“You Had Me At Shalom,” an evening of same-sex Jewish speed dating
Everyone went on eight dates of eight minutes each; the daters, drinks and date cards in hand, talked loudly and enthusiastically with their dates throughout the evening. Yenta went around placing breath mints on the tables-“First impressions are everythin’, honey, and as lovely as the falafel are tonight, they’re better in your stomach than on your breath, ya know,” she reminded the daters as she flounced around in her brightly-colored sequined dress that only a true Yenta could pull off.
At the end of the evening, daters turned in their Date Cards, and two days later, all received a personal email with the contact information for any matches they had from the evening to set up a second date-and hopefully many more!
GLOE coordinates dozens of programs every year for LGBTQ Jews in the DC Metro area. Coming up is the LGBTQ Passover Seder, hosted at the HRC Equality Center on April 1, 2009, where we will celebrate the large strides that the LGBT community has made over the past thirty years and recognize the work yet to be done for full liberation. Last year’s seder sold out, so buy your tickets early!
To purchase tickets for the LGBT Seder or for information on any of GLOE’s other programs, please visit our website, washingtondcjcc.org/gloe, or contact GLOE’s Program Director, Justin Lerner, at (202) 777-3253 or justinl@washingtondcjcc.org.