Shabbat This Week
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✡️ 19 Iyyar ✡️

Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Friday, 6:30pm

Shabbat Morning Services
Saturday/Shabbat, 9:30am

Havdalah
8:00pm—pre-Service program
8:30pm—Havdalah Service
Dial-in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 654 880 356

📷: CBST, 130 W. 30th St., New York City (2016)
Featured Events
"Solo Aging—Together!" at CBST
Wednesday, May 5, 4:15–5:45pm (opt. until 6:15)
This group for CBST members is not only for "singles" or "child-free" adults! This month: "Getting Good at Getting Older" with co-author Rabbi Laura Geller. See CBST's Solo Aging page for FREE book offer for CBST members. Informal discussion until 7pm. 

*Click here to join CBST or to renew your membership. For more information about membership at CBST, contact [email protected].
This Week at CBST
ReelAbilities Film Festival
April 29–May 5
Tickets are on sale now! CBST is proud to co-sponsor “the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with disabilities,” and especially the film Ahead of the Curve. Use the code CBST21 for a 20% discount on any festival ticket.
Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time.
Friday, April 30 (18 Iyyar)
✡️ Lag BaOmer ✡️
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Connecting in Community with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Fellow Deborah Megdal
3:00–4:00pm
As we transition into Shabbat, join us for text study and discussion in small groups.
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 256 347 787
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
6:30pm
Shabbat/Saturday, May 1 (19 Iyyar)
Yoga-Meditation Shabbat Morning Services
9:30am
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 896 5900 6883

Havdalah
8:00pm—pre-Service program
8:30pm—Havdalah Service
Dial-in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 654 880 356
Sunday, May 2 (20 Iyyar)
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Multifaith Justice Mayoral Forum
3:00pm
CBST is proud to cosponsor a Multifaith Justice Mayoral Forum, bringing questions to all of the candidates for mayor from NYC’s progressive religious communities. 
Monday, May 3 (21 Iyyar)
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Hebrew Bet with Miya Rotstein
9:00am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
9:45–10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

Talmud Study with Rabbi Moskowitz
3:30–4:15pm
Hebrew Alef Beginner with Ron Weiss
4:30pm

Mishpachah Monday! Online Dinner, Shmooze and Learn with Judy Ribnick
5:00–6:00pm
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 521 023
Tuesday, May 4 (22 Iyyar)
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Hebrew Alef with Miya Rotstein
9:00am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
9:45–10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

Talmud Study with Rabbi Moskowitz
3:30–4:15pm
Intro to Yiddish Culture & Literature in Translation with Rabbi Kleinbaum
5:00–6:15pm
Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS
5:00–7:00pm
Contact [email protected] for the Zoom link

Hebrew Alef Intermediate with Ron Weiss
6:00pm
Wednesday, May 5 (23 Iyyar)
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Hebrew Bet with Miya Rotstein
9:00am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
9:45–10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

Intro to Biblical Hebrew with Miya Rotstein
11:00am–12:30pm
Talmud Study with Rabbi Moskowitz
3:30–4:15pm

"Solo Aging—Together!" at CBST
4:15–5:45pm (opt. until 6:15)

Hebrew Alef Beginner with Ron Weiss
4:30pm

Lashon Kodesh II: The Language of Prayer for Shabbat Morning with Rabbi Rapport
6:00–7:00pm
Registration is still open!

Sanctuary at CBST: Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic
6:00–7:00pm
Thursday, May 6 (24 Iyyar)
Mussar Meditations with Rabbi Moskowitz
8:30am
Hebrew Alef with Miya Rotstein
9:00am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
9:45–10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Action Team via Zoom
12:30–1:15pm
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544

Talmud Study with Rabbi Moskowitz
3:30–4:15pm

Sanctuary at CBST: Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic
6:00–7:00pm

Torah Cantillation with Jack Greenberg
6:00–7:15pm

Hebrew Alef Intermediate with Ron Weiss
6:00pm

In Conversation: Allyship Through a Modern Jewish Lens
4:30pm
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz will join Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., president of Reconstructing Judaism and Rabbi Mira Beth Wasserman, assistant professor of rabbinic literature at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the director of The Center for Jewish Ethics for a discussion on the impact of the "Chaver Up!" project and their contributions to the book. This event will be livestreamed on Reconstructing Judaism, CBST, and RRC's Facebook pages. 
Emet: Trans & Non-binary Team Meeting
7:00pm
Featured Events
"Mourning into Dancing": CBST's 26th Annual Benefit Concert
Sunday, June 6, 4:00pm
Throughout history, music has served as a primal expression of the human experience, and as a catalyst for resistance and survival. This year's concert will highlight music composed in or about times of strife, honoring the human urge to recast suffering into art. Through diverse instrumental, vocal, and choral works, written across disparate continents and time periods, we honor the courage and resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of music. Meet-the-Performers Zoom follows the Concert. Experience the transformational power of music & support Music at CBST. REGISTER HERE and support Music at CBST »
The National JOC Shabbaton
May 14–16
CBST is a proud partner of The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project's The National JOC Shabbaton. The Project brings together individuals, communities, organizations, and Jewish institutions to build a gathering place for Jewish People of Color, their families, and allies. The primary event is the First Annual National Jewish People of Color Shabbaton, a spiritual, communal, and transdenominational program.
Ramadan
We wish our Muslim friends a meaningful month of prayer, fasting, and community. Ramadan kareem (a generous Ramadan) and Ramadan Mubarak (a blessed Ramadan) to all of our Muslim friends!

📷: Rabbi James and her wife, Barbara, at CBST 4/23; photo by Patrice Ruel
AIDS Walk 2021
Sunday, May 16
This year the NY AIDS Walk is entirely online! Chazak: the Red Ribbon team and CBST invite you to donate to our long-term walkers Rita Fischer, z"l and Shep Wahnon, and register to join their teams. If you’re a walker or runner, you can hold your own virtual AIDS Walk wherever you are and listen to the AIDS Walk playlist between now and the official celebration on Sunday May 16!

📷: Part of CBST’s 2018 AIDS Walk group
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