56- NOAH KITTY — Rabbi and Inspirational Speaker
Whenever Greg, a friend of the family comes to Fort Lauderdale, he immediately searches for Congregation Etz Chaim, the LGBT community’s Jewish synogogue. Finding Etz Chaim has sometimes been a challenge, for Etz Chaim has wandered often and long in its 40 year history. They were in a Lutheran Church on Biscayne Blvd., a YMCA in downtown Miami, a store in Aventura, the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Oakland Park, a storefront in Wilton Manors, and at the Temple Beth Torah in Tamarac, until finally landing back in Wilton Manors at the Unity Church last year under the guidance of executive director and rabbi, Noah Kitty. Noah has been its voice and advocate for over a decade, selflessly helping the rich and poor, sick and well within the LGBT Jewish community find their place in a world where Jews in general are often displaced. As our friend Greg often says after a service, “I’m home. Rabbi Kitty is there.”
