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NOVEMBER 15-16, 2019 / 18 CHESHVAN 5780 PARASHAT VAYEIRA

קול הנער-הים, את-ו�י�ש�מע א

“God heard the cry of the boy...” (Genesis 21:17)

SHABBAT PROGRAM

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Welcome to CBST!

נים קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב ש! ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה .עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל, ועמוק עם ישראל

!ן לגלות יהדות ליבראלית גם בישראל\אנחנו מזמינים אתכםם בפלאיירים \ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\מצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינות אתכם

. בכניסה :ת לרב נועה סתתלפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנו

noa@irac.org

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019 / 18 CHESHVAN 5780 PARASHAT VAYEIRA

OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS הכנת הלב

*Niggun Bratslav Chasidim נגון בהנה מה טו 30 Hineh Mah Tov Moshe Jacobson (1921--)* ש�ל ש�בת הדלקת נרות 38 Candle Blessing Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967)* *Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956) ש�לום עליכם 40

KABBALAT SHABBAT/WELCOMING SHABBAT קבלת ש�בת

*L’chu N’ran’nah (Psalm 95) Chabad Chasidim (תהלים צה לכו נ�ננה 52י�ש�מחו הש�מי�ם (תהלים צו 54 Yism’chu Hashamayim (Ps. 96) Craig Taubman (Born 1958)* מזמור לדו�ד (תהלים כט 62 Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994)* L'chah Dodi לכה דודי 66

(Shlomo Alkabetz) Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)* Chasidic*

*Tov L’hodot (Psalm 92) Ken Chasen (1965--) טוב להדות (תהלים צב 72

MA’ARIV/THE EVENING SERVICE מע�יב

Bar’chu Nusach ב�כו 78ע�ביםהמע�יב 80 Hama’ariv Aravim Nusach *Ahavat Olam Debbie Friedman (1951-2011) אהבת עולם 86 Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) ש�מע י�ש��אל 88 V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trope) ו�אהבת 89 Mi Chamochah Hanna Tiferet-Siegel (Born מי כמכה 94

1948)* 98 &

Program *Hashkiveinu Yoshi Zweiback (Born 1969) הש�כיבנו

*V’shamru Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994) ו�ש�מרו 102 Chatzi Kaddish Nusach חצי קדיש 104 Silent Amidah עמידה 106 Yih’yu L’ratzon Dennis Arlan (1945-1979) י�היו ל�צון 118 *Oseh Shalom Debbie Friedman (1951-2011) עש�ה ש�לום 118 Prayer for Healing תפלה ל�פואה 130

Program למדינהתפלה Prayer for Our Country Kaddish Shalem Nusach קדיש ש�לם 138

DRASHAH: Rabbi Ryan Dulkin ד�ש�ה

*Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890) עלינו 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קדיש י�תום 150 *Adon Olam Uzi Chitman (1952-2004) אדון עולם 154

*Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig

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THIS SHABBAT

Composer Feature Born in Detroit in 1945, Dennis Arlan Hirschbein (pseud: Dennis Arlan) was an accomplished singer, pianist, composer, & choirmaster. He completed his Master of Music Degree in Composition at UW-Madison in 1967, including his dissertation “Beowulf: an epic cantata.” For the next ten years, he performed as pianist for several prestigious companies. During this period, he continued to write music, including several children’s operas. Arlan served as Cantor for the High Holy Days at Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation and was a cantorial student at HUC-JIR when he died in 1979 at age 33.

Let There Be Love/Hashkiveinu Let there be love

And understanding among us. Let peace and friendship be our shelter from life’s storm.

Hashkiveinu, Adonai Eloheinu Hashkiveinu, l’shalom

הש�כיבנו יהוה אהינו לש�לום

Drashah Rabbi Ryan Dulkin is an educator, transformational leader, and scholar. He was ordained in 2004 and received a doctorate in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation in 2011 from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. His teaching career includes several prestigious universities and

seminaries, including the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Washington University in St. Louis, Franklin & Marshall College, and the University of Minnesota. He has also served as the campus rabbi at Minnesota Hillel, affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Rabbi Dulkin was a CRRI at CBST in 2002.

Friday, Nov. 15 / 18 Cheshvan 5780 Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:30 pm CRRI Alumni & Trans Remembrance Shabbat Ba’al Tefillah: CI David Fair Piano: Joyce Rosenzweig Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Drashah: Rabbi Ryan Dulkin

Saturday, November 16 / 18 Cheshvan 5780 Shabbat Morning – Traditional Egalitarian Minyan, 10 am Ba’alei Tefillah: Cantorial Intern David Fair, David Feinberg D’var Torah: Rabbi Mike Moskowitz

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Refuah Shleimah – Healing PrayersEster Bat Bryna Sima v’ Abraham Falak Bahlawan Laura Boylan Joe Cellantano

Lou DiCiero Linda Kenepaske Samuel Karpel Anna Katz Gregg Randall

Rosanne Randall Melanie Sparks Sandy Weiner Gabriel Weingarten Warren Williams

This list is for those with acute illness – any member can submit their name for one-month inclusion. To protect confidentiality, we only print names of members who have given consent. You may say any name aloud during the healing prayer. If you or a CBST member you know is ill & would like support, contact cbstoffice@cbst.org. We’re here for you. We include in our healing prayers the almost 14,000 immigrant children in US custody, most of whom are separated from their families.

Yortzeits 18 Cheshvan to 24 Cheshvan 5780 Members memorialized on the Wine Family Sanctuary Memorial Wall Robert Christensen

Irving Fisher Sara Gold Renee Rosenfield

Kenneth Wein

Family & Friends memorialized on plaques on the Kuriel Chapel Memorial Wall Madeleine Singer Alexandor Wilma Cooper Beatriz Ehrich Leo Goldstein Jack Hauser

Sarah Ziefert Kotick Goldye Levin Nina Lutrin Joseph Matatia Sara Novikov

Allan Rosenberg Kenneth Sherman

Transgender Day of Remembrance Shabbat We remember and recognize transgender people all over the world who have died as victims of transphobic violence. During this Shabbat service we pray, reflect, learn, and commit ourselves to repairing our broken world so it becomes safe for people of all gender expressions and identities. Tonight, we remember those killed in acts of transphobic violence in the US this year:

Timothy Blancher, 20, Detroit Muhlaysia Booker, 23, Dallas Paris Cameron, 20, Detroit Ashanti Carmon, Fairmount Hts.,

MD Alunte Davis, 21, Detroit Pebbles La Dime Doe, 24,

Allendale, SC Kiki Fantroy, 21, Miami Breonna Hill, 30, Kansas City Ja’Leyah-Jamar, Kansas City Claire Legato, 21, Cleveland Johana Medina Leon, 25, died

after release from ICE custody Brooklyn Lindsey, 32, Kansas City Chynal Lindsey, 26, Dallas

Itali Marlowe, 29, Houston Dana Martin, 31, Montgomery, AL Layleen Polanco, 27, died after

release from ICE custody Chanel Scurlock, 23, Lumberton,

North Carolina Tracy Single, 22, Houston Bee Love Slater, 23, Clewiston, FL Zoe Spears, 23, Fairmount Hts., MD Denali Berries Stuckey, 29,

North Charleston, SC Bailey Reeves, 17, Baltimore Bubba Walker, 55, Charlotte Jazzaline Ware, Memphis Michelle Washington, 40,

Philadelphia

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Condolences We are saddened to announce the death of Alvin Goldstein, z"l, brother of CBST member Lewis Goldstein. Alvin died in Denver on Monday, November 11 at the age of 88. We send our deepest condolences to Lewis and his entire family on this sad occasion. We would also like to offer condolences to Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig on the death this week of her cousin, Arnold Rosenzweig, z”l. Bruce Friedman's Unveiling – Sunday, November 17, 1 pm, Hungarian Union Fields Cemetery, bit.ly/cemeterydirections We'll meet at 12:30 pm by the office building. Shloshim for Gary Henkle, z”l – Tuesday, November 26, 5 pm Rabbi Kleinbaum, Joyce Rosenzweig, and David Fair will lead the service.

The CBST community extends condolences to mourners among us.

May God comfort you among all who mourn. We pray for peace. All are welcome to an oneg downstairs following the service.

Seating & Accessibility: CBST is committed to accessibility. At Friday night services, several spaces for someone in a wheelchair and an adjacent chair are reserved; seats are released at 6:45pm if not occupied. CBST has a Hearing Induction Loop for hearing aids with T-Coils. Phones and photography: Silence your cell phones. Photos are not permitted during services. Bags and coats: Bags and coats are subject to search by security personnel. Bicycles: Due to space and security issues, there is no bicycle storage inside the CBST vestibule or building. Smoking: Is not permitted within 25 feet of our front door. From CBST’s Green Team: Rigid plastics are recyclable. Toss plastic straws, bottles, etc. in receptacles labeled “cans/bottles.” CBST participates in NYC’s composting program. All disposable cups, plates, and flatware (except for plastic kiddush cups) are compostable and can go in the brown compost bins downstairs. Thanks! Tonight, our thanks to: Better Events Sound Technician · CBST Facilities Staff Jorge Loyola, Teresa Gutierrez, and Pablo Crespo · CBST Members & Friends who greet everyone at services · Shabbat sponsors and donors. In case of emergency, exit through emergency doors, and move far away from the building.

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PRAYER for OUR COUNTRY Our God and God of our ancestors,

bless this country and all who dwell within it. Help us to experience the blessings

of our lives and circumstances, To be vigilant, compassionate, and brave. Strengthen us when we are afraid, Help us to channel our anger, So that it motivates us to action. Help us to feel our fear, So that we do not become numb. Help us to be generous with others, So that we raise each other up. Help us to be humble in our fear,

knowing that as vulnerable as we feel, there are those at greater risk, and that it is our holy work to stand with them.

Help us to taste the sweetness of liberty, To not take for granted the freedoms won

in generations past or in recent days. To heal and nourish our democracy,

that it may be like a tree planted by the water whose roots reach down to the stream; it need not fear drought when it comes, its leaves are always green (Jeremiah 17:8).

Source of all Life, Guide our leaders with righteousness, Strengthen their hearts, but keep them from hardening. That they may use their influence and authority to

speak truth and act for justice (Isaiah 16:3-5). May all who dwell in this country share in its bounty, enjoy its freedoms,

and be protected by its laws. May this nation use its power and wealth to be a voice for justice, peace, and equality for all who dwell on earth. May we be strong and have courage To be bold in our action and deep in our compassion, To discern when we must listen and when we must act, To uproot bigotry, intolerance, misogyny, racism,

discrimination, and violence in all its forms, To celebrate the many faces of God reflected

in the wondrous diversity of humanity, To welcome the stranger and the immigrant and to honor the gifts of those who seek refuge

and possibility here, as they have since before this nation was born. Let justice well up like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream (Amos 5:24). Rabbi Ayelet Cohen

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Ahead…

Upcoming

Concert for Social Justice Mon., Nov. 18, 7 pm, CBST; 90 minutes; program at bit.ly/socjustprog, no intermission. Reception to follow. $20 (advance)/$25 (door) plus a requested contribution. Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, & more. Register: bit.ly/socjusticeconcert

Book Discussion: Just Mercy Sun., Nov. 24, 2 pm, CBST Part of CBST's new initiative to end mass incarceration: a book club open to all. Learn more about our anti-mass incarceration efforts by contacting team chair Lee Goldberg (leejgoldberg@gmail.com). Register: bit.ly/CBSTJustMercy "Looking for a Seat?" with Dr. Regina Stein Thursday, December 5, 6 pm, CBST Discuss the Modern Orthodox & Conservative movements' creation & arguments

over women's role in those movements with Dr. Regina Stein, Scholar-in-Residence at the Museum at Eldridge St. Register: bit.ly/DrReginaStein

World AIDS Day Shabbat Friday, December 6, 6:30 pm, CBST We devote our World AIDS Day Shabbat service to commemorating fellow congregants and loved ones who have died of AIDS, may their memories be for a blessing. PLACE a MEMORIAL in this year's Remembrance Program: bit.ly/aidsshabbat

Friday, Nov. 22 / 25 Cheshvan Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 pm Ba’alei Tefillah: CI David Fair and Nora Isacoff Piano: Joyce Rosenzweig Service Leader: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Drashah: Rabbi Steven Philp

Saturday, Nov. 23 / 25 Cheshvan Liberal, 10 am Ba’al Tefillah: Cantorial Intern David Fair Service Leader: CRRI Deborah Megdal Drashah: CRRI Deborah Megdal

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Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Internship Program The Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Internship Program was established in 1994

by a gift by William Fern (renewed in 2000) in honor of fellow long-time CBST members and gay activists Irving Cooperberg, z”l, and Louis Rittmaster.

By the 1990s, gay synagogues and havurot were an established—if sometimes controversial—feature of the American Jewish landscape. Out gay Jews were officially welcomed—albeit still with some reservations—by the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Conservative movements. In 1985, New York’s Beth Am Synagogue began an aggressive outreach program for gay and lesbian congregants. Other liberal urban synagogues soon followed suit. But there was there was still no gay-oriented rabbinical training, and out rabbis were still relatively rare—gay synagogues hired heterosexual as well as gay and lesbian rabbis. The result was a daunting “on the job training” that was often difficult for the rabbis as well as their gay congregants, all the more so in the face of the acute and unique demands for pastoral care resulting from the AIDS epidemic in the gay community.

In 1994, a gift by William Fern (renewed in 2000) in honor of fellow long-time CBST members and gay activists Irving Cooperberg, z’’l, and Louis Rittmaster enabled CBST to establish the first rabbinical internships at a gay synagogue. Now in its 35th year, the program brings two students to CBST each academic year. They work directly under the supervision of Rabbi Kleinbaum and Rabbi Rapport, supporting CBST’s diverse minyanim, leading services, preparing drashot (sermons), teaching in CBST’s Lehrhaus Judaica adult education program, providing pastoral counseling to CBST’s members, and generally assisting with synagogue operation.

Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Interns are selected without regard to gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or movement affiliation (CBST itself is unaffiliated), and have included LGBTQ and heterosexual men and women rabbinical students, ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-40s, from all varieties of Jewish background—a diversity comparable to CBST’s diversity. Upon ordination, they carry their unique—and intense!—CBST experience to their work as congregational rabbis, chaplains, counselors, and community and social activists throughout the United States.

The Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Internships have also been highly successful in terms of the contributions made by the interns to the life of the synagogue, the impact of the experience on the interns’ careers, and the number—twenty-eight to date—twenty-five are rabbis which the program has delivered to the Jewish community who are able to deal positively with the needs of gay congregants and who have experienced the potential of the liberal synagogue to be a dynamic center of an intensely Jewish way of life.

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Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Interns, 1994-2019

1994/95 Rabbi David Steinberg (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘97)

Rabbi Steinberg is the rabbi at Temple Israel. Duluth, MN.

1995/96 Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘96)

Rabbi Paasche-Orlow is Director of Religious and Chaplaincy Services at Hebrew Senior Life. Roslindale, MA.

Rabbi Lina Zerbarini (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘97) Rabbi at Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, Cold Spring Harbor-Huntington, Long Island, NY.

1996/97 Rabbi Roderick Young (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘99)

Rabbi Young was Assistant Rabbi at CBST from August 1999 - July 2002. Rabbi Young is the former Principal Rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue in London.

Rabbi Joshua Lesser (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘99) Rabbi Lesser is the rabbi at Congregation Bet Haverim. Atlanta, GA.

1997/98 Rabbi Elisa Goldberg (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘99)

Rabbi Goldberg is the Director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association’s Office of Rabbinic Career Development. Wyncote, PA and rabbi at Temple Micah in Lawrenceville, NJ.

Rabbi Dan Judson (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘98) Rabbi Judson is the Dean of the Rabbinical School at Hebrew College in Newton Centre, MA.

1998/99 Rabbi Edythe Held-Mencher LCSW (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘99)

Rabbi Edythe Held Mencher, L.C.S.W., Faculty Member at Union for Reform Judaism.

Rabbi Roderick Young Rabbi Young was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern in 1996/97.

1999/00 Rabbi Rachel Gartner (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘02)

Rabbi Gartner is the Director of Jewish Chaplaincy at Georgetown University. Washington, D.C.

Rabbi Mychal Copeland (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘00) Rabbi Copeland is the rabbi at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav. San Francisco, CA.

2000/01 Rabbi Ayelet Cohen (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘02)

Rabbi Cohen is the Senior Director, NY / Tri-State Region at the New Israel Fund. She was CBST’s Associate Rabbi from August 2002 – June 2010, and is the author of Changing Lives, Making History: CBST, the First 40 Years.

Rabbi David Dunn Bauer (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘03) Rabbi Bauer has a queer spiritual counseling practice & is Contract Chaplain, SCI-Phoenix.

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2001/02 Rabbi Ayelet Cohen

Rabbi Cohen was also Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern in 2000/01.

Rabbi Tracy Nathan (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘03) Rabbi Nathan is Senior Educator at Center for Jewish Learning at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

2002/03 Rabbi Ryan Dulkin (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘04)

Rabbi Dulkin is the Founder and Principal at Midrash Values Based Consulting & Coaching;

Rabbi Darren Levine (Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘03) Founding Rabbi at Tamid, the Downtown Synagogue. New York, NY.

2003/04 Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘06)

Rabbi Grabelle Herrmann is the Rabbi at Society for Advancement of Judaism. New York, NY.

Rabbi Michael Rothbaum (Academy of Jewish Religion, ‘06) Rabbi Rothbaum is the Rabbi at Congregation Beth Elohim. Acton, MA.

2004/05 Rabbi Ruth Gelfarb (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘07)

Rabbi Gelfarb is Rabbi at Synagogue of the Summit in Frisco, CO.

Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘08) Rabbi Leigh is the Rabbi of Congregation Kerem Shalom. Concord, MA.

2005/06 Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh

Rabbi Leigh was also Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern in 2004/05.

Rabbi Reuben Zellman (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ’10) Rabbi Zellman is on the Faculty and the San Francisco State University School of Music in San Francisco, CA.

2006/07 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster (Jewish Theological Seminary’08)

Rabbi Kahn-Troster is the Director of Programs for T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

Rabbi Rachel Weiss (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ’09) Rabbi Weiss was CBST’s Associate Rabbi from August 2010 to July 2016. She is rabbi at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation. Evanston, IL.

2007/08 Ben Davis (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)

Rabbi Rachel Weiss Rabbi Weiss was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical intern 2006/07.

2008/09 Rabbi Cecelia Beyer (Jewish Theological Seminary, ’10)

Rabbi Beyer is Associate Rabbi & Education Director at Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael. Springfield, NJ.

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Rabbi Melissa Simon (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘10) Rabbi Simon is the Senior Jewish Educator at North Carolina Hillel.

2009/10 Rabbi Melissa Simon (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, ‘10)

Rabbi Simon was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern in 2008/09.

2010/11 Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari (Hebrew College, ’14)

Rabbi Fornari is the Rabbi of Kol Tzedek Synagogue. Philadelphia, PA.

Rabbi Yosef Goldman (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘13) Rabbi Goldman is the Assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel (BZBI). Philadelphia, PA.

2011/12 Rabbi Guy Austrian (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘13)

Rabbi Austrian is the rabbi of the Fort Tryon Jewish Center. Washington Heights, New York, NY.

Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari (Hebrew College ‘14) Rabbi Fornari was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern in 2010.

2012/13 Rabbi Jason Bonder (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ‘15)

Rabbi Bonder is the Associate Rabbi at Congregation Beth Or in Maple Glenn, PA.

Rabbi Margot Meitner, LCSW (Hebrew College ‘14) Rabbi Meitner is a psychotherapist and an Educator at Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA.

2013/14 Rabbi Mikie Goldstein (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘14)

Rabbi Goldstein is the rabbi of Adat Shalom Emanuel in Rehovot, Israel.

Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ‘15) Rabbi Motzkin Rubenstein is the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel. Eugene, OR.

2014/15 Rabbi Elana Friedman (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ‘15)

Rabbi Friedman is the Campus Rabbi of the Jewish Life at Duke University. Durham, NC.

Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ‘15) Rabbi Motzkin Rubenstein was also an intern in 2014.

2015/16 Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘17)

Rabbi Kennebrae is the Rabbi at West End Synagogue. New York, NY.

Rabbi Alex Weissman (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘17) Rabbi Weissman is the Senior Jewish Educator, Brown University RISD Hillel. Providence, RI.

2016/17 Rabbi Ayalon Eliach (Hebrew College, ‘18)

Director of Learning & Strategic Communications at the Lippman Kanfer Foundation Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, ‘17) Also an intern in ’15.

2017/18

Rabbi Ayalon Eliach (Hebrew College ‘18) Rabbi Eliach was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern 2016-17.

Rabbi Steven Philp (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘19)

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Rabbi Philp is a Rabbinic Fellow at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York. 2018/19

Deborah Megdal (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘21)

Rabbi Steven Philp (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘19) Rabbi Philp was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern 2017-18.

2019/20 Benjamin Dyme (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ’21)

Atara Cohen (Yeshivat Maharat ‘20)

Deborah Megdal (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘21) Deborah was also was a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern 2018-19.

Cantorial Interns, 2004-2019 2004/05

Cantor Daniel Singer (HUC-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music, ‘05) Cantor Singer is the cantor at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

2005/06 Cantor David Berger (HUC-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music, ‘07)

Cantor Berger is the Cantor of KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, IL. 2006/07

Cantor David Berger (HUC-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music, ‘07) Cantor Berger was also the Cantorial Intern in 2005.

2009/10 Cantor Jason Kaufman (HUC-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music, ‘10)

Cantor Kaufman serves as the Cantor at Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Arlington, VA 2010/11

Cantor Magda Fishman (Jewish Theological Seminary, ’11) Cantor Fishman serves as the Cantor at Temple Beth El in Stamford, CT

Cantorial Soloist 2011/15 Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev Cantorial Student 2014/15

Vladimir Lapin (Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College, ‘17) Cantor Lapin serves as the Cantor of Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, NY

Cantorial Intern 2015/17 Cantor Steve Zeidenberg (Jewish Theological Seminary, ‘17)

Cantor Zeidenberg will be CBST’s second Cantor and was installed in the fall of 2017. Cantorial Student 2019

Sam Rosen (Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College, ‘22) Cantorial Intern 2019/20

David Fair (Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College, ‘21)

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Social Justice Interns, 2009-2011 2009/10

Rabbi Cecelia Beyer (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘10) Rabbi Beyer was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical intern in 2008/09.

2010/11 Rabbi Guy Austrian (Jewish Theological Seminary ‘13)

Rabbi Austrian was also a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Intern in 2011/12.

Limmud b'Shabbat 5780 / 2019-2020

Registration still open! More info & forms: cbst.org/limmud From birth through high school, CBST provides learning opportunities for children & their families. Twice a month, children of all ages sing, learn, & play together on Shabbat: babies, toddlers, & preschoolers sing & celebrate Jewish holidays in Alef-Bet Shabbat & Aggadah Adventures. School-age children attend Limmud b'Shabbat. High school students prepare to join teens from across North

America for 4 days of advocacy & action in Washington, DC. Alef-Bet Shabbat (0-5 yrs.): Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14 - 11:45 am Limmud b'Shabbat (Grades K-8): Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14 -- 10 am Teen Track (Grades 9-12): Shabbat Group: Dec 7, Jan 10, Feb 22 -- 1:30-3

pm; L'Taken Social Justice Program: 4-day trip in DC, Feb 28 -- Mar 2, 2020 Parent Discussion w/Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (kiddush): Dec 14, Jan 11,

12:45-1:45 pm

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Registration is now open for BROADWAY AT CBST!

Seating is limited! EARLY BIRD SPECIAL FOR CBST MEMBERS

REGISTER AT bit.ly/cbstbroadway

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Bold, Spiritual Community of Resistance and Love

Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) Yortzeit Candles Fri, Nov. 15, CBST; Rabbi Mike (RabbiMoskowitz@cbst.org) In partnership with Keshet, CBST is offering Trans Day of Remembrance Yortzeit candles to honor the trans, GNC, & non-binary folks we’ve lost to transphobic violence. Candles can be picked up TODAY at services or anytime until the 20th. If you can’t drop by CBST, go to bit.ly/tdorcandles for instructions on downloading & printing the candle label. WHAT CAN I DO? 1) Share our post (bit.ly/TDOR-Yortzeit) -- spread the word! 2) Pick up a candle at CBST or go to bit.ly/tdorcandles & download the candle label. 3) On Nov. 20, light a candle with the label, take a photo, & post your photo to social media. If you’re willing, make the photo your temporary profile pic for TDOR. Help us spread light and visibility around the continued violence endured by our transgender family and friends.

Soul of Sanctuary: Suketu Mehta, This Land is Our Land Sun, Nov. 17, 11 am, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq South Suketu Mehta, author of the acclaimed study of global immigration This Land Is Our Land, will preach. Following the service, Mehta's book will be available to purchase & have signed. Mehta's book, which addresses the fear of immigration, is based on his reportage & his own family's experiences emigrating to the US from India. His work has been published in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Harper's, and GQ. He has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Writers' Award, and an O. Henry Prize. He is an NYU associate professor of journalism. This event is part of the "Soul of Sanctuary" project, supported by UJA Federation of NY, which brings CBST & Judson together to examine the intersection of immigration & faith.

Sign Up for CBST's Dedicated Weekly Social Justice Email! Add your name to the Social Justice mailing list at conta.cc/2HWXHbw -- be the first to know about CBST's upcoming actions!

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Ruth’s Path A new CBST group for people who are converting, have converted, and have questions about or are considering conversion. The group will gather socially to experience Jewish culture, exhibits, and music. For more info, find Curt Wagner or Dean Dresser after services, or email Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Ben Dyme at bdyme@cbst.org. The CBST Bail Bond Fund; GIVE ONLINE One of the most immediate ways to reunite detained immigrants with their families is paying their bail; the detainee is released to pursue their case while living in their community. Make your tax-deductible contribution by check with memo: CBST Bail Bond Fund or give at bit.ly/cbstbailbond. Proceeds support New Sanctuary Coalition's "Life Bond Fund," which has freed 25 immigrants. RUSA LGBT Wednesdays at 6 pm, 130 West 30th Street Support LGBTQ asylum seekers from the former USSR. Russian/English.

Sanctuary at CBST: Weekly Pro Se Immigration Legal Clinic Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm, 130 W. 30th St Community members assist immigrants & asylum seekers with asylum applications and other steps on their paths through our labyrinthine immigration system. New volunteers are always welcome! Email Clinic Coordinator Noah Habeeb at sanctuary@cbst.org for info & let us know you'll be joining us so that we can provide training and/or mentoring. We partner with the New Sanctuary Coalition, RUSA, & SAFE in this work.

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Resistance: Calls and Cards Thursdays, 12:30-2 pm, 130 W. 30th St.

Got something to say to your government? We'll provide pizza & coach you to make phone calls &

write postcards to your elected officials. Make your voice heard in DC & Albany. Bring a cell phone &

your fighting spirit! If you have any questions, please

contact Sabrina Farber (sabrinalfarber@gmail.com).

Welcoming Visit at Islamic Center at NYU Fridays, 12:45-2:30 pm, 238 Thompson St. Questions? Harold Levine (houseofpeace@cbst.org); Welcome worshippers to Jummah midday prayer every (or any!) Friday. Send a clear message that we stand with our Muslim neighbors. No RSVP needed.

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In the Wider Community

13th Annual Other Israel Film Festival November 14-21, 7 pm, check website for locations; otherisrael.org CBST is a proud partner of the Festival with the Israel Film Center & the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. Receive a CBST Member discount on tickets with this code: BSIMCHATOI19

Thanksgiving Meal Delivery for Seniors -- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Sunday, November 24, open to people 18+, registration required: bit.ly/dorotvolunteer Brighten a senior's day! Group registration: Email Sharon Stahl, sstahl@dorotusa.org.

The Psalms/Tehillim Project Continues In Judaism, it is traditional to recite psalms/tehillim in times of fear, mourning, calamity, and in joy and celebration. As a community, we are reciting the entire book of 150 psalms each day. To participate (all are welcome), email tcalhoun@cbst.org with "Psalms/Tehillim Project" in the subject line. Choose a psalm that is meaningful to you, or the CBST clergy can choose for you.

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Tonight’s Oneg (Delight) Sponsored by

Deluxe Oneg CBST Board, Clergy, and Staff in appreciation of Rabbi Ryan Dulkin’s words of Torah this Shabbat Vayeira. Deluxe Oneg Lewis Goldstein in memory of my brother Avrum (Alvin) Ben Levi Yitzak, z”l. Deluxe Oneg Vijay Kumar in loving memory of my beloved husband Irving Fisher, z”l, on his 2nd yortzeit, Tuesday, 21 Cheshvan. I love you with all my heart & miss you so very much. Deluxe Oneg The Person Family in memory of Sam Person, z”l. Rolan Gregg for all the trans people we lost to violence this year; may their memories strengthen us in the fight against transphobia. Vijay Kumar in gratitude to Rabbi Kleinbaum, Rabbi Rapport, the CBST Clergy Team, Board, Staff, and the entire CBST community for the kindness, love, and support. I'm very grateful and feel blessed to be a part of this community. Harry Lutrin on the 17th yortzeit of my beloved mother, Nina Lutrin, z"l. Rebecca Rosenbaum in honor of 50 years since the biggest demonstration against the Vietnam War (50 thousand people), & the first time my bashert Steve Marsden, z”l, & I were in the same place at the same time (though we wouldn’t meet for ten years). PEACE. ACTION. LOVE. Hanna and Barb in memory of Hanna's cousin, Zvi Shreiber, z"l. Fran, Leslie, & Emily for Barbara Dolgin, to wish her a speedy recovery post-surgery.

Tomorrow’s Kiddush Lunch Sponsored by Deluxe Kiddush Margo Cates in memory of Ted and Luba Cates, z"l.

Livestream Sponsored by Anonymous

Bimah Flowers David Wine and Michael MacElhenny

To sponsor an oneg, livestream, or flowers, contact Ruth at 212-929-9498, x815, or giving@cbst.org.

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