Voting WRITES: Postcard Party and BZBI Civic Engagement Launch Night

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Are you looking for a way to get involved in the upcoming election? Join the BZBI Tikkun Olam Committee for a night of postcard and letter-writing guided by the nonpartisan Religious Action Center and Vote Forward. Sending personal, handwritten letters has been shown to significantly improve voter turnout - help us engage more people in our democracy! You'll... Read More

BZBI Book Club

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Join the BZBI book club for their September review of Einstein & the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul by Naomi Levy. Click here to order the book. Click here to join via Zoom, the passcode is BZBI. For more information about BZBI book club dates - click here. 

Challah Braiding Workshop

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Join us for a challah braiding workshop ahead of the High Holy Days in person! Participants will receive prepared dough for baking at home and will be guided through the process of braiding. Techniques such as three and four strand challah, round challah and stuffed challah will be demonstrated. After the demonstration and workshop, you will be able... Read More

Shabbat B’yachad: Where are you having Shabbat Dinner on September 20? 

BZBI is re-starting a program that you might want to be a part of. Prior to the pandemic, BZBI families welcomed other community members into their homes for Shabbat Dinner a few times a year. On September 20, BZBI Community Members will again open their homes to host fellow congregants for a home hosted Shabbat Dinner. It is a great... Read More

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Board Game Shabbat

Kahaner Auditorium

Join members of BZBI after Kiddush for Board Game Shabbat! Play some of your favorite games from Mahjongg to Wingspan. Feel free to bring your own Shabbat friendly game and Kosher snacks to share!

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Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze

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Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information.  To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

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The Foundations of Rabbinic Midrash with Rabbi Stone

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 Click here to register We will turn our attention to one of the foundation documents that eventually furnished material used by the Rabbis in the formation of the Mishnah and the Talmud. The Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, compiled in the early 3rd century is a commentary on the Torah with both narrative and legal pronouncements that... Read More

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Zohar Class with Rabbi David Greenstein

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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... Read More

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The Books of Samuel with Rabbi Stone

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Click here to register  One of the most important early prophetic books, actually a transition between the period of the Judges and the period of the later Prophets, the books also describe the transition from the tribal confederation to the centralized monarchy in Jewish history. We will be attuned to these historical issues, while also... Read More