Despite the challenges of 2021, more than 200 volunteers have provided spiritual support and comfort to BZBI members and the wider Center City community. Let's join together to let our volunteers know what they do is noticed, appreciated, valued and recognized. Help us celebrate the volunteers who helped spread the light this year with a... Read More
Team Israel was the Cinderella baseball team in the Tokyo Olympics this year, as the first Israeli national team to qualify since 1976. They earned no medals, but showed how far they've progresses as one of just six national teams to compete. BZBI welcomes Peter Kurz, General Manager for Team Israel, a New York native... Read More
The air is cold, the nights are long, and our future remains unclear. In this time of questioning, join Rabbi Abe on Wednesday evenings before minyan for a contemplative exploration of the most important questions: Where have I been? Where am I now? And where do I go from here? Where Are You? meets on Wednesdays... Read More
Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner (1906-1980), a leader of America’s Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community, was also one of the most original and challenging thinkers in Jewish history. His writings, which he collected under the heading of hilkhot de’ot ve-hovot ha-levavot (Character Paths and the Heart’s Commitments), use the Jewish holidays as a framework for understanding the deeper levels... Read More
On Saturday, February 5, BZBI will host David Marcu, Senior CEO of Israel Elwyn for Disability Awareness Shabbat. Israel Elwyn (IE) is an Israeli nonprofit that provides services and programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They see a society in which individuals with disabilities are citizens with equal rights; a society in which... Read More
Join Rabbi Abi and mindfulness expert Gary Schapiro for a one-time deep dive into mindfulness/awareness theory and practice. Rest your mind and learn to make friends with whatever arises there. Cut through your speedy, racing, looping discursive thoughts and open your heart of compassionate wisdom in this one-hour session. Please join via Zoom using the... Read More
Josh Protas, Vice President of Public Policy of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger will join the BZBI community during the Shabbat morning service on March 5 for a discussion of Serving Justice: Food Insecurity in Pandemic America. We'll talk about what hunger looks like in our nation and how it has shifted in the... Read More
This Shabbat, we welcome Cathryn Miller-Wilson, Executive Director of HIAS Pennsylvania, for a discussion of the situation in Ukraine. She will discuss the implications of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security's announcement that Temporary Protected Status is available for Ukrainians effective on March 3, 2022. HIAS Pennsylvania supports low-income immigrants of all backgrounds... Read More
Gedalia Penner-Robinson and Rebekka Goldsmith will visit BZBI on Saturday, March 19 to audition for High Holidays 2022 cantorial roles. Please join us after Grab n' Gab Kiddush, at approximately 12:30 PM to listen to the two of them sing a few High Holiday melodies. After Shabbat ends, we will follow up and ask for... Read More
Once again, BZBI is sponsoring ScholarStream, a collaboration of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the Schechter Institutes and Ziegler, in which teachers representing each institution will examine some of Judaism’s key ideas, moments, and challenges. This year ScholarStream is divided into eight series of lectures, spanning October 2021 to May 2022. To... Read More
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