Shabbat Services
In the Sanctuary & on Zoom 0This 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... Read More
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Sunday Morning Minyan and Schmooze
BZBI chapel 0Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information. To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here.
Second Seder at BZBI
Kahaner AuditoriumBZBI is proud to announce that we will be hosting a second night Seder for the BZBI community thanks to a very generous and Anonymous Donor who helped to lower... Read More
Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
Kahaner AuditoriumPesah Hol HaMoed Lunches Are Back On Monday and Tuesday (April 6 and April 7 at 12:00 PM in the Kahaner Auditorium), BZBI will host catered, kosher for Pesah lunch... Read More
Yom HaShoah at BZBI: The World that Was
BZBI chapel 0Join us on the eve of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) for a moving ceremony and presentation by Nancy Scholem (sister of Rabbi Ken Stern). Nancy will speak about her... Read More
Community Gathering for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut
Special guests from Jerusalem Nava Tehila will lead us in a powerful ceremony transitioning from Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror) to Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli... Read More
Winter Shelter Volunteering
Trinity Memorial Church 2212 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PATrinity 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... Read More
Rebuilding the Future: Resilience, Recovery, and Hope in Israel
Please join us for a meaningful discussion with Gilles Darmon, Founder and President of Latet, Israel’s largest NGO fighting poverty and food insecurity, for a rare and intimate conversation about the effects that... Read More
Resilience and Return: Segev Kalfon’s Survival of Captivity in Gaza
Society Hill Synagogue 418 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PAJoin us as Segev Kalfon shares his remarkable story of the resilience, determination, and faith which sustained him through 738 days of captivity in Gaza. He will discuss the strength, purpose,... Read More
Get Siddurized: A Class on the Siddur with Leslee Schwartz
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... Read More
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