BZBI

2023 Purim Block Party
2023-03-07 17:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Fitler Square, Pine Street between 23rd & 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
BZBI will be hosting a free Purim block party on March 7th from 5:00 to 7:30 PM in Fitler Square! Activities will include carnival games (and fabulous prizes), a face painter, DJ Aluminum, Dr. Dani Dancepants, Drag Queen Story Time, a Photobooth, hamentashen and more!
Activity tickets to play the games will be $1/ticket or $10 for an all-inclusive wristband. Either choice can be paid for when the event starts with cash, credit card or Vemno.

The Janes: Abortion Before Roe
2023-03-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago where seven women who were part of a clandestine network were arrested and charged. Using code names, fronts, and safe houses to protect themselves and their work, the accused had built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions. They called themselves “Jane.” Join us in person at BZBI as we watch the award-winning documentary The Janes and speak directly with one of the group’s founders, Heather Booth (via Zoom).
Heather Booth is an American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist who helped to found The Jane Collective. An active member of the Jewish community, Heather will join us via Zoom from Washington, DC.

Olam, Shanah, Nefesh with Rabbi Abe Friedman
2023-03-13 18:00 - 19:00 | BZBI chapel
Olam, Shanah, Nefesh describes an approach to Jewish learning in which we consider how texts relate to the broader world (“Olam”) around us, the key themes of the Jewish year (“Shanah”), and each person’s individual spiritual (“Nefesh”) journey. Each week, we will explore a new short text through these different lenses and seek a deeper understanding of our Jewish paths. To sign up for these classes, click here.
Students are warmly encouraged to join the community for Evening Minyan at 5:45 PM immediately before Olam, Shanah, Nefesh.
Tuition: $18 for BZBI members, $36 for general community

Amerita Chamber Players Concert
2023-03-15 20:00 - 21:00 | BZBI Sanctuary
Come listen to beautiful music during a free concert played by the Amerita Chamber Players in our sanctuary. The concert will last about 65-75 minutes, without an intermission. The Soloists will be two oboists of The Philadelphia Orchestra — principal oboist Philippe Tondre, and Jonathan Blumenfeld.
For more information about this concert, visit the Italy-America Society of Philadelphia’s website.

Taste n' Take - Pesach Wine Tasting
2023-03-20 17:30 - 19:00 | BZBI chapel
Join the Sisterhood Gift Shop Monday, March 20 after evening Minyan for a wine tasting with Rosenberg’s Blue Star Kosher Wines. Buy your Pesach wine at the tasting! BYOB (bring your own bag) suggested and appreciated.

Freedom Seder at The Weitzman
2023-03-20 17:30 - 19:30 | The Weitzman, 101 South Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Freedom Seder at The Weitzman
Join BZBI at The Weitzman’s Passover table for their annual Freedom Seder Revisited event as we ask and explore, “What does freedom mean to you?”
In place of the traditional retelling of the Exodus narrative, the Museum hosts an interpretative seder, with storytellers sharing what freedom means to them through personal reflections, stories, and performance. Everyone is welcome to this evening of great food, compelling conversation, and celebration.
This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in production with First Person Arts and Jews In ALL Hues and in partnership with BZBI, PJFM, PHonk! Philly, Theatre Ariel, The Shalom Center, Tribe 12, and Penn Hillel.
Click here to purchase tickets.

Book Club Meeting
2023-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | BZBI chapel
Join BZBI’s book club in reading Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba.
The discussion around the book will take place in person and on Zoom.
To Join on Zoom, click here.

Yom Tov Service with Yizkor in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom
2023-03-21 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-13 09:30 - 12:30 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
To join on Zoom, click here.

Board Game Shabbat
2023-03-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Kahaner Auditorium
Join members of BZBI after Kiddush for Board Game Shabbat! Play some of your favorite games including Scrabble, Bananagrams, Mahjong, Rummikub, LCR, and Uno. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Registration is preferred, but not required. Feel free to bring your own Shabbat friendly game!

The Prince of Egypt at the Weitzman
2023-03-26 10:15 - 12:00 | The Weitzman, 101 South Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
After 25 years, The Prince of Egypt celebrates its anniversary this year. Since its release in 1998, this animated classic has astounded viewers, viewers of all religions, with its epic adaptation of the Book of Exodus. Take a trip down memory lane and follow Moses’ powerful transformation from Egyptian prince to the chosen one of the Hebrews. Feast your eyes on the extraordinary, hand-drawn animation and breathtaking moments, from the Ten Plagues of Egypt to Moses parting the Red Sea.
In this family-friendly event – taking place just two weeks before Passover – PJFM encourages all children and parents to come early for arts and crafts, food, and story time preceding the film. Singing is encouraged, but not required! The doors will open at 10:15 AM and the film will begin at 11:00 AM.
All BZBI members will receive a $5.00 coupon code towards the family tickets (PrinceOfBZBI). To buy tickets, click here.

POWER Interfaith Meeting
2023-03-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
Join fellow BZBI congregants in the monthly POWER Interfaith meeting. For further questions or to RSVP, please contact Bill Brookover via email at bill.brookover@gmail.com.
To join the Zoom meeting click here, the passcode is BZBI.

Sisterhood Goes to the Movies: Spring Edition!
2023-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 | The Weitzman, 101 South Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Join the Sisterhood in watching Jewish Shorts as a part of the Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival. You may purchase your tickets by clicking here. Use the code lindysisterhood at check out for $5.00 off general admission.
Please email the Sisterhood if you purchase a ticket so they know how many seats to save. In the fall, the shorts sold out, so don’t delay!

Minyan with Siyyum
2023-04-05 07:45 - 09:00 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
Join us for Minyan with Siyyum in the Klinghoffer Chapel and on Zoom with a small festive meal to follow.
To join on Zoom, click here.

Yom Tov Service in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom
2023-04-06 09:30 - 12:30 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
To join on Zoom, please click here.

Yom Tov Service in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom
2023-04-07 09:30 - 12:30, 2023-04-12 09:30 - 12:30 | Many BZBI events are being held online.

Shabbhakti Yoga at BZBI with Deb Glassman
2023-04-08 09:30 - 11:00 | 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 pay in advance. The cost is $18 per session for BZBI members and $25 for community members.

Community Bagged Lunch for Passover
2023-04-10 12:30 - 14:00 | Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, US
Let’s join together for lunch on Chol Hamoed Passover! Boxed Passover Lunches will be offered and served at the synagogue from 12:30 to 2:00 pm on Monday, April 10 and Tuesday, April 11. The cost is $26.00 per lunch. You can enjoy your lunch here or feel free to grab and go – whatever works for you!
On Monday, we will serve a fresh matzah bagel with nova lox, whitefish salad and cream cheese along with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and fresh fruit.
On Tuesday, we will serve a deli sandwich on a matzah roll. Please pick your choice of corned beef, roast beef, tuna salad, chicken salad or egg salad, along with lettuce, tomato, potato salad and fresh fruit.
The deadline for all orders is Thursday, March 30 at 5:00pm

Hol Hamoed Day 3 - Learning with Rabbi Abe Friedman in Memory of his Father
2023-04-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
Join Rabbi Abe Friedman on Zoom for his teaching “By the Grace of God” during Passover in memory of his father.
Please click here to register in advance for Rabbi Friedman’s learning.

Torah Academy Shabbat
2023-04-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
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.
If you’d like to sponsor kiddush in honor of this cohort, please click here.

Brunch n' Learn with Gedalia Penner-Robinson
2023-04-16 | TBD
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 the globe sharing traditional, liturgical, Israeli and pop music, and produced Jewish Holiday parodies and other music videos enjoyed by millions of viewers on YouTube. In 2019, as a resident of the Rising Song Institute in Mt. Airy, he studied song-leading with renowned song-leader Joey Weisenberg, where his eyes were opened to both the breadth of the spiritual Jewish community and his passion for leading song and prayer within it. His time studying in Philadelphia also led him to BZBI, where he has served as Torah reading coordinator & High Holiday cantorial soloist, and continues to teach Torah reading to adults in BZBI’s Torah Academy. He is currently pursuing his cantorate at the H. L. Miller Cantorial School at JTS, and as a studying cantor, strives to build a Jewish world where everyone is heard and everyone knows that their voice matters.
To register for this event, click here.

Observe Yom HaShoah with BZBI at the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza
2023-04-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza
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 important anniversary. To RSVP for this free event, email Julian Morein.

POWER: Faith & Safety Mayoral Candidate Forum
2023-04-16 15:00 - 18:00 | First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street
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 small groups, and then we’ll come together at the end to debrief and talk about where we go next as an organization to hold the future mayor accountable. Childcare is available. Registration is required – register here ASAP.

Count Me In: with Rabbi Abe Friedman
2023-04-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
For seven weeks between Pesah and Shavuot we ceremonially count each day of the omer. Together, we will explore some of the deeper themes and meanings of this spiritual practice. The cost of the course is $18 for members and $36 for the general community.
Students are warmly encouraged to join the community for Evening Minyan at 5:45pm immediately before Count Me In.
To register, click here.

POWER Interfaith Meeting
2023-04-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Many BZBI events are being held online.
Join BZBI’s POWER Interfaith meeting.
To access the Zoom, click here.

Conversational Hebrew Brown Bag Lunch with Guy Ambar
2023-04-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, 300 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, US
Conversational Hebrew Brown Bag Lunch with Guy Ambar
Wednesdays, April 19-May 10, 12:00pm in the Klinghoffer Chapel
Is your Hebrew kacha-kacha? Would you like the chance to brush up on vocabulary and learn new phrases? Join Israeli educator Guy Ambar for a weekly conversational Hebrew lunch at BZBI.
Each week will focus on a different theme, and vocabulary lists will be provided in advance for those who wish to prepare. Levels from beginner to advanced are welcome, with the understanding that you will speak only in Hebrew (and hand motions!) during the program.
Each session will be $10, (please bring cash or check with you payable to Guy Ambar). Registration is preferred but not required. Please register here.
Please bring your own kosher vegetarian lunch.

Shabbhakti Yoga at BZBI with Deb Glassman
2023-04-22 09:45 - 11:30 | Kahaner Auditorium
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 pay in advance. The cost is $18 per session for BZBI members and $25 for general community.

Community Mitzvah Day
2023-04-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Albert M. Greenfield School, 2200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, PA, United States
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 is clean and welcoming for kids to play.
The play yard is open to the Philadelphia community. The yard was created as part of the city’s green storm water infrastructure investments and is home to native plants and a small fruit orchard. Please bring gardening gloves with you to participate in this event.
To register for the event, click here.

Oren Kessler: Palestine 1936
2023-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | BZBI Sanctuary
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.
Oren Kessler is a journalist and author, formerly deputy research director at Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington and currently based in Tel Aviv.
His first book is Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict. It tells the epic story – for the first time in English – of the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Mandate Palestine, the forgotten first “Intifada” that was a seminal event in the birth of Israel and the Middle East conflict, with lasting echoes until today. The book has been enthusiastically received, including very positive reviews in the Wall Street Journal and Haaretz, and reaching #1 on Amazon for new releases in Middle East History.
