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MondayMon, 3 JunJune, 2024

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies - My Big Gay Jewish Conversion

Monday, Jun 3rd 7:00p to 8:30pSimon, a gay Catholic man from the West of Ireland never truly felt accepted by his own church, a problem that Matthew, his Jewish boyfriend from North London, has never had to face. Is Israel really the best place in the world to be gay? And is Judaism the one mainstream religion that accepts homosexuality? Simon hops on a plane and hits the streets of Tel Aviv, where he meets gay people from all walks of life. Then he heads to Jerusalem, where the story here is very different. Extreme views towards homosexuality are rife and Simon encounters this at an uncomfortably close proximity. Then, it’s crunch time. Faced with the facts, will Simon jump ship and become Jewish?

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TuesdayTue, 4 JunJune, 2024

 
 
Book Discussion Group - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

Tuesday, Jun 4th 11:00a to 12:00pWorkers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania find a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.

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