We are proud to welcome the second cohort of BZBI’s Torah Academy as their year of dedicated study culminates in reading Torah for our community. Led by coordinator Shayna Flink, Torah Academy Students Ilana Trachtman, Natalie Oppenheimer, Sara Laver, Bryon Wasserman, Eileen Dwell, and Noah Weathers, and alumni Heidi George, Sabrina Rubin Erdley and Cara Levinson will each read a portion of this Shabbat's parasha.... Read More
Join the sisterhood for a brunch and learning program with Gedalia Penner-Robinson that benefits the Torah Fund on Sunday, April 16. A minimum 18$ donation will be required to attend. Gedalia Penner-Robinson, originally from Queens, NY, began his musical career as a singer and then musical director of Y-Studs A Cappella, with whom he toured... Read More
April 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which was the biggest armed act of Jewish resistance during WWII and the first uprising that occurred in a city in occupied Europe. Join BZBI at the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza to observe Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day and to pay tribute to this... Read More
POWER Interfaith will gather with 60 congregations of faith from all parts of Philadelphia to have conversations with the 2023 Mayoral Candidates about what it will take to make our communities safer. We will ask the candidates hard questions about gun violence, schools, clean air, good jobs, and housing. We'll have an opportunity to hear from each mayoral candidate in... Read More
Join BZBI's POWER Interfaith meeting. To access the Zoom, click here.
Saturday, April 22 at 9:45 AM in the Kahaner Auditorium Join BZBI in an alternative spiritual journey into the heart of Shabbat through yogic movement, meditation, and song with Dr. Deborah Glassman. Classes will take place on select Saturdays from 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM in the Kahaner Auditorium. Registration is required for these classes, and non-members must... Read More
Join BZBI and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia as we clean up the play yard at Greenfield, a public elementary and middle school. Spend the morning in the heart of the city as we give back to our community by taking care of our public spaces. Come help maintain and beautify the yard, ensuring that it... Read More
Join BZBI and JCRC to learn from author Oren Kessler. He will be visiting our Shul to discuss his new book, "Palestine 1936" with the community. Books will be available for purchase at the event along with the oppurtunity for them to be signed by Kessler. To register for this free event, click here. ... Read More
Please join us online at BZBI’s daily evening service, the only Conservative daily Minyan in Center City. In December, we embarked on a three-month trial period for multi-access (in person + Zoom) weekday minyanim. We are deeply grateful to those BZBI members who made the effort to support this trial by coming in person as... Read More
BZBI will welcome Elad Strohmayer, the Spokesperson of the Embassy of Israel to the United States, back to Philly as part of Philadelphia’s Shabbat Gatherings in honor of Israel 75. Elad was an integral member of the Philadelphia community when he served as Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic... Read More
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