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1972 BCC The Tolerant Temple 2
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-01 at 4.01.25 PM_thumb.png2023-04-01T23:01:51+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Reverend Troy Perry sometime in the early 1970s. They turned to Rev. Perry, who hosted a meeting in his office. As Rev. Perry recalled 25 years later, “Obviously, I’m not Jewish, and I didn’t know much about Judaism or starting a synagogue, but I told them, ‘No matter what you do, make sure you make it really Jewish.’” About a dozen women and men responded to the call to an ad hoc committee meeting on May 9, 1972, to discuss what was to become the world’s first synagogue founded by and for lesbians and gay men. During the organizational meetings that followed, the new congregation began to form committees to draw up bylaws, establish membership criteria and a dues policy, and organize religious services and social events. It was decided that no dues would be charged to members; instead a hat would be passed during services to collect funds.plain2023-04-01T23:01:51+00:001972Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49