Calendar Select Calendar Event Category All Community Events Families with Kids Ritual Services and Holidays Social Justice Upcoming Events Jan18 Shabbat Morning - TEM January 18, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jan18 Shabbat Shalem January 18, 2025, 12:30 pm - 6:30 pm Saturday, January 18 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ShabbatIn honor of MLK, J... Jan18 Havdalah January 18, 2025, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jan21 Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS January 21, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS​ Tuesdays, 5-7pmLiving Successfu... Jan22 The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST January 22, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All voluntee... Jan23 Democracy! Team Action Group January 23, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Join us for a revamped RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Actio... Jan24 Kabbalat Shabbat Service - Rabbi Jason Klein's Installation January 24, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jan25 Shabbat Morning - Liberal January 25, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jan25 Limmud B'Shabbat January 25, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Jan25 Alef-Bet Shabbat January 25, 2025, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm To learn more, visit https://cbst.org/learning/children/alef-bet-shabbat/... Jan25 Teen Track January 25, 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Jan25 Havdalah January 25, 2025, 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Jan26 Aleinu Sunday Study January 26, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Start your week off mindfully with an intimate, virtual text study. Enjoy s... Jan26 Judaism, Baseball and You—Extra Innings Watch Party: 'Past the Bleachers' January 26, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Judaism, Baseball and You—Extra Innings Watch Party: "Past the Bleac... Jan27 Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn January 27, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom.... Jan28 Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS January 28, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS​ Tuesdays, 5-7pmLiving Successfu... Jan29 The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST January 29, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join The Ark at CBST - our weekly asylum legal clinic on Zoom! All voluntee... Jan30 Democracy! Team Action Group January 30, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Join us for a revamped RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Actio... Jan31 Families with Kids Kabbalat Shabbat January 31, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Kids Kabbalat Shabbat ServiceJoin us on Friday, January 31, 2025, from 5:00... Jan31 Kabbalat Shabbat Service January 31, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Feb1 Shabbat Morning - Avodat HaLev February 1, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Feb1 Havdalah February 1, 2025, 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm Visit This Week's Services for more information!... Feb3 Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn February 3, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom.... Feb3 Long COVID Support Group February 3, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm First Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30 p.m., via ZoomOnce a month, join Rabb... Feb4 Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS February 4, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS​ Tuesdays, 5-7pmLiving Successfu... {"701PK00000BnAsqYAF":{"name":"Shabbat Morning - TEM","date":"January 18, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000OfgNJYAZ":{"name":"Shabbat Shalem","date":"January 18, 2025, 12:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Saturday, January 18 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat<\/strong><\/p><\/p>In honor of MLK, Jr. Shabbat, we\u2019ll have offerings that focus on how we show up for justice in the coming year.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>Registration form:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389759?tfa_2956=701PK00000OfgNJYAZ<\/p><\/p>Schedule for the day:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/p>10:00am - Shabbat Morning Services - Traditional Egalitarian Minyan<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>12:30pm - Festive Kiddush lunch following services (snacks will be made available throughout the day, but we do encourage folks to BYOFood! No nuts, please. Please note CBST's Kashrut policy at cbst.org\/kashrut.)<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>1:30pm - 2:45pm - Welcome & Community Learning with Rabbi Jason Klein (hybrid)<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>3pm - Phylisa Wisdom of NYJA (New York Jewish Agenda) will lead a conversation about being an engaged and effective citizen in 2025, as we prepare to protect the people and values we hold dear.\u00a0<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>5pm - Shabbat Music Jam Session with Cantor Sam Rosen. Bring an instrument! Simple sheet music will be provided - all skill levels welcome.<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>6:00pm - Closing Circle & Havdalah with Rabbi Marisa James and Cantor Sam Rosen (ends 6:30pm)<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>All Day:<\/strong><\/p>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>Board games, crafts, and more, led by CBST members. We encourage you to bring your own board games, crafts, books, and anything else that would make this Shabbat a meaningful experience for you!\u00a0<\/li>The Hibsher-Orient room will be set up as a low light, quiet space to rest, read, and take a break from the activities.<\/li><\/ul>\u00a0<\/p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>Join us and save the dates!<\/strong><\/p>Saturdays February 8, March 22, April 5, and May 10, starting after Shabbat Morning Services and continuing until 6:30pm.<\/strong><\/p>\u00a0<\/p>Immerse in Shabbat and CBST: learn, sing, play, shmooze, and build your community.<\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000BnAsrYAF":{"name":"Havdalah","date":"January 18, 2025, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000O1WckYAF":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS","date":"January 21, 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"},"701PK00000O1Gg9YAF":{"name":"The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST","date":"January 22, 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"},"701PK00000O1Ww5YAF":{"name":"Democracy! Team Action Group","date":"January 23, 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"},"701PK00000BnAssYAF":{"name":"Kabbalat Shabbat Service - Rabbi Jason Klein's Installation","date":"January 24, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAstYAF":{"name":"Shabbat Morning - Liberal","date":"January 25, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000IWKHQYA5":{"name":"Limmud B'Shabbat","date":"January 25, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm","description":null,"registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000IWVO9YAP":{"name":"Alef-Bet Shabbat","date":"January 25, 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"},"701PK00000IWTR8YAP":{"name":"Teen Track","date":"January 25, 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm","description":null,"registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000BnAsuYAF":{"name":"Havdalah","date":"January 25, 2025, 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000NzzR7YAJ":{"name":"Aleinu Sunday Study","date":"January 26, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm","description":"Start your week off mindfully with an intimate, virtual text study. Enjoy small group discussions and texts from the comfort of your own home.\u00a0To receive the Zoom link, simply email <\/span>aleinu@cbst.org<\/a><\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000OZdtWYAT":{"name":"Judaism, Baseball and You\u2014Extra Innings Watch Party: 'Past the Bleachers'","date":"January 26, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm","description":"Judaism, Baseball and You\u2014Extra Innings Watch Party: "Past the Bleachers"<\/strong><\/p>Sunday, January 26 | 3:00pm<\/strong> | Zoom<\/a><\/p>\u201cPast the Bleachers\u201d is a sentimental movie about Bill Parish and his wife who recently had to live through a\u00a0tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young boy named Lucky, who may be just what the team needs in order to win. Starring Richard Dean Anderson, Barnard Hughes, and Glynnis O'Connor.<\/p>","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000O49RwYAJ":{"name":"Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn","date":"January 27, 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"},"701PK00000O1LnxYAF":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS","date":"January 28, 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"},"701PK00000O1QylYAF":{"name":"The Ark Immigration Clinic at CBST","date":"January 29, 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"},"701PK00000O1X0vYAF":{"name":"Democracy! Team Action Group","date":"January 30, 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"},"701PK00000O1AltYAF":{"name":"Families with Kids Kabbalat Shabbat","date":"January 31, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Kids Kabbalat Shabbat Service<\/p><\/p>Join us on Friday, January 31, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM for a small, family-friendly service led by our song leader, Rachel Chang. Enjoy crafts led by Morah Mandy and stay for food afterward.<\/p><\/p>Registration is encouraged but not required\u2014everyone is welcome! For more details, please visit the "This Week's Services" section on our website.<\/p>","registration":"Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000BnAsvYAF":{"name":"Kabbalat Shabbat Service","date":"January 31, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAswYAF":{"name":"Shabbat Morning - Avodat HaLev","date":"February 1, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000BnAsxYAF":{"name":"Havdalah","date":"February 1, 2025, 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm","description":"Visit This Week's Services for more information!","registration":"Registration Not Required"},"701PK00000O4DDqYAN":{"name":"Mishpachah Monday! Online Shmooze and Learn","date":"February 3, 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"},"701PK00000O1R8UYAV":{"name":"Long COVID Support Group","date":"February 3, 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>"},"701PK00000O1agLYAR":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS","date":"February 4, 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"}} View All Events