On March 2, over 500 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews and allies attended the 6th annual Keshet Cabaret at the Westin Copley Place, raising over $170,000 to support Keshet’s work for a fully inclusive Jewish community.

Former Congressman Barney Frank was honored with the Hacham Lev Award and attended the event with his husband, Jim Ready.

Also honored at the event with the Hachamat Lev Awards were the seven mothers who founded Keshet’s Parent & Family Connection, a peer support, mentoring, and leadership program for parents of LGBT Jews: Judy Elkin, Ann Falchuk, Sabina Feczko, Jayne Guberman, Debbie Heller, Nancy Smith, and Melinda Strauss.