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✡️ 13 Sh'vat ✡️
January 14–January 15
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Kabbalat Shabbat—Online Only
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat
Shabbat Morning Services—Online Only
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 892 6861 4329
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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Winter Intersession Classes |
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Lehrhaus Judaica Adult Education 5782 Winter Intersession
We are thrilled to announce our latest Adult Education offerings for this Winter Intersession. Find out more here.
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Above: Yom Kippur "Two Pockets" Art Print via the excellent nirehor.com
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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. Taught by Ron Weiss.
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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. Taught by Ariel Tovlev.
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Winter Term *NEW CLASSES Beginning the week of Feb 7*
Information and registration launching next week. Stay tuned!
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Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time. |
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Friday, January 14 (12 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
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat
Be with us for a very special MLK Shabbat as U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones joins us as Guest Speaker at services on Friday, January 14 at 6:30 p.m. ET, online-only and streaming live at cbst.org/livestream.
Rep. Jones, 34, serves New York's Westchester and Rockland Counties. He is the first openly gay, Black member of Congress. He graduated from Stanford University, worked at the Department of Justice during the Obama Administration, and graduated from Harvard Law School.
Rep. Jones was unanimously elected by his colleagues to be the Freshman Representative to Leadership for the 117th Congress, making him the youngest member of the Democratic House leadership team.
Additionally, he serves as a Deputy Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Equality Caucus. Mondaire was born and raised in Rockland, and resides in Westchester.
✡️ MLK Shabbat on Friday, January 14, 6:30 p.m.
Ba'al Tefillah: Cantorial Intern Sam Rosen
Service Leader: Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen
Drashah: Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen
Be in community with CBST at Kabbalat Shabbat services, every Friday at 6:30pm ET, streaming live on CBST’s website.
All are welcome 🌈✨
📷: Rep. Jones photo courtesy of Rep Jones; MLK photo via Wikimedia Commons
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Shabbat/Saturday, January 15 (13 Sh'vat)
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Shabbat Morning Services—Online Only
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 | Meeting ID: 892 6861 4329
The TEM service, or Traditional Egalitarian Minyan, reflects a long-established mode of praying the complete Sabbath morning liturgy (including Musaf). In addition, the full parashah (Torah portion) is chanted. TEM’s name reflects both an increased use of Hebrew at this service, as well as a commitment to gender equality in every aspect of participating and leading the service. This service uses siddur Lev Shalem, the Conservative movement's prayer book. You are welcome to attend, regardless of your knowledge of Hebrew or prior synagogue experience. All services include a D'var Torah (short sermon). The service concludes at approximately 12:30 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 16 (14 Sh'vat)
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Tu B'Shvat Seder
Join us in celebrating Tu B’Shvat—the Jewish new year for the trees! While it may still be winter in New York, growth and change is still happening within the trees and beneath our feet. In a time when climate change is wreaking havoc through wildfires, our tradition gives us an opportunity to come together and bring our awareness to these beautiful creations we depend on in myriad ways. More info »
Above: Art by Karin Foreman (detail)
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Learning to Build a Community of Belonging in Honor of MLK Day
On MLK weekend this year, join UJA and scholars from Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy and the Shalom Hartman Institute for an evening of learning to explore when we’ve felt at home, when we haven’t, and what it will take for everyone in America to feel like they belong. These renowned educators and thought leaders will illuminate the contemporary struggle for racial justice and universal belonging.
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Trans Taharah: Death and Burial Rites for Gender-Expansive Jews
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Monday, January 17 (15 Sh'vat)
✡️ Tu B'Shvat ✡️
⭐️ MLK Day ⭐️
The CBST Office and building will be closed in observance of MLK Day and will re-open Tuesday, January 18 at 9:00 a.m. In the case of a pastoral emergency, such as an illness or death, please call 917-513-0413.
Honor Dr. King’s legacy safely in-person or at home
Direct service opportunities for MLK Day are available with our partners Repair the World, including online, in-person, indoors, and outdoors programming and even a volunteer opportunity with our Ending Mass Incarceration Team's partner, Emmaus House Harlem. More Info »
For Families with Children under 7 years old
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Join Stephen Figurasmith, CBST’s Alef-Bet Shabbat and K–1 songleader, as they honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with a sing-a-long and story-time. (Sunday sessions available as well.) Register now »
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Introduction to Mishnah—CANCELLED
Intro to Mishnah is cancelled in observance of MLK Day.
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Mishpachah Monday!—CANCELLED
Mishpachah is cancelled in observance of MLK Day.
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Tuesday, January 18 (16 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 19 (17 Sh'vat)
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Introduction to Mishnah
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Aging Independently, Together
Building a Community of Connected LGBTQ+ Adults
—Not Just for “Single" or "Child-free” Members
6 Sessions: Jan 19, 26; Feb 2, 9, 16; March 2, 5:30–6:45 p.m. | Register here »
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CBST Board Meeting
6:00–8:00 p.m.
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The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST
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Thursday, January 20 (18 Sh'vat)
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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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Fiction or Reality: The Future of Reproductive Justice
CBST member Lynn M. Paltrow, founder and executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW), moderates a discussion with a panel of experts from academia, journalism, and fiction. What does a post-Roe world look like? What does the future of the reproductive justice movement hold? And what is the role of the stories we tell, the way we tell them, and whose voices are included or omitted—in debates about abortion rights, "fetal personhood," and bodily autonomy?
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Next Shabbat, CBST joins the #ReproShabbat movement, honored by synagogues across the nation to lift up reproductive justice values in Jewish tradition. Lynn Paltrow, JD, will discuss the importance of reproductive justice for the LGBTQ community, and how we can take action to protect reproductive rights for all.
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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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Your membership is the foundation of CBST’s financial health. As 2022 begins, consider making your membership in monthly payments. Easy for you, and you automatically renew. Click here to learn more.
CBST provides spiritual space, deep learning, social justice, and a vibrant, connected LGBTQ Jewish community. Your donation empowers our work. Your generosity keeps us Joyful, Spiritual, Proud. Thank you!
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