Thank you for your interest in renewing your membership or becoming a member of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. We have found CBST membership to be a richly rewarding experience, and we believe you will too.

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For those joining CBST for the first time and for those renewing their membership, this membership will be good until 3/31/2009.

CBST is New York's only synagogue whose primary-though not exclusive!-mission is to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. Our membership is drawn from all over the New York metropolitan area and represents every Jewish movement and tradition. Whatever your sexual orientation, whatever your relationship to Judaism, wherever you live-you, your family, and your friends are welcome to join us at CBST.

In becoming a member of CBST, you will not only be joining the world's largest GLBT synagogue, you will also become an active participant in one of the New York GLBT community's most vibrant institutions. Volunteer-driven and volunteer-led since our founding in 1973, CBST is an ongoing effort to create an intensely spiritual community that is committed to Judaism in all its forms and to the pursuit of social justice throughout the world.

As a CBST member, you will enjoy:

  access to rabbinical services for life-cycle events--weddings, baby namings, bar/bat mitzvahs, funerals, and shiva minyanim--as well as for pastoral counseling

  the opportunity to lead religious services, give drashot (subject to rabbis' approval), and participate in CBST's Community Chorus (subject to music director's approval)

  subscription to our newsletter and other mailings

  voting privileges in CBST elections, as well as the opportunity to serve on committees and on the Board of Directors.

To join, please print and fill out our application form (see above for link) and return it, along with your check or credit card information to the CBST main office. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to call us at (212) 929-9498, ext. 10. We are delighted to welcome you into our community.