BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3320@tbegreatneck.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T203000 DTSTAMP:20240523T172038Z URL:https://www.tbegreatneck.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-6-2024-06-14/ SUMMARY:Pride Shabbat DESCRIPTION:Guest speaker Robert Zimmerman\, businessman and political advo cate from Great Neck will give a guest sermon: "As We Celebrate Pride\, Ho w Do We Overcome Prejudice?" He will discuss his personal experiences\, Ju daism\, history\, progress and today's challenges.\n\nGrowing up as a clos eted gay kid in the suburbs\, Robert struggled to find his voice and was m otivated to speak up for others who also were unseen and unheard.\n\nRober t began his career as a Congressional staffer and advisor for then-Rep. Le ster Wolff and later Reps. James Scheuer and Gary Ackerman. From Capitol H ill\, Robert’s career took him to the TV networks\, where he’s served as an on-air advocate and analyst on the national agenda. In addition to p reviously serving as President of the Great Neck Chapter of B’nai B’ri th and President of the Long Island Division of the American Jewish Congre ss\, Robert was nominated by President Clinton and President Obama to Pres idential Commissions and served on the Board of the American Museum of Nat ural History as a government representative. Robert presently serves as a Democratic National Committeeman from New York and was the Democratic nomi nee for Congress in 2022.\n\nRobert co-founded his business\, ZE Creative Communications\, now in its 34th year\, in the same community in which he was raised and still resides. He is a product of Great Neck Public Schools \, graduated cum laude from Brandeis University\, and received his MBA fro m Fordham University.\n\nLearn more about Pride Shabbat here.\n\nFor more information\, call 516-487-0900.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nFacebook Live at \; https://www.facebook.com/TBEGreatNeck/\n\nLivestream on YouTube at \;h ttps://tinyurl.com/TBELivestream.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tbegreatneck.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/05/PRIDE-Shabbat-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Homepage,Special Events,Worship & Spirituality END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR