Join Rabbi Michael Strassfeld—in conversation with Rabbi Roly Matalon and Judith Plaskow—as he digs into the Jewish tradition to help us get to the root of the matter.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
We will gather to learn and discuss Jewish perspectives on charitable donations, then collectively decide where to give our money. This year, we are focusing specifically on needs within New York City.
BJ teens: These sessions are an opportunity to connect with the BJ spiritual leaders, explore your relationship with prayer, and develop your prayer and general leadership skills.
Lies, First Person by Gail Hareven, tells the story of Elinor, who is jolted out of her comfortable life in Jerusalem by the reappearance of her Uncle Aaron Gotthilf.
Join Rabbinic Fellow Aaron Leven for a catered Shabbat dinner with singing, learning, and deeper community connections. With a sliding scale fee, we encourage you to register at the price that’s right for you!
Every other week, join Rabbi Roly Matalon to prepare the soul and open the heart for Shabbat morning prayers through the singing of piyutim and brief reflections.
Calling all 2- to 7-year-olds! Join us for some fun indoor play to get our energy out and keep us warm this winter. Enjoy Shabbat-friendly activities like krav maga, gymnastics, and more.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
BJ teens: These sessions are an opportunity to connect with the BJ spiritual leaders, explore your relationship with prayer, and develop your prayer and general leadership skills.
Join Kobi Cohen for a special session to analyze and discuss the declaration, including the Jewish history and values recounted in it. An English translation of the declaration can be found here.
Join other members of BJ Havurot (small groups) for a special Shabbat dinner with singing, learning, and deeper community connections. With a sliding scale fee, we encourage you to register at the price that’s right for you!
Calling all 2- to 7-year-olds! Join us for some fun indoor play to get our energy out and keep us warm this winter. Enjoy Shabbat-friendly activities like krav maga, gymnastics, and more.
All Early Childhood families are encouraged to join us in working with Repair the World to pack hygiene kits for the Community Kitchen and Pantry of West Harlem!
DOROT’s Passover Package Delivery brings hundreds of older adults and volunteers together to share warmth and companionship.
DOROT’s Passover Package Delivery brings hundreds of older adults and volunteers together to share warmth and companionship.
BJ takes Broadway! We are excited to invite 5th and 6th graders to join us in watching the uproariously funny “The Play That Goes Wrong.”
Experience an immersive concert from Shira Averbuch and A Heart’s Landscape author Susan P. Lax, fusing original music, writings, and communal singing. Shira has taken Susan’s poetry from her heartwarming book and has set it to music, creating songs of deep connection.
DOROT’s Passover Package Delivery brings hundreds of older adults and volunteers together to share warmth and companionship.
Join District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Ruth Messinger for an important conversation about the state of our city.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
BJ teens: These sessions are an opportunity to connect with the BJ spiritual leaders, explore your relationship with prayer, and develop your prayer and general leadership skills.
Join members of our community to draw support and comfort one another and from our shared tradition. This session will be led by BJ/DOROT Social Worker, Jane Blumenstein, LCSW.
Join Israeli educator/creator Uriya Rosenman and Palestinian rapper Sameh SAZ Zakout to hear their mutual story and analysis of Jewish-Arab relations, a live performance of DUGRI’s songs, and engage in an open and honest conversation with all the hard-hitting questions. This is a unique opportunity to engage with deep questions about the current reality in a new and fun way that is accessible to a broad audience.
After we welcome welcome Shabbat with camp ruah (spirit) and your favorite camp melodies, we will keep the ruah going with dinner and color war games. Open to BJ member children and teens, their family members.
