diff --git a/homeassistant/components/jewish_calendar/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/jewish_calendar/sensor.py
index deaae64547a..063818aedf3 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/jewish_calendar/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/jewish_calendar/sensor.py
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ class JewishCalendarSensor(JewishCalendarEntity, SensorEntity):
             }
             return after_shkia_date.hdate
         if self.entity_description.key == "weekly_portion":
-            self._attr_options = list(Parasha)
+            self._attr_options = [str(p) for p in Parasha]
             # Compute the weekly portion based on the upcoming shabbat.
-            return after_tzais_date.upcoming_shabbat.parasha
+            return str(after_tzais_date.upcoming_shabbat.parasha)
         if self.entity_description.key == "holiday":
             _holidays = after_shkia_date.holidays
             _id = ", ".join(holiday.name for holiday in _holidays)
diff --git a/tests/components/jewish_calendar/test_sensor.py b/tests/components/jewish_calendar/test_sensor.py
index b33d8f3e84b..9364fcda40c 100644
--- a/tests/components/jewish_calendar/test_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/components/jewish_calendar/test_sensor.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ TEST_PARAMS = [
                 "device_class": "enum",
                 "friendly_name": "Jewish Calendar Weekly Torah portion",
                 "icon": "mdi:book-open-variant",
-                "options": list(Parasha),
+                "options": [str(p) for p in Parasha],
             },
         },
         "he",