Connections Cocktail Hour
Remote Access Only NY, United StatesJoin us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
The “Building Resiliency” series is a transformative six-part support group specially designed to explore the profound aspects of life and well-being for older adults. Each session delves into different themes, encouraging participants to reflect, share, and connect on a deeper level.
Join Connections with author Rebecca Claren to discuss her book The Cost of Free Land, where she investigates the history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the U.S. government.
Learn the music that will be sung on our first Aviv-forward Kabbalat Shabbat service, tell stories, and get in the Shabbat spirit on a Wednesday! Then, put your knowledge to use at our Aviv Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday.
BJ is proud to be a co-sponsor for this day of learning with Hadar in observance of Ta’anit Esther and in preparation for reading the Megillah this year.
BJ members, join Kai in the kitchen for hamantaschen baking! Bake different flavors of hamantashen for the Teen Purim Party!
In partnership with Project Rousseau, we will offer a monthly clinic where volunteers will help asylum seekers complete and submit the online application for employment authorization.
Experience the magic of Shabbat in the city that never sleeps! Every month, Aviv hosts a special Shabbat dinner event designed especially for those in their 20s and 30s.
On alternating weeks, join Rabbi Roly Matalon to prepare the soul and open the heart for Shabbat morning prayers through the singing of piyutim and brief reflections.
Celebrate Purim with the BJ Teen community! Come in costume for a chance to win a prize, eat Hamantaschen, and then we will join the larger BJ community for the Purim Spiel and Megillah reading!
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Spiel! This year’s show is Here Comes the Spiel—a groovy, hippies-meet-Haman twist on the Megillah that you surely don't want to miss. Join us to celebrate our talented kindergarten-ninth grade cast!
Live from New York, it’s Shushan Night Live—hosted by Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman from the comedy duo Yidlife Crisis, and featuring BJ’s teen band: GOLDBERG! Put on your favorite costume or your perfect mask, hear the megillah, and join us for a Purim celebration like no other.
Join us for a wacky and spirited Purim celebration for your whole family where we will enjoy a family-friendly reading of the Megillah. We encourage you to join us in wearing fun costumes!
Celebrate Purim at B’nai Jeshurun’s Purim Carnival! There will be glorious games, incredible inflatables, crazy costumes, awesome activities, and scrumptious snacks.
Keep the Purim festivities going strong after Megillah reading with food, drink, and communal karaoke! Warm up your vocal cords, dress up in your finest (or silliest) Purim costume, and come hungry for food and fun.
Fulfill one of the key mitzvot of Purim by joining our BJ volunteer day at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH).
Join Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rabbi Shai Held for a discussion moderated by Abigail Pogrebin in celebration of Rabbi Held's new book, Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
The “Building Resiliency” series is a transformative six-part support group specially designed to explore the profound aspects of life and well-being for older adults. Each session delves into different themes, encouraging participants to reflect, share, and connect on a deeper level.
After being expelled from Nazi Germany for his outspokenness, Rabbi Joachim Prinz immigrated to America and became a leader in the civil rights movement. The documentary remembers him as ahead of his time in his positions on civil rights and peace in the Middle East. This is a Shira Palmer Sherman Memorial Event.
Join Aviv as we hit Broadway to see Water for Elephants at the Imperial Theatre, followed by a talkback with the cast just for Aviv!
We’re excited that our Shabbat Model program embraces BJ’s celebration of Shabbat, modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. All BJ families are welcome at Shabbat Model—please note the programming is designed with our third through sixth grade students in mind.
On alternating weeks, join Rabbi Roly Matalon to prepare the soul and open the heart for Shabbat morning prayers through the singing of piyutim and brief reflections.
We’re excited that our Shabbat Model program embraces BJ’s celebration of Shabbat, modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. All BJ families are welcome at Shabbat Model—please note the programming is designed with our third through sixth grade students in mind.
Jeffrey Ohrenstein, Chairman of Memorial Scroll Trust, will explain how BJ's historic Torah, older than the United States, was one of 1564 scrolls rescued from the Holocaust. This event will include a Q&A and an opportunity to view the scroll up close.
Volunteer to deliver a Passover package and share a visit or friendly phone call with an older adult.
Come together for this commemorative service for the Czech scrolls from the Memorial Scrolls Trust (MST) that are being cared for in the New York metropolitan area.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
The “Building Resiliency” series is a transformative six-part support group specially designed to explore the profound aspects of life and well-being for older adults. Each session delves into different themes, encouraging participants to reflect, share, and connect on a deeper level.
This Zoom support group is for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Facilitated by Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW, and Dr. Adena Greenberg, Ph.D., the support group will meet monthly on Wednesdays.
Come share your favorite child-friendly traditions and learn new ways to liven up your seder in this interactive Zoom workshop with Rabbis Rebecca Weintraub and Deena Cowans.
Join East of the River, led by Nina Stern and Daphna Mor, to celebrate the release of their album, Ija Mia. Ija Mia braids together the rich vocal and instrumental traditions of the sephardic diaspora with soundscapes from throughout North Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
Families will enjoy a kid-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service filled with singing and dancing. Services will be followed by a dinner complete with Shabbat blessings and songs.
We’re excited that our Shabbat Model program embraces BJ’s celebration of Shabbat, modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. All BJ families are welcome at Shabbat Model—please note the programming is designed with our third through sixth grade students in mind.
This winter and spring we are piloting a Community Oneg program. Come together after Kabbalat Shabbat to catch up with friends and meet new people over a little nibble and a beverage.
Calling all fifth grade students and parents! Join us for a special Shabbat morning gathering for the B-Mitzvah cohort. We’ll come together with Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub and BJ’s Family Life & Learning staff to explore what it means to become a B-Mitzvah.