VIEW RAYMOND ZACHARY’S VIDEO INVITATION HERE

CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S PRIDE SHABBAT takes place on Friday, June 21, at 7:00 p.m., and will feature Cantorial Soloist Raymond Zachary (they/ them).

Zachary is a religious teacher and a classically trained countertenor who has performed in more than 30 synagogues and performed as the lead singer of Klezmer band Mostly Kosher at Disneyland. Zachary is also a proud Board Member of the Guild of Temple Musicians in association with the American Conference of Cantors.

After Services, there will be a Pride Shabbat After-Party at PKWY Tavern, 2235 Village Walk Dr., at 8:45 p.m.

June’s Pride Month is a time when the Reform Jewish community celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and reiterates its commitment to equality. Reform Judaism has a long and proud history of working for the full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQIA+ people in Jewish life and for their full civil rights. LGBTQIA+ Jews and their families are present and essential in all Reform congregations and communities. LGBTQIA+ Jews may be ordained as rabbis and cantors and serve throughout the Reform Movement. Most Reform rabbis and cantors gladly officiate at same-sex and LGBTQ+ ceremonies. According to the Union for Reform Judaism, “The great contribution of Reform Judaism is that it has enabled the Jewish people to introduce innovation while preserving tradition, to embrace diversity while asserting commonality, to affirm beliefs without rejecting those who doubt, and to bring faith to sacred texts without sacrificing critical scholarship.”

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