CBST's 50th Anniversary Historical Photo Celebration

On February 9, 1973, a group of people celebrated the first “Gay Shabbat service,” yearning for a place where they could be proudly Jewish and openly gay. Their numbers increased throughout the 70s and 80s and beyond, as more people found this community and the joy it made possible.
On February 10, 2023, CBST’s official Anniversary Shabbat service wove together threads from each of our five decades of joy, spirituality, and pride. This video, shared for the first time during Anniversary Shabbat services, brings together a selection of photos from all fifty years of CBST’s history, along with music from our own CBST Community Chorus.