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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

Opening Night at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival with BZBI

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Opening Night at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival with BZBI Saturday, November 12, 7:00 PM @ Weitzman National Museum BZBI's Israel Engagement Committee invites you to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History for a screening of Karaoke, a new award-winning Israeli comedy about a married middle-class suburban couple in their 60s who are drawn to their new neighbor,... Read More

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BZBI-wide Book Club: The Survivors

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The fall book club selection is The Survivors by Adam Frankel. A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family’s painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own... Read More

Sisterhood goes the the PJFF!

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Sisterhood goes the the PJFF! Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 7 PM @ The Arden Theatre Join the Sisterhood to watch Jewish Shorts. Tickets for the event can be bought from the Jewish Shorts page here. You may use the discount code BZBIShorts at checkout (for $5 off GENERAL ADMISSION, in person only).

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BZBI-wide Book Club: The Language Of Thieves

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The fall book club selection is The Language of Thieves by Martin Puchner. Interweaving family memoir with an adventurous foray into the mysteries of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original narrative. In a language born of migration and survival, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential in our volatile present.... Read More