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Congregation Beth El
Synagogue or Prayer Group
Conservative
8566751166
8000 Main Street
Voorhees, New Jersey 8043

About

'Kavod (Respect): LGBTQI+ Friends, Families & Allies' is Congregation Beth El’s initiative to welcome and celebrate our LGBTQ+ friends, families, and allies. We are proud to offer designated all gender restrooms. We are proud to celebrate annually with Pride Shabbat and other programs throughout the year. We are proud that our staff and board members received an educational training with Keshet to explore ways to make our synagogue a more inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment for LGBTQ individual members, families, and staff. We are proud to welcome everyone as part of our community.

Our Clergy is wonderful and our community is warm, welcoming and inclusive!

Listing Details

Organizational Policies

  • Benefits such as health insurance, parental leave, etc. are gender-neutral and LGBTQ+ inclusive
  • Has written anti-bullying policies that specifically address identity-based bullying
  • Has written nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy that mentions gender identity and expression
  • Has written nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy that mentions sexual orientation
  • All registration forms have been updated for LGBTQ+ belonging (i.e. adult 1 / 2 , parents or guardians, expansive gender options, pronouns, etc)

Programming

  • Offers LGBTQ+ affinity spaces
  • Engages with LGBTQ+ civil rights in a way that is consistent with our engagement with civil rights for any core constituency
  • Has regular programming on LGBTQ+ themes
  • Observes LGBTQ+ days of significance (such as Pride, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Day of Visibility, etc)
  • Speakers/presenters/scholars in residence include LGBTQ+ people

Ritual

  • Offers and frequently uses gender-expansive ritual language

Spaces

  • Has all-gender restroom/s and locker/changing rooms (if applicable) available

Staff & Leadership

  • Has working group or task force for LGBTQ+ belonging
  • LGBTQ+ people are represented in our senior leadership
  • LGBTQ+ people are represented on our board
  • Leadership and staff/volunteers have been trained on LGBTQ+ belonging within the past five years