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DIY Haggadah Jam

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How will you be telling the Passover story this year?

With a zine!

Join us for an evening of creativity and community and design a custom haggadah for the personalized Passover Seder you’ve always wanted. Choose from provided poems, prayers, stories, readings, and images for each step of the Seder, or bring your own found or self-created contributions to compile a Passover Haggadah that will be meaningful for you and your guests. The possibilities are endless! We’ll have readings that touch on queerness, on diaspora, on disability, on family, on love, and more.

We’ll be ready for you at 5, but please feel free to flow in and out as you please through the evening!

Suggested donation of $5 to cover costs. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Accessibility: Repair the World workshop is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral washrooms

ONLINE March (Gay)me Night: Tattoo Stories

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**Join at 7PM on March 20: https://zoom.us/j/206985562 **

This month Tribe 12 is taking on a taboo topic: Jews and tattoos! This isn’t your bubbe’s Mahjong night at the JCC. Virtually hang out with other LGBTQIA+ Jews in Phildelphia (and their friends + partners) for our monthly Shabbat (Gay)me Night..now over Zoom!

About the game:
Players compete by drawing the wildest tattoos and making up stories behind them. The customer ultimately chooses the best-seeming tattoo and artist based solely on that story. Do you have what it takes to work in a tattoo parlor??

Accessibility:
Tribe 12 seeks to include all individuals regardless of disability (visible or invisible), financial circumstances, or other needs. To aid us in accommodating these and other needs for you to fully participate in this event, please email davinica@tribe12.org.

Purim: Party Like a Queen

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Due to the recent escalation of events related to COVID-19 we have opted to cancel this evening’s Purim: Party Like a Queen per with Governor Wolf’s recommendation. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and hope to dance through the galleries with you all at a later date.If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to davinica@tribe12.org

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a joyous holiday that recounts the protection of Jewish peoples from a threatened massacre during the Persian period. Now, Purim is considered by some to be feminist holiday, due to the ancient queens that played major roles within the historic events. Join the Penn Museum as we celebrate this festive occasion with a queer twist! Guests will enjoy special highlight tours of the galleries, crafts, music, and end the night with a bang: a costume contest!

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Arts & Crafts Stations

  • Noisemaker Making
  • Crown Making
  • Photobooth
  • Card Making
  • Write and decorate heartfelt notes of love and encouragement to those in need.
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Cash Bar
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Special Highlight Tour
7:45 pm – 8:15 pm The Story of Purim Reading
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Special Highlight Tour
9:00 pm – 9:30 pm Costume Contest Hosted by Mr. Leather 2019

Kinky & Kosher

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It’s no secret that Judaism is one of the most sex-positive religions out there, but did you know there are Shabbat-friendly sex dungeons, that people use tefillin for bondage play, or that you can attend a kinky Passover seder?

Whether you’re intrigued by kink/BDSM and don’t know where to start or just interested in a Jewish lesson that would make your rabbi blush, join Tribe 12 LGBTQIA+ and The Velvet Lily for a meaningful and open conversation that explores the question, “What’s Jewish about kink/BDSM?”

This workshop welcomes folks (21+) of all genders, sexualities, religious identities, and experience levels. A $5 suggested donation is greatly appreciated.

Photo credit: Megan Mack for BuzzFeed News

Tribe 12 LGBTQIA+ @ Caber-Oy: Gelty Pleasures

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If you’re Jewish and queer in Philadelphia, chances are you’ve probably met Galia Godel. She’s a brilliant educator, impossibly hard-working, with a personality as bold as her lipsticks..long story short, we’re in love. In her free time (?!) she’s created a Jewish burlesque show, Caber-Oy: Gelty Pleasures and it’s basically the show of our dreams!

Doors @ 7, show @ 8

Why should you get your tickets through Tribe 12?

1. Sit with a group of other LGBTQIA+ Jews in their 20s/30s 

2. Avoid the annoying service fees, we’ve covered them!

3. Food! We’re going to order a couple appetizers for the table, enough said. 

Event Description

Do you miss your bubbie’s sufganiot? Have a strong opinion about latke toppings? Love stripping?

Caber-Oy is the event for you!

Ten Members of the Tribe are going to sing, dance, strip, and shimmy to everything from klezmer to Weird Al to Dan Nichols, and everything in between.

Featuring:

Lulu Blue
Ruth Bader Skinsburg
Amanda Shevitz
Samara
Thurston Trapp
Candi Warhol
Rina Raptor
Higgs Bosom

Hanukkah (Gay)me Night: Cards Against Humanity

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This isn’t your bubbe’s Mahjong night at the JCC. Join other members of Jewish Philly’s LGBTQIA+ community for a chill night out at our monthly (Gay)me Night! We’ll have a latke bar and bring the game, all you need to bring is your lightly competitive energy, a friend or two, and a non-alcoholic drink or dessert.

We’ll have at least one crazy night of Cards Against Humanity with the LGBTQIA+ and Jewish expansions! In between rounds we’ll have a mini Hanukkah tournament with our D20 dreidels..you could walk away from this (Gay)me Night rich..in gelt!