Need tech help during a service? Text 646-450-3556
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✡️ 6 Sh'vat ✡️
January 7–January 8
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Kabbalat Shabbat Services—Online Only
Shabbat Morning Services—Online Only
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 892 6861 4329
Limmud b'Shabbat (Grades K–7)—Online Only
10:00 a.m.
Teacher will email zoom link to attend.
Alef-Bet Shabbat (Ages 0–5)
New families encouraged!
Teen Track Civil Rights—Online Only
1:00 p.m.
Havdalah Service
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 654 880 356
*️⃣ Please Note: All Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat Morning services have been moved to online-only for the time being.
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Art by Karin Foreman (detail)
Lehrhaus Judaica Adult Education 5782 Winter Intersession
We are thrilled to announce our latest Adult Education offerings for this upcoming Winter Intersession between Lehrhaus Judaica Adult Education semesters! Find out more about our offerings, as well as Lehrhaus Judaica Adult Education at CBST, here.
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Hebrew Study Topics
5 Sessions: Tuesdays, Jan 11, 18, 25; Feb 1, 8, 4:30–6:00 p.m. | Register now »
This course provides an opportunity to study special topics, like holy days, festivals, and historical and cultural subjects, as they relate to the Hebrew language.
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Trans Taharah: Death and Burial Rites for Gender-Expansive Jews
Come learn about the ways Jewish burial rites are adapting to serve queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people.
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Town Hall for CBST Members
Monday, January 10, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Topic: CBST Returns to Online-Only Programming
In response to the rapidly mounting rates of Covid-19 infection and hospitalization in New York City due to the Omicron wave, and CBST leadership’s decision to move all programming online for the time being, we will gather to give the community a chance to share their thoughts and hear from clergy, staff, and lay leadership. We will have members of the medical advisory committee present, along with our staff social worker, Judy Ribnick.
The Members' Town Hall is available via Zoom for CBST members only. Members will receive a separate email invitation to register. Registrants will receive an email with Zoom info to attend, after submitting the registration form.
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Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time. |
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Friday, January 7 (5 Sh'vat)
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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 Rabbi Yael Rapport.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Services—Online Only
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Shabbat/Saturday, January 8 (6 Sh'vat)
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Shabbat Morning Services—Online Only
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 892 6861 4329
At our Liberal Shabbat morning services, we draw on our inherited traditions in a consciously modern context. The style of the service reflects the contemporary evolution of Sabbath worship over the last century in this country, with a malleable liturgical selection. Using the Reconstructionist prayer book, Kol Haneshamah, we pray old and new liturgy in both Hebrew and English. Torah is read in a triennial cycle, and there is always a discussion of the week's parashah (Torah portion). Healing prayers are offered at every Torah service, and there is always an opportunity to say Mourner's Kaddish at the end. The service ends at 12:30 p.m.
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Limmud b'Shabbat—Online Only
10:00 a.m.
Alef-Bet Shabbat (Ages 0–5)
New families encouraged!
Teen Track Civil Rights—Online Only
1:00 p.m.
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Havdalah Service
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 654 880 356
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Sunday, January 9 (7 Sh'vat)
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Monday, January 10 (8 Sh'vat)
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Introduction to Mishnah
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz offers this daily (M–Th) in-depth text study and analysis of Jewish text with an opportunity for group chevrutah study, in which participants will analyze, discuss, and debate a shared text.
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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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Seasonal Resistance with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
Each Rosh Chodesh, New Month, we will explore the wisdom Jewish tradition offers about the texture of time and the ways it can inform our activism as spiritual practice. CBST Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies Rabbi Mike Moskowitz teaches this monthly course.
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Town Hall for CBST Members
7:00–8:00 p.m.
Topic: CBST Returns to Online-Only Programming
In response to the rapidly mounting rates of Covid-19 infection and hospitalization in New York City due to the Omicron wave, and CBST leadership’s decision to move all programming online for the time being, we will gather to give the community a chance to share their thoughts and hear from clergy, staff, and lay leadership.
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Tuesday, January 11 (9 Sh'vat)
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Introduction to Mishnah
Hebrew Study Topics
5 Sessions: Tuesdays, Jan 11, 18, 25; Feb 1, 8, 4:30–6:00 p.m. | Register now »
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Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS
5:00–7:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, January 12 (10 Sh'vat)
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The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST
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Aging Together Singles
7:00–8:15 p.m.
Come meet other CBST member singles for discussion and shmoozing! Let us know you’re interested/curious by dropping a note. Zoom information will be sent out the morning of January 12.
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Thursday, January 13 (11 Sh'vat)
Please note: CBST staff and clergy will be unavailable during the hours of 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a staff-wide retreat.
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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
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Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival
January 13–17
The Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival (Marlene Meyerson JCC) presents impactful films that engage the community toward a more democratic, inclusive, and just society. The festival explores themes of inequality, injustice, and social responsibility through films, special events, and conversations.
CBST is proud to again be a partner for the third annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival highlighting films and conversations that activate social change. Check out the official film list here, or purchase tickets here with our dedicated discount code to get 25% off tickets: cinebeit22.
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Eshel LGBTQ+ National Retreat 2022
CBST is a proud partner of this program. How does transformation work? We will hear from thinkers and artists, from rabbis and revolutionaries, from all who renew the old and sanctify the new. Come join our annual three-day queer gathering of music and prayer, film and fun, learning and listening to the many stories of resilience and re-invention we will share in community. We will sing with Batya Levine, meet with artist Arielle Tonkin, learn with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, and more awesome people like Laynie Solomon, Rabbi Abby Stein and Dr. Joy Ladin. We will also hear from a newly ordained YU rabbi who shares his journey—out of the closet.
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Aging Independently, Together—Registration Closing January 10!
Building a Community of Connected LGBTQ+ Adults
—Not Just for “Single" or "Child-free” Members
Six Wednesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m.
(January 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16 and March 2)
Led by Judy Ribnick, LCSW, MA, Director of Aging Together, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) and a team of facilitators
Hosted by CBST and DOROT, this 6-week series for LGBTQS older adults is designed for those seeking tools, strategies, and support to age more intentionally and plan for the future.
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Many thanks to our wonderful donors and supporters for your generosity in 2021. With your passion, energy, and spirit we were able to meet the challenges of the last year. As we pray together, learn together, and stand together in community, we are grateful for your financial support.
Membership is the foundation of our financial health. Appeal support and sponsorships carry us each year. On behalf of the clergy, leadership, and staff—Thank you for contributing to CBST!
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