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
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
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
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 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 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
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
Sisterhood goes the the PJFF! Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 7 PM @ The Arden Theatre Join the Sisterhood to watch Jewish Shorts. Tickets for the event can be bought from the Jewish Shorts page here. You may use the discount code BZBIShorts at checkout (for $5 off GENERAL ADMISSION, in person only).
Do you want to learn how to Israeli dance? Do you want to expand on what you already know in Israeli dancing? BZBI is offering Israeli Dance classes Thursday, October 27 through Thursday, November 17. (10/27,11/3,11/10,11/17). The cost is $10.00 per class, and will be led by Don Schillinger. Please reach out to Liat to register for classes. We can't wait... Read More
The fall book club selection is The Language of Thieves by Martin Puchner. Interweaving family memoir with an adventurous foray into the mysteries of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original narrative. In a language born of migration and survival, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential in our volatile present.... Read More
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