Kabbalat Shabbat Services—Atsmaut Shabbat
featuring the CBST Community Chorus
Featuring the CBST Chorus.
Shabbat Morning Torah Study
10:00 a.m.
Havdalah Service
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 654 880 356
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CBST New Door Policy for Services and Events
In our ongoing effort to keep the community safe while making entry to services and programs as simple as possible, we have updated our procedures.
We will have a list at the door of all community members who have submitted proof of complete vaccination. If you plan to attend services or programs in person and have not yet submitted your proof, please click here to do so. If you’re on this list, you don’t need to show proof of vaccination or sign in. Just give your name at the door. Anyone not on the list needs to show proof of vaccination and sign in with contact information. If we are informed of a potential exposure at a service or program, we will send a notice to everyone on the list and all those who have signed in individually for the event in question.
By entering the building for services, you are attesting that you have been completely vaccinated (including booster if eligible), will wear a mask as required, have not been diagnosed with or exposed to Covid, and will inform the synagogue if you test positive for Covid after attending services or other programs. Full attestation can be read here and is posted at the entrance to the synagogue.
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Friday, May 6 (5 Iyyar)
20th day of the Omer
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
CBST Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Mike Moskowitz teaches the fourth chapter of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin’s work, Nefesh HaChaim. Rabbi Moskowitz will stream each teaching live from the CBST Facebook Page. Recording of each teaching will be immediately available in the CBST Facebook Videos section archive.
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Parashat HaShavuah
This course is a study of the week's Torah portion, or parashah. This text study provides an opportunity to learn and grapple with the meaning of the weekly Torah portion, guided by Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinic Intern Yael Werber.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Services—Atsmaut Shabbat
featuring the CBST Community Chorus
We mark Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atsmaut, in this service, and our deep commitment to helping make Israel a place that lives up to the highest values. One way we do that is by supporting our friends at the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, who every day lift up LGBTQ+ voices—Jewish, Christian and Muslim, Israeli Jews and Palestinians, religious and secular. The CBST Choir will perform at this service.
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Shabbat/Saturday, May 7 (6 Iyyar)
21st day of the Omer
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study
10:00 a.m.
Join Rabbi James in the CBST Chapel for a deep dive into this week’s Torah portion with interactive study and discussion of the text. We will open with a prayer for healing and close with a recitation of Mourner’s Kaddish following our study session. All are welcome; texts will be offered with English translation, and insights from those well-practiced or brand-new to Torah are treasured! This will ONLY be in-person, not via Livestream or Zoom.
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Havdalah Service
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 654 880 356
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Sunday, May 8 (7 Iyyar)
22nd day of the Omer
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HUC-JIR Ordination Ceremony
Mazal tov to CBST’s Cantorial Intern Sam Rosen and former Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Ben Dyme for being ordained Sunday, May 8 at HUC-JIR’s Ordination Ceremony. You may attend in person (with proof of full vaccination) or online, but all must register in advance.
If you would like to honor Sam or Ben, you can offer a donation in honor of this great simchah.
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Monday, May 9 (8 Iyyar)
23rd day of the Omer
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Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Intro to Mishnah and Talmud with Rabbi Moskowitz
Intro to Mishnah and Talmud is an opportunity to explore the transmission of the Oral Torah.
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Mishpachah Monday! Online Dinner, Fun, and Shmooze
with Judy Ribnick
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 513 521 023
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Next Aging Together Program: Own Your Future: Plan for Your Care Needs
Learn from an expert Aging Lifecare Manager, Debra R. Drelich, LMSW, ACSW, CMC, CADDCT, about a variety of care options and ways to pay for them. Useful for people of all income/asset levels.
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Tuesday, May 10 (9 Iyyar)
24th day of the Omer
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Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Intro to Mishnah and Talmud with Rabbi Moskowitz
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Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS
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Cantillation Intensive
Students will learn Torah trop to prepare them to chant from CBST’s Torah scrolls. Open to all, this class is geared towards the Adult B'nai Mitzvah cohort. Registration is still open!
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Wednesday, May 11 (10 Iyyar)
25th day of the Omer
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Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Intro to Mishnah and Talmud with Rabbi Moskowitz
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Together in Dance
3:00–4:30 p.m.
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Rita Fischer z"l Memorial Gathering
5:30 p.m.
Honor the memory of the fierce and fabulous “Mamasita Rita,” Rita Fischer z”l, at a memorial gathering on Rita’s first yortzeit, led by Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Marisa James. This gathering will be in-person only.
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The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Interested in volunteering? Email Clinic Coordinator Noah Habeeb at sanctuary@cbst.org to learn about training and join our team.
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Women in Song
Each week will focus on a collection of literary work in translation by four prominent Israeli female poets and songwriters.
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Thursday, May 12 (11 Iyyar)
26th day of the Omer
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Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Intro to Mishnah and Talmud with Rabbi Moskowitz
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Democracy! Team Action Group
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544
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The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Interested in volunteering? Email Clinic Coordinator Noah Habeeb at sanctuary@cbst.org to learn about training and join our team.
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Cantillation Drop-in Office Hours
Students will learn Torah trop to prepare them to chant from CBST’s Torah scrolls. Open to all, this class is geared towards the Adult B'nai Mitzvah cohort. Registration is still open!
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✏️ NEW CLASS! ✏️ Haftarah Cantillation with Jack Greenberg
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🏳️⚧️ Emet: Trans & Non-Binary Team Meeting 🏳️⚧️
7:00–8:00 p.m.
Emet welcomes transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender-expansive people, including those who are questioning, to build community and engage politically at CBST. Emet meets on the first Thursday of each month. Sign up for Emet Team updates here or email transjews@cbst.org for more info. Zoom info will be sent by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday to the Emet mailing list.
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Lehrhaus 5782 Spring Term Begins!
We are thrilled to announce the 5782 Spring Term of Adult Education learning opportunities at CBST! More courses will be announced soon. In the meantime, view details and register now for new courses with Rabbi Moskowitz, Miya Rotstein, Rabbi Rapport, and Jack Greenberg.
Art by Karin Foreman (detail)
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AIDS Walk NY: Rita's Team and Team CBST
Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m., Central Park
Join CBST members for our first AIDS Walk since 2019, walking in memory of those we have lost to AIDS. We wear ribbons with their names, carrying them with us as we raise money for those living with HIV/AIDS today, and for research and prevention to get closer to eradicating HIV/AIDS entirely. This year, one last Rita’s Team will honor CBST member Rita Fischer z”l, and CBST’s AIDS Walk Team will carry the joint sign proudly. Register and donate to Rita’s Team and/or CBST’s AIDS Walk Team!
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Save the Date: CBST’s 27th Annual Benefit Concert
Sunday, June 12 at 4:00 p.m.
In person at CBST and online
This year we celebrate the enduring relationship between food and the Jewish people. Featuring music in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, and Ladino, this rich and spicy program explores the centrality of music and food as markers of identity and culture. Registration and donations open next week!
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Happy Third Birthday to CBST’s Ark Immigration Clinic!
On May 8, 2019, our first immigrant friends showed up to CBST’s new immigration clinic, and three years later, we’ve
- welcomed 550 immigrant friends from 50 countries
- 75% of them LGBTQ+ and/or HIV+
- filed over 120 applications for asylum
- connected more than 80 friends to legal representation, and
- celebrated 17 of our friends winning their asylum cases.
THANK YOU to every one of you who has volunteered, donated, or cheered for this success! This summer, we’re planning a clinic birthday picnic, and everyone will be invited. Make a donation to our Mutual Aid fund and help us continue to support our immigrant neighbors.
📷: Rabbi Marisa James
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...צדיק כתמר יפרח
Tzadik katamar yifrach...
The righteous flourish like the date palm...
Psalm 92
Your membership is the foundation of our annual support.
Thank you for renewing for 2022!
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