Author: Lisa Shillan

BJ is seeking a Youth and Teen Coordinator, with the primary responsibility of overseeing teen and informal youth programming.

We are excited to welcome a new Director of Family Life and Learning. The Director has overall responsibility for BJ’s formal and informal education and ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

For us, today is a sad and infuriating day in America. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling on reproductive rights, ...

BJ is committed to ensuring that the right to vote—one of our most fundamental civil liberties—is accessible to all. This year is a major electoral ...

This 5782 shemita year challenges us to evaluate our regular routines of production and consumption and commit to the spiritual work of environmental stewardship. Joining ...

This 5782 shemita year challenges us to evaluate our regular routines of production and consumption and commit to the spiritual work of environmental stewardship. Joining ...

This 5782 shemita year challenges us to evaluate our regular routines of production and consumption and commit to the spiritual work of environmental stewardship. Joining ...

This 5782 shemita year challenges us to evaluate our regular routines of production and consumption and commit to the spiritual work of environmental stewardship. Joining ...

This 5782 shemita year challenges us to evaluate our regular routines of production and consumption and commit to the spiritual work of environmental stewardship. Joining ...

Thank you to the volunteers who made phone calls to check in on members during the emergence of the omicron variant. Our unending gratitude goes ...

Thank you to the volunteers who made phone calls to check in on members during the emergence of the omicron variant. Our unending gratitude goes ...

Thank you to the volunteers who made phone calls to check in on members during the emergence of the omicron variant. Our unending gratitude goes ...

Thank you to the volunteers who made phone calls to check in on members during the emergence of the omicron variant. Our unending gratitude goes ...

Thank you to the volunteers who made phone calls to check in on members during the emergence of the omicron variant. Our unending gratitude goes ...

Please read our most up-to-date protocols for returning to Kadima@BJ in person for January 2022. This plan has been formulated based on guidelines from the ...

Join Rabbi David Jaffe and Yehudah Webster for an innovative new cohort as we seek to grapple with our own unconscious biases by addressing the ...

As a Jewish community, we learn that Pikuah Nefesh, the principle that we value human life, supersedes everything else in Jewish law. With the approval ...

Parashat Hayei Sarah begins with the death of Sarah and ends with the death of Abraham, and it is here that for the first time ...

We don’t hear much of Noah’s worry in this week’s parashah. In fact, he doesn’t say one word from the moment he was chosen to ...

For many years now, I have been quite obsessed with the origins and the story of my family. Before arriving in Argentina in the early ...

Ready or not, the month of Elul is upon us. The High Holy Days are just around the corner... It is the season to reflect ...

As we enter this month of reflection and essential spiritual work, we are excited to share Find Your Way Home: A Reflective Journal for Elul, ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

More than a year into the pandemic, many are reflecting and trying to make sense of their experiences during this challenging period. For those of ...

When I first began to pray regularly several years ago, the second paragraph of the Shema—which we read this week in Parashat Ekev (Deut. 11:13-21)—was ...

A week after reading Lamentations by flashlight, sitting, grieving, and feeling the depths of despair, the Shabbat of Comfort comes just when we might need ...

As Shabbat comes to a close, we will move to mourning as we mark Tisha Be'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av. On ...

Like the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, I have now completed an incredible journey. One where the path was not always paved, where I ...

Nina and I recently celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, just weeks before our oldest child Aaron’s marriage. As a country, we will be celebrating Independence ...

As I reflect on the profound privilege to serve as a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow here at BJ these past two years, I find ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...

This year, we made some small but significant changes to our membership forms. We are expanding the language options for gender identity: evolving the choices ...