Join Rabbi Abi Weber, Bill Brookover and Davida Charney to discuss There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition by Rabbi Jill Jacobs (order your copy at this link). Please read Chapter 4, Sufficient for One's Needs: The Collection and Allocation of Tzedakah, ahead of the meeting. Don't worry if you don't get to... Read More
The menu will feature lasagna (with a gluten free, celiac friendly option). Click here to register! Reach out to Hope Wright at BZBIYoungProfessionals@gmail.com to learn more.
Ever wonder when to stand and when to sit during Shabbat services? How and when to bow? Why to repeat some lines and not others? Wish you had notes in your siddur? If so, join Leslee Schwartz for these classes where you can talk through the order of the service and personalize your own copy... Read More
A brief introduction to the work of one of the greatest Jewish philosophers whose work caused his excommunication from the Jewish community 500 years ago.. a ban that is theoretically still in force. But Spinoza’s worldview is one that may be much more compelling to contemporary Jews. In fact, it may serve as a firmer... Read More
BZBI is going all night on the first night of Shavuot! We're starting with services and dinner for the BZBI community: Maariv - 7:45 PM Dinner - 8:15 PM Register for dinner by Friday, May 15 to ensure we have enough food. Then, Center City Philadelphia's annual all-night community learning event for Shavuot is BACK --... Read More
Weekly on Monday's, Starting October 20 at 10:00 AM on Zoom We will be studying the first chapter of the Talmudic Tractate Pesachim in our weekly Talmud class this year. While the opening topic of the chapter reviews the laws of Bedikat Hametz, the search for the Hametz just prior to Pesach, as is the... Read More
Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More
Please join us for a Shabbat of thanks to Rabbi Abi Weber for her remarkable and dedicated service to BZBI. Rabbi Abi has given us so much creativity, heart, musicality, ruach and wisdom; she has built some of our most popular recurring programs, including the Urban Shabbaton; and has shared her beautiful family. Please consider... 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
This debut memoir tells the story of a young girl’s struggle to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and a Christian Palestinian father, as she was coming of age in Colombia where increasing violence and the instability of the 1980s were engulfing her country. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 PM.... Read More
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