We are pleased to invite the entire BZBI family to the 2026-2027 First Friday Dinner season. ALL dinners will be catered by our preferred partner, Panache by Foodarama. This year - BZBI will be providing wine and grape juice free of charge for each dinner. Click here to subscribe or become a sponsor to the... Read More
On November 13, BZBI Community Members will open their homes to host fellow congregants for Shabbat Dinner. It is a great way to meet other BZBI members, welcome new community members and start your own tradition of having Shabbat Dinner with BZBI friends and families. There will be guidelines for host families to help them facilitate such a meal and participants will also... Read More
Learn about the poetry of Nathan Alterman through a new bilingual anthology of his poems, The Mirror of the Times, a project spearheaded by Dr. Rachel Korazim with the Vice Chair of the World Zionist Organization, Dr. Yizhar Hess. Many of the poems are available in English for the first time. As a journalist, labor leader, and... Read More
Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.
Kabbalat shabbat services followed by dinner for young professionals on October 9, November 20, and December 18. Register HERE. Services will be led by Rabbi Annie beginning at 6:30 PM. We expect to begin dinner at 7:15pm. Menu is TBD. It will be vegetarian, cooked in our kosher kitchen. You are welcome to BYOB. Please... Read More
This week, BZBI holds services in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. The Zoom link for BZBI religious services changed in September. You can sign up for the new link here. You can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here. For more information, please click here.
Torah Academy at BZBI Weekly - beginning on Shabbat at 1:00 PM in person Are you about to celebrate a milestone birthday or anniversary? Is there an upcoming simcha in your family? Would you like to join the cadre of BZBI members who help sustain our weekly Torah reading? Are you interested in an adult Bat/Bar Mitzvah?... Read More
Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
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.
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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