Join the BZBI Sisterhood and Giftshop for evening Minyan at 5:45 PM and a wine tasting with Rosenberg's Blue Star Kosher Wines. This year we are also adding a Pesah Candy Sale! Buy your Pesah wine and candy at the tasting. Wine and candy will be available to purchase at the Giftshop throughout Pesah.
Pesach Practices: what is your favorite or most unusual Pesach practice? Have you chosen to cook with legumes (kitni'ot)? How do you handle egg matzah, sponge cake, or matzah brei (French toast)? How do you mark the end of Pesach? What practices (if any) do you use to mark the Omer period up to Shavuot? If there... Read More
As many Jews prepare for Passover, the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday, we invite people of all backgrounds to join us for this long-running and beloved annual Weitzman event. Experience an artfully curated lineup of speakers, storytellers, and musicians as they reflect on traditional Passover themes such as freedom, renewal, transmitting traditions, and welcoming the stranger. This... 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.
BZBI is thrilled to again welcome the Amerita Chamber Players to the Goldberg Sanctuary for a collection of short pieces from Amerita's repertoire. Highlights include Pergolesi's violin sonata and Vivaldi's Trio in C Minor. Click here for more information.
Are you hosting a Seder for the first time? Is this the year you get back in the saddle after the pandemic? Have you been hosting for what feels like forever, and you need to spice things up? Join Rabbi Abe for this interactive workshop as we learn new strategies for engaging guests, low-stress menu... Read More
All 7th - 12th graders are invited to join the Center City Jewish Teen Scavenger Hunt on Sunday, April 21 at 1:00 PM in Rittenhouse Square. Once the scavenger hunt is completed, we will return to Rittenhouse Square by 3:00 PM. This program is free but feel free to send your teen with money for... Read More
Join us for our next First Friday on May 3! In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week, we will express our immense gratitude to BZBI's many wonderful educators in our Laurie Wagman Playschool, Abigail R. Cohen Preschool, Neziner Hebrew School, and Youth & Family Programs. We will celebrate our educators at the early dinner starting... Read More
Join the BZBI Sisterhood to celebrate the Women’s League of Conservative Judaism Torah Fund. All donations towards the Torah Fund supports the continuation of scholarships and programs in the worldwide Conservative / Masorti institutions of higher Jewish learning. Shelley Szwalbenest, Torah Fund Vice President for Mid-Atlantic Region of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, will speak after announcements during Shabbat and... Read More
BZBI will welcome Professor Tomer Broude, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Topics of Broude's presentation will include the proceedings in the International Court of Justice (South Africa v. Israel, Nicaragua v. Germany); proceedings in the International Criminal Court (potential prosecutions of Hamas terrorists regarding October 7 and risk of prosecutions... Read More
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