Chicago | Truth and Community: A Torah Discussion about the Closeted Experience

Is it ever ok to lie? How does concealing the truth impact our relationship with the community? Rabbi Shua Brick will explore our tradition’s nuanced approach to truth-telling, and how these texts can be understood and applied to the closeted experiences of LGBTQ+ people. He’ll also share about his journey getting semikha at RIETS while coming out to himself and to the community.

Join us after Shacharit for a light breakfast, Torah learning, and Q&A with Rabbi Shua Brick. Register below for reminders – walk-ins welcome.

Sunday, June 9 at 9:30 am (following Shacharit)
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob
8825 E Prairie Rd, Skokie, IL 60076

Rabbi Shua Brick is the Director of Family Learning at the Beth Jacob Congregation of Oakland, and Jewish Studies Faculty at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay. Originally from West Hempstead New York, Shua is a Wexner Graduate Fellow who received Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University, where he went for high school and undergrad, as well as pursued a dual masters in Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Education. He was recently featured in the Forward as he is one of the first openly gay congregational rabbis at an Orthodox synagogue.