Recharge in the middle of your week. Join Rabbi Annie on Wednesday evenings for a contemplative Maariv service. Let's create and build community in these stressful times by gathering online for meditation, chanting, and poetry, inspired by the Torah cycle and the season. All are welcome! We now require pre-registration to attend all services, and you... Read More
Due to unexpected illness, the last class in this series has been postponed. No one, no matter how brilliant, saintly or charismatic, ever has or ever will prove the existence – or non-existence — of God. If the infinite God posited by Judaism since ancient times does, in fact, exist, then that God is by... Read More
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Rabbi Batya Glazer will facilitate a series of webinars featuring discussions on racism. The JCRC and BZBI previously collaborated - along with the ADL, AJC, and the Kaiserman JCC - on the Philadelphia Civil Rights... Read More
Note new time, now 30 minutes earlier. In this six week course, Rabbi Stone will discuss the life, theology, and impact on the Jewish community of Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism and one of the 20th century's most prominent Jewish thinkers. Born in tsarist Russia, he emigrated to the United States at age 8... Read More
This program is being offered to all rising 8th-10th grade teens whose families are BZBI members. Teens are welcome to drop in and there is no registration or cost required. For more information and Zoom details email our Teen Program Coordinator, Rachel Beck at teens@bzbi.org
Please join us for the third of now FOUR special evenings filled with musical nourishment. This livestream conversation and concert features Rabbi Yosef Goldman Yosef is co-director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. Raised in a mixed Orthodox Ashkenazi and Mizrachi home, Yosef has taught and led prayer in some of the most spiritually vibrant and... Read More
In times of distress and celebration, the Jewish people have turned to Tehillim, the Book of Psalms, as we have cried out for healing, cultivated resilience and lifted our voices in gratitude. In this class, we will explore the moving poetry of Tehillim, as well as traditional commentaries, and creative and musical interpretations of the psalms.... Read More
Even the most experienced Zoomer has trouble with the application sometimes. And if you've avoided using it, now's the time to learn. Join David Haas to learn the basics of Zoom at BZBI. On Tuesday, June 23 before Catherine Radbill's event, learn by phone how to get on your first Zoom call. On Thursday, June... Read More
Based on demand for more training, we've added weekly Zoom office hours, and now offer ShulCloud training! Bring your questions to share with others, and we'll make sure you feel comfortable in meetings, paying bills, and using all the BZBI technology! Register here.
As we enter the month of Elul, join Rabbis Yosef Goldman and Annie Lewis for the next four Wednesdays as they sing together - and we join from our homes - learning the melodies that will carry us through the High Holiday season. (The High Holiday Tune Up will be followed by "Mindful Maariv," 8:30-8:45)... Read More
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