Shabbat This Week
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Kabbalat Shabbat/Yom HaAtsmaut Shabbat Services
Friday, 6:30pm

Shabbat Morning Services
Saturday/Shabbat, April 16, 9:30am | 4 Iyar

Havdalah
Service 8:00pm
Program 8:30pm
Dial-in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 654 880 356
Town Hall for CBST Members
Town Hall for CBST Members via Zoom
Monday, April 19, 6:00–7:15pm
Topic: Reimagining Our Future—Considering how and when CBST will be moving to in-person services & programming, with Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Executive Director Yolanda Potasinski, President Sabrina Farber, Vice President Harold Levine, Executive Officer Erica Forman, and Board Member Lisa Green. The Members' Town Hall is available via Zoom for CBST members only. Any questions? Email membership@cbst.org or you may renew/join CBST online. Members will receive a separate email invitation to register on Friday, April 16 at 3pm; Zoom information will be sent the day-of to those who RSVP.
This Week at CBST
🟢 Program Breaks
Hebrew classes at all levels with Lehrhaus Faculty Ron Weiss and Miya Rotstein are on a 2-week break and will resume the week of April 26.

Rabbi Moskowitz's Mussar Meditations Series, in which he teaches Path of the Just by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, is on break until Fall 2021.

Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time.
Friday, April 16 (4 Iyyar)
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/Yom HaAtsmaut Shabbat Services
6:30pm
Ba’al Tefillah: Cantorial Intern Sam Rosen
Piano: Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig
Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Drashah: Rabbi Reuven Greenvald
Services will be streamed live from the CBST Sanctuary.
Shabbat/Saturday, April 17 (5 Iyyar)
Traditional Egalitarian Minyan Shabbat Morning Services
9:30am
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 875 1530 9456

CBST—J Street Cohort Havdalah
8:00–9:00pm
This program is the beginning of the J Street Conference delegation for CBST members. Register for the J Street Conference and RSVP to Rabbi James to join this cohort and receive the zoom link.

Havdalah
Service 8:00pm | Program 8:30pm
Dial-in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 654 880 356
Sunday, April 18 (6 Iyyar)
J Street Pre-Conference Coffee Hour
11:00am–12:00pm
Register for the J Street Conference with the code CBST2021 for a 20% discount, and RSVP to Rabbi James to join this cohort and receive the zoom link.

CBST goes to the J Street Online Conference
1:00pm–9:30pm
Register today to join our CBST delegation! Learn from some of the most important, dynamic Israeli, Palestinian, and American voices working towards a better future. This year’s delegation to the J Street Conference will be entirely online, but we’ll still have many chances to connect with each other. Register for the conference with the code CBST2021 for a 20% discount, and let Rabbi James know to get invited to the CBST-specific gatherings and WhatsApp group.
Monday, April 19 (7 Iyyar)
Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
9:45–10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

J Street Pre-Conference Coffee Hour
11:00am–12:00pm
Register for the J Street Conference with the code CBST2021 for a 20% discount, and RSVP to Rabbi James to join this cohort and receive the zoom link.

CBST goes to the J Street Online Conference
1:00–9:30pm
Register for the conference with the code CBST2021 for a 20% discount, and let Rabbi James know to get invited to the CBST-specific gatherings and WhatsApp group.

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

Mishpachah Monday! Online Dinner
5:00–6:00pm
Dial in by phone: 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 513 521 023

Town Hall for CBST Members via Zoom
6:00–7:15pm
Email membership@cbst.org or you may renew/join CBST online. Members will receive a separate email invitation to register on Friday, April 16 at 3pm; Zoom information will be sent the day-of to those who RSVP.
Tuesday, April 20 (8 Iyyar)
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 Sharon Kleinbaum
5:00–6:15pm
Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS
5:00–7:00pm
Contact Jkatz@cbst.org for the Zoom link

Jewish Coalition on Criminal Justice Reform DA Forum
7:00–8:30pm
Join the New York Jewish Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform for a conversation with the eight candidates vying for one of the most prominent law enforcement positions in the country. We’ll discuss issues of importance to our coalition including: systemic racism, ending mass incarceration, community safety, and hate violence.
Wednesday, April 21 (9 Iyyar)
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

Lashon Kodesh II: The Language of Prayer for Shabbat Morning with Rabbi Rapport
6:00–7:00pm

Sanctuary at CBST: Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic
6:00–7:00pm
Thursday, April 22 (10 Iyyar)
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
GIVE
Your membership is the foundation of CBST’s financial health. Your additional contributions make all our work possible. CLICK HERE to learn more.

CBST provides spiritual space, deep learning, social justice, and a vibrant, connected LGBTQ Jewish community. Your donation empowers our work. Your generosity keeps us Joyful, Spiritual, Proud. Thank you!
Featured Events
CBST is a proud co-sponsor of this important event, where we’ll hear from all eight candidates running for one of the most prominent and powerful law enforcement positions in the country: Tahanie Aboushi, Alvin Bragg, Liz Crotty, Diana Florence, Lucy Lang, Eliza Orlins, Dan Quart, and Tali Farhadian Weinstein. We’ll discuss issues of particular relevance to our community, including systemic racism, ending mass incarceration, community safety, and hate violence.

The forum is being hosted by the Jewish Coalition on Criminal Justice Reform, of which CBST is a founding member, via Zoom webinar. Register here, and when you do so, you’ll have the opportunity to submit suggested questions for the candidates.
Lunch & Learn: Every Last Breath
Wednesday, April 28, 12:00–1:00pm
Sick or well, we are all facing illness now in a daily way that few of us could have anticipated. Joanne Jacobson’s Every Last Breath puts into dialogue with one another her mother’s ongoing respiratory disease and her own rare blood disorder—charting over ten years the unexpected transformations that illness brought to both their lives. After Joanne reads from Every Last Breath, Rabbi Rapport will moderate a discussion with her and a Q&A. Register now »
What Matters Workshop
Wednesday, April 28, 3:00–5:00pm
Be with us for a presentation and workshop about your advance care health plans, led by CBST What Matters facilitators Kenneth Karpel and Judy Ribnick. Limited to 25 registrants (who have not previously taken this workshop). Free of charge. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants the morning of the program. Register here »
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 friends at the Islamic Center at NYU!

📷: CBST volunteers serving Iftar meal at ICNYU (2018)
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. Learn more »
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 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
"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. Registration opens soon!