Join BZBI's Rabbi Abi Weber and Mekor Habracha's Rabbi Steven Gotlib as they co-teach a 5-session series in Center City (near Market Street). The focus will be the book Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism by Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz (Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University). The class is $36 per session and kosher lunch will be... Read More
We are pleased to invite the entire BZBI family to save the date for First Friday Dinners! This year, there are three main items to note: ALL of the dinners will be catered by BZBI’s preferred partner, Panache by Foodarama, Panache serves a variety of delicious food options and always sends more than we need, fulfilling the Jewish... Read More
Come join Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel as they cheer on the 76ers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena! Tickets are $40 each - click here to get yours! Included with ticket purchase: • Group shoutout on jumbotron • Access to pre-game warm-ups at 5:30 PM • 25th Anniversary Rally Towel • Jewish Heritage 76ers T-Shirt •... Read More
Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 PM - The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake (302 S. Hicks Street) Marsha Blovotnick is angry. At the world. At her ex-wives. At her nephew. And especially at her sister—who has just invited herself over for Shabbat dinner. Marsha doesn’t know how she’ll get through the evening... and then a mysterious... Read More
Donate unopened and unexpired packages of canned goods, pasta, rice, chickpeas and legumes for our annual Pesah Food Drive! A bin will be available in the 18th Street Lobby to drop off donations. Donated items will be taken to Temple University's Cherry pantry for students in need.
Trinity Memorial Church is home to a shelter of 20 beds for homeless men run by the Bethesda Project. Our own BZBI member Terry Hirshorn coordinates dinner there every evening from November through April. Join the Tikkun Olam Committee by volunteering to prepare a dish (for 8-10 people) AND/OR to serve the meal and get... Read More
Registration is now LIVE: Third Annual BZBI Urban Shabbaton! Friday, March 20 - Sunday, March 22 Join your BZBI community for three days of learning, singing, eating, davening, and shmoozing! This year's Urban Shabbaton will feature a full slate of guest lecturers, classes taught by community members, and a performance by the Penn Shabbatones. Register here -- you won't... Read More
Join us for our Passover Wine and Cheese Tasting with Rosenberg Blue Star Wines. Buy all of your Passover wine and candy for your Seders and support BZBI and our Youth & Family and Early Childhood Education Programs!
Join Rabbi Abi Weber, Davida Charney, and Bill Brookover for our next Tikkun Olam Lunch & Learn! Each month, we will meet to discuss There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition by Rabbi Jill Jacobs. Please read Chapter 2 ahead of the meeting. Don't worry if you don't get to it in time... Read More
Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - January 22 through May 7 (Please note class will not take place on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last... Read More
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