Multiracial & Families of Color Havdalah Celebration

Join us for a warm and welcoming Friday evening gathering as we mark the start of Pride Month with a joyful and inclusive Shabbat celebration! 

Hosted by The Senesh School, Fig Tree, The Neighborhood, and other wonderful community partners, this family-friendly event is a special opportunity to come together, celebrate the beautiful diversity of Jewish families, and uplift the fullness of our identities with music, crafts, cooking, and Shabbat rituals.

🌟WHAT TO EXPECT🌟

🕯️🕯️ Shabbat Rituals & Blessings – Welcome Shabbat in a loving, inclusive space with candle lighting, blessings, and joyful songs.

🎨 Hands-on Crafts & Cooking – Get creative with hands-on activities that show off your Pride, including colorful crafts and a cooking station where we’ll make a special Shabbat treat together.

🎶 Music, Stories, and Songs – Join in uplifting Shabbat songs and storytelling that bring Jewish joy and belonging to all.

🥖 Delicious Shabbat Dinner – Enjoy a kosher meal with a welcoming community of Queer families and friends.

🏳️‍🌈A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Families

Pride Family Shabbat is a joyful and affirming gathering to celebrate June as Pride Month and to honor the many beautiful ways we build and define family in the Jewish community. This special evening is more than just marking the start of Shabbat—it’s a chance for Queer Jewish families to come together, be seen, heard, and celebrated as an essential part of our vibrant Jewish community. With music, crafts, delicious food, and plenty of fun, we’ll share traditions, make memories, and experience the joy and beauty of Shabbat in a space where all families truly belong!

This event is open to all Queer families, friends, and allies—however your family defines or identifies. Activities are designed for parents and children to participate together.

Come as you are, and join us for a beautiful Shabbat of belonging, joy and celebration!🌈✨🕯️

Event Basics

What: Pride Family Shabbat

When: Friday, June 6, 2025 | 5:30-7:30pm

Where: The Senesh School, 342 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Cost*: $18 for adults; $10 for children

Rates increase on Tuesday, May 27th and Registration will fully close on Wednesday, June 4th.

Questions? Email Jamie Maxner, Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement Director, at jmaxner@hannahsenesh.org

Travel Tip: The Senesh School is easily accessible via public transit, located directly above the Carroll Street F/G subway station.

*If cost is an obstacle to your participation in this event, please email jmaxner@hannahsenesh.org.

ABOUT OUR PARTNERS

Fig Tree is an independent Jewish education program for children ages 3 – 13. Our mission is to inspire a lifelong love of Judaism in every learner and our diverse and inclusive community warmly welcomes all families.  We believe that accessible Jewish education empowers Jewish families, strengthens Jewish community, and leads to joyful Jewish practice. Our learners explore Jewish culture, values, ritual, holidays, and Hebrew language in a fun, relatable way. In small weekly classes led by experienced teachers, we incorporate elements of art, music, drama, and movement to foster a meaningful learning experience and deepened sense of Jewish identity for each student.  

The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life is an inclusive and welcoming community and cultural hub in Brooklyn. We produce programs to fill gaps, raise up underrepresented perspectives, and welcome the thousands of Brooklynites that have not yet found their Jewish connection point. We have created a welcoming space that reflects the spirit of Brooklyn–future-thinking and deeply historical, iconoclastic and sacred.

The Senesh School is an open and inclusive Jewish day school, where K-8 students from all different backgrounds grow into ever more curious, kind, and confident people. Senesh cultivates intellectual curiosity in a rigorous academic environment that teaches the whole child, guiding our students with Jewish values and challenging them to be agents of change toward a more just world. Together, students, parents, and staff create a welcoming and vibrant home, offering a place of belonging for diverse Jewish families.