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{"701PK00000nV1ACYA0":{"name":"Mishpachah Monday","date":"April 13, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"With\u00a0Aari Ludvigsen\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Monday, April 13\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6ehDcFL6TFWgkQf1AfO2Yw\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(15, 77, 188); font-size: 16px;\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6ehDcFL6TFWgkQf1AfO2Yw\u00a0<\/a><\/p>Please note the\u00a0<\/span>new zoom link<\/strong>. Once you enter your name and email and click 'register,' you will automatically be let into the zoom room<\/span><\/p>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>Aari Ludvigsen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is an architect and has been a CBST member since 1993. From 2006 to 2015 she was a leader in CBST\u2019s search for a permanent home, evaluating over 40 possible sites before working with the architects, contractors,\u00a0and crafts people on every single aspect of the building, with the goal of translating the uniqueness of CBST into a structure that embodied it.\u00a0Since 2020,\u00a0she has been living with Long COVID and its endlessly surprising ways of limiting her life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom. Bring your dinner or a snack and get together with your mishpachah - your CBST family. Mishpachah is a CBST social and cultural group, diverse in its membership and informal in nature, attracting those over the age of 55 while welcoming all for a truly inter-generational experience. The group's goals are building friendship, fun, networking and mutual support.<\/p>","registration":null},"701PK00000nV1D5YAK":{"name":"Multifaith Mondays","date":"April 13, 2026, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly Vigil Mondays 5:30-6:00pm | Columbus Circle. Gather at the USS Marine statue on the SW corner of Central Park | Learn more Through prayer, song, and collective presence, we affirm the power of spiritual resilience in the face of challenges to democratic values. These gatherings serve as a space for reflection, connection, and public witness, reminding us of the shared moral responsibility across faith traditions to uphold justice and human dignity. Co-sponsored by CBST.","registration":null},"701PK00000j5vkgYAA":{"name":"Yom Hashoah - DJL Commemoration (Offsite)","date":"April 13, 2026, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm","description":null,"registration":null},"701PK00000nV1AvYAK":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS","date":"April 14, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm","description":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS? Tuesdays, 5-7pm Living Successfully with HIV\/AIDS runs weekly every Tuesday evening from 5-7pm. Group will be conducted online via Zoom. Please email programs@cbst.org to receive the Zoom info to participate. Join our weekly supportive social gathering \u2013 shmooze with Rabbi James, share stories, and compare notes about what it means to be living successfully with HIV \/ AIDS. Sessions led by Scott A. Kramer, LCSW-R, ACSW. This group is for adults of any age who want to build community and support. This project was funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene through a contract with Public Health Solutions.","registration":null},"701PK00000mwx6VYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination","date":"April 15, 2026, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000nV1BeYAK":{"name":"Democracy! Action Team","date":"April 16, 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm","description":"Join us for a revamped RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Action Team meeting via Zoom! See below for Zoom info to join. Thursdays, 12:30-1:15pm we host our weekly advocacy sessions via Zoom. Welcoming stalwarts as well as newcomers we will provide information and support to anyone interested in participating in vital political and social justice work around the key issues we face as Americans and as progressive Jews. We\u2019ll help you make your voice heard by contacting elected officials and key figures in city, state and federal government through texting, emailing, calling and sending letters and postcards. Some areas we work on: Voter protection\/access\/registration\/turnout. Immigration. Refugee protections. Protecting the Environment. Common sense gun laws. Ending mass incarceration. Education reform. Healthcare. The fight against rising antisemitism and racism and bigotry in all forms. ZOOM INFO Join Zoom Meeting: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87441818544 Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544 Call-in: +1 646 876 9923 (New York) Zoom Instructions & Etiquette Please arrive 10 minutes early. We appreciate your understanding as we strive to provide the best possible experience for program participants & leaders. MUTE your computer microphone, phone or other device until you are invited to speak. To protect the sacred nature of our services, please make sure that when you join us via Zoom, that your \u201cdisplay name\u201d is updated. As in our Sanctuary, no photography is allowed. Click here for more info on Democracy Action Team\/Resistance!","registration":null},"701PK00000nUu1EYAS":{"name":"The Beacon","date":"April 16, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"The Beacon Thursday vigils bring neighbors together to publicly share support for Democracy and build community. The Beacon was founded by CBST\u2019s Senior Rabbi Emerita Sharon Kleinbaum in the wake of the 2025 presidential inauguration. CBST is proud to be one of the faith partners of the Beacon\u2019s Thursday evening vigils. If you are in New York City, here are a few Beacon groups and some names of CBSTers who regularly attend them:\u00a0\u00a0 Bronx: Riverdale, 235th Street & Johnson Avenue, 5:30 pm every Thursday. (Maryann and Beth) Manhattan: East Village, East 9th Street & University Place (next to Chase Bank), 5:00pm every Thursday (Marsha) Manhattan: Upper West Side, Broadway & 96th Street, 6:00pm every Thursday (Ira and Kenneth) Queens: Forest Hills, Queens Boulevard & Yellowstone Boulevard, 4:00pm every Thursday (Ruth) Brooklyn: Park Slope, Grand Army Plaza, 5:30pm every Thursday (Gale)\u00a0\u00a0","registration":null},"701PK00000mwx6TYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101","date":"April 16, 2026, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000mwx6OYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History","date":"April 16, 2026, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000mwx6kYAA":{"name":"CANCELED - Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Mystical Perspectives on the Parshah","date":"April 17, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000nV2txYAC":{"name":"04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST","date":"April 17, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"Friday, April 17, 2026 | 5:00PM<\/p> <\/p>Join us for a pre-service meal and shmooze at CBST. Seating limited. Cost per person is $36, and we ask you to consider an additional donation to help cover the costs of the food and support Mishpachah programming. Please write to jribnick@cbst.org if you have questions or need more info.\u00a0<\/p>","registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389790?tfa_2956=701PK00000nV2tx\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000msqNmYAI":{"name":"04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST","date":"April 17, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"Friday, April 17, 2026 | 5:00PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\nJoin us for a pre-service meal and shmooze at CBST. Seating limited. Cost per person is $36 and we ask you to consider an additional donation to help cover the costs of the food and support Mishpachah programming. Please write to jribnick@cbst.org if you have questions or need more info.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nRefunds cannot be processed after Monday, April 13, 2026.<\/p>","registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389790?tfa_2956=701PK00000msqNm\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000nV1CmYAK":{"name":"Aleinu Book Club","date":"April 17, 2026, 5:30 pm - 6:25 pm","description":"Aleinu, CBST\u2019s 20s & 30s community invites you to a cozy, clergy-led Shabbat book group 5:30 to 6:25 pm before Friday night services. *It\u2019s giving* nourish your body, mind and spirit. Join us for dinner and discussion on transformative Torah and Jewish thought. All in their 20s & 30s are welcome to drop-in any Friday or join for the entire series from February through Pride. At our second session with CRRI Alana Krivo-Kaufman we\u2019ll be discussing Facing A Loving God (Part 1, pages 23-75).\u00a0\u00a0Whether or not you\u2019ve caught up on the reading, come for dinner, community and discussion. Register today to reserve your own copies of God is Here: Reimagining the Divine by Toba Spitzer and Judaism is About Love by Shai Held.","registration":null},"701PK00000j5vkhYAA":{"name":"Kabbalat Shabbat Services","date":"April 17, 2026, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":"Parshat Tazria-Metzora Atsmaut Shabbat (Israel Independence Day) http:\/\/cbst.org\/livestream","registration":null},"701PK00000j5vkiYAA":{"name":"Shabbat Morning Services - TEM","date":"April 18, 2026, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm","description":"Parshat Tazria-Metzora TEM Zoom: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89268614329","registration":null},"701PK00000j5vkjYAA":{"name":"Havdalah","date":"April 18, 2026, 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm","description":"Zoom: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/654880356","registration":null},"701PK00000nV1ADYA0":{"name":"Mishpachah Monday","date":"April 20, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"With\u00a0Rick Landman\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Monday, April\u00a020\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/C7UdflI4RduDi6E-f5KY4g\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(15, 77, 188); font-size: 16px;\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/C7UdflI4RduDi6E-f5KY4g<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Please note the\u00a0<\/span>new zoom link<\/strong>. Once you enter your name and email and click 'register,' you will automatically be let into the zoom room<\/span><\/p>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>Rick Landman\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>mother first sent him to CBST on April 20, 1973.\u00a0\u00a0He is the son of\u00a0two\u00a0German Jewish\u00a0refugees.\u00a0Rick\u00a0started the Gay Liberation Front at his college in the Spring of 1970 and has been active in the LGBTQ\u00a0Movement\u00a0and politics ever since.\u00a0Rick will share new\u00a0revelations about\u00a0his\u00a0great-grand\u00a0aunt,\u00a0Helene Kramer,\u00a0and her lifelong companion and associate,\u00a0Bertha Pappenheim (Sigmund Freud's Anna O.),\u00a0and how these German Jewish feminists helped young Jewish women in Europe\u00a0survive\u00a0through\u00a0orphanages and\u00a0women's\u00a0organizations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Join a weekly Mishpachah gathering every Monday evening at 5:00pm via Zoom. Bring your dinner or a snack and get together with your mishpachah - your CBST family. Mishpachah is a CBST social and cultural group, diverse in its membership and informal in nature, attracting those over the age of 55 while welcoming all for a truly inter-generational experience. The group's goals are building friendship, fun, networking and mutual support.<\/p>","registration":null},"701PK00000nV1D6YAK":{"name":"Multifaith Mondays","date":"April 20, 2026, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm","description":"Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy - Weekly Vigil Mondays 5:30-6:00pm | Columbus Circle. Gather at the USS Marine statue on the SW corner of Central Park | Learn more Through prayer, song, and collective presence, we affirm the power of spiritual resilience in the face of challenges to democratic values. These gatherings serve as a space for reflection, connection, and public witness, reminding us of the shared moral responsibility across faith traditions to uphold justice and human dignity. Co-sponsored by CBST.","registration":null},"701PK00000nV1AwYAK":{"name":"Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS","date":"April 21, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm","description":"Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS? Tuesdays, 5-7pm Living Successfully with HIV\/AIDS runs weekly every Tuesday evening from 5-7pm. Group will be conducted online via Zoom. Please email programs@cbst.org to receive the Zoom info to participate. Join our weekly supportive social gathering \u2013 shmooze with Rabbi James, share stories, and compare notes about what it means to be living successfully with HIV \/ AIDS. Sessions led by Scott A. Kramer, LCSW-R, ACSW. This group is for adults of any age who want to build community and support. This project was funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene through a contract with Public Health Solutions.","registration":null},"701PK00000j5vkkYAA":{"name":"Yom Ha\u2019atsmaut (No Service at CBST)","date":"April 22, 2026, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm","description":null,"registration":null},"701PK00000mwx6WYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination","date":"April 22, 2026, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000nV1BfYAK":{"name":"Democracy! Action Team","date":"April 23, 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm","description":"Join us for a revamped RESISTANCE: Calls & Cards meets Democracy Action Team meeting via Zoom! See below for Zoom info to join. Thursdays, 12:30-1:15pm we host our weekly advocacy sessions via Zoom. Welcoming stalwarts as well as newcomers we will provide information and support to anyone interested in participating in vital political and social justice work around the key issues we face as Americans and as progressive Jews. We\u2019ll help you make your voice heard by contacting elected officials and key figures in city, state and federal government through texting, emailing, calling and sending letters and postcards. Some areas we work on: Voter protection\/access\/registration\/turnout. Immigration. Refugee protections. Protecting the Environment. Common sense gun laws. Ending mass incarceration. Education reform. Healthcare. The fight against rising antisemitism and racism and bigotry in all forms. ZOOM INFO Join Zoom Meeting: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87441818544 Meeting ID: 874 4181 8544 Call-in: +1 646 876 9923 (New York) Zoom Instructions & Etiquette Please arrive 10 minutes early. We appreciate your understanding as we strive to provide the best possible experience for program participants & leaders. MUTE your computer microphone, phone or other device until you are invited to speak. To protect the sacred nature of our services, please make sure that when you join us via Zoom, that your \u201cdisplay name\u201d is updated. As in our Sanctuary, no photography is allowed. Click here for more info on Democracy Action Team\/Resistance!","registration":null},"701PK00000nUu1FYAS":{"name":"The Beacon","date":"April 23, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm","description":"The Beacon Thursday vigils bring neighbors together to publicly share support for Democracy and build community. The Beacon was founded by CBST\u2019s Senior Rabbi Emerita Sharon Kleinbaum in the wake of the 2025 presidential inauguration. CBST is proud to be one of the faith partners of the Beacon\u2019s Thursday evening vigils. If you are in New York City, here are a few Beacon groups and some names of CBSTers who regularly attend them:\u00a0\u00a0 Bronx: Riverdale, 235th Street & Johnson Avenue, 5:30 pm every Thursday. (Maryann and Beth) Manhattan: East Village, East 9th Street & University Place (next to Chase Bank), 5:00pm every Thursday (Marsha) Manhattan: Upper West Side, Broadway & 96th Street, 6:00pm every Thursday (Ira and Kenneth) Queens: Forest Hills, Queens Boulevard & Yellowstone Boulevard, 4:00pm every Thursday (Ruth) Brooklyn: Park Slope, Grand Army Plaza, 5:30pm every Thursday (Gale)\u00a0\u00a0","registration":null},"701PK00000mwx6UYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101","date":"April 23, 2026, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"},"701PK00000mwx6PYAQ":{"name":"Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History","date":"April 23, 2026, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm","description":null,"registration":"<a href=\"https:\/\/congregationbeitsimchattorah.tfaforms.net\/389813\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Register<\/a>"}}

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Mishpachah Monday

Multifaith Mondays

Yom Hashoah - DJL Commemoration (Offsite)

Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination

Democracy! Action Team

The Beacon

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History

CANCELED - Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Mystical Perspectives on the Parshah

04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST

04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST

Aleinu Book Club

Kabbalat Shabbat Services

Shabbat Morning Services - TEM

Havdalah

Mishpachah Monday

Multifaith Mondays

Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS

Yom Ha’atsmaut (No Service at CBST)

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination

Democracy! Action Team

The Beacon

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History

CBST Annual Appeal

Sponsor an upcoming Shabbat!

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Mishpachah Monday

Multifaith Mondays

Yom Hashoah - DJL Commemoration (Offsite)

Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination

Democracy! Action Team

The Beacon

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History

CANCELED - Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Mystical Perspectives on the Parshah

04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST

04.17.26 Mishpachah Dinner at CBST

Aleinu Book Club

Kabbalat Shabbat Services

Shabbat Morning Services - TEM

Havdalah

Mishpachah Monday

Multifaith Mondays

Living Successfully with HIV and AIDS

Yom Ha’atsmaut (No Service at CBST)

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Lesbian Jewish Poetic Imagination

Democracy! Action Team

The Beacon

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Tefillah 101

Lehrhaus Spring 5786 - Immigration and Jewish American History

CBST Annual Appeal

Sponsor an upcoming Shabbat!

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