join us for Capital Pride
Big Queer Jewish Happy Hour
Wednesday, June 1, 5:30 PM || Pitchers
Join GLOE – GLBTQ Outreach & Engagement at the Edlavitch DCJCC, Nice Jewish Girls, Nice Jewish Boys DC, Bet Mishpachah, and Gayyim for this annual happy hour to kick off Capital Pride month!
Pride Shabbat: Happy Hour, Service, & Oneg with Bet Mishpachah and GLOE
Friday, June 10, 6:30 PM – Happy Hour, 8:00 PM – Service, 9:00 PM – Oneg || EDCJCC
Join GLOE, Bet Mishpachach, Nice Jewish Boys and Nice Jewish Girls on Friday, June 11 for happy hour, Shabbat services, and a oneg where we will celebrate Pride. Bet Mishpachah’s Rabbi, Jake Singer-Beilin, will be co-leading along with Robyn Helzner, a wonderfully tallented musician and singer. This will be a wonderful night of coming together as a community to reflect and celebrate together!
Mishpacha Meet-Up: A Pre-Pride Parade LGBTQ Family Gathering
Saturday, June 11, 2:00 PM || EDCJCC
GLOE – The Kurlander Program for LGBTQ Outreach & Engagement at the Edlavitch DCJCC is proudly partnering with Adas Israel Congregation and PJ Library of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to host a family-friendly gathering of the Jewish community – and our friends/allies – in the EDCJCC before marching as one at the Capital Pride Parade.Beat the heat and join us for a short Shabbat program featuring Jewish reflections in support of LGBTQ inclusion, and enjoy snacks and fun activities for kids in addition to making signs we’ll carry in the parade! Afterwards, we’ll head over to our meet-up spot to queue for the parade together.
March with GLOE and the Jewish Community at the Capital Pride Parade 2022
Saturday, June 12, 3:30 PM || Dupont Area
GLOE and Bet Mishpachah invite all individuals and Jewish groups to join our contingent of DC’s LGBTQ Jews, our friends, families, and allies for this fun event. Expect singing, dancing and maybe even a little skipping… Bring your own LGBTQ-Jewish-supportive signs, wear a GLOE t-shirt or just show up and enjoy all the marching fun!
Pre-Festival Young Professionals Bagel Brunch
Sunday, June 12, 12:00 PM || Gather DC Townhouse
Join GLOE and Capital Qvellers at the Gather townhouse before the Pride Festival for free bagels & schmoozing. Please BYOB.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON
Capital Pride Festival
Sunday, June 12, 12:00 PM || Pennsylvania Avenue
Join the Jewish LGBTQ+ community on America’s Mainstreet, historic Pennsylvania Avenue, for the return of the Capital Pride Festival. Visit our Jewish LGBTQ+ organization booth and enjoy a a full day of entertainment on three stages, food, drink, and advocacy with over 300 exhibitors. The Festival is the largest annual event in the national capital region and continues to be free to the public.
Night OUT at the Nationals Game
Tuesday June 14, 7:05 PM || Nationals Park
Register by Friday, May 20
The 2022 Night OUT at the Nationals game is Tuesday, June 14, at 7:05 PM against the Atlanta Braves. Buy tickets now for seats in our block in the scoreboard pavilion to sit with others from local LGBTQ Jewish organizations.
To purchase tickets, fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/d51fdudhtYacwvpu6 and send $25 per ticket either via Venmo (@jennrubenstein) or PayPal (rubenstein.12@osu.edu).
Capital Pride Volunteer Project with Casa Ruby
Thursday, June 16, 6:30 PM || EDCJCC
Help us spread Pride cheer to the clients and staff of Casa Ruby, a homeless shelter serving LGBTQ and transgender youth. Drop off baked goods or thank you cards to be included in care packages or sign up for an in-person project to create these packages.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON
Pride Events
You can read more about the film, watch the trailer, and learn more about all the events as part of JxJ here: https://www.jxjdc.org/events/swimmer/
Get ready to celebrate Pride month with other LGBTQ Jews (and our friends) at Pitchers DC in Adams Morgan for mingling and drink specials. Join GLOE – GLBTQ Outreach & Engagement at the Edlavitch DCJCC, Bet Mishpachah, Nice Jewish Boys DC, and Nice Jewish Girls on June 1 for this traditional annual gathering of the local LGBTQ Jewish community.
WE WILL BE AT TOP OF STAIRS AT PITCHERS – 1st BASE AREA
No tickets required, but RSVP today!
Pride Shabbat with Bet Mishpachah and GLOE
Friday, June 10
6:30 PM – Happy Hour – 2nd floor 16th street lobby concessions and outside on 16th Street Steps
8:00 PM – Service – 1st floor Kay Community Hall
9:00 PM – Oneg -1st floor Kay Community Hall
Join GLOE, Bet Mishpachach, Nice Jewish Boys and Nice Jewish Girls on Friday, June 11 for happy hour, Shabbat services, and a oneg where we will celebrate Pride. Bet Mishpachah’s Rabbi, Jake Singer-Beilin, will be co-leading along with Robyn Helzner, a wonderfully tallented musician and singer. This will be a wonderful night of coming together as a community to reflect and celebrate together!
Vaccine cards or photo of card or negative COVID PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event will be check at the door.
GLOE – The Kurlander Program for LGBTQ Outreach & Engagement at the Edlavitch DCJCC is proudly partnering with Adas Israel Congregation and PJ Library of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to host a family-friendly gathering of the Jewish community – and our friends/allies – in the EDCJCC before marching as one at the Capital Pride Parade.
Beat the heat and join us for a short Shabbat program featuring Jewish reflections in support of LGBTQ inclusion, and enjoy snacks and fun activities for kids in addition to making signs we’ll carry in the parade! Afterwards, we’ll head over to our meet-up spot to queue for the parade together.
March with GLOE at the Capital Pride Parade
Saturday, June 11, 4:00 PM
Color section/line-up details to be shared soon!
The Jewish community marches together at the Annual Capital Pride Parade! Let’s represent the love, equality, and inclusion that the Jewish community stands for, to all of DC.
Pride weekend wraps up at the Capital Pride Festival. Be sure to stop by the GLOE booth for fun swag and all the news on upcoming events for the Jewish LGBTQ community.
Join GLOE and Capital Qvellers at the Gather DC townhouse before the Pride Festival for free bagels & schmoozing.
Bring your friends and BYOB.
IT’S BACK! The 2022 Night OUT at the Nationals game is Tuesday, June 14, a 7:05 PM game vs. Atlanta. Tickets in our block are $25 and will be located in the scoreboard pavilion. Each ticket includes this year’s Night OUT t-shirt!
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Please complete this form *by Friday, May 20, 2022* to purchase tickets to the Night OUT at the Nationals game on Tuesday, June 14, if you are a member (or friend!) of Capital Qvellers, Nice Jewish Girls, Nice Jewish Boys, GLOE, Bet Mishpachah, HSI – Half Street Irregulars, or QueerFancyStats/queer Nats twitter & friends. Questions? Email jenn@jennrubenstein.com
Thanks to our Community Partners
Capital Pride Parade FAQs
There are strict numbers caps by the parade organizers, and so we need know who is showing up, to respect that and keep everyone safe.
Staging/Line-up map is posted in June by Capital Pride, just days before the Parade. When you register here, you’ll get an email update from us, when we find out our specific line-up spot.
We will find out soon on timing from Capital Pride but the parade starts at 3:30 PM and line up is between 11:30 AM and 2 PM.
Sunscreen, comfortable shoes, water, and a positive attitude. If you’ve got a GLOE t-shirt, great! If you have other items that “read” Jewish or LGBTQ you’d like to wear, great! If you can, please wear a top that is a rainbow color – either our t-shirt or your own! (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.)
Yes! We welcome creative, supportive signs (as long as they aren’t vulgar or disrespectful).
Yes! All are welcome! Please register everyone who plans to attend so we can get an accurate head count.
The Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. We welcome and encourage the participation of all people, regardless of their background, sexual orientation, abilities, or religion, including interfaith couples and families.