Enjoy good food, connect with friends and meet new people, and celebrate Shabbat in community, at this monthly Shabbat dinner.
Award-winning Israeli author and clinical psychologist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen will discuss the impact of trauma on her literary work, as well as her therapeutic work in the context of October 7
Join us as Aviv’s new Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Dinner returns! Come together with other folks in their 20s and 30s for a night of community, camaraderie, and celebration. After services, connect over a delicious kosher dinner from a local restaurant, featuring a dessert bar sponsored by USY Alumni.
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, plus an opportunity to learn about volunteer opportunities at BJ.
Join your fellow BJ members who are fighting climate change one bite at a time. We will hear from Noa Gordon-Guterman, the New York Organizer for Dayenu, about how we can be a part of the growing Jewish climate movement!
Gather with other Gesher parents and pack some mishloah manot (Purim baskets) to then send to your college student!
Join us as we come together with Central Synagogue for the album release concert for Zimratah: Songs of Toratah – a collection of songs that celebrate the language of Toratah, placing women at the center of our sacred texts and opening up possibilities for gender diversity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join us for a conversation with Julia Watts Belser on her new book Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole. The book can provide a strong foundation for discussion of disability at BJ.
For this year’s class trip to Boston, we will explore what it means to live a full Jewish life in light of our modern history and current events. We will bond with peers and connect to the BJ community outside of the classroom.
In partnership with Aviv, Minyan Marom will be hosting their monthly Kabbalat Shabbat minyan at BJ! Minyan Marom believes in the power of being together in person—and that there's no better way to build community than through singing together and sharing food.
Join us for a catered Shabbat dinner hosted by Hazzan Ari Priven. Enjoy enriching opportunities for learning, singing, and fostering meaningful connections within our community.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Join the Tel Aviv Review of Books as we kick off Israel at 76—a new series of captivating lectures and eye-opening conversations with teachers, thinkers and activists who are thoughtfully wrestling with some of the most essential questions about Israel’s future at this moment.
The Israel at 76 series is generously sponsored by Helena Diamant Glass, in cherished memory of her beloved parents, Regina Landwirth Diamant and Karl Diamant, and in honor of Yom Ha'atzma-ut 5784.
