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The Vashti Ball: A Queer Purim Experience

Name: The Vashti Ball: A Queer Purim Experience
Start: 2024-03-23T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-03-24T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Sat, March 23 · 6:00 PM

<p>Come on Vashti, Let’s go party!</p>

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Venue Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Organized by JQY

Age Range 20s and 30s

Religious Level Not religious

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Come on Vashti, Let’s go party!
9pm: Megillah
10pm-2am: Dance Party & OPEN BAR (21+)
10pm: Hot Pursian Food
11pm: Drag Spiel
11:30pm: Costume Contest
The Vashti Ball is an immersive queer Purim party experience open to all. The evening begins at 9pm with the queerest Megillah readings you can imagine. The festivities continue at 10pm with an open bar (for 21+), Persian feast, drag shows, and grand runway costume contest where the top costumes win tickets to ‘& Juliet’ on Broadway. Then stay for the rockin’ Barbie dance party!
Under 21? You can still come! There will be an alcohol free section with free “mocktail” drinks! Open to all 23 and under with special student pricing.
You don’t have to be Jewish or queer to attend!
Free LGBTQ+ community Megillah readings 9PM
Party Doors open 10PM
Community Partners
A Wider Bridge, Eshel, Hebro, Keshet, Marlene Meyerson JCC, Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network, UJA Federation NY

✡ Not religious 20s and 30s Holiday Party Social

Organizer

JQY

JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) is a nonprofit organization that supports and empowers LGBTQ Jewish youth with a special focus on teens and young adults from Orthodox, Chassidic, and Sephardi/Mizrahi communities. JQY fights to ensure the emotional and physical health and safety of this population. Our goal is for all these individuals to know: You are a valued member of the Jewish community and you are not alone. LGBTQ youth from Orthodox, Chasidic, and Sephardic communities often feel alone, isolated, and silenced; many are forced to choose between remaining in the closet or leaving their faith. We address the unique needs of our members through social and support programming and advocacy and education efforts. JQY continues to build a community where individuals can come together to both confront their challenges and celebrate their triumphs. JQY is a place where every person is valued and cherished. We celebrate the uniqueness, resilience, and strength of each of our members, and through our programming, individuals begin to understand ways in which their Jewish and LGBTQ identities can coexist. With JQY, each individual comes to recognize and appreciate the beauty of their own light. JQY is a place where every person is empowered to shine their brightest.

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Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

West 76th Street

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