Pride Shabbat

Rabbi Denise Eger

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Taffet@DallasVoice.com

Rabbi Denise Eger was the first lesbian — and only the third woman — ever elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. She’ll be speaking at Congregation Beth El Binah’s Pride Shabbat service on Friday, June 13.

Eger served as the spiritual leader of West Hollywood’s LGBTQ synagogue, Kol Ami, from the time of its founding in the early 1990s until her retirement. She now lives in Austin where her wife serves as the rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom.

During the pandemic, Eger, with the Rev. Neil Thomas of Dallas’ Cathedral of Hope, wrote a book entitled Seven Principles for Living Bravely: Ageless Wisdom and Comforting Faith for Weathering Life’s Most Difficult Times. Eger said her friendship with Th