PRIDE 2025
Celebrate PRIDE Month with CBST! Be Joyful. Spiritual. Proud.
Pride is such a special time at CBST. Join our passionate, provocative, and deeply Jewish community for services, gatherings, and our special 30th Annual Pride Concert Fundraiser Sounds of Resistance: Music of Courage and Defiance. Read on, too, to share Pride Shout Outs in CBST’s print and digital materials during Pride month, and to order your own CBST Pride shirt.
Pride 2025 Events at CBST
Friday, June 13
5:00pm | New Members’ Pre-service Oneg Gathering (In person)
6:30pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Services, Rabbi Klein’s Pride Drashah, and Board Installation (In person at CBST and livestreaming)
~8:30pm | Kissing Girls on Shabbat Memoirist Dr. Sara Glass in conversation with Footsteps Scholar-in-Residence Chani Getter (In person at CBST and Zoom)
Saturday, June 14
10:00am | Shabbat Morning Services – Liberal Minyan (In person at CBST and Zoom)
Friday, June 20
5:00pm | Mishpachah Dinner (In Person) Register
6:30pm | Family and Friends Shabbat – Kabbalat Shabbat Services with Guest Speaker Ruth Messinger and the CBST Community Chorus (In person at CBST and livestreaming, with ASL interpretation) Register
~8:30pm | Drag Pride Celebration Oneg after Services hosted by Aleinu (20s & 30s), featuring Matzah Belle Soup and Pink Pancake! (In Person) Register
Monday, June 23
5:00pm | Mishpachah Monday With Jack Nieman aka, Jacqueline Jonée
(On Zoom) In a prequel to our previous Mishpachah Monday event, Jack Nieman (a.k.a., Jacqueline Jonée) will share stories from his earlier days in Canada and NYC. See “Jews of the Universe: Introducing Jack Nieman/Jacqueline Jonée.“
Friday, June 27
6:30pm | Pride Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat Services with Guest Speaker Idit Klein and the CBST Community Chorus (In person at Masonic Hall – see above for details – and livestreaming, with ASL interpretation) Register
Shabbat, June 28
10:00am | Pride Shabbat Morning Services (In person at CBST and Zoom)
10:00am | Families with Kids Pride Celebration and Picnic With Rabbi Yael Werber and Limmud B’Shabbat staff
Register for meetup location
This special event for kids and their families will have pizza, cupcakes, and music with Limmud Songleader Rachel Chang. It’s going to be a really special day to be together and celebrate!
5:00pm | NYC Dyke March | Step-off at NYPL in Bryant Park (Learn more)
5:00pm-2:00am | Shalom Dykes Gathering Register
Sunday, June 29
9:00-11:30am | Pre-Pride Brunch with Jew York Pride
(Location shared upon registration) Register
The ability to gather in affirming, joyful community as LGBTQ+ Jews is crucial. All are welcome for a festive community bagel brunch before Pride! Co-sponsored by Keshet, CBST, Eshel, JQY, and the Marlene Meyerson JCC.
11:00am | March with CBST at the NYC Pride March
Location given after registration | Register to march with CBST!
The NYC Pride March is among the largest LGBTQIA+ civil rights demonstrations in the world. Join the CBST contingent and march with us!
Share your messages of love, encouragement, memory, and more with the CBST community and our many guests from across the city and beyond. Shout Outs will be featured in our printed and digital Pride materials, on our website, and during our Pride Shabbat services throughout the month.
March in your CBST Pride T-Shirt on Sunday, June 29.
T-shirt sales are online only.
Order your shirt(s) by June 18 to ensure delivery before the Pride March.
Thanks to all who joined us at the 2024 Pride March! Mazal tov and happy Pride all year!
Photo by Harold Levine