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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational, pluralistic, progressive LGBTQ+ Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in Manhattan New York City, New York, United States. The congregation was founded in 1973 by and for LGBTQ people, [3] and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue. [4]
CBST, like many congregations, skews toward older members; many have been with Kleinbaum since the beginning. The synagogue named Jason Klein as new chief rabbi earlier this year; he will start on ...
By 2001, CBST was the largest gay and lesbian synagogue in the world, [54] with Kleinbaum leading it beyond its substantial local influence in New York, onto the international stage. [28] Starting with a Hadassah event in 1998, national non-LGBTQ Jewish organizations began working more with CBST.
Kleinbaum was installed as CBST's first rabbi in 1992. [7] [5] [8] She is a prominent advocate for human rights.[8]In 1995, Kleinbaum, along with Rabbi Margaret Wenig and Russell Pearce, sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of ...
Rabbi Jason Klein is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. [2]Klein became the first openly gay man chosen to head a national rabbinical association of one of the major Jewish denominations in the United States in 2013, when he was chosen as president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
On Simchat Torah night in the Synagogue, after a procession with the Torahs, two Torahs are placed on the lectern. We then read from the very end of one scroll and the very beginning of another.
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a Jewish synagogue located in Manhattan. It was founded in 1973 [165] and is the world's largest LGBTQ synagogue. [166] [167] The Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCCNY) in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan is affiliated with the worldwide Metropolitan Community Church.
Sep. 21—A local synagogue that was founded to be an inclusive space and promote stronger ties with Israel is celebrating its 30th year anniversary this weekend. "The door is always open," said ...