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 serves Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities, their families and friends.

The congregation, founded in 1973 by twelve gay Jewish men led by Jacob Gubbay, originally met in Chelsea's Church of the Holy Apostles and brought its prayer materials to services each week in a brown paper bag.

In 1978 they began renting space in the West Village at 57 Bethune Street, in the Westbeth Artists Community residential-artistic complex, for offices, a Hebrew school, and a sanctuary, though the space was not large enough for Friday night services, which continued to be held in the church.