Inclusion

At Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills, we welcome all who seek to identify with our Jewish community: our ideals, values, and mission. We are committed to providing an atmosphere of inclusion. We celebrate the integrity, personal identity, and perspectives of all who have chosen to identify as being personally connected to the Jewish People. We strive to be a community where there are many paths to feeling a deep, comfortable, and profound sense of connection and belonging.  

 We are committed to: 

• Welcoming people of all ages, ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, disabilities or differing abilities, gender identities, or financial status.
• Welcoming interfaith families who embrace ways to incorporate a Jewish lifestyle as part of their tradition.
• Combating antisemitism, racism, bigotry, and other harmful biases, in the pursuit of justice.

The congregation’s Inclusion Team meets regularly to find ways to advance the goal of inclusion in our community. Please let us know if there is any additional identity you would like to see represented in this statement.  We welcome your feedback.