The BZBI Parents Association Sip & Shop Event

Kahaner Auditorium

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!

Jewish Heritage Night at the Philadelphia Flyers

Wells Fargo Center 3601 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for the Philadelphia Flyers Jewish Heritage Night! Each ticket purchased includes a Jewish Heritage apron and raises money for BZBI! Click here to order your tickets.  Items will be available for pick up the night of the game. Pick up your item at the Redemption Center located in the 11th Street Atrium by section... Read More

BZBI Book Club: My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar

In the Chapel & on Zoom 0

Larry Copeland will lead the review - to order a copy of the book ahead of the next meeting date, click here. One of the author's family members, whom he discusses in the book, his Aunt Ayala, will join us in-person to answer questions about the Sabar family experience -- from Kurdish Iraq, to Israel,... Read More

BZBI Urban Shabbaton 5785: A Weekend to Sing, Learn, Connect and Belong

Highlights include:  Meals ALL weekend including a fully catered Friday night dinner featuring a chicken course (vegetarian options will be available), Seudah Shlisheet (Saturday dinner) featuring Mama's Falafel and a Sunday brunch Prayer, music, and learning all Shabbat with guest rabbis Yosef Goldman and Annie Lewis "The United States: The First Mussar Republic," a Friday night discussion between Jeffrey Rosen (CEO of... Read More

Sisterhood Goes to the Movies (Part 2) 

The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA

Join the BZBI Sisterhood to see our very own Ilana Trachtman's movie Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round. Buy your tickets here before they sell out. More details to follow.

Shabbat B’yachad Home Hosted Dinner

On February 21, BZBI Community Members will open their homes to host fellow congregants for Shabbat Dinner. It is a great way to meet other BZBI members, welcome new community members and start your own tradition of having Shabbat Dinner with BZBI friends and families. There will be guidelines for host families to help them facilitate such a meal and participants will also... Read More

BZBI Book Club

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The 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.

Purim Block Party

Fitler Square Pine Street between 23rd & 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA

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

Megillah Reading, Purim Pub & Karaoke

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