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With the incoming High Holidays, we have a chance to prepare our souls and spirits for the work of starting the year anew. This year, we have the unique opportunity to focus on both our own spiritual accounting of the past year, and The Metropolitan Opera's new opera, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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Kabbalat Shabbat

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High Holy Days

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

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Registration is now open for the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah services take place at Masonic Hall and Yom Kippur services in the magnificent River Pavilion at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism.

The Latest

Rabbi Jason Klein on “Dads and Daddies” Podcast

Rabbi Jason Klein talked Judaism, justice, and queer life with CBST member Brian Rubin-Sowers and Judson Morrow's "Dads and Daddies" podcast.

Shabbat Re’eh, 2025

Rabbi Yael Werber on the Jewishness of hope in hard times, and the communal work of bringing our dreams closer to our realities.

Shabbat Eikev, 2025

Rabbi Jason Klein on the story of Moses in the book of Devarim, the concept of being "stiff-necked," and the need for community.

Events

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