Congregation Annual Meeting

Congregation Annual Meeting Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 PM Join us on Zoom for the 2022 Annual Meeting. We will share synagogue business, present a slate of candidates and next year’s budget, and thank our departing board members. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. If you would like to submit a question in advance, please send a note to president... Read More

Sisterhood Summer Soiree

harper's garden 31 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Please join us for our annual Sisterhood Summer Soirée! The signup deadline is this Friday, which is rapidly approaching. The event date is next Tuesday, July 26 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at Harper's Garden https://www.harpersgardenphilly.com/  (A BZBI-member owned restaurant) located at 31 South 18th Street. We need a head count because - as in... Read More

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Sunday Minyan and Schmooze

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Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical Zoom service. Following the service, we schmooze about the latest news and share our thoughts about imortant questions asked by our host, Susan Zeelander.  As always, if you want to join any BZBI religious service, register here.

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BZBI-wide Book Club: Squirrel Hill

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The summer book club selection is Squirrel Hill by Mark Oppenheimer. The book describes how “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” became the site of the most deadly antisemitic attack on American soil - and what happened afterward - with the precision of the best suspense stories. Mark is the author of five books, including Knocking on Heaven’s... Read More

RH²: Rosh Hashanah in Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square 18th and Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA

Celebrating the High Holy Days is as easy as a walk in the park. Join us for our eighth year in Rittenhouse Square and mark the start of the Yamim Noraim with an evening of spirited music and a family-friendly service. RH² is FREE and open to the public. 5:00PM Concert with the BZBI RH²... Read More

Pink Shabbat

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Join BZBI for our Pink Shabbat, a morning service in honor of breast cancer awareness. We will welcome Alona Shaked, an executive and lifestyle coach who shows women how to turn their major life challenges into purposeful, fulfilling careers and lives. Alona is also a breast cancer survivor, writer, & women’s health activist. In her former... Read More

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MahJongg at BZBI

Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA

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 until everyone is confident in their game. Money generated by winning hands goes to the BZBI Tzedakah fund. All are welcome, but everyone must be... Read More

“The Jews of Ukraine and the Slave Markets of Istanbul: Disaster and Rescue in the Seventeenth Century” by Professor Adam Teller

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The Brown Club of Greater Philadelphia and BZBI invite you to a free presentation by Adam Teller, Professor of History and Judaic Studies at Brown University. Click here to RSVP for this special event.  Adam Teller is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in the department of history at Brown University. He was co-editor of Borders and Boundaries... Read More

Opening Night at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival with BZBI

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Opening Night at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival with BZBI Saturday, November 12, 7:00 PM @ Weitzman National Museum BZBI's Israel Engagement Committee invites you to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History for a screening of Karaoke, a new award-winning Israeli comedy about a married middle-class suburban couple in their 60s who are drawn to their new neighbor,... Read More

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BZBI-wide Book Club: The Survivors

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The fall book club selection is The Survivors by Adam Frankel. A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family’s painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own... Read More