Monthly Archives:March 2022

As Pesah begins, we feel all our senses come to life. Our seder plate—filled with the shank bone (zeroa), egg (beitzah), bitter herbs (maror), vegetable ...

Purim 2020 was an uncertain, fearful time as the world started to become nervous about COVID-19. Two years later, Jews around the world were thrilled ...

Judaism demands we bring awareness and holiness to all the ways we eat, access, and purchase food. Our vast and complex food system is interconnected with ...

The central event of Parashat Shemini is the death of Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu. As a traditional understanding of the story goes, God kills ...

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, my Jewish community in Philadelphia was very active in the Soviet Jewry movement. In school we learned about refuseniks, and ...

The situation in Ukraine continues to weigh heavily on our hearts, as we see the catastrophic unnecessary loss of life, the lives needlessly uprooted, people ...

We are proud to partner with Mitzvah Matzoh, a non-profit that harnesses the power of Pesah to expand freedom for those who need it most. ...

Last Shabbat started like every other Shabbat for me, with the lighting of candles. However, unlike most Shabbatot, I was not standing with my family. ...

A CSA is partnership between local farms and individuals so residents of New York City can enjoy fresh produce straight from a local farm. When ...

Given the tragic events unfolding around the world while so much is happening at BJ, we felt it was time to share another edition of BJ ...

On Purim, we are invited into a topsy turvy existence of our own making, putting on masks and reveling in the hidden. In a much ...

Since 2016, BJ’s refugee and immigration committees have been actively working to help support refugees as they rebuild their lives in the United States. As ...