Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational progressive Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States.
The congregation was founded in 1973,[3] and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue.[4] CBST serves Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities, their families, and their friends.[5] Members commute from as far away as the Bronx and New Jersey.[6] The congregation is led by Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum[7] and Assistant Rabbi Yael Rapport. It is not affiliated with any denomination or branch of Judaism.
^"About". Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2021. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism. Founded in 1973, CBST attracts and welcomes gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, queer and straight, individuals and families who share common values. Passionate, provocative, and deeply Jewish, CBST champions a Judaism that rejoices in diversity, denounces social injustice wherever it exists, and strives for the human rights for all people.[self-published source?]
^Cite error: The named reference landmark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"About: Mission and Values". Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^Ingall, Marjorie (April 1, 2016). "CBST, the World's Largest LGBT Synagogue, Gets a New Home". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^Weiss, Anthony. "Gay Acceptance and Gay Synagogues". Keshet Ga'avah: The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews. GLBTJews.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^Wiener, Julie (June 23, 2010). "CBST's 'Gay-by Boom'". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^"Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Congregation Bet Simchat Torah, New York City". Religion & Culture: Meeting the Challenge of Pluralism (a Ford Foundation project). Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
and 20 Related for: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah information
CongregationBeitSimchatTorah ("CBST") is a non-denominational progressive Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan...
Holy Ark, and carried around the Bimah by members of the congregation. On the day of SimchatTorah (in Judaism, day follows night), some communities repeat...
American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City's CongregationBeitSimchatTorah. She has been an active campaigner for human rights and civil...
storefront. The lowest three stories house a synagogue for CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, which includes a lobby; a double-height sanctuary; and a basement...
neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Nixon and her family attend CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, an LGBT synagogue. Nixon has received numerous awards including...
Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. A congregant of CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, she considers herself a deeply religious Jew. Weingarten's...
Breast Cancer Foundation The Buckley School Parents Association CongregationBeitSimchatTorah of New York City Connecticut State Police Academy Alumni Association...
Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959), Senior Rabbi of New York City's CongregationBeitSimchatTorah Jared Kushner (born 1981), businessman, real estate investor...
age 51. Windsor was also a member of the non-denominational CongregationBeitSimchatTorah synagogue, which has been self-described as the world's largest...
Synagogue, Lower East Side Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El, Lower East Side Lab/Shul, Lower West Side CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, Midtown Central Synagogue...
years later (and during the 1990s) he conducted research at CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, the gay and lesbian synagogue in Greenwich Village. Shokeid...
Association for two years Sharon Kleinbaum, first rabbi of CongregationBeitSimchatTorah, one of the most influential rabbis in the United States Debra...
Beit Harambam Congregation (Hebrew: בית הרמב"ם, lit. 'House of the Rambam') is a Sephardi Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Northeast...
Jews begin to pray for rain and SimchatTorah, "Rejoicing of the Torah", a holiday which marks reaching the end of the Torah reading cycle and beginning all...
Tisheri (SimchatTorah). However, in some congregations in the Diaspora there is a custom to do Hakafot both on Shemini Atzeret and SimchatTorah. This custom...
an interview with Jewcy, they expressed feeling accepted at CongregationBeitSimchatTorah and Nehirim. Following the group's disbandment in 2014, keyboardist...
Jewish clergy Sharon Kleinbaum (1981), rabbi and leader of CongregationBeitSimchatTorah Joy Levitt (1989), first female leader of the Reconstructionist...
Atzeret, SimchatTorah can never fall on Shabbat, and there is no Mincha reading for SimchatTorah. The individual readings for SimchatTorah are as follows:...
Global Information
