Featured Event
What Matters Workshop
Sunday, February 14, 4:00-6:00pm
Be with us for a presentation and workshop about your advance care health plans, led by CBST What Matters facilitators Kenneth Karpel and Donna Gray. Limited to 20 registrants. Free of charge. Registration closes Friday, February 12, at 4pm ET. Those who register after the deadline will be added to a waiting list for the next What Matters Workshop. Register >>
Shabbat This Week
Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time.
Friday, February 12 (30 Sh'vat)
Mussar Meditations Series
8:30-8:45am
Connecting in Community
with Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Fellow Deborah Megdal
3:00-4:00pm
Join us for text study and discussion in small groups, as we transition into Shabbat.
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 256 347 787
Need tech help during a service? 
Text 646-450-3556
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
6:30pm

This Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Adar, CBST joins the #ReproShabbat movement, honored by synagogues across the nation to lift up reproductive justice values in Jewish tradition. Our special guest speaker will be CBST member and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Lynn Paltrow, JD, discussing the importance of reproductive justice for the LGBTQ community, and the troubling genesis that can be traced from anti-choice rhetoric to the Capitol Insurrection of January 6th.
If you missed CBST President Sabrina Farber's drashah during Shabbat services on February 5 / 23 Sh'vat, marking CBST's 48th anniversary, you can watch it here.
Shabbat/Saturday, February 13 (1 Adar)
🟢 NEW Alef-Bet Shabbat Time
2nd & 4th Shabbat morning through June
9:00-9:45am
This interactive service for 0-6 year-olds and their grown-ups features music with our fabulous early childhood song leaders. Dance, cuddle, listen to stories, and observe Shabbat in an engaging and meaningful way. Children can choose to just watch, or join right in—whatever feels right. Drop-ins and New Families Encouraged! Free of Charge.

Liberal Minyan Shabbat Morning Service
9:30am

Meeting ID: 890 0035 9260
Call-in: +1 646 876 9923 (New York)
Limmud b'Shabbat (Grades K-6)
10:00-11:30am
In this fun and interactive program, kids connect with their developing Jewish identity. Twice-a-month sessions include t'fillah (prayer), Hebrew instruction, and exploration of Jewish texts and core values, brought to life through art, drama, music, Jewish culture, and LGBTQS values.

Teen Track
1pm

Havdalah
Service begins at 7:00pm
Post-service program begins at 7:30pm
Dial-in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 654 880 356
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This Week at CBST
Lehrhaus Hebrew class rosters close today!
You can still register before the end of the day.
Please arrive 10 minutes early. All programs will be locked at their start time.
Sunday, February 14 (2 Adar)
Mussar Meditations Series
8:30-8:45am
What Matters Workshop
Sunday, February 14, 4:00-6:00pm
Be with us for a presentation and workshop about your advance care health plans, led by CBST What Matters facilitators Kenneth Karpel and Donna Gray. Limited to 20 registrants. Free of charge. Registration closes Friday, February 12, at 4pm ET. Those who register after the deadline will be added to a waiting list for the next What Matters Workshop. Register >>
Monday, February 15 (3 Adar)
All Events Cancelled in Observance of President's Day
Tuesday, February 16 (4 Adar)
Mussar Meditations Series
8:30-8:45am

Alef Part III
9:00-9:50am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
10:00-10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144
Talmud Study 
3:30-4:15pm 
Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS
5:00-7:00pm 

Alef Beginners Part II
6:00-7:30pm
Wednesday, February 17 (5 Adar)
Mussar Meditations Series
8:30-8:45am

Bet Part III
9:00-9:50am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
10:00-10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

Alef Beginners Part II
2:00-3:00pm

Talmud Study 
3:30-4:15pm

Alef Beginners Part I
4:30-6:00pm

Sanctuary at CBST: Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic
6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, February 18 (6 Adar)
Mussar Meditations Series 
8:30-8:45am

Alef Part III
9:00-9:50am

Psalm Study with Rabbi Kleinbaum
10:00-10:45am
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 513 468 144

RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Action Team
12:30-1:15pm
Dial in by phone: 646-876-9923 
Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544
Talmud Study 
3:30-4:15pm 

Alef Beginners Part II
6:00-7:30pm

Sanctuary at CBST: Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic
6:00-8:30pm
Community Announcements
New York Jewish Agenda's First-Ever NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum
Thursday, February 18, 2:00-4:00pm
Hear from the front-runners competing to lead New York City as the candidates are also introduced to the NYJA community and its values, positions and priorities. Randi Weingarten, member of the NYJA Leaders Network and President of the American Federation of Teachers, will moderate the forum. This Zoom event is free of charge.
Town Hall for CBST Members
Topic: The COVID-19 Vaccine
Monday, February 22, 6:00-7:15pm
Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum moderates a panel with CBST Board of Directors Executive Officer Dr. Regina Linder and former CBST President Dr. Nathan Goldstein.
Purim with CBST! 🥳
February 25 & 27
Purim with CBST is always a fabulous night of revelry! On Thursday, February 25, we'll have our Purim Party for Families with Kids, as well as our Virtual Purim Celebration and Megillah Reading. On Shabbat/Saturday, February 27, be with us for Hamantashen & Havdalah with Berkshires Hill Camp. It'll be an evening of fun for all ages—teens too! Learn more >>