FOR JEWISH LGBTQ+ FAMILIES

Mission:

jkidpride both creates community for Jewish LGBTQ+ parents as well as Jewish LGBTQ+ kids and tweens. Through informal gatherings, educational programming, and holiday celebrations, jkidpride seeks to offer the opportunity for LGBTQ+ Jews to build relationships with others who similarly identify.

Vision:

To build a community where families that include LGBTQ+ Jews experience a sense of belonging, membership, equity, and affirmation.

Program Description:

jkidpride, a program of Jewish Learning Venture (JLV), works in partnership with jkidphilly Program Professionals, Parent Ambassadors, Grandparent Ambassadors, and Congregational Ambassadors to design and deliver holistically inclusive family programming, as well as collaborating with our Professional Learning team to develop and deliver professional learning to education directors and teachers to make all Jewish spaces inclusive and welcoming.

jkidphilly and JLV programs are intended to serve the broadest demographic – any family who self-identifies as a family raising Jewish children, intentionally welcoming in Jewish LGBTQ+ families, whether it is the parents and/or children who identify. All jkidphilly and JLV programs are focused on fun and educational Jewish experiences while also being intentional about re-centering Jewish representation away from heteronormative, cisgendered representation. jkidpride’s collaboration ensures that this remains a fundamental and central priority in all jkidphilly and JLV programming.

For questions about how programming works for families just like yours, contact jkidphilly Director, Molly Wernick

For information about how our Professional Learning team can help make your Jewish space more intentionally inclusive of LGBTQ+ (and all) families, see our list of professional learning offerings or contact Director of Professional Learning, Julia Weekes