Who We Are
Ratzon (Rah-tzone)
Ratzon is Hebrew for yearning and possibility. At Ratzon, we invite you to dream up a new world and connect to your passions. We strive to support the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of LGBTQ+ Jews and their community. Together, we create opportunities for communal gatherings, spiritual practice and political organizing.
Healing and Resistance
We believe that healing and resistance go hand in hand. When oppression and violence rattles our communities we are often left with political, emotional, and spiritual wounds. Joining together to both heal and fight back helps us care for ourselves and those we love.
Ratzon is Hebrew for yearning and possibility. At Ratzon, we invite you to dream up a new world and connect to your passions. We strive to support the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of LGBTQ+ Jews and their community. Together, we create opportunities for communal gatherings, spiritual practice and political organizing.
Healing and Resistance
We believe that healing and resistance go hand in hand. When oppression and violence rattles our communities we are often left with political, emotional, and spiritual wounds. Joining together to both heal and fight back helps us care for ourselves and those we love.
What We Do
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Events
Join us at our space and online for programs and events centered on healing our pain and resisting that which oppresses us. |
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Resources
Connect with the Ratzon Food Distro to access gender affirming clothing, food, materials for activist projects and objects for Jewish ritual practice. |
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Youth
Join our youth group, Shulayim L’Shalom for youth-led drop-in hours. Shulayim L'Shalom is a youth group for queer Jewish teens. Check them out! |
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Spiritual Practice
Ratzon is a space to connect to Jewish practice. We welcome the complexity of who you are. |
Installation of Hebrew letters made to look like jewels from tin foil and sequins
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Rainbow scarves, fruit and juice boxes for our children's Tu B'Shvat Seder
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Home-made Havdallah candles and Bsameem (spices)
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Our Sukkah with ribbons and tree branches to create a skakch (roof).
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Ongoing Programs
Shabbat BayitJoin together for relaxing activities on Shabbat afternoon and Havdallah at your home and on Zoom.
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Ratzon Beit MidrashCome study with us. Learn from teachers, chevrutahs (study partners) or on your own
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Weekly Meditation and Parsha StudyMeditate and study the weekly parsha (Torah Portion) in community
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Our Partners
