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February 2020
Mindful Minyan
Recharge in the middle of your week. Join Rabbi Annie on Wednesday evenings for a contemplative Maariv service. She will lead us through twenty minutes of meditation, chanting, and poetry, inspired by the Torah cycle and the season. All are welcome!
Find out more »Exploring Talmud with Rabbi Stone
This year-long course with Rabbi Ira Stone will provide an introduction to the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. It will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1oswdkdWh1NuFzpUCZwnDno&183847374", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »The Book of Genesis with Rabbi Stone
Join Rabbi Ira Stone in exploring the Chumash. This year-long course will continue our close reading of the Torah, focusing on the book of Bereshit (Genesis). This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1seLrX2OJLdKFzpUCZwnDno&99115582", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »Mindful Minyan
Recharge in the middle of your week. Join Rabbi Annie on Wednesday evenings for a contemplative Maariv service. She will lead us through twenty minutes of meditation, chanting, and poetry, inspired by the Torah cycle and the season. All are welcome!
Find out more »Living Torah in 2020: Jewish Texts on Tough Topics
How do we root ourselves in our Jewish stories and values as we live in these times? Rabbi Annie Lewis will explore challenging social and existential issues through the lens of Jewish texts, past and present. Topics will include anti-Semitism, racism, immigration, education, gun violence, and climate justice. The class will include text study in small groups as well as group discussion. The February 26 class will include a public lecture by Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski, professor of Biblical studies at…
Find out more »BZBI Presents: Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski
Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski, professor of Biblical studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, presents Reading Leviticus through a Feminist Lens: Applying New Questions to Old Texts. The author of three books of commentary on the Torah, Dr. Kamionkowski will explore how we can deepen our understanding of the often enigmatic Leviticus by asking new questions of the text. The lecture is open to the public and is part of Rabbi Annie Lewis' series, Living Torah in 2020: Jewish Texts on Tough Topics.…
Find out more »Saturday Night Soul Spa
Join us for a Musical Melaveh Malkah - a spiritually rousing and heart-opening evening of music, prayer, and contemplation - with featured performers Samuel Torjman Thomas, Hazzan Jessi Roemer, Rabbi Yosef Goldman and Rabbi Annie Lewis. Saturday Night Soul Spa is co-sponsored with Society Hill Synagogue. Sign up with the form below: Powered by Eventbrite
Find out more »March 2020
Exploring Talmud with Rabbi Stone
This year-long course with Rabbi Ira Stone will provide an introduction to the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. It will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1oswdkdWh1NuFzpUCZwnDno&183847374", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »Sisterhood Planning Meetings
The BZBI Sisterhood hosts events that receive rave reviews. In the past year, they've visited the “Notorious RBG” exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History, held a Shabbat with guest speaker, met for happy hour at Harper’s Garden, and held a benefit challah bake and wine sipping event. Whether you are a long-time Sisterhood member or are curious to learn more about Sisterhood membership, join the group for their next monthly planning meeting on Monday, March 2 from…
Find out more »The Book of Genesis with Rabbi Stone
Join Rabbi Ira Stone in exploring the Chumash. This year-long course will continue our close reading of the Torah, focusing on the book of Bereshit (Genesis). This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1seLrX2OJLdKFzpUCZwnDno&99115582", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
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