Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai
CBST's 50th Anniversary
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Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6:30 p.m.
Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Drashah: Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Aliza Schwartz
Ba’alei Tefillah: Cantor Sam Rosen and Jonathon Adler
Including special musical settings sung by the CBST Community Chorus, with Risa Aarlev, flutist
Piano: Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig
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Aleinu 20s & 30s Oneg Shmooze after services to 8:45 p.m.
Looking for Friday night plans with other queer, young Jews? Join us tonight between services and the anniversary oneg to shmooze and catch up. Our next Aleinu Shabbats will be June 9 and June 23 in conjunction with the anniversary panels and Pride. Email aleinu@cbst.org to get involved.
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50th Anniversary Oneg: “Chapter 5: The Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Internship”
Starting 15 minutes after end of service | Zoom »
Each month throughout 2023, we will continue to explore our history through one chapter of Rabbi Ayelet Cohen’s book “Changing Lives, Making History: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah” at an oneg program after Shabbat services. Learn more here.
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Yael Werber will interview Rabbi Mychal Copeland (CRRI 1999–2000); Rabbi David Dunn Bauer (CRRI 2000–2001); Rabbi Elana Friedman (CRRI 2014–2015); and Rabbi Roderick Young (CRRI 1996–1997 and 1998–1999; CBST assistant Rabbi 1999–2002).
Read along in the book with us! Purchase Rabbi Cohen’s book at a discounted rate of $36. (If this presents a financial burden, please let us know and we can make other arrangements.) Click here to order your copy today.
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Service Leaders: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Yael Werber
D'var Torah: B*Mitzvah of Juliet-Margot Ducourneau-Katchen
Ba'al Tefillah: Cantor Sam Rosen
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Sponsor an upcoming Shabbat here.
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Teen Track 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. off-site at Randall Farm
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Havdalah Service 9:00 p.m. | Zoom »
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This Week's Featured Events |
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Friday, May 12 (21 Iyyar)
Thirty-sixth day of the Omer
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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, May 15 (24 Iyyar)
Thirty-ninth day of the Omer
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Judaism Disrupted—Free Book Raffle!
7:30–9:00 p.m. | Online | Register » | Sponsored by Aging Together and L'dor Vador. Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum in conversation with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, author of the recently released Judaism Disrupted, a new look at why and how we need to take a refreshing and vibrant approach to Judaism. Enter to win a copy of Judaism Disrupted on May 15!
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Wednesday, May 17 (26 Iyyar)
Forty-first day of the Omer
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CBST Board Meeting
6:00 p.m.
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L’dor Vador (CBST’s 40–50s+ group) welcomes Fredric Miggins as its co-chair along with Bonnie Pollack! Join us on June 9 at 5:00 p.m. before Shabbat services for drinks at Goldie’s Tavern. Stay tuned for many other exciting events! For more information, please contact bpollack13@yahoo.com or Fredric.miggins@icloud.com.
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Save-the-Date for PRIDE Shabbat, Friday, June 23. For the first time in four years, we’ll be back in Masonic Hall for PRIDE Shabbat, with room for all. Mark your calendar and invite friends and family! Details on all our Pride Month Shabbatot and programming coming soon! There will be a festive oneg after the service.
Photo credit: Harold Levine (2018)
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Shoutouts are due by Wednesday, June 21 at 12 p.m.
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CBST Joins AIDS Walk NY
Sunday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. | Central Park | CBST is again participating in AIDS Walk NY! We walk to remember all who died way before their time, wearing ribbons with their names, carrying them with us as we support those living with HIV/AIDS today. Register as a team member to walk and help raise funds, or donate to a CBST walker. Questions? Call Team Captain Shep Wahnon at 646-334-0718.
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Brighton Beach Pride 2023—United Against Fascism
Sunday, May 21, 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | RUSA LGBTQ+ is proud to host the seventh annual Brighton Beach Pride, the largest celebration of LGBTQ+ culture in Southern Brooklyn. As immigrants and queer people from a variety of backgrounds and countries of origin, we stand in solidarity with those fighting fascism all over the world. Learn more and RSVP »
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Aleinu Sunday Study
Sunday, May 21, 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Sunday Study is back on! Join CRRI Aliza and Co-Chair Jess to start your week off mindfully and get cozy with us for a virtual text study. Email aleinu@cbst.org for the Zoom link.
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Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Thursday, May 25 at 10:00 p.m.–Friday, May 26 at 5:00 a.m. | Learn more » | In-person at the JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. | This year CBST is delighted to partner with the JCC for Tikkun, offering a dedicated CBST track with our clergy teaching throughout the night! Come together with people from across the spectrum of Jewish Life for a free, revelatory night of study, film, music, dance, yoga, and more in celebration of Shavuot. Come for an hour or stay the night! For more info, visit: https://mmjccm.org/tikkun
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Judaism, Baseball and You—Extra Innings
Sunday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. | Zoom » | Lay-led CBST baseball club. Join us for a group watching of The Natural, a 1984 sports film based on Bernard Malamud's novel of the same name and starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close and Robert Duvall. Questions, email Sharon: sharail@aol.com.
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PRIDE and PROTEST solidarity trip to Jerusalem
May 31–June 5 | Join CBST as we heed the call of our friends at the Jerusalem Open House and others, bringing a small delegation of CBST members to march in Jerusalem Pride and join a Saturday evening Democracy protest—led by Rabbi Marisa James and joined by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz. If you’re interested, click here to learn more and fill out an interest form, and we will send detailed information.
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Limmud b'Shabbat Siyyum
Saturday, June 10, 10:00–11:30 a.m. | Please join us for a siyyum, a celebration to our studies this year! On Saturday, June 10, each Limmud class will help lead a piece of the Liberal Shabbat morning service with the congregation during their normal class time. Caregivers are then invited for a celebratory snack downstairs. You can email Jules Rose with any questions at jrose@cbst.org.
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Sunday
*Queer Niddah with CRPEI Avigayil Halpern 5:30–6:30 p.m.
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Tuesday
*Advanced Talmud Study with Rabbi Moskowitz Tuesdays, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
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Wednesday
*Intro to Hebrew, Part 2 with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Adam Graubart 6:30–7:30 p.m.
*Queer Jewish Music with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Aliza Schwartz 6:30–7:30 p.m
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Thursday
*Prayerbook Hebrew Continued with CBST Educator Miya Rotstein 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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