You’re invited to make our Sukkah a beautiful celebration of art and nature! Create nature-themed art pieces—fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, and more—up to 18x18 inches. ...
Mishloah manot is one of the four mitzvot of the Purim holiday. It literally means “sending of portions” and refers to a gift of food ...
Calling all BJ performers! BJ Theater Company's annual smash-hit Purim Spiel is back and better than ever. This year's show One Short Day In The ...
This Elul, we invite you to join our community-wide writing project and share your reflections. We ask you to respond to the simple, yet profound, ...
Like many Jewish holidays, Shavuot is, in part, an agricultural celebration. Shavuot marks the first harvest. Shavuot also represents a milestone in the annual reenactment ...
Join the BJ Theater Company as we celebrate Pesah! Kindergarten-sixth graders are invited to explore the Haggadah through song and dance as we weave together ...
Support our local community this winter with your contributions.
Hunger doesn't stop for the holidays. Will you help us ensure WSCAH can provide New Yorkers in need with a holiday meal this season?
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the culmination of a 40-day-long process of teshuvah—shedding the dysfunctional patterns in our lives, making amends for our ...
Yom Kippur is the pinnacle of our introspective season. Throughout Yom Kippur, you will encounter prayer services that have some familiar elements and others that ...
Kol Nidre, the prayer that begins our Yom Kippur experience, is most well known for its iconic and haunting melody. The Book of Life is ...
Rosh Hashanah not only marks the start of the Jewish year but also begins the Yamim Nora’im, the Days of Awe, a 10-day period that ...
On Rosh Hashanah, we use special greetings, we eat sweet foods, and we perform the ritual of tashlikh—symbolically casting away our sins.
Throughout the month of Elul, in the lead-up to the Yamim Nora’im, we engage in heshbon nefesh, reflecting on who we are and who we ...
Share in the joy of Purim with our mishloah manot exchange! Sign up and we’ll match you with another BJ member; each of you will ...
The week of Hanukkah mirrors the reality in our lives that, most often, human achievement comes slowly, bit by bit, with commitment, patience, and discipline. ...
I was born to play Elizabeth Bennett. I’d been reading Pride and Prejudice, over and over since I was 9 years old, and I knew ...
I recently returned from a trip to Israel and Palestine sponsored by Combatants for Peace, and I am happy to share some stories of how ...
It has been many years now since I was on a silent retreat sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. The morning schedule included a ...
We celebrate Hanukkah during the Northern Hemisphere’s darkest time of the year. Amidst this darkness, I am fortunate to be surrounded by an abundance of ...
How do we understand transformation? How can light enter a world bathed in so much darkness? Last year, on the 8th day of Hanukkah, my ...
Even when it doesn’t appear that sustaining light is possible. Even when the odds are not in our favor. Even when there is uncertainty about ...
Help us put together 200 welcome backpacks with necessary toiletries and meaningful supplies for newly arrived asylum seekers in NYC.
Help us put together 200 welcome backpacks with necessary toiletries and meaningful supplies for newly arrived asylum seekers in NYC.
The Kabbalists (Jewish mystics) instituted a practice of inviting ushpizin (celestial guests) to join us in the sukkah. They imagined that we could welcome a ...
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 ...
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. ...
Megillat Esther is the literal scroll of parchment that the Hebrew text of the book of Esther is written on, but is most often used ...
One of the most important mitzvot of Purim is to host a seudah (a festive meal) on Purim day. Since Purim is known as a ...
The mitzvah of mishloah manot (literally: sending gift packages) consists of sending gifts of food to friends and neighbors. These gifts strengthen the ties that ...
Giving matanot le’evyonim (literally, gifts to the poor) is a core mitzvah of Purim. In modern times, this can take the form of direct presents, ...
Help BJ spread Adar joy with homemade hamentaschen! Your freshly baked hamentaschen will be donated to BJ’s lunch program guests and to the Goddard Riverside ...
Letter to the Editor Published in the New York Jewish Week on March 29 2020
Bring your family (kids 6+) for a meaningful volunteer experience on the first night of Hanukkah! Pack nourishing food bags, create heartfelt cards to brighten someone’s day, and write postcards to local elected leaders. Spread the light of Hanukkah by making a real impact in our community.
Join us for a Hanukkah candle lighting with the Aviv community! Feel free to bring your own hanukkiyah and candles if you’d like to light your own set. We’re looking forward to celebrating with you! Location will be provided upon registration.
Join us for an all-ages celebration of the festival of lights, featuring a candle lighting led by our Kadima Beit Midrash students, festive singing, delicious holiday treats, and fun Hanukkah activities. All are welcome—come share the light with us!
As Hanukkah approaches, we remember loved ones who we will miss during our winter holiday gatherings this year. Join us for a virtual bereavement group, facilitated by BJ Social Worker Jane Blumenstein, LCSW. This event is for BJ members only.
Join us for Aviv’s Kabbalat Shabbat service and dinner on Shabbat Hanukkah with Minyan Marom! Unwind from the week and bring in the joy of Shabbat and Hanukkah with song and prayer. After services, connect over a delicious kosher dinner.
Come together with your BJ community to celebrate Shabbat Hanukkah at this community dinner. Enjoy good company, singing, and Hanukkah treats.
Families will enjoy a spiritual and uplifting Purim evening where we will learn about the Purim story, do arts + crafts, dance, sing, and hear a kid-friendly reading of the Megillah!
Families will enjoy this spiritual and fun Pesah service full of singing, movement, learning, and a telling of the Passover story!
Families will enjoy this spiritual and fun Shavuot service full of singing, movement, learning, and some flower decorating!
