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In 1972, a small group of Los Angeles Jews shared a vision. They dared to dream of a safe place to worship, celebrate their heritage and create community. They called their dream Beth Chayim Chadashim, "House of New Life" -- the world's first synagogue for lesbians and gay men. Today, BCC is an inclusive community of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexual individuals, our families and friends, with programs for all ages. And we continue to affirm the vision of our founders, that all people are created B'tzelem Elohim -- in G-d's image.

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Congregation Kol Ami builds on the traditions of Judaism while respecting and welcoming everyone: lesbian, gay, bisexual, straight, interfaith couples and our children. Together Rabbi Denise L. Eger and Cantor Mark Saltzman create a hamishe atmosphere, safe for spiritual nurturing and connection. Our mission is to be a progressive, Reform congregation rooted in a rich Jewish tradition, with a commitment to social justice, Israel and diversity that guides us in the present and transforms our future.

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Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, the Congregation of the Golden Gate, is a progressive Reform synagogue, established in 1977. We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual Jews, together with family and friends, both Jewish and non-Jewish. We come from a wide range of religious, ethnic, class and cultural backgrounds to worship God with egalitarian, feminist and gay-positive Jewish liturgy. We welcome all who wish to join us for worship, learning and celebration at our synagogue at the corner of Dolores Street and 16th Street in San Francisco.

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Bet Mishpachah is a congregation for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews and all who wish to participate in an inclusive, egalitarian, and mutually supportive community. We join together to affirm our religious and cultural heritage, integrating Gay and Lesbian and Jewish identities. Our membership is comprised of singles, couples, and families, and is open to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Since our founding in 1975, our congregation has grown to hundreds of members. Bet Mishpachah is proud to have a celebratory community of women and men who share equally in the leadership of the congregation. Your presence in our congregation strengthens us and demonstrates your commitment to the broader Jewish and Gay/Lesbian communities that we serve.

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We are a unique congregation in South Florida committed to building a spiritual home for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jewish community. At Congregation Etz Chaim you will find a love for the Jewish people, rituals and traditions we have come to know, a passion for Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam (charity and repairing the world) and a devotion to prayer and study. We are a community, a place to celebrate life's together, as well as to share other events in our lives, along with other Jews. We invite you to become a member of our family. We welcome your enthusiasm and your commitment. Together we can create a true home for Jews of the rainbow in Southeast Florida.

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In 1985, a small group of men and women founded Congregation Bet Haverim (House of Friends) on behalf of lesbian and gay Jews who wanted to live openly in the context of their Jewish heritage. For most of the early years, Congregation Bet Haverim (CBH) was entirely gay and lesbian. With no inclusive liturgy to guide us, we created our own within the Jewish tradition. Bound by our love of Judaism and our commitment to each other, Bet Haverim became more than a congregation. It became a thriving community, characterized by generosity of spirit and openness to change. For some who were not lesbian or gay, Bet Haverim offered what they had not found in other Jewish communities. In a courageous move, Bet Haverim opened its doors to them. Today, Bet Haverim is a diverse and rapidly growing community. All are welcome.

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The mission of Congregation Or Chadash is to provide a warm and affirming community where all Jews can feel welcome. To accomplish this mission, Or Chadash will remember that it was founded as an answer to the prejudice that gay and lesbian Jews experienced in other synagogues; strive to ensure that no Jew experiences prejudice within our community; maintain affiliations with the Union for Reform Judaism and the The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews : Keshet Ga'avah; build strong ties within the greater Jewish community of the metropolitan Chicago area; and dedicate itself to the basic obligations of Jewish life, including: respecting the contributions of people of all generations, sharing the life-cycle events of its members, celebrating Shabbat and the holidays, fostering prayer with sincerity, visiting the sick, comforting the bereaved, and encouraging the study of Torah.

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Congregation Am Tikva - People of Hope - has been serving the Greater Boston community since 1976, creating an open and welcoming environment where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews and their friends, of all ages and degrees of religious observation can meet to explore their common heritage and enjoy the company offellow Jews!

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New Jersey's Lesbian & Gay Havurah is a community of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed Jews and their friends throughout NJ. Their members represent the full spectrum of Jewish backgrounds and observances. Anyone interested in the development of GLBTI and Jewish culture and community is welcome. It is the mission of New Jersey's Lesbian & Gay Havurah to: Be a welcoming, supportive and empowering community of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexed Jews, their loved ones, and supporters, provide cultural, religious, educational & social programming that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our community, and advocate and educate, within the larger Jewish and Gay communities, for the collective interests of our constituency.

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Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is New York City's synagogue for the New York metropolitan area's 200,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, as well as our families and friends. Founded in 1973, and under the leadership of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum since 1992, CBST has become the largest GLBT synagogue in the world and arguably one of the most influential. CBST is an important voice in Judaism; in the worldwide discourse on the nature of religious community; and in the movement to secure basic civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and throughout the world.

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In 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. Rabbi Howard Ruben said, "As our doors always have been open to the GLBT community, now we open our arms in welcome to the Chevrei Tikva Chavurah of Fairmount Temple." "We are pleased and proud to become a chavurah ("group of friends") within the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple community. said Jonathan Freilich, Chevrei Tikva's Vice President.

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In 1988, three people decided to form a group to meet the needs of Jewish gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the Pittsburgh area. Thus was Bet Tikvah ("House of Hope") created. By 1989, the group had grown and was regularly holding member-led services at a variety of locations in the Pittsburgh area, including a local gay-owned restaurant, a University of Pittsburgh campus building, and the homes of members. Since 1994, the congregation has met for worship at Rodef Shalom, a prominent Pittsburgh synagogue. Although Rodef Shalom is a Reform congregation, Bet Tikvah is not affiliated with any particular branch of Judaism. In addition, services and events are open to and regularly attended by interfaith couples, those wishing to explore Judaism, and heterosexual Jews.

Bet Tikvah now counts over 70 memberships, including families of all compositions. In addition to serving the needs of Jewish gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered individuals, Bet Tikvah welcomes all who wish to join in worship.

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Congregation Beth Ahavah serves Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley's GLBT Jewish community and welcomes people of all gender and sexual identities. Since 1975, we've been committed to providing a comfortable place for people of all sexual orientations and religious affiliations to experience Judaism. We are affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and draw from meaningful traditions and practices in all branches of Judaism. We are located on Broad Street at the home of Congregation Rodeph Shalom, their new congregational partner.

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Reform Jewish congregation with outreach to the lebsian and gay community of Dallas/Forth Worth. In Hebrew, Beth El Binah means House of an Understanding God. Although the majority of our members are gay or lesbian, all are welcome.

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Congregation Tikvah Chadashah is Seattle's oldest GLBT Synagogue, having opened in 1980. Congregation Tikvah Chadashah is a chavurah-style congregation, and a member of the World Congress of Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Jewish Organizations. We hold egalitarian chavurah services for Shabbat and holidays. All are welcome to our events, regardless of observance, religious background, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

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Kol HaNeshamah is West Seattle's progressive synagogue community. It is an intimate congregation with a warm approach to tradition. Shabbat is the cornerstone of our community. We meet twice a month on the first and third Friday and Saturday to worship at Alki UCC, near Alki Beach in West Seattle. We are a diverse congregation of households from West Seattle and beyond who are building an intimate Jewish community committed to progressive beliefs, practice and inclusivity. Michael Adam Latz is the founding rabbi.

Kol HaNeshamah is a progressive synagogue rejoicing in Torah, Avodah (Worship/ Prayer), Tzedek and Tikkun (Justice and Healing) but specializing in K'hillah (Community). We attract members from all around Seattle who believe a synagogue is a place to experience the joys of Judaism. We deeply believe in inclusivity. We are young, old, families, singles, single parents, interfaith, straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered.

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The Kulanu group at Congregation Beth Am was established to provide support for the friends and family of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Jews in our community, and to promote the inclusion of homosexual Jews and their partners into the Beth Am community. Kulanu welcomes anyone committed to promoting diversity, self-respect, and human rights, whether or not they have a personal gay or lesbian connection.

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Congregation Beth Am has has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Congregation Beth El has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization, and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Congregation Beth Israel marches in the San Diego Pride parade, hosts the JPride annual seder, officiates at same gender marriages and has a small contingent of LGBT members. They are also a host location for J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization rotating Shabbat. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Dor Hadash is a warm and welcoming community; whose doors are open to all – singles, marrieds, gays, lesbians, interracial, interfaith. They are a diverse and varied group of people from all walks of life. They have also participated in the San Diego Pride parade for several years.

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Congregation Shir Ami has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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The Humanistic Jewish Congregation has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Ohr Shalom has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Temple Adat Shalom seeks to create a dynamic, friendly, caring, and spiritually rich environment for its members. They seek to cultivate and strengthen the bonds of understanding of our Jewish heritage and tradition, and foster meaningful connections for Jewish learning, celebration, social activities, and community social action. Temple Adat Shalom has LGBT clergy and has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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In 2006, Temple Emanu-El's president was featured in the San Diego Jewish Journal in an article about prominent gay and lesbian Jews in the area. The Temple and their rabbi have marched in the San Diego Pride parade for over five years in a row. Temple Emanu-El has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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At Temple Solel, the teachings of Judaism are translated into positive, meaningful, creative life experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds. They pride ourselves on the quality of our interpersonal relationships; they truly reach out to each other in support and caring. Temple Solel has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Tifereth Israel Synagogue has acknowledged their support of J-Pride, San Diego's LGBT Jewish community organization and expressed that their doors are open to the LGBT Community. Contact jpride@lfjcc.com to find out when their rotating LGBT Shabbat will be at this congregation.

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Celebrating Diversity - At Temple Israel, we celebrate our rich diversity as a congregation, a community of many communities. And when we join together to welcome Shabbat, to study together or to celebrate, we are one community, a great intergenerational family in a place where we care for and about one another. We are newcomers and old-timers, children and adults, individuals and couples and families, multi-racial families, gay and straight, Jews by birth and by choice, non-Jewish partners and spouses. As we raise our voices in prayer and song, we know that we have created a family suffused with blessing.

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Adat Shalom welcomes all Jews, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, as full participants in all religious practices and in the entire community life of the congregation. We also welcome non-Jewish partners of members to fully participate in the life of the community either as members or as non-members, subject only to the limitations on participation in certain religious rituals set forth in the congregation's Interfaith Guidelines.

We invite gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) members, whether single or as a couple, with or without children, to join our community, using the same membership categories applicable to all other members. Thus same sex couples, including interfaith couples, with or without minor children, are encouraged to join as a household with a family membership. One member of a couple may also join as an individual member. Single parent memberships are available for parents without partners. Associate memberships are available for those who concurrently maintain primary membership in another Jewish congregation.

Jewish GLBT members are encouraged to celebrate milestones in their lives, including anniversaries, by being called to the Torah for an aliyah. Adat Shalom celebrates with all members, gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender or heterosexual, as their life cycle events are shared with the congregation.

We support our GLBT members who choose to sanctify their unions with commitment ceremonies. Prior to these ceremonies, couples are encouraged to celebrate an aufruf with the community at Shabbat services.

All members and their children are entitled to the services of Adat Shalom's full time clergy for the purpose of sanctifying their commitment ceremonies or weddings on an equal basis. In determining whether to perform the ceremony, the clergy will utilize the same criteria for same-sex commitment ceremonies and heterosexual weddings.

All GLBT members who adopt or give birth to children are encouraged to bring their children into the Jewish covenant through public rites of Brit Milah for boys and Simchat Bat for girls. Our congregation celebrates public covenant ceremonies during Shabbat service for both boys and girls.

Adat Shalom is committed to making the Torah School a welcoming and comfortable environment for children of non-traditional families. We commit ourselves to educating the children in our Torah School in a way that fosters acceptance of diversity. All programming in the Torah School, for both children and families, would carry the same expectations and privileges for participation and involvement for GLBT families and heterosexual families.

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Congregation B'nai Jeshurun welcomes all Jews regardless of sexual orientation. Through special activities, holiday celebrations, and opportunities for prayer and study organized by the Gay and Lesbian Committee, gay Jews can find a way back into an accepting and sensitive Judaism. We also seek to create a smaller community of support, friendship, and connection within the larger B'nai Jeshurun community. Everyone is welcome at all of our events. ASL interpretation is available by advance arrangement. For more information about what the Gay and Lesbian Committee is all about, call our voicemail: (212)787-7600 x325. If you are calling from out of town, please leave a local number or e-mail address where we may contact you.

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Temple Beth-El, the oldest synagogue in Great Neck, was founded in 1928. Rabbi Jacob P. Rudin served as spiritual leader for four decades. It now enjoys a membership of over 1200 families and is recognized as one of the most innovative and dynamic Reform congregations in America. We are a member of URJ - Union for Reform Judaism. This temple as a very active Gay and Lesbian Inclusion Committee (GLIC) which has a newsletter and is listed on the temple website.

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Congregation Beth Israel is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. The purpose of Congregation Beth Israel is to promote the enduring and fundamental principles of Judaism and to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people; to enable its adherents to develop a relationship to God through communal worship, study and assembly; and to apply the principles of Reform Judaism to the society in which we live.

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Congregtion Neveh Shalom is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. They are the second oldest Jewish congregation in the Pacific Northwest and the oldest Conservative congregation on the West Coast.

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Shir Tikvah is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. They are... a Sacred Community -- whose practice of liberal Judaism grows from an understanding and love of the tradition on which it stands, centered in Torah. A Participatory Community -- committed to a true partnership between rabbi and laity, a collaborative relationship built on mutual respect, shaped by the spirit of covenant. An Inclusive Community -- where all are welcome to join in creating a Jewish congregational family --- an enthusiastic, working, living community of faith. A Worship Community -- where all may take part in celebration of Shabbat and holidays, drawing on fresh as well as traditional approaches to prayer, ritual, Torah, music and meditation, to nourish personal and communal spiritual life. An Intergenerational Community -- in which adults and children learn from each other through study, worship, and a shared love of Judaism. A Learning Community -- which creates with our rabbi abundant and varied opportunities for Jewish study --- a study that brings the practice of learning and reflection to all aspects of our existence. A Caring Community -- which guards a sacred space for each soul that enters into it; one responsive to members in need; one actively committed to work for social justice, to join with others in healing a hurting world. An Innovative Community -- in which all aspects of how we come together in community will be open for discussion and consideration on an ongoing basis.

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Havurah Shalom is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. The mission of Havurah Shalom is to provide a vibrant, diverse, participatory Jewish community steeped in Jewish values; promoting spirituality, learning, and acts of social responsibility. In the spirit of giving back to our community, Havurah Shalom's High Holiday services, Shabbat, holiday celebrations, and High Holiday services are free of charge. We are a highly participatory, inclusive community of Jews (and many non-Jews) striving to bring the full meaning and wisdom of our ancient heritage into our Jewish lives. For PORTLAND LGBT PRIDE WEEKEND and PRIDE PARADE June 17-18, 2006 Havurah Shalom joined the Community of Welcoming Congregations to march in the GLBT (Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans) Pride Parade.

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Kol Shalom is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. Members of Kol Shalom vary in their beliefs about larger forces in nature. Beliefs range from atheism to God as Nature and other personal interpretations. The unifying philosophy of Kol Shalom and of the Society for Humanistic Judaism is that human beings have the power and responsibility to shape their lives and care for the world, independent of an interventionist deity or any supernatural power; and that the Torah and other religious texts are entirely human creations. Humanistic Judaism is a belief system or faith based in humanism and the heritage of the Jewish people, rather than in theism. Our rituals and ceremonies do not include language that suggests belief in the supernatural.

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P'nai Or is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. They are a vibrant, egalitarian, Jewish Renewal congregation. We support each other in our spiritual practices, our studies, our children's education, and our lives. Through the practice of mitzvot (sacred deeds) and tikkun olam (progressive social/political action) we strive to heal ourselves and the world.

As a community of spiritual seekers, we approach our spiritual path from a Jewish perspective. Our community is organized solely to offer a place for ourselves and the Portland community where this spiritual perspective can flourish, and we can deepen our wisdom, attunement, and experience. Our roots are in Torah, Kabbalah, and other classic Jewish sources; our intent is to make Jewish spirituality accessible. Our guide, teacher, and friend in this unfolding process is Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield, whose insights, knowledge and humor guide us on our path. We are also affiliated nationally with ALEPH, founded by Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi.

P'nai Or services combine elements of traditional Judaism with joyful song and dance in a participatory environment. A diversity of Jewish experience and expression is reflected in our membership, and all are welcome as full participants in the community.

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South Metro Jewish Congregation listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. Per their website: Our Mission is to provide meaningful opportunities for people in the Portland South Metro region to join together for Jewish education, celebration, tzedakah, and worship.

Our Reform Congregation is a community of Jewish and interfaith families and individuals who live in a primarily non-Jewish environment, geographically and culturally distant from the established Portland Jewish community. We welcome anyone, wherever they are on the Jewish spectrum.

Our Driving Force is a common desire for our families and children to share a sense of Jewish belonging that comes from hands-on ownership within our own created community of mishpoche. We are a dynamic congregation of involved people who have chosen to connect or reconnect to Judaism and a Jewish identity.

Our Vision is a community where Jews by Birth, Jews by Choice, and Jews at Heart are accepted and feel a sense of belonging. We are an open, inviting, and spiritually alive Jewish community, with families and individuals joining us from the greater Portland communities of West Linn, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Gladstone, Milwaukie, Beaverton, Tualatin, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sherwood - and beyond.

We honor the richness and tradition of Judaism in a manner that's accessible to everyone.

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The Eastside Jewish Community of Portland (EJCoP) is listed by Keshet, Portland, Oregon's LGBT social group as being GLBTQQ friendly. They offer diverse programs to enhance the Jewish identity, personal growth, and well-being within the Jewish community. We are open to all Jews, including the unafilliated, and families and singles of all ages.

At EJCoP we value Jewish learning, open discussions about values and perspectives, and non-judgemental exploration of Jewish wisdom. EJCoP offers community celebrations of Shabbat and holidays, as well as tzedakah and mitzvah projects.

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Beth Israel's principles and vision include:

A history of valuing diversity. Since 1929, in addition to traditional Jewish families, Beth Israel has welcomed Jews who, in the past, have felt discrimination from the larger Jewish community, including singles, intermarried couples, and gays and lesbians.

L'Dor V'Dor/From generation to generation:

Renew or deepen your commitment to Judaism: Our religious tradition is the reflection of our ancestors' search for meaning, purpose and value. In our own search, we are egalitarian, participatory and open to varying viewpoints.

Godliness: Our diverse views of God share an emphasis on godliness rather than on the supernatural. We value that power in the universe which infuses all of creation with a sense of transcendence and impels us to improve the world and ourselves.

Tikkun olam/repair of the world: We express our beliefs in word and deed, participating in a range of Social Action projects. We prepare and serve meals to the homeless in Delaware County, help needy Jews in Africa, and support important social causes in the local area. We are a proud partner synagogue with Mazon -the Jewish response to hunger.

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Mishkan Shalom is a spiritual, progressive and inclusive synagogue in Philadelphia. They are based on a common set of values articulated in their Statement of Principles. Their synagogue is a place where they integrate tradition and innovation, share their faith and doubts, ask questions, and learn from one another. They are committed to:

• A spiritual life that impels us to work for a better world, strengthens us in times of need and challenges us to grow
• The feminist reconstruction of Judaism
• Children being an integral part of the community
• The inclusion of gays, lesbians, and interfaith families
• The pursuit of economic justice in the Philadelphia Region and a just and lasting peace in the Middle East

Mishkan Shalom is an egalitarian and participatory community of approximately 300 households. Members take on a co-op responsibility, and are encouraged to take an active role in services and assume religious leadership. Rabbis are Rabbi Jeff Sultar and Rabbi Yael Levy. The religious school has over 150 students and is directed by Rabbi Erin Hirsh.

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Germantown Jewish Centre is listed by the Interfaith Working Group as a welcoming congregation. From their website, Germantown Jewish Centre describe themselves as a congregation where women and men participate as equals. GJC is affiliated with the Conservative Movement and takes a progressive approach to ritual observance and synagogue life. They welcome anyone who shares their values and commitment to Jewish community life. Minyan Dorshei Derekh is also affiliated with the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.

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Beit Ha'Chidush is Holland's progressive synagogue in the heart of old Amsterdam. We are participatory, egalitarian, and are open and welcoming for all Jews, their friends, loved ones and family. Beit Ha'Chidush is a 'House of Renewal'. We are led by Rabbi Elisa Klapheck, who is well known for her ground-breaking book on Regina Jonas (the first woman ever ordained as Rabbi, Berlin, 1935). If you are missing that "my kinda people" feeling while abroad, or if you want to ask the 'unaskable' questions about Judaism, please feel free to join our congregation, if you live in or near Amsterdam, or even while visiting.