth and Families Pride Shabbat Dinner, Crafts, and Shabbat Singing | Social Hall | Register here for dinner (free)
6-6:30 p.m. | Pride Shabbat Happy Hour for All Including Dessert for Youth and Families | Lobby
6:30 p.m. | Pride Kabbalat Shabbat | Chapel | Register here for childcare
- Featuring guest speaker Jaimie Krass, CEO and President of Keshet. Read Jaimie’s bio below.
Saturday, June 13*
5 p.m. |Brooklyn Pride Seudah Sh’lishit | Social Hall | Register here for dinner
- Early Dinner and Parade Prep: Get all glittered up, get your facepaint on, and nosh!
- We’ll provide the main, you bring the sides and dessert
6:30 p.m. | Leave for the parade | Sanctuary Steps
7:30 p.m. | Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade
*Saturday’s events are co-sponsored by Brooklyn Jews; Shalom, Dykes; Altshul; Atara; Kane Street Synagogue; and Keshet
Wednesday, June 17
All Wednesday events will take place at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights.
6 p.m. | Brooklyn Interfaith Gathering
7:30 p.m. | Brooklyn Interfaith Service with Cantor Leslie Goldberg and Rose Snitz
About Jaimie Krass
With anti-oppressive pedagogy, resilient hope, and fierce compassion as her modi operandi, Jaimie serves as Keshet’s President & CEO. Prior to stepping into this role, Jaimie served as Keshet’s National Director of Youth Programs, revolutionizing this work to reach three times as many youth (over 1,500 annually) through 100+ programs, led by youth themselves. Before Keshet, Jaimie was a Hillel campus professional for seven years (two at Muhlenberg College Hillel in PA, and five at Columbia/Barnard Hillel in NYC), creating and leading immersive experiences, reimagining Jewish tradition, and empowering students to seize ownership of their journeys and become leaders in their communities. She received her B.A. in political science and Jewish studies from the University of Florida and her M.A. in Jewish education and nonprofit professional leadership from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Throughout her career — and extending back to her teenage years, when she founded the GSA at her Florida high school — she has advocated for LGBTQ+ justice and belonging, facilitating trainings at conferences, JCCs, and synagogues, and creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ Russian-speaking Jewish teens in Brooklyn, NY. She is a proud Pardes alum, member of the Schusterman ROI Community, and was a dedicated volunteer crisis counselor with the Trevor Project for 10 years.
Outside of work, Jaimie enjoys starting every day with a double espresso, seeing as much theatre as she can, and simultaneously complaining about NYC while also insisting it is the greatest city in the world. She lives in (you guessed it) New York with her wife and their dog, MishMish.