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Pride Shabbat with special guest Abby Stein

June 2 @ 10:30 pm - June 3 @ 1:30 am

Join us for a Shabbat experience as we kick off Pride month in fabulous
Ferndale! We’ll begin the evening with a strolling vegetarian dinner at 6:30
followed by a lively Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7:30 led by local rabbis,
Rabbi Yoni Dahlen, Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh and Rabbi Alana Alpert with our
special guest Abby Stein. Stay for a dessert oneg and the opportunity to
connect with fellow young Jewish adults in the LGBTQA+ community.

**About Abby Stein**
Abby Stein is a Jewish educator, author, speaker and activist. She was born
and raised in a Hasidic family and attended Yeshiva, completing a rabbinical
degree in 2011. In 2012, she left the Hasidic world to explore a self-
determined life. In 2015 Abby came out as a woman of trans experience. Since
coming out, she has been working to raise support and awareness for trans
rights and those leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy. Her story has been covered in the
New York Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Jewish
Daily Forward, Daily Mail, NBC, Vogue, InStyle, and more, as well as live
appearances on CNN, Fox News, HuffPost Live, ShowTime, NowThis, PopSugar and
internationally.

$15 per person includes dinner, dessert and drinks.
Please register in advance by May 30. Space is limited.
Contact Leah Ferstman (leahf@hillel-detroit.org) to arrange for a Kosher-
certified meal.

This event is intended for young adults in their 20s and 30s. This event is
brought to you by NEXTGen Detroit Pride, The Well, CSZ Village, Congregation
T’chiyah, Hillel of Metro Detroit, Repair the World, and Keshet.

We ask that all attendees mask during services. Masks will not be required
during dinner.

Thank you to our event co-chairs: Daniel Marc Pogoda, Jenna Lopatin, Laura
Rosen, and Jenna Friedman.

Cost should not be a barrier to attend. If you have any questions, please
reach out to Lauren soifer@jfmd.org

View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/4536

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