During Pride Month and year-round, Federation is proud to stand with our LGBTQIA+ community in Greater Washington and beyond. Browse the calendar listings and explore the organizations linked below for social and cultural events, educational excursions, and more opportunities for the LGBTQIA+ community (and their friends and allies, too)!
Looking for family-friendly events to celebrate Pride? Look for the PJ Library logo on the event descriptions.
Sunday, April 6, 2025 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Pride Shabbat: Drag Happy Hour, Service, & Oneg with Bet Mishpachah, GLOE, and community partners (June 7th)
Pride Shabbat at Washington Hebrew (June 7th)
Capital Pride Parade Jewish community contingent with Bet Mishpachah, Washington Hebrew, Bethesda Jewish Congregation, GLOE at the Edlavitch DCJCC, and Federation (June 8th)
Capital Pride Festival Jewish community booth with Federation’s NextGen, Bet Mishpachah, GLOE, PJ Library, and the JFamily Ambassadors (June 9th)
Marsha and the Positrons Pride Concert at the EDCJCC (June 9th)
Shabbat Vayinafash and PRIDE Shabbat at Temple Shalom (June 14th)
Pride Happy Hour with EDCJCC, GLOE and partners (June 20th)
Drag Queen Story Hour & Havdalah for Families with Hill Havurah (June 22nd)
We Belong Pride event with the Embassy of Israel, Adas Israel, and Bet Mishpachah (June 25th)
Other Events:
Tie Dye Fun Fest for Families with Young Kids at Temple Shalom (June 13th)
Pride Night at Theater J: The Hatmaker’s Wife (June 13th)
Pride and Shavuot Celebration Shabbat at Temple Sinai (June 14th)
Pride Shabbat with Mizmor L’Shabbat Band and Guest Speaker Anne Kaiser at Temple Emanuel (June 14th)
DC Keshet Teen Shabbaton Participant and Alum Pride Picnic & Potluck with Keshet (June 23rd)
Bet Mishpachah is a congregation for LGBTQ+ Jews and all who wish to participate in an inclusive, egalitarian, and mutually supportive community. Membership is comprised of singles, couples, and families, and is open to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
GLOE, the first and only full-time LGBTQ+ engagement program at any Jewish Community Center in the world, serves DC’s queer Jewish community through an array of unique and meaningful programs in the areas of arts and culture, community service, holidays and spirituality, social justice, and of course, social events. Learn about what GLOE has to offer the local LGBTQ+ Jewish community.
Keshet’s mission is to ensure that LGBTQ+ Jews are fully included in all parts of the Jewish community. Visit the Keshet website and check out their programs, which include the Keshet Parent and Family Connection.
Nice Jewish Boys is a network for gay, bisexual, and trans Jewish men in their twenties and thirties. NJBs gather regularly for happy hours, social sports and to celebrate the Jewish holidays. Visit the NJB Facebook page for the latest events.