Connections Cocktail Hour
Connections Cocktail Hour
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
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Building Resiliency in Later Life
Building Resiliency in Later Life
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.
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Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent—Film Screening and Discussion
Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent—Film Screening and Discussion
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.
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CANCELED Aviv Goes to Broadway: Water for Elephants
CANCELED Aviv Goes to Broadway: Water for Elephants
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!
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Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
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.
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Hakhanah LaTefillah
Hakhanah LaTefillah
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.
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
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.
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Inside BJ’s 300-Year-Old Torah
Inside BJ’s 300-Year-Old Torah
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.
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DOROT Passover Package Delivery
Volunteer to deliver a Passover package and share a visit or friendly phone call with an older adult.
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Memorial Scrolls Trust Gathering
Memorial Scrolls Trust Gathering
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.
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Connections Cocktail Hour
Connections Cocktail Hour
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
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Pride Picnic for BJ’s LGBTQ+ Community
Pride Picnic for BJ’s LGBTQ+ Community
Join fellow BJ members who are in the LGBTQ+ community for a Shabbat afternoon Pride celebration picnic. Bring chairs, blankets, and a dairy/vegetarian snack to share. This is open to queer BJ members and their families. All ages are welcome.
Building Resiliency in Later Life
Building Resiliency in Later Life
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.
M’kom Shalom: A Place of Peace
M’kom Shalom: A Place of Peace
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.
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How To Lead a Child-Friendly Seder
How To Lead a Child-Friendly Seder
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.
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Ija Mia: A Night of Sephardic and Ottoman Music
Ija Mia: A Night of Sephardic and Ottoman Music
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.
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Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat
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.
Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
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.
Community Oneg
Community Oneg
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.
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Stepping into Mitzvot: 5th Grade B-Mitzvah Program
Stepping into Mitzvot: 5th Grade B-Mitzvah Program
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.
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
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.
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Empty Chair at the Seder—A Pre-Pesah Bereavement Group
Empty Chair at the Seder—A Pre-Pesah Bereavement Group
As Pesah approaches, feelings of grief and loss may be heightened as memories of years past resurface. BJ members, join members of our community to draw support and comfort one another and from our shared tradition.
Connections Cocktail Hour
Connections Cocktail Hour
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
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BJ Theater Company Presents: The Greatest Afikoman
BJ Theater Company Presents: The Greatest Afikoman
Join the BJ Theater Company as we celebrate Pesah! Kindergarten–6th graders explore the Haggadah through music and dance as we weave together a parody performance that will have you singing through your seder.
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Melodies of the Pesah Seder
Melodies of the Pesah Seder
Learn new melodies, review old favorites—take part in this musical preparation for your seder, with Hazzan Ari Priven.
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Israeli Poetry in the Wake of October 7
Israeli Poetry in the Wake of October 7
Part of our Israel at 76 series, in this session with Dr. Rachel Korazim, we will read and discuss poetry written during and in response to the calamity of October 7, and the war that has followed. This series is generously sponsored by Helena Diamant Glass.
Building Resiliency in Later Life
Building Resiliency in Later Life
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.
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Teen Matzah Houses for Pesah
Teen Matzah Houses for Pesah
BJ members, celebrate Pesah with fellow BJ teens and build a "gingermatzah" house!
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Monthly Volunteer Legal Clinics
Monthly Volunteer Legal Clinics
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.
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Aviv Kabbalat Shabbat
Aviv Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for a Kabbalat Shabbat experience at BJ especially for the Aviv community! Come together with other folks in their 20s and 30s for a night of community, camaraderie, and celebration. After the service, we will schmooze over snacks and sweets.
2 events,
Hakhanah LaTefillah
Hakhanah LaTefillah
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.
BJ Theater Company Presents: The Greatest Afikoman
BJ Theater Company Presents: The Greatest Afikoman
Join the BJ Theater Company as we celebrate Pesah! Kindergarten–6th graders explore the Haggadah through music and dance as we weave together a parody performance that will have you singing through your seder.
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Community Recycling Day
Community Recycling Day
Give new life to old possessions! Clear your home of unneeded items while embodying the Jewish value of bal tashhit —a call to not destroy needlessly.
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Out of the Narrow Place: Community Seder with Rabbi Sammy Kanter
Out of the Narrow Place: Community Seder with Rabbi Sammy Kanter
Let us come together in song, ritual, and celebration as we journey through the BJ Community Seder, led by Rabbi Sammy Kanter and enhanced by our team of musicians. The seder includes a full Pesah meal, elegantly provided by a Kosher caterer.
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Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
Shabbat Model (Friday Night)
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.
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6th Grade Shabbaton
Celebrate the end of 6th grade and the beginning of the B-Mitzvah chapter with BJ! This exciting 6th-grade Shabbaton is an opportunity to celebrate Shabbat with your friends, take part in a meaningful tzedek (justice) project, and have a blast!
Hakhanah LaTefillah
Hakhanah LaTefillah
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.
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)
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.