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Towards Equality for Arabs and Jews in Israel with the New Israel Fund

Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for an interactive in-person and virtual discussion with the Arab and Jewish Co-Executive Directors of NIF grantee Sikkuy-Aufoq. Amjad Shbita and Ofer Dagan, in conversation with NIF's Vice President for Public Engagement (and Philadelphia native) Libby Lenkinski, will share details of their work to create an inclusive Israel. Their goal is to foster a... Read More

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BZBI-wide Book Club: Squirrel Hill

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The summer book club selection is Squirrel Hill by Mark Oppenheimer. The book describes how “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” became the site of the most deadly antisemitic attack on American soil - and what happened afterward - with the precision of the best suspense stories. Mark is the author of five books, including Knocking on Heaven’s... Read More

High Holiday Journaling with Director of Engagement Liat Kovnator

Come join members of BZBI for a High Holy Day Journaling Program at the synagogue! We will reflect inward on the past year, and set goals for the new year ahead. Notebooks and writing utensils will be provided. If you have any questions and/or would like to RSVP ahead of time, please contact Liat. 

Pink Shabbat

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Join BZBI for our Pink Shabbat, a morning service in honor of breast cancer awareness. We will welcome Alona Shaked, an executive and lifestyle coach who shows women how to turn their major life challenges into purposeful, fulfilling careers and lives. Alona is also a breast cancer survivor, writer, & women’s health activist. In her former... Read More

“The Jews of Ukraine and the Slave Markets of Istanbul: Disaster and Rescue in the Seventeenth Century” by Professor Adam Teller

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The Brown Club of Greater Philadelphia and BZBI invite you to a free presentation by Adam Teller, Professor of History and Judaic Studies at Brown University. Click here to RSVP for this special event.  Adam Teller is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the department of history at Brown University. He was co-editor of Borders and Boundaries... Read More

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On One Foot: Introduction to Judaism 

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Judaism is a world unto itself, encompassing rituals, ideas, and thousands of years of history. If you’ve been curious about Jewish learning but didn’t know where to start, this is the place for you! The American Jewish University’s On One Foot curriculum covers all of the essentials in an interactive format that encourages personal engagement. You... Read More

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Exploring the Talmud as Philosophy – Adult Education with Rabbi Ira F. Stone

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Exploring the Talmud as Philosophy Starting at the beginning of the Talmud, the first chapter of Tractate Berachot, we will try to determine what philosophic questions the authors/editors of the Talmud were exploring and how and why the text came into being in such an idiosyncratic form. Tuition for BZBI members is $180, and the... Read More

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Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein

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Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish mystical teachings, as it leads us along its paths of primordial wisdom. By turns profound, puzzling, shocking and amusing, the Zohar helps us, through our study and our open discussions, to taste of the Tree of Life. Our studies touch on... Read More