Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6:30 p.m.
Service Leader: Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Adam Graubart
Drashah: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Ba'alat Tefillah: Rabbi Marisa James
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Service Leaders: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Yael Werber
Divrei Torah: Adult B*Mitzvah of Judy Frank, Carol Saft, and Cynthia Webb
Ba'alat Tefillah: Rabbi Marisa James
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Havdalah Service 7:30 p.m. | Zoom »
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This Week's Featured Events |
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Scroll down for regular weekly classes & groups.
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Friday, March 10 (17 Adar)
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House of Peace Monthly Visit to ICNYU
12:45–2:30 p.m. | Join us at the Global Center for Spiritual Life at NYU (238 Thompson St.) for our monthly House of Peace welcome visit to the Islamic Center at NYU! We now visit our Muslim friends every second Friday of the month. No RSVP necessary; come and go as you wish.
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Monday, March 13 (17 Adar)
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Your Digital Legacy—What You Should Do Now
with Dr. Pierre Darmon
7:30–9:00 p.m. | Online | Register here » (If you've registered for an Aging Together program in the past, no need to register, you're already on the list!) A will is not the only plan you need to make to protect your legacy. Dr. Pierre Darmon will walk us through the pitfalls of dying without preparing your digital life for the "afterlife." Dr. Darmon will pose crucial questions to handle right away. All ages welcome.
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Joyce Rosenzweig and Cantor David Berger in Concert
7:30 p.m. | Learn more » | Join CBST Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig and former CBST Cantor David Berger for a recital celebrating their fabulous CD "Refuge: Art Songs by Jewish American Refugee Composers". Hear the music—plus exciting bonus pieces—live and in person. Joyce and Cantor Berger will tell stories of the composers’ lives and journeys to America. The concert is FREE, but you must reserve a ticket.
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Wednesday, March 15 (22 Adar)
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CBST Board Meeting
6:00–8:00 p.m.
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Thursday, March 16 (23 Adar)
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Gerut Info Meeting
5:00–6:30 p.m.
If you are interested in becoming a Jew by choice, CBST welcomes you! Throughout your journey to a Jewish life, our clergy accompany you through study, prayer, community participation, Jewish learning, visiting Israel and more! If you're interested in conversion at CBST, email Rabbi Werber at gerut@cbst.org.
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Lehrhaus Spring Term—***Starting this Week!***
Jewish Star Trek—Join Rabbi James and Cantor Rosen as they explore strange new worlds, and seek out new life and new civilizations in five sessions of “Jewish Star Trek.”
Spiritual Autobiography—Adult B*mitzvah students will reflect on their own spiritual journeys and approach questions of meaning-making and identity as a cohort. Taught by Rabbi Yael Werber.
Queer Jewish Music—We will look at the music of four contemporary, young, queer Jewish artists: Batya Levine, Aly Halpert, Rena Branson, and Molly Bajgot. Taught by CRRI Aliza Schwartz.
Intro to Hebrew, Part 2—Learn how to read Hebrew and begin to make sense of the prayers and blessings you have come to recognize at services. Taught by CRRI Adam Graubart.
Prayerbook Hebrew Continued—We will focus on learning Hebrew grammar and build a base for understanding the prayers in our Siddur. Taught by CBST Educator Miya Rotstein.
Queer Nidah—The Jewish laws of niddah, or menstruation and sex, have long been a focus for Jewish feminists interested in understanding Jewish perspectives on sex and our bodies. Taught by CRPEI Avigayil Halpern.
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Aleinu—CBST’s 20s & 30s Group
Sunday Study is back March 19, 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.! Join CRRI Aliza and Co-Chair Jess for a cozy virtual, text study (sweatpants and warm beverages encouraged). Email aleinu@cbst.org for the link.
Interested in meeting other queer, young Jews? Email us! Aleinu is CBST's 20s and 30s group and we'd love to meet you.
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Photo credit: Harold Levine
Retreat Registration Now Open!
In CBST’s 50th Anniversary Season, we are thrilled to announce our Congregational Retreat at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center! Join us Friday, April 28, through Sunday, April 30, 2023. Members received an email with registration information. If you’re a member and did not receive the email, reach out to jkatz@cbst.org
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Kabbalat Shabbat Guest Speaker: Barry Scheck, Co-Founder and Special Counsel for The Innocence Project
Friday, March 17, 6:30 p.m. | CBST’s Ending Mass Incarceration team is thrilled to welcome Barry Scheck as our guest speaker and for a Q&A session after services. Since 1992, Scheck and his colleagues have been using DNA evidence to help those who were wrongfully convicted of crimes win their freedom. Come learn about his decades of work building The Innocence Project, and what is possible when the justice system doesn’t live up to its name.
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Support Group for Parents of Trans and Gender Queer Children
Tuesday, March 21 7:30–8:15 p.m. | Register here » | This monthly Zoom gathering facilitated by Rabbi Moskowitz will hold space for parents to share the struggles and blessings of this unique journey together. You must be a member to attend (but new members welcome!). Registration required.
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50th Anniversary Oneg #3—Chapter 3: The Impact of Aids
Friday, March 24, 8:30–9:15 p.m.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service—Trans Day of Visibility
Friday, March 31, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
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CBST First Night Community Passover Seder 5783
Wednesday, April 5, 6:00 p.m. | In-Person and Online | Learn more »
Honor the sweetest traditions of feasting and gathering as a community. We look forward to raising the four glasses with you! Registration is now open! Learn more »
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Sunday
RESCHEDULED—Queer Niddah with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Pastoral and Educational Intern Avigayil Halpern 5:30–6:30 p.m. Note: class start date is delayed one week and will begin on March 19.
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Wednesday
Queer Jewish Music with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Aliza Schwartz 6:30–7:30 p.m
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Health & Safety Policies
By entering the building, you are attesting you are fully vaccinated against COVID, including the bivalent vaccine if eligible. Masks are optional for worship and public programs with a clearly defined mask-required section at every seated gathering. Complete health and safety policies here.
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