Washington Heights LGBTQ+ Community Dinner
November 14 at 6:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Come together on November 14th for an LGBTQ+ Community Shabbat Dinner, sponsored by Eshel, and in partnership with The Beis and Fort Tryon Jewish Center! We are so excited to create a warm and welcoming space for what is hopefully the first of many gatherings in Washington Heights. Join your local LGBTQ+ community and enjoy a delicious meal followed by a parsha shiur from Lexi Kohanski.
This event is for LGBTQ+ individuals ages 21+.
When: Friday, October 24
6:15 pm Community Dinner
8:00 pm Shiur
Where: The Beis – 587 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10033
Cost: $30 ($15 for students)
Event capacity is limited to 50 attendees. Sign up today!
Lexi Kohanski is a trans Jewish writer and educator who focuses on empowering those who have not felt at home in Judaism. She is a leader in the realm of trans Torah, creating Torah study spaces that are intergenerational, identity-spanning, and full of joy. Her work has appeared in Gashmius Magazine, Approaching, and the Trans Halakha Project, and she regularly publishes through the T4Torah Patreon. Lexi’s cornerstone halakhic essay, Be Whole: A Halakhic Approach to Gender and Transition, lays out a pathbreaking halakhic framework for relating to Jewish gender transition as a sacred undertaking. Lexi gives regular sermons on spiritual resilience and survival through her podcast, Torah for Trans Lives. She is also the author of Worlds To Come, a first-of-its-kind tabletop roleplaying game for learning Hebrew. Before finding her calling, Lexi was an actor, ESL teacher, and farmer. Lexi’s home as an educator is at the Torah Studio, where she serves as the organization’s Director of Online Learning.