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BZBI Holds Event to Support Challah for Hunger

BZBI Parents, students, and master challah baker Jonah Berney joined together recently to bake challah in support of Challah for Hunger, the organization which inspires communities to take action against… Read More

Posted: November 26, 2019 by Temple Office

Eliyahu Reminds Us of Our Faith

Rabbi Yosef Goldman and I wrote this setting of Eliyahu Hanavi just before the birth of our son, Shir Emet. We first sang it at his bris at BZBI two… Read More

Posted: November 26, 2019 by Rabbi Annie Lewis

Prayer for the Future

Vayera 5780 / 16 November 2019

The other night, at Federation’s Main Event, Bari Weiss suggested that instead of thinking of Judaism as a religion, ethnicity, or culture, we should consider it a counter-culture. What she… Read More

Posted: November 21, 2019 by Rabbi Abe Friedman

Summary of November Board Meeting

A. Many of the committee chair persons provided reports which included the following updates: 1.Building – Michael Radbill reported that work is continuing on kitchen renovations in the Lewish-Goldman parsonage…. Read More

Posted: November 20, 2019 by Temple Office

Parshat Lech Lecha: A World Aglow

Lekh L’kha 5780 / 9 November 2019

This week, I was awakened in the middle of the night to the sound of sirens, of fire trucks passing through the neighborhood. The next morning, on a drive on… Read More

Posted: November 13, 2019 by Rabbi Annie Lewis