BZBI will be hosting a free Purim block party on March 7th from 5:00 to 7:30 PM in Fitler Square! Activities will include carnival games (and fabulous prizes), a face painter, DJ Aluminum, Dr. Dani Dancepants, Drag Queen Story Time, a Photobooth, hamentashen and more! Activity tickets to play the games will be $1/ticket or... 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. You... 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.
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
In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago where seven women who were part of a clandestine network were arrested and charged. Using code names, fronts, and safe houses to protect themselves and their work, the accused had built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal... Read More
Exploring the Talmud as Philosophy Starting at the beginning of the Talmud, the first chapter of Tractate Berachot, we will try to determine what philosophic questions the authors/editors of the Talmud were exploring and how and why the text came into being in such an idiosyncratic form. Tuition for BZBI members is $180, and the... Read More
Olam, Shanah, Nefesh describes an approach to Jewish learning in which we consider how texts relate to the broader world ("Olam") around us, the key themes of the Jewish year ("Shanah"), and each person's individual spiritual ("Nefesh") journey. Each week, we will explore a new short text through these different lenses and seek a deeper understanding... Read More
Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish mystical teachings, as it leads us along its paths of primordial wisdom. By turns profound, puzzling, shocking and amusing, the Zohar helps us, through our study and our open discussions, to taste of the Tree of Life. Our studies touch on... Read More
Two Philosophic Books of the Bible We will explore two later books of the Bible that consider deep philosophic issues. First the Book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) and then the Book of Job. We will engage in close reading of the texts and also situate each book, as much as possible, in the context of the... Read More
Please join us online at BZBI’s daily evening service, the only Conservative daily Minyan in Center City. In December, we embarked on a three-month trial period for multi-access (in person + Zoom) weekday minyanim. We are deeply grateful to those BZBI members who made the effort to support this trial by coming in person as... Read More
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