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
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!
One hundred four years ago, women in the United States couldn’t vote. Forty years ago, women in the Conservative Movement could not become rabbis. What changed and what is still changing? In this four-session series, BZBI member/feminist historian Diana Myers will join Rabbi Abi Weber in exploring the history and the future of Jewish feminism in both religious and... Read More
In a 2020 candidate debate, President Trump declared, "Bad things happen in Philadelphia" - and later used the very real truth of Philadelphia corruption to lend credence to the idea that the election was stolen. More than a century after muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens derided the city of Philadelphia as being “corrupt and contented,” Philadelphia... 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.
Sunday, September 29 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Schuylkill Banks at Lloyd Hall Recreation Center Temple Beth Zion - Beth Israel and Repair the Sea | Tikkun HaYam invites you to participate in Reverse Tashlich. Join Jewish communities around the world as we reverse the Tashlich tradition and pull our "sins" (debris) from local environments. BZBI will be providing those... Read More
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
Join us for Monday evening Minyan on Zoom and in the BZBI Chapel: click here for more information. Click here to join the Monday evening Minyan on Zoom.
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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