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Wresting Identities: Jewish and LGBTQ+ feat. Rabbi Steve Greenberg

At Hopkins Hillel, we will help coordinate rides

Location

Off Campus : Hopkins Hillel

Date & Time

November 8, 2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Description

Note: Please RSVP here by November 4 at midnight. UMBC Hillel will help coordinate carpools and ubers for students—if you are attending, please also email Lisa Huberman at lhuberm1@umbc.edu (they cannot see who has registered)

Hopkins Hillel, in partnership with Eshel & Baltimore-area Jewish communities and organizations (UMBC Hillel Included), is excited to welcome Rabbi Steven Greenberg for an evening exploring Jewish text, tradition, identity, and belonging.

Event Details

  • Date: Sunday, November 8

  • Time: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

  • Location: Hopkins Hillel, third floor

  • Address: 3109 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

  • Food: A light dinner will be provided.

  • Registration deadline: November 4 at midnight

Rabbi Steven Greenberg is a pioneering Orthodox & Gay Rabbi is widely known as the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi. He is an Orthodox-ordained educator, writer, and speaker; a founder of Eshel, an organization supporting LGBTQ+ Orthodox Jews; and the author of the award-winning Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition. He also appeared in the documentary Trembling Before G-d and has facilitated hundreds of post-screening conversations around the world. 

His teaching has been meaningful to LGBTQ+ Jews and their loved ones across Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and other Jewish backgrounds. His work creates space for thoughtful engagement with the questions LGBTQ+ people may bring to Jewish communal and spiritual/religious life.

For more information about R. Greenberg please visit https://www.eshelonline.org/rabbi-steven-greenberg/ 

Flyer for a community learning event hosted by Hopkins Hillel. The flyer has a light beige background with a large watercolor rainbow ribbon running vertically down the left side and curving across the bottom. Multiple organizational logos appear along the left edge and bottom border, including Eshel, the Embassy of Israel to the United States, J Pride Baltimore, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh, Keshet, UMBC Hillel, and Bolton Street Synagogue. The Hopkins Hillel logo appears at the top center. Main heading: “Wrestling Identities: Jewish & LGBTQ+” Subheading: “Learning, Conversation, and Community” Event description: Hopkins Hillel, in partnership with Eshel and Baltimore-area Jewish organizations, is hosting Rabbi Steve Greenberg, described as a pioneering Orthodox and gay rabbi. Date and time: Sunday, November 8, at 6:00 PM Additional information: RSVP required. Featured quotation: “My gayness is akin to my Jewishness: both are integral to my sense of self; they are both mine. How they limit, challenge and enrich each other is the task of our generation.” — R. Greenberg The overall design uses rainbow imagery to emphasize LGBTQ+ inclusion and community, with event information centered in large black text.

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