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SUMMARY:Clean Your Pantry for Pesah - Food Drive
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDonated items will be taken to Temple University’s Cherry pantry for students in need. 
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/clean-your-pantry-for-pesah-food-drive-3/
CATEGORIES:Everyone,Social Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T174500
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SUMMARY:Winter Shelter Volunteering
DESCRIPTION:Trinity 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 from November through April. Join the Tikkun Olam Committee by volunteering to prepare a dish (for 8-10 people) AND/OR to serve the meal and get to know the guys! \nSign up by Thursday 3/12 to provide a dish AND/OR serve the meal at BZBI @ Winter Shelter 2026. Please see the guidelines on that page. Contact Bill Brookover with any questions. \n 
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/winter-shelter-volunteering/2026-03-16/
LOCATION:Trinity Memorial Church\, 2212 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Everyone,Social Action
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260321
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SUMMARY:Third Annual BZBI Urban Shabbaton!
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now LIVE: Third Annual BZBI Urban Shabbaton!\nFriday\, March 20 – Sunday\, March 22 \nJoin your BZBI community for three days of learning\, singing\, eating\, davening\, and shmoozing! This year’s Urban Shabbaton will feature a full slate of guest lecturers\, classes taught by community members\, and a performance by the Penn Shabbatones. \nRegister here — you won’t want to miss it!
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/third-annual-bzbi-urban-shabbaton-2/2026-03-20/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Art Exhibition,Classes,Discussions,Everyone,Lectures,Literature,Meeting,Observances,Parents,Shabbat,Social,Social Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
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SUMMARY:Pesah Wine & Cheese Tasting 
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Passover Wine and Cheese Tasting with Rosenberg Blue Star Wines. Buy all of your Passover wine and candy for your Seders and support BZBI and our Youth & Family and Early Childhood Education Programs!
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/pesah-wine-cheese-tasting-2/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Celebration,Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T161457
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SUMMARY:Tikkun Olam Lunch & Learn: There Shall Be No Needy 
DESCRIPTION:Join Rabbi Abi Weber\, Davida Charney\, and Bill Brookover for our next Tikkun Olam Lunch & Learn! Each month\, we will meet to discuss There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition by Rabbi Jill Jacobs. Please read Chapter 2 ahead of the meeting. \nDon’t worry if you don’t get to it in time — we’ll have source sheets available! Lunch will be provided — please register here by Tuesday\, March 24.
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/tikkun-olam-lunch-learn-there-shall-be-no-needy/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Discussions,Social,Social Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Seder at BZBI
DESCRIPTION:BZBI 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 the cost to our community. We welcome all to join your BZBI family for a warm\, inviting and celebratory occasion – catered by Deluxe Catering and led by Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern. \nRegistration is now closed\, if you are interested in joining us next year\, let the Temple Office know!  \nThe menu includes: \nFIRST COURSE\nChicken Soup with Matzah Balls\nHearty Garden Fresh Vegetables in a Vegetarian Broth \nSECOND COURSE\nGefilte Fish with Beet Horseradish \nSIDE DISHES\nGlazed Carrots with Yams\, Assorted Dried Fruit\, and Accent of Cinnamon\nYukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with garlic \nENTREE COURSE \nBraised Brisket with House-Made Bourbon BBQ Sauce\nSquash with Quinoa\nChicken Fingers & French Fries \nDESSERT OPTIONS\nBrownies (Not Gluten-Free) and Nut-Free Charoset\nSelection of Assorted Passover Macaroons\nSeasonal Fresh Fruit to include Watermelon\, Honeydew\, Cantaloupe\, Pineapple\, and Grapes
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/second-seder-at-bzbi/
LOCATION:Kahaner Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Adults,Celebration,Early Childhood,Everyone,Families,Holidays,Observances,Social,Worship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T130000
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SUMMARY:Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches
DESCRIPTION:Pesah Hol HaMoed Lunches Are Back  \nOn Monday and Tuesday (April 6 and April 7 at 12:00 PM in the Kahaner Auditorium)\, BZBI will host catered\, kosher for Pesah lunch for members\, and the entire Center City Jewish community. BZBI members receive a discount\, so sign up today and send the link on to those who might wish to join us! Click here to register. \nMaximum Capacity: 20 people for each meal. 
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/pesah-hol-hamoed-lunches/2026-04-06/
LOCATION:Kahaner Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Adults,Everyone,Holidays
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah at BZBI: The World that Was
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 mother’s experience — Rabbi Ken says that she “channels our mother” — surviving Auschwitz and the death marches\, ultimately to be liberated from Bergen-Belsen. From Germany\, she went on to convalesce in Sweden before coming to relatives in Chester\, PA. \nNancy will share family stories\, photos\, and history about the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia and Hungary prior to the Nazi invasion.
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/yom-hashoah-at-bzbi-the-world-that-was/
LOCATION:BZBI chapel
CATEGORIES:Adults,Holidays,Observances,Worship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T120000
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SUMMARY:Community Gathering for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut
DESCRIPTION: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 Independence Day). Keren Keshet\, the leader of Philadelphia’s Israel Scouts unit (“Pa’amon Tzofim”)\, will present about her experience as a child born during the Yom Kippur war\, now a mother of Israeli soldiers since October 7. \nLight refreshments will be served. Register here (donations optional).
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/community-gathering-for-yom-hazikaron-and-yom-haatzmaut/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Early Childhood,Everyone,Families,Observances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T170000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Return: Segev Kalfon’s Survival of Captivity in Gaza 
DESCRIPTION:Join 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\, and hope that can emerge even in the darkest of circumstances.This program will be held in Society Hill Synagogue’s Sanctuary\, with a reception and Israeli hors d’oeuvres to follow in the Social Hall. \nThis program is presented by Society Hill Synagogue’s Israel Connections Subcommittee in partnership with Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/resilience-and-return-segev-kalfons-survival-of-captivity-in-gaza/
LOCATION:Society Hill Synagogue\, 418 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Discussions,Everyone,Families,Lectures,Meeting,Social,Social Action,Worship,Young Professionals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T194500
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SUMMARY:Get Siddurized: A Class on the Siddur with Leslee Schwartz
DESCRIPTION: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 of Sim Shalom! \nClick here to register. \nPurchase a copy of the blue Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat from the Rabbinical Assembly here.
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/get-siddurized-a-class-on-the-siddur-with-leslee-schwartz/2026-04-27/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Classes,Worship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T194500
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CREATED:20260331T152233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T133408Z
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SUMMARY:Whatever Exists\, Exists in God: A Contemporary Jewish Encounter with Spinoza’s Ethics led by Rabbi Ira F. Stone
DESCRIPTION: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 basis for religious affiliation and practice than more traditional frameworks do for many. We will explore the basic outline of his thought and its potential applications for today. \nThere are four sessions within the course\, each costing $25 ($100 for the full four weeks). Click here to register!
URL:https://bzbi.org/event/whatever-exists-exist-in-god-a-contemporary-jewish-encounter-with-spinozas-ethics-led-by-rabbi-ira-f-stone/2026-04-29/
LOCATION:BZBI chapel
CATEGORIES:Adults,Classes
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