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Summer Adult Learning

Happy post Pride week, and welcome summer! Now is the perfect time to make space for deeper Jewish learning. We're excited to offer 3 different classes over the summer to engage our hearts, minds, and spirits.
Summer classes will take place on Zoom and are free to all thanks to our generous community of supporters.

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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Straight, Jewish. People of all sexual orientations and all gender identities are always welcome at CBST.

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Kabbalat Shabbat

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Welcome Shabbat at CBST! Join our livestreamed services, open to all with no registration required.

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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism.

The Latest

Pride Weekend 2025!

Pride at CBST was a joyful, spiritual, and prideful time! Enjoy our photos from Pride Shabbat, the Families Pride Picnic, and the Pride March.

Social Justice Action Roundup, June 2025

As usual, CBST is out in the community doing all kinds of work to repair our broken world, showing up to live our values in public.

Pride Shabbat – Shabbat Korach, 2025

Pride Shabbat guest speaker Idit Klein on her queer-Jewish professional journey, the challenges we face this Pride, and dreaming what's next.

Events

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