Chevrei Tikva Chavurah

Bruchim ha-ba’im ("Welcome")…
To the Chevrei Tikva Chavurah,
Welcoming gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Cleveland area Jews and their families and friends.

In the summer of 2005, Chevrei Tikva, a synagogue with outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) Jews, and their families and friends, became part of the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple synagogue-community.

"Anshe Chesed means 'people of loving kindness,' and the clergy, staff, lay leaders, and members of Anshe Chesed have for years demonstrated loving kindness to Chevrei Tikva and its members," said Jonathan Freilich of Chevrei Tikva. "We are pleased and proud to become a chavurah ("group of friends") within the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple community and we welcome others to become part of this community." 

Chevrei Tikva Chavurah Shabbat Services are held once a month on the third Friday. Both services begin at 8 p.m. in the Lelyveld Library. These services, like all Fairmount Temple Shabbat Services, are open to all. 

In addition to the Services, the Chevrei Tikva Chavurah hosts an array of programming and special events throughout the year, including Chanukah parties, a play, speakers, and a Second Night Pesach Seder.  In May, Fairmount Temple sponsors a bus to transport Clevelanders to  Lobby Day for Equality in Columbus. Last year, Chevrei Tikva celebrated its 25 anniversary.

Join us on saturday, feb. 27 to celebrate purim!!!

7 p.m. Dinner at Fairmount Temple

8 p.m.  Chevrei Tikva PurimSpiel - What Every Queen Should Know

The Chevrei Tikva Chavurah Players always put on a great show.  Come see for yourself!

From the spielwright of last year's hit, Ima Mia, comes this year's satiric, musical Spiel, What Every Queen Should Know.  A spat leaves the Persian Palace in an uproar and Haman plots the Jews' destruction.  Can our heroine, Esther, restore domestic tranquility to the royal household and secure the blessings of liberty for the Jews and the entire, diverse Persian Empire?  Topical references abound.  Please leave groggers at home so you hear every hilarious line, geared to mature audiences.Contact Cathy Lipton at 216-464-1330, ext. 126 or Clipton@fairmounttemple.org by Feb. 19 to  RSVP for dinner ($12).

 

To learn more about the Chevrei Tikva Chavurah or events listed, contact Cathy Lipton by at Clipton@fairmounttemple.org
or at 216-464-1330, ext. 126.

Fairmount Temple Receives Equality Award
The Human Rights Campaign Cleveland honored Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple with its annual Equality Award in recognition of its long history of support for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community of Cleveland. The Award was presented April 8, 2006.

In the words of the HRC Board of Governors:  "True to its tradition of being Anshe Chesed, 'People of Loving Kindness', the temple is recognized as a leader not only in the religious community but also in the community as a whole.  We will always remember the Rabbis' conducting services in basements, lending torahs to Chevrei Tikva for services, standing with us on "Issue One," hosting and leading the benediction of our first HRC 'faith-based' event, serving on the GLBT Task Force for JCF, and your inclusion of Chevrei Tikva Chavurah as part of the synagogue."

Click here for recent article in The Jewish Daily Forward Magazine that includes Chevrei Tikva.

Click here for recent article in Cleveland Jewish News featuring several Chevrei Tikva members.

See our Shabbat Calendar for a complete listing of Shabbat services.

Links:   

The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews

 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Human Rights Campaign

NUJLS

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