Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20 Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More
2 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
1 event,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
2 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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Second Seder at BZBI
Second Seder at BZBI
BZBI is proud to announce that we will be hosting a second night Seder for the BZBI community thanks to a very generous and Anonymous Donor who helped to lower the cost to our community. We welcome all to join your BZBI family for a warm, inviting and celebratory occasion - catered by Deluxe Catering... Read More
1 event,
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
1 event,
Shabbat Services
Shabbat Services
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
1 event,
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches Are Back On Monday and Tuesday (April 6 and April 7 at 12:00 PM in the Kahaner Auditorium), BZBI will host catered, kosher for Pesah lunch for members, and the entire Center City Jewish community. BZBI members receive a discount, so sign up today and send the link on to those... Read More
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20 Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More
3 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches Are Back On Monday and Tuesday (April 6 and April 7 at 12:00 PM in the Kahaner Auditorium), BZBI will host catered, kosher for Pesah lunch for members, and the entire Center City Jewish community. BZBI members receive a discount, so sign up today and send the link on to those... Read More
1 event,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
1 event,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
1 event,
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
1 event,
Shabbat Services
Shabbat Services
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
1 event,
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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Yom HaShoah at BZBI: The World that Was
Yom HaShoah at BZBI: The World that Was
Join us on the eve of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) for a moving ceremony and presentation by Nancy Scholem (sister of Rabbi Ken Stern). Nancy will speak about her mother's experience -- Rabbi Ken says that she "channels our mother" -- surviving Auschwitz and the death marches, ultimately to be liberated from Bergen-Belsen. From... Read More
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20 Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More
2 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
1 event,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Hebrew Reading II
Hebrew Reading II
Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - January 22 through May 7 (Please note class will not take place on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last... Read More
Hebrew Reading I
Hebrew Reading I
Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 PM at BZBI (materials provided) - January 22 through May 7 (please note that class will not meet on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For anyone who wants to learn the alef-bet and some basic prayerbook vocabulary—or those feeling rusty at reading Hebrew aloud. We will use the innovative text-booklet... Read More
1 event,
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
1 event,
Shabbat Services
Shabbat Services
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
2 events,
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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Community Gathering for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut
Community Gathering for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut
Special guests from Jerusalem Nava Tehila will lead us in a powerful ceremony transitioning from Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror) to Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Keren Keshet, the leader of Philadelphia's Israel Scouts unit ("Pa'amon Tzofim"), will present about her experience as a child born during the Yom... Read More
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Winter Shelter Volunteering
Winter Shelter Volunteering
Trinity Memorial Church is home to a shelter of 20 beds for homeless men run by the Bethesda Project. Our own BZBI member Terry Hirshorn coordinates dinner there every evening from November through April. Join the Tikkun Olam Committee by volunteering to prepare a dish (for 8-10 people) AND/OR to serve the meal and get... Read More
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20 Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More
2 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
1 event,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Hebrew Reading II
Hebrew Reading II
Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - January 22 through May 7 (Please note class will not take place on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last... Read More
Hebrew Reading I
Hebrew Reading I
Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 PM at BZBI (materials provided) - January 22 through May 7 (please note that class will not meet on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For anyone who wants to learn the alef-bet and some basic prayerbook vocabulary—or those feeling rusty at reading Hebrew aloud. We will use the innovative text-booklet... Read More
1 event,
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
1 event,
Shabbat Services
Shabbat Services
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
2 events,
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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Resilience and Return: Segev Kalfon’s Survival of Captivity in Gaza
Resilience and Return: Segev Kalfon’s Survival of Captivity in Gaza
Join us as Segev Kalfon shares his remarkable story of the resilience, determination, and faith which sustained him through 738 days of captivity in Gaza. He will discuss the strength, purpose, and hope that can emerge even in the darkest of circumstances.This program will be held in Society Hill Synagogue's Sanctuary, with a reception and Israeli... Read More
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Get Siddurized: A Class on the Siddur with Leslee Schwartz
Get Siddurized: A Class on the Siddur with Leslee Schwartz
Ever wonder when to stand and when to sit during Shabbat services? How and when to bow? Why to repeat some lines and not others? Wish you had notes in your siddur? If so, join Leslee Schwartz for these classes where you can talk through the order of the service and personalize your own copy... Read More
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein
Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20 Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More
2 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
2 events,
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan
Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information. To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Whatever Exists, Exists in God: A Contemporary Jewish Encounter with Spinoza’s Ethics led by Rabbi Ira F. Stone
Whatever Exists, Exists in God: A Contemporary Jewish Encounter with Spinoza’s Ethics led by Rabbi Ira F. Stone
A brief introduction to the work of one of the greatest Jewish philosophers whose work caused his excommunication from the Jewish community 500 years ago.. a ban that is theoretically still in force. But Spinoza’s worldview is one that may be much more compelling to contemporary Jews. In fact, it may serve as a firmer... Read More
3 events,
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan
Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here. To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Hebrew Reading II
Hebrew Reading II
Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - January 22 through May 7 (Please note class will not take place on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last... Read More
Hebrew Reading I
Hebrew Reading I
Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 PM at BZBI (materials provided) - January 22 through May 7 (please note that class will not meet on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For anyone who wants to learn the alef-bet and some basic prayerbook vocabulary—or those feeling rusty at reading Hebrew aloud. We will use the innovative text-booklet... Read More
2 events,
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Friday Morning Mindful Minyan
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
First Friday Dinner & Kabbalat Shabbat Services
First Friday Dinner & Kabbalat Shabbat Services
We are pleased to invite the entire BZBI family to save the date for First Friday Dinners! This year, there are three main items to note: ALL of the dinners will be catered by BZBI’s preferred partner, Panache by Foodarama, Panache serves a variety of delicious food options and always sends more than we need, fulfilling the Jewish... Read More
1 event,
Shabbat Services
Shabbat Services
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
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