Join Rabbi Ira Stone for a new year of exploring the Chumash. This year-long course will continue our close reading of the Torah, this year focusing on the book of... Read More
Learning to read and understand basic Hebrew opens a world of opportunities for worship. Would you like to be able to comfortably follow along in the prayer book? Are you... Read More
Our post-High Holiday book will be The Beauty of What Remains by Steven Leder. The author is a rabbi at Wilshire Temple in Los Angeles and may join us for... Read More
What is Jewish law and how is it decided? Who gets to decide? In this six-week course, we will explore the halakhic process and how it has changed (and persisted)... Read More
In June, BZBI joined POWER (Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Respond), a grassroots organization committed to racial and economic justice on a livable planet. BZBI is now one of... Read More
Weekly in-person MahJongg returns to Klinghoffer Chapel! This weekly game is a fun social gathering, not a high stakes game. There will be a teaching table and a playing table... Read More
The confluence of a global pandemic, social upheaval, and increasingly devastating weather-related disasters have heightened urgent questions about society, community and the fate of our planet. We are now in... Read More
“What does it mean to be an American Jew?” This is the question that Becky Tahel ponders when her younger sister marries outside the faith. The action inspires Becky to... Read More
BZBI is working with the the city and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) to plant a Honey Locust ’street keeper,' tree which will provide beauty and shade to our congregation... Read More
Help us make the second annual Tikkun Olam clothing drive a success. Consider buying socks, belts and billfolds through Amazon Smile for clients of Project Home and the Bethesda Project.... Read More
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