For Families with Children
CBST offers opportunities for families with children to discover Jewish celebration, education, and connection.
Our programs for families with children reflect our LGBTQ+ community, offering our next generation the opportunity to understand the rich tapestry of the Jewish world and find their home in it.
CBST provides a dynamic, inclusive and multifaceted Jewish education program for our families with children. Through learning and doing, our program builds and strengthens a contemporary, learned, relevant, ethical, and deeply rooted sense of Jewish and LGBTQ+ values and identity. This year, in-person sessions will connect families with children to each other, their classmates, and their Jewish identity.
High Holidays for Families with Children
CBST invites you and your family to welcome 5786 with song, prayer, storytelling, and connection for all ages.
Yom Kippur Services, Thursday, October 2
Families with Kids Service (K-7th grade), 10:00am-12:30pm at the Jacob Javits Center
Alef-Bet Family Services (0-5 years old), 11:00am-12:30pm at the Jacob Javits Center
Afternoon Study Session for Teens, 2:45pm at the Jacob Javits Center
Limmud b’Shabbat Programs (K-12)
- Limmud b’Shabbat: Grades K-5
- B* Mitzvah Program: Grades 6 & 7
- Teen Track: L’Taken Social Justice Seminar – Grades 8-12
To register your child for Limmud b’Shabbat for the first time, click here. If your child is a returning Limmud b’Shabbat student, you should receive an email inviting you to complete a pre-filled form. If you have any questions, please reach out to children@cbst.org.
Early Childhood Programs
Our range of programs especially designed for our youngest Jews and their families. Dance, sing, and explore while building a connection to Judaism and each other.
Rainbow Tot Shabbat – interactive activities and services for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
Rainbow Tot Shabbat is CBST’s Shabbat morning program for or Babies, Toddlers, and Pre-schoolers.
Rainbow Tot ShabbatSecond Shabbat of each month | 10:15am-12:15pm | In person in Chelsea, NYC.
Rainbow Tot Shabbat offers a warm, inclusive space for families to connect to LGBTQ+ Jewish community, our calendar of holidays, and other parents of young children. Introduce your children to a vibrant and welcoming Jewish life full of joy, music, and pride. Drop-in for any or all of these two-part mornings for a hands-on creative Jewish holiday activity at 10:15 and a musical Tot Shabbat at 11:30. All are also welcome to join for kiddush lunch with the whole community at 12:30. A program of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a spiritual home for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Please fill out our Rainbow Tot Shabbat Interest Form to be kept up to date on our Rainbow Tot sessions and other events catered to 0-5 year olds.
“At The Stonewall Inn” sung by Limmud b’Shabbat K-3rd Grade students with songwriter Stephen Figurasmith
Questions, please reach out to children@cbst.org.