Join other families with young children (0 - 5 years old) to celebrate the Torah, sing, dance, and enjoy a holiday story together! "SimTot Torah" will take place at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, September 28 in Fitler Square Park. You are invited to bring your own picnic dinner to enjoy after our program, and join... Read More
Join other families with young children (0 - 5 years old) for a fun and informal BZBI playdate on the south lawn of Rittenhouse Square Park on Wednesday, September 29 at 10:30 AM. The BZBI community will dance the Torah scrolls out of the synagogue and into the park during our playdate, and at that time you... Read More
Join BZBI's Shabbat celebration for children in the Klinghoffer Chapel on Saturday mornings! The Tot Shabbat service engages the youngest members of our community in interactive Shabbat songs and stories. It is geared for infants through three years of age and their families, with older siblings welcome! The atmosphere is casual - you and your... Read More
Every Monday, 8:15 AM (immediately following morning minyan), join Rabbi Mort Levine for a study session on the upcoming week's Parashah. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy some camaraderie as we have a lively discussion on the meaning of the text. We require registration and you can sign up here. After registering, you... Read More
Join us for the third year of this course with Rabbi Ira Stone, covering the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. The year-long class will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. The class will be conducted online until it is... Read More
Judaism is a world unto itself, encompassing rituals, ideas, and thousands of years of history. If you’ve been curious about Jewish learning but didn’t know where to start, this is the place for you! The American Jewish University’s On One Foot curriculum covers all of the essentials in an interactive format that encourages personal engagement. Join... Read More
Join Rabbi Ira Stone for a new year of exploring the Chumash. This year-long course will continue our close reading of the Torah, this year focusing on the book of Exodus (Shemot) and its many life changing and life affirming stories. The class will be conducted online until it is safe to return to the... Read More
Learning to read and understand basic Hebrew opens a world of opportunities for worship. Would you like to be able to comfortably follow along in the prayer book? Are you planning to read Torah for the congregation someday? Do you simply want to be able to easily tell each letter on the dreidel apart? Join... Read More
Our post-High Holiday book will be The Beauty of What Remains by Steven Leder. The author is a rabbi at Wilshire Temple in Los Angeles and may join us for the meeting. This inspiring and comforting book takes us on a journey through the experience of loss that is fundamental to everyone. Yet even after... Read More
What is Jewish law and how is it decided? Who gets to decide? In this six-week course, we will explore the halakhic process and how it has changed (and persisted) over the last two thousand years. We will focus, in particular, on contemporary Conservative responsa on a variety of issues, including kitniyot, kashrut, LGBT ordination,... Read More
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