Shalom!

📅 Mark your calendars! 📅 The 2026 BCC Vision Awards are coming up on Sunday, April 26! More details to follow... #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles #BCCVisionAwards #BCCVisionAwards2026

TONIGHT Join BCC's Rabbi Jillian Cameron every Tuesday from 7 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom to explore the week's Torah portion through thoughtful discussion and conversation. All are welcome; friends, familiar faces, and new ones. No prior experience needed! Please note: There is a new Zoom link for Torah Study, please be sure to sign up so you can join us! Zoom registration link can be found on the calendar at bcc-la.org. #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles #TorahStudy #ZoomTorahStudy

Join us on Saturday, February 21st for a celebratory evening concert following Havdalah featuring Cantorial Soloist Raymond Zachary, the JAC string trio and Gee Rabe on accordion. In these difficult times, let us come together to celebrate joy and hope in our beloved, shared community. 💖 Joyful concert of Jewish Love Songs 📍 Beth Chayim Chadashim, 6090 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA ⏰ Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) 🎟️ bit.ly/BCClove2026 This week, we're highlighting Gee Rabe! L.A.’s Accordion Diva, “Gee” Rabe is an award-winning accordionist, steel drum player, bandleader, composer, arranger, and lecturer whose career spans more than four decades. Trained in performance and ethnomusicology, she performs across a wide range of global styles, including klezmer, forró, tango, Americana, and Caribbean music. Most recently, “Gee” performed with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for Danny Elfman’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, including as part of a featured trio backing violinist Sandy Cameron. She has also performed with Mostly Kosher at Disney California Adventures and has appeared as a guest artist with Josh Groban for a PBS special. Her work has appeared on numerous recordings, film soundtracks, and television productions, including movies for the Hallmark Channel, Friends, and Fargo. She teaches music at California State University, Northridge, where she founded one of the West Coast’s few university steel band programs in 1995. #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

Join us on Saturday, February 21st for a celebratory evening concert following Havdalah featuring Cantorial Soloist Raymond Zachary, the JAC string trio and Gee Rabe on accordion. In these difficult times, let us come together to celebrate joy and hope in our beloved, shared community. 💖 Joyful concert of Jewish Love Songs 📍 Beth Chayim Chadashim, 6090 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA ⏰ Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) 🎟️ bit.ly/BCClove2026 #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

Happy Presidents' Day from all of us at BCC! Don't forget to join us for #NoKings Purim on Sunday, March 1 at 3 pm! Join us for our annual Purim shpiel, megillah reading, and more! Want to sign up to help with the festivities? If you want to be a megillah reader, a purim shpiel player, or a volunteer for the event, please reach out to the BCC office at bcc@bcc-la.org. �We're also soliciting pictures of protest signs -- send us a picture of your favorite sign at bcc@bcc-la.org. RSVP for #NoKings Purim at bit.ly/BCC2026purim #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles #NoKingsPurim #Purim2026

BCC Books & Bagels Sunday, February 22, 10 am Join fellow BCC book lovers for our monthly book group meeting on Zoom to discuss Jewish fiction or non-fiction book selections, sometimes with LGBT content. Space is limited. Please contact Larry Nathenson for the Zoom link at larrynath@aol.com. The book for this month is As a Jew: Reclaiming our Story from those who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase us, by Sarah Hurwitz. A former White House speechwriter rediscovers Judaism and confronts antisemitism. #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles #ZoomBookClub

It's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Learn more about Aromanticism and the spectrum at aromanticism.org/en/faq #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arospec #Aromantic #ArospecAwarenessWeek #AromanticJews #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

Join us on Saturday, February 21st for a celebratory evening concert following Havdalah featuring Cantorial Soloist Raymond Zachary, the JAC string trio and Gee Rabe on accordion. In these difficult times, let us come together to celebrate joy and hope in our beloved, shared community. 💖 Joyful concert of Jewish Love Songs 📍 Beth Chayim Chadashim, 6090 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA ⏰ Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) 🎟️ bit.ly/BCClove2026 #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

Shavua Tov and Happy Valentines Day from all of us at BCC! #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

Join us in March for this exciting event! One night only! 🎭 Lesbo Solo 🎭 Saturday, March 21 at 7 pm Slightly world-renowned lesbian playwright, Terry Baum, has both created and ridden the wave of history that has freed gay people. She tells that true story in Lesbo Solo, My True Life Adventures thru 50 Years of Gay Liberation, which won Best of Fringe at the 2024 S.F. Fringe Fest, and was a big hit at World Pride D.C. this year. The play begins in 1963, when Terry’s beloved high school teacher, Miss Perl (yes, our own beloved Harriet Perl!), is threatened with being fired over rumors that she’s a lesbian. Lesbo Solo ends 50 years later, with the astonishing redemption of Miss Perl in a world that has been transformed for lesbians and gays. In between those two events, Terry grows from a homophobic teenager to a pioneering lesbian playwright who demands to be honored by her reluctant parents — and marches in the Pride Parade in a contingent so politically incorrect that no one will march with her! The powerful arc of the gay liberation movement over five decades is seen through Terry’s moving and hilarious personal narrative. Sponsorships available! Get your tickets today: bit.ly/LesboSoloBCC #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles #LATheatre #LesbianTheatre #LosAngelesTheatre

Join us on Saturday, February 21st for a celebratory evening concert following Havdalah featuring Cantorial Soloist Raymond Zachary, the JAC string trio and Gee Rabe on accordion. In these difficult times, let us come together to celebrate joy and hope in our beloved, shared community. 💖 Joyful concert of Jewish Love Songs 📍 Beth Chayim Chadashim, 6090 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA ⏰ Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) 🎟️ bit.ly/BCClove2026 #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles

What can you look forward to at BCC this week? 🥗 Friday, February 13 at 6 pm: Pre-Shabbat Dinner at Continental Kitchen. In person only. To RSVP, please see the BCC weekly email. ✡️ Friday, February 13 at 7:30 pm: Shabbat Evening Service. In person and on Zoom. To register for Zoom, please see the calendar at bcc-la.org. 🌅 Saturday, February 14 at 10 am: Shabbat Morning Minyan. In person and on Zoom. To register for Zoom, please see the calendar at bcc-la.org. 🚫 Monday, February 16, all day: BCC Office Closed. 🫂 Monday, February 16 at 7 pm: Life Transitions Group. On Zoom only. To register for Zoom, contact the BCC office at bcc@bcc-la.org. 📖 Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm: Torah Study. On Zoom only. To register for Zoom, please see the calendar at bcc-la.org. #BCC #BethChayimChadashim #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayJews #LesbianJews #TransJews #QueerJews #JewishLA #LosAngeles