Join us every Sunday morning for a spirited, musical service: click here for more information.  To join Sunday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here.  To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

The novel tells the story of Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher, the last heir of a fictional Polish Hasidic dynasty, who flees the Holocaust to Mississippi and eventually New York City, where he becomes a musician playing blues alongside Black musicians. The book explores themes of faith, identity, and cross-cultural connections between Jewish and Black communities. Refreshments will... Read More

Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20  Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More

Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information.  To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More

Join us for Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom: click here for more information.  To join Tuesday and Wednesday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

We are called on to recite the Amidah so often—three or more times per day.  But we rarely sit back to learn about it: where it came from, where it fits in the service, or how to tap into true kavanah. This three-part class begins a deeper exploration. Click here to register! December 3: Where... Read More

Join us for Minyan in the Chapel & on Zoom on both Monday and Thursday mornings: for more information, click here.  To join Monday or Thursday morning Minyan on Zoom, click here. 

Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - January 22 through May 7 (Please note class will not take place on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach)  For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last... Read More

Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 PM at BZBI (materials provided) - January 22 through May 7 (please note that class will not meet on April 2 & April 9 due to Pesach) For anyone who wants to learn the alef-bet and some basic prayerbook vocabulary—or those feeling rusty at reading Hebrew aloud. We will use the innovative text-booklet... Read More

Join us for Friday morning Mindful Minyan: click here for more information. Join Friday Morning Mindful Minyan by clicking here.

We are pleased to invite the entire BZBI family to save the date for First Friday Dinners! This year, there are three main items to note: ALL of the dinners will be catered by BZBI’s preferred partner, Panache by Foodarama, Panache serves a variety of delicious food options and always sends more than we need, fulfilling the Jewish... Read More

This 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 can download Siddur Sim Shalom, used during Shabbat by going here. The weekly Torah parashah can be found on our shofar blog, here.   For more information, please click here.