Transgender Remembrance Shabbat

Friday, November 21, 2008, 7:30 pm
290 Dolores Street (corner of 16th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.shaarzahav.org

Since 1999, November 20th has been set aside in cities across the country as Transgender Day of Remembrance.  This day memorializes those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred.  High rates of murder and other violence continues to be one of the most critical issues facing our transgender communities; and more and more people, trans and non-trans, are raising their voices in commemoration and protest. 
 
At Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, we have designated November 21st as Transgender Remembrance Shabbat.  At Friday night services we will remember all who have suffered from anti-transgender violence, with special liturgy, music, sermon, and the reading of names.  As the Congregation Sha'ar Zahav community participates in the holy act of remembering, we continue to educate ourselves and to commit to further action on this critical community issue. 

More information about the Day of Remembrance can be found at  http://www.transgenderdor.org/

Our Mission: At Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, we are committed to sustaining a safe environment to nurture and express our diverse spiritual, sexual, educational and ethical values. Our rabbi, lay-leaders and members join together to bring meaning to Torah and Jewish observance. We are committed to creative prayer, study, mitzvot and tikkun olam (repairing the world).