PRIDE 2026
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 celebrating the whole month long. 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 2026 Events at CBST
Thursday, June 4
7 p.m. | Faith and the Fight for Democracy
An Evening with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Click here to learn more and register.
Friday, June 5
6:30 p.m. | Kabbalat Shabbat
(In person at CBST and Livestream)
Monday, June 8
5 p.m. | Aging Together | | Zoom | Register
Early 20th Century Jewish LGBTQ Pioneers of Progress: Magnus Hirschfeld and Eve Adams
Presented by Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, CBST Senior Rabbi Emerita
Friday, June 12
6:30 p.m. | Trans & Nonbinary Pride Shabbat with Special Guest Speaker Bernie Wagenblast
(In person at CBST and Livestream)
8:30 p.m. | New Members’ Oneg Gathering
Saturday, June 13
10:15 a.m. | Rainbow Tots! Pride Edition
12:30 p.m. | Shabbat Shalem Pride
Tuesday, June 16
6 p.m. | CBST Annual Meeting
Friday, June 19
5 p.m. | Mishpachah Dinner | Register
6:30 p.m. | Family & Friends Shabbat with CBST Chorus and Special Guest Speaker Gili Getz | Register
(In person at CBST and Livestream)
Saturday, June 20
10 a.m. Families with Kids Pride Celebration and Picnic | Pier 63 at Hudson River Park
With Rabbi Yael Werber and Limmud B’Shabbat staff
Wednesday, June 24
7 p.m. | Jewish Drag Icons: Then and Now at the 14th Street Y
Get ready for a night of bold, bawdy Jewish drag! Journey through the history of Jewish drag icons over the last century, enjoy a live Jewish drag show with master performers Yochai Greenfeld, Alvah Klempt, Matzah Belle Soup, and Miryem-Khaye Siegel, and cap off the evening with a celebratory Pride dance party.
Friday, June 26
6:30 p.m. | Pride Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat Services with Guest Speaker (TBA) and the CBST Community Chorus | Register
In person at Masonic Hall, livestreaming, with ASL interpretation
Saturday, June 27
10 a.m. | Pride Shabbat Morning Services (In person at CBST and Zoom)
5 p.m. | NYC Dyke March | Step-off at NYPL in Bryant Park (Learn more)
5 p.m. | Shalom, Dykes: Volume 3 – Pride Celebration | Register
A full day and night of Jewish dyke joy, rage, performance, vendors, community, a live LGBTQ+ edition of The Jewish Dating Game sponsored by Honeymoon Israel, and a dance party with Oy Vey, She’s Gay. Come as your full self and celebrate with partners including Gay Shabbat, Sephardic Mizrahi Queer Network (SMQN), Keshet, Zioness, and Eshel; exact location shared with ticket holders closer to the event. Ticket prices go up from $18 to $36 on June 15. Buy your tickets here!
No one turned away for lack of funds. If ticket cost is a barrier, email
Sunday, June 28
Time TBA | Pre-Pride Brunch with Jew York Pride
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 a.m. | March with CBST at the NYC Pride March
Location given after registration | Register (Space is limited)
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 2025 Pride March! Mazal tov and happy Pride all year!