BZBI Book Club
In the Chapel & on Zoom 0The BZBI book club will be reviewing The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren. Click here to order your book ahead of the next meeting.
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Hand in Hand: Creating a Shared Society in Israel
Kahaner AuditoriumStay after kiddush on Saturday, March 8 to hear from guest speaker Lee Gordon, co-founder of the network of Hand in Hand schools. These integrated, bilingual schools for Jewish and Arab Israeli children represent... Read More
Trans Allyship Shabbat: A Training and Discussion with Galia Godel
BZBI chapel 0As attacks on the LGBT community have grown in the last several months, BZBI has invited Galia Godel, Program Manager of the LGBTQ Initiative at Philadelphia's Jewish Family and Children's... Read More
Avi Wisnia: How Saba Kept Singing – Presentation with Live Music and Discussion
BZBI chapel 0BZBI hosts renowned performer and educator Avi Wisnia as he presents his award-winning documentary film “How Saba Kept Singing.” We will bear witness to The Shoah, experience the documentation of... Read More
Bridging Divides in Israel: An Israeli Rabbi’s Perspective
Kahaner AuditoriumAt a time when the country’s unity is more important than ever, Rabbi Arie Hasit (Associate Dean of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem) has a track record of bridging... Read More
Book Talk with Author & BZBI Member Sharon Musher
BZBI chapel 0Join us for a fascinating book talk with author and BZBI member Sharon Musher. Her new book, Promised Lands: Hadassah Kaplan and the Legacy of American Jewish Women in Early Twentieth-Century... Read More
BZBI Book Club: The Last Ships from Hamburg by Steven Ujifusa
BZBI chapel 0Click here to order a copy of the book. Sheryl and Seth Gross are leading the discussion and the author will join us in person too! A Zoom link will be... Read More
Tikkun Leil Shavuot with Center City Kehillah
BZBI 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PATikkun Leil Shavuot: The Jewish Night of Learning Sunday, June 1 at BZBI from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM Center City Philadelphia's annual all-night community learning session for Shavuot is BACK -- right here at BZBI!... Read More
BZBI’s Annual Meeting
Kahaner AuditoriumThe Board of Trustees will review last year and update you on plans for the coming season! This meeting will be IN PERSON but congregants will have the option to... Read More
WhyDoWe? Post Kiddush Discussion: Weddings
Kahaner AuditoriumWhat’s Up with weddings? Wedding customs in the U.S. are changing fast. What is required before, at, and after a Jewish wedding ceremony? Which customs are developing, which disappearing? Come... Read More
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