Tikkun Olam Lunch & Learn: There Shall Be No Needy 

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Join Rabbi Abi Weber, Bill Brookover and Davida Charney to discuss There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition by Rabbi Jill Jacobs (order your copy at this link). Please read Chapter 4, Sufficient for One's Needs: The Collection and Allocation of Tzedakah, ahead of the meeting. Don't worry if you don't get to... Read More

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Whatever Exists, Exists in God: A Contemporary Jewish Encounter with Spinoza’s Ethics led by Rabbi Ira F. Stone

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A brief introduction to the work of one of the greatest Jewish philosophers whose work caused his excommunication from the Jewish community 500 years ago.. a ban that is theoretically still in force. But Spinoza’s worldview is one that may be much more compelling to contemporary Jews. In fact, it may serve as a firmer... Read More

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Tractate Pesachim, Chapter One with Rabbi Ira Stone

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Weekly on Monday's, Starting October 20 at 10:00 AM on Zoom We will be studying the first chapter of the Talmudic Tractate Pesachim in our weekly Talmud class this year. While the opening topic of the chapter reviews the laws of Bedikat Hametz, the search for the Hametz just prior to Pesach, as is the... Read More

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The Book of Daniel with Rabbi Ira Stone

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Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More

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Zohar Study Group led by Rabbi David Greenstein

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Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20  Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More

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Tuesday & Wednesday Morning Minyan

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Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information.  To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

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Monday & Thursday Morning Minyan

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Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here.  To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

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First Friday Dinner & Kabbalat Shabbat Services

BZBI 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA

We are pleased to invite the entire BZBI family to save the date for First Friday Dinners! This year, there are three main items to note: ALL of the dinners will be catered by BZBI’s preferred partner, Panache by Foodarama, Panache serves a variety of delicious food options and always sends more than we need, fulfilling the Jewish... Read More