Calendar Select Calendar Event Category All Adult Education Classes Community Events Families with Kids Ritual Services and Holidays Social Justice Special Events Upcoming Events Jun2 Multifaith Mondays June 2, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly VigilMondays 5:30-... Jun3 Shavuot Day 2 June 3, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jun4 The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST June 4, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All voluntee... Jun5 Democracy! Team Action Group June 5, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Join us for a revamped RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Actio... Jun6 Shabbat Sits Meditation June 6, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm In person and On Zoom | Join Shabbat Sits, a CBST meditation group, once a ... Jun6 Kabbalat Shabbat Service - Trans and Nonbinary Pride Shabbat 2025 June 6, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Trans Pride Shabbat is a time to celebrate and highlight the experiences of... Jun7 CBST Joins Sutton Place Synagogue for their Pride Shabbat June 7, 2025, 9:15 am - 12:00 pm 9:15am | In person at 225 E. 51st St and livestreamingJoin Rabbi Jason Klei... Jun7 Havdalah June 7, 2025, 9:00 pm - 9:45 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jun8 Sounds of Resistance: Music of Courage and Defiance June 8, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sunday, June 8 | 4:00PM | Register hereJoin us for CBST’s annual Pride co... Jun9 Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn June 9, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom.... Jun9 Multifaith Mondays June 9, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly VigilMondays 5:30-... Jun9 Long COVID Support Group June 9, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm First Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30 p.m., via ZoomOnce a month, join Rabb... Jun9 Jacqueline Jonèe: I Did it My Way – The Metamorphosis of a Queen of Drag June 9, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Monday, June 9 | 7:00PM | ZoomJoin us to hear about the fascinating evoluti... Jun10 Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS June 10, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS Tuesdays, 5-7pmLiving Successfu... Jun11 CBST, the Middle East & Me welcomes Gili Getz June 11, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Wednesday, June 11 | 6:30-7:30PM | In-person and ZoomLong-time friend of CB... Jun11 The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST June 11, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All voluntee... Jun11 Davar Chadash: Text Study By and For Trans Community June 11, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Wednesday, May 14 | Continuing the 2nd Wednesday of the Month | 7:00pm | In... Jun12 Democracy! Team Action Group - In-Person at CBST June 12, 2025, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Democracy! Team Action Group returns to in-person meetings (with Pizza!) at... Jun12 Emet: Trans & Non-Binary Team Meeting June 12, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Emet welcomes transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender-ex... Jun13 New Members' Gathering June 13, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm New Members to CBST are invited to this special gathering with a welcome fr... Jun13 Kabbalat Shabbat Service June 13, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jun13 Aleinu 20s & 30s Oneg Shmooze June 13, 2025, 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm After services | In-person | Looking for Friday night plans with other quee... Jun13 "Kissing Girls on Shabbat” with Memoirist Sara Glass and Footsteps June 13, 2025, 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Friday, June 13 | After Kabbalat Shabbat services ~8:30PMCalled “a searin... Jun14 Shabbat Morning - Liberal June 14, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jun14 Alef-Bet Shabbat June 14, 2025, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm To learn more, visit https://cbst.org/learning/children/alef-bet-shabbat/... {"701PK00000S5ENBYA3":{"name":"Multifaith Mondays","date":"June 2, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly Vigil<\/strong><\/p>Mondays 5:30-6:00pm\u00a0| Columbus Circle<\/strong>. Gather at the USS Marine statue on the SW corner of Central Park\u00a0| Learn more<\/a><\/p>Through prayer, song, and collective presence, we affirm the power of spiritual resilience in the face of challenges to democratic values. These gatherings serve as a space for reflection, connection, and public witness, reminding us of the shared moral responsibility across faith traditions to uphold justice and human dignity.<\/p>Co-sponsored by CBST.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAtrYAF":{"name":"Shavuot Day 2","date":"June 3, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000O1VgfYAF":{"name":"The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST","date":"June 4, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm","description":"Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All volunteers MUST complete a training. If you have not yet completed a training and would like to receive more information about the clinic, please email sanctuary@cbst.org. All active clinic volunteers can find information to join the clinic in our weekly newsletter email.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000O1QPdYAN":{"name":"Democracy! Team Action Group","date":"June 5, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm","description":"Join us for a revamped\u00a0RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Action Team\u00a0<\/strong>meeting via Zoom!<\/p>See below for Zoom info to join.<\/em><\/p>Thursdays,\u00a012:30-1:15pm<\/strong>\u00a0we host our weekly advocacy sessions via Zoom. Welcoming stalwarts as well as newcomers we will provide information and support to anyone interested in participating in vital political and social justice work around the key issues we face as Americans and as progressive Jews. We\u2019ll help you make your voice heard by contacting elected officials and key figures in city, state and federal government through texting, emailing, calling and sending letters and postcards.\u00a0<\/p>Some areas we work on:\u00a0<\/strong>Voter protection\/access\/registration\/turnout. Immigration. Refugee protections. Protecting the Environment. Common sense gun laws. Ending mass incarceration. Education reform. Healthcare. The fight against rising antisemitism and racism and bigotry in all forms.<\/p>ZOOM INFO<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Join Zoom Meeting:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87441818544<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544<\/strong><\/p>Call-in: +1 646 876 9923\u00a0(New York)<\/strong><\/p>Zoom Instructions & Etiquette<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>Please arrive 10 minutes early. We appreciate your understanding as we strive to provide the best possible experience for program participants & leaders.<\/strong><\/li>MUTE your computer microphone, phone or other device until you are invited to speak.<\/li>To protect the sacred nature of our services, please make sure that when you join us via Zoom, that your \u201cdisplay name\u201d is updated.<\/li>As in our Sanctuary, no photography is allowed.<\/li><\/ul>Click here for more info on\u00a0Democracy Action Team\/Resistance!<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000R31EXYAZ":{"name":"Shabbat Sits Meditation","date":"June 6, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"In person and On Zoom<\/a> | Join Shabbat Sits, a CBST meditation group, once a month on Friday evenings for silent meditation before Kabbalat Shabbat services.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAtsYAF":{"name":"Kabbalat Shabbat Service - Trans and Nonbinary Pride Shabbat 2025","date":"June 6, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Trans Pride Shabbat is a time to celebrate and highlight the experiences of transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender-expansive people during Pride month. Historically, it was the trans and drag communities that played leadership roles in the creation of Pride at the Stonewall Riots, and we take time to honor that courage and the holiness and liberation that comes with being trans and proud.<\/span><\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000Vg2y4YAB":{"name":"CBST Joins Sutton Place Synagogue for their Pride Shabbat","date":"June 7, 2025, 9:15 am - 12:00 pm","description":"9:15am | In person at 225 E. 51st St and livestreaming<\/a><\/p>Join Rabbi Jason Klein<\/strong>, Cantor Sam Rosen<\/strong>, and CBST members who are joining together with Sutton Place Synagogue<\/a> for a Shabbat morning service of Pride.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAtuYAF":{"name":"Havdalah","date":"June 7, 2025, 9:00 pm - 9:45 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000T4Z8AYAV":{"name":"Sounds of Resistance: Music of Courage and Defiance","date":"June 8, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"<\/img><\/strong><\/p><\/p>Sunday, June 8 | 4:00PM | <\/strong>Register here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>Join us for CBST\u2019s annual Pride concert, \u201cSounds of Resistance: Music of Courage and Defiance."\u00a0<\/strong>Music has always been a powerful voice in times of oppression, and continues to be a source of strength in the pursuit of justice. Sounds of Resistance is an eclectic program that explores how music has inspired courage and defiance in different communities over time. As a community rooted in tradition and purpose, music gives us the\u00a0koyekh\u00a0<\/em>(strength) to sustain us in the holy work of resistance.<\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000O4IqAYAV":{"name":"Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn","date":"June 9, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom. Bring your dinner or a snack and get together with your mishpachah - your CBST family.\u00a0Mishpachah is a CBST social and cultural group, diverse in its membership and informal in nature, attracting\u00a0those over the age of 55 while welcoming all for a truly inter-generational experience. The group's goals are building friendship, fun, networking and mutual support.\u00a0<\/p>MEETING INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>Join Zoom Meeting:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/513521023<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>Meeting ID: 513 521 023\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>Call-in: +1 646 876 9923 (New York)<\/strong><\/p>When you CONTRIBUTE<\/u><\/strong><\/a> to CBST, you make a meaningful statement.<\/p>Zoom Instructions & Etiquette<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>All classes & programs will be locked at their start time. Please arrive 10 minutes early.\u00a0We appreciate your understanding as we strive to provide the best possible experience for program participants & leaders.<\/strong><\/li>MUTE your computer microphone, phone or other device until you are invited to speak.<\/li>To protect the sacred nature of our services, classes, & programs,\u00a0please make sure that when you join us via Zoom, that your \u201cdisplay name\u201d is your actual first and last name. As in our Sanctuary, no photography is allowed.<\/li><\/ul>Help! I Need Tech Support! Please text +1 646 450 3556 for immediate assistance<\/strong><\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000S5EOnYAN":{"name":"Multifaith Mondays","date":"June 9, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly Vigil<\/strong><\/p>Mondays 5:30-6:00pm\u00a0| Columbus Circle<\/strong>. Gather at the USS Marine statue on the SW corner of Central Park\u00a0| Learn more<\/a><\/p>Through prayer, song, and collective presence, we affirm the power of spiritual resilience in the face of challenges to democratic values. These gatherings serve as a space for reflection, connection, and public witness, reminding us of the shared moral responsibility across faith traditions to uphold justice and human dignity.<\/p>Co-sponsored by CBST.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000VfNTYYA3":{"name":"Long COVID Support Group","date":"June 9, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm","description":"First Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30 p.m., via Zoom<\/p>Once a month, join Rabbi James for a dedicated space for those living with long COVID of any kind.\u00a0Connect with others, share experiences in a supportive community, and get spiritual sustenance for the path ahead.<\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000O1C7vYAF":{"name":"Jacqueline Jon\u00e8e: I Did it My Way \u2013 The Metamorphosis of a Queen of Drag","date":"June 9, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Monday, June 9 | 7:00PM | <\/strong>Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>Join us to hear about the fascinating evolution of Jacqueline Jon\u00e8e<\/a>, aka CBST member Jack Nieman. Jack\/Jacqueline is an amazing artist, performer and musician. A special Pride presentation.<\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000O1QvcYAF":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS","date":"June 10, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm","description":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS\u200b <\/strong><\/p>Tuesdays,\u00a05-7pm<\/em><\/p>Living Successfully with HIV\/AIDS runs\u00a0weekly every Tuesday evening from 5-7pm.\u00a0Group will be conducted online via Zoom. Please email\u00a0programs@cbst.org<\/a>\u00a0to receive the Zoom info to participate.\u00a0<\/p>Join our weekly supportive social gathering \u2013 shmooze with Rabbi James, share stories, and compare notes about what it means to be living successfully with HIV \/ AIDS. Sessions led by Scott A. Kramer, LCSW-R, ACSW. This group is for adults of any age who want to build community and support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>This project was funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene through a contract with Public Health Solutions.<\/em><\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000VfimPYAR":{"name":"CBST, the Middle East & Me welcomes Gili Getz","date":"June 11, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm","description":"Wednesday, June 11 | 6:30-7:30PM | In-person and Zoom<\/strong><\/p>Long-time friend of CBST Gili Getz is an Israeli activist and artist, and the board president of American Friends of Combatants for Peace. He served as a military photographer for the Israeli army and as a news editor for Ynet, and in recent years has focused on American Jewish political activism. Join us for an evening with Gili as he speaks about his experiences in both Israel-Palestine and the U.S. as an activist for peace and justice, both before and after October 7. Everyone welcome!\ufeff<\/span><\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000O1JVwYAN":{"name":"The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST","date":"June 11, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm","description":"Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All volunteers MUST complete a training. If you have not yet completed a training and would like to receive more information about the clinic, please email sanctuary@cbst.org. All active clinic volunteers can find information to join the clinic in our weekly newsletter email.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000UDcpOYAT":{"name":"Davar Chadash: Text Study By and For Trans Community","date":"June 11, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Wednesday, May 14 | Continuing the 2nd Wednesday of the Month | 7:00pm | In person only | <\/strong>Register<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/p>When we learn sacred texts together, we create communal resilience. Davar Chadash is an in-person text study group by and for trans community. As the world closes in and doubles down on transphobia, we are turning to Judaism's oldest tactic for spiritual survival: communal text study. Join us each month for kosher snacks, schmoozing, and the kind of learning that keeps us going through persecution. Your Davar Chadash facilitator is Lexi Kohanski (she\/her), the Director of Online Learning at the Torah Studio and the force behind the brand T4Torah.<\/p>","registration":null},"701PK00000VfJWMYA3":{"name":"Democracy! Team Action Group - In-Person at CBST","date":"June 12, 2025, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm","description":"Democracy! Team Action Group returns to in-person meetings (with Pizza!) at CBST monthly, on the third Thursday of each month.<\/p>Join us on Thursday, June 12, 12:30-2:00 p.m. for our next in-person meeting.<\/strong><\/p>Welcoming stalwarts as well as newcomers we will provide information and support to anyone interested in participating in vital political and social justice work around the key issues we face as Americans and as progressive Jews. We\u2019ll help you make your voice heard by contacting elected officials and key figures in city, state and federal government through texting, emailing, calling and sending letters and postcards.\u00a0<\/p>Some areas we work on:\u00a0<\/strong>Voter protection\/access\/registration\/turnout. Immigration. Refugee protections. Protecting the Environment. Common sense gun laws. Ending mass incarceration. Education reform. Healthcare. The fight against rising antisemitism and racism and bigotry in all forms.<\/p>Click here for more info on\u00a0Democracy Action Team\/Resistance!<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000VWuy7YAD":{"name":"Emet: Trans & Non-Binary Team Meeting","date":"June 12, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm","description":"Emet welcomes transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender-expansive people, including those who are questioning, to build community and engage politically at CBST.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>Sign up for Emet Team updates here<\/u><\/strong><\/a> or email transjews@cbst.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a> for more info. Zoom info will be sent by 5:00pm on Thursday to the Emet mailing list.\u00a0<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000TX1fwYAD":{"name":"New Members' Gathering","date":"June 13, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm","description":"New Members to CBST are invited to this special gathering with a welcome from Rabbi Jason Klein. This event is by invitation only.<\/p><\/p>Interested in learning about CBST membership? Visit our page or email Membership and Engagement Manager, Ruth Kleinman, at membership@cbst.org.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAtvYAF":{"name":"Kabbalat Shabbat Service","date":"June 13, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000NzqShYAJ":{"name":"Aleinu 20s & 30s Oneg Shmooze","date":"June 13, 2025, 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm","description":"After services |<\/strong> <\/span>In-person<\/em> <\/span>| <\/strong>Looking for Friday night plans with other queer, young Jews? Join us after services to shmooze and catch up. Email <\/span>aleinu@cbst.org<\/u><\/a> to get involved.<\/span><\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000TX4QtYAL":{"name":"\"Kissing Girls on Shabbat\u201d with Memoirist Sara Glass and Footsteps","date":"June 13, 2025, 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm","description":"Friday, June 13 | After Kabbalat Shabbat services ~8:30PM<\/strong><\/p>Called \u201ca searing testament to the strength in claiming one\u2019s destiny\u201d by The Washington Post, Dr. Sara Glass\u2019s Kissing Girls on Shabbat<\/em> is Glass\u2019s memoir of growing up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn\u2019s Borough Park and the long path towards embracing her queer identity. Hear from Dr. Glass, who will share about her memoir and experiences in a conversation with Chani Getter, Scholar-in-Residence at Footsteps<\/a>, which supports those who left or will leave ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAtwYAF":{"name":"Shabbat Morning - Liberal","date":"June 14, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000IWGvPYAX":{"name":"Alef-Bet Shabbat","date":"June 14, 2025, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm","description":"To learn more, visit https:\/\/cbst.org\/learning\/children\/alef-bet-shabbat\/<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"}} View All Events