We have some truly wonderful vendors coming: Born Yesterday, Philly Homer, Sylvie and Gold, Strut This, All Aboard Candy and many more! There is a $10 entry fee (includes drinks and light bites) register here!
Join us at BZBI as Co-Author Devra Ferst and Rabbi Abi Weber discuss The Jewish Holiday Table. This event is free and open to the public, please click here to register and to make a $10 donation towards security. The program starts promptly at 7:30 PM, join us at 6:45 PM for nosh and book-signing! ... Read More
Join us for our annual Purim block party in Fitler Square from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. There will be carnival games, crafts, face-painting, a photo booth, pretzels, hamentashen, Drag Queen Story Time, Dr. Dani Dance Pants, A DJ and more! For an all inclusive experience, you can buy a wristband for $20 (drinks and food not... Read More
BZBI welcomes all to attend the Megillah reading at 7:30 PM in the Goldberg Sanctuary and participate in our costume contest during the reading. Costume contest categories include: Best Jewish/ Biblical costume, Best Group costume and Best Pun costume. Afterwards, a Purim pub will take place at 9:00 PM in the Kahaner Auditorium with Karaoke, snacks... Read More
Nothing in the Jewish year provokes as many questions as Passover: Where do I shop? How do you make little origami frogs? How long should my Seder be? What is Slivovitz, anyway? And this year, when the first Seder falls on Saturday night, there's even more to think through as we prepare for the Shabbat that is... Read More
Donate unopened packages of canned goods, pasta, rice, chickpeas and legumes for our annual Pesah Food Drive! A bin will be available in the 18th Street Lobby to drop off donations.
Join us for our Passover Wine and Cheese Tasting with Rosenberg Blue Star Wines. Buy all of your Passover wine and Barton's chocolate candy for your Seders and support BZBI and our Youth & Family and Early Childhood Education Programs!
BZBI will host catered, kosher-for-Pesah lunches for the entire Center City Jewish community (BZBI members receive a discount). Please send the link on to those who might wish to join us. Sign up today! Volunteers needed! Use this form to sign up.
Join us on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:55 PM in the Klinghoffer Chapel for Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for IDF Soldiers as well as civilian victims of terrorism), where BZBI will commemorate all of the fallen from 1948 through today and culminate with an uplifting celebration for Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). We will hold a... Read More
Tikkun 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! Join us for a full night of learning, eating, and praying together, culminating in a sunrise Shacharit service. Register here. Maariv - 8:00 PM BZBI Dinner - 8:30... Read More
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