Bim Bam gives children under 3 a fun space to get ready for Shabbat through interactive songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions such as lighting candles and saying Kiddush.
Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, Shabbat services at BJ are like no other.
Join Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg for a catered Shabbat dinner with learning, exploration, and deeper community connections.
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.
Join Shabbat Scholar in Residence Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, together with Cantor David Mintz and Rabbi Shuli Passow, for a contemplative Shabbat morning service, bringing together meditation, reflection, deep listening, and personal exploration.
Shabbat morning services at BJ — join us in person or online. All welcome.
We offer weekly Shabbat services for our community of Early Childhood Families. The services feature lively songs, stories, and movement for families with young children. Shira Averbuch, our artist-in-residence, leads the services.
We are excited to offer this lively service, featuring Torah reading, songs, and more. This service is intended for families with children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
Join Shabbat Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, following Shabbat services as she shares her powerful piece, “When I See Your Face I See the Face of God”—a selection from her new book.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Join RAC-NY and Dayenu for the New York Jewish Climate Organizing Summit. This is a chance for all Jewish New Yorkers and allies to gather, learn, organize, and take action together.
Join us for a conversation with Daniel Sokatch and Rabbi Felicia Sol about Sokatch’s new book, Can We Talk About Israel: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
The theme of the ceremony is “WE ACKNOWLEDGE”: bringing to light what has already been known but was suppressed, denied, or muted.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Join us for a Hebrew immersion class geared toward 3 and 4 year olds. Children will gain a sense of community rooted in Jewish tradition while gaining exposure to Israeli culture.
We invite you to join this group, led by Jonathan Silver, as we search for deeper kavannah (intention) in our prayers, ritual practice, and weekly Torah portion.
Join us for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services) with a special marking of Yom Hazikaron and the transition to Yom Ha’atzmaut.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your own understanding, are considering conversion, or are just curious, we invite you to join us for an accessible introduction to the core concepts, practices, and history of Judaism and the Jewish people.
Whether you are looking to deepen your understanding of Judaism, are considering conversion, or are sparked by curiosity to explore this rich tradition, this online class, taught by Associate Director of Creative Development, Rabbi Jessica Lenza, is for you.
Join BJ for a special Shaharit celebrating Yom Ha’atzma-ut.
Start your day with soulfulness and equanimity with this weekly mindfulness meditation practice, led by Rabbi Shuli Passow and informed by themes from the Torah portion.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Explore the texts and themes of Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, as part of this unique six-part series taught by alumni of the Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellowship.
Israel was founded as a homeland for the Jewish people, while promising to promote democratic values. But in recent years there has been growing tension between the country’s democratic and Jewish values. Join us for a deep dive into these issues.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
We will continue our close reading of short stories about the lives, struggles, and concerns of the Talmudic rabbis in order to uncover deeper layers of our own selves, and to become better equipped to wrestle with our human nature.
Dip into the world of daf yomi (daily Talmud study) with this weekly look at highlights from the past week’s pages. All are welcome—you do not need any prior experience studying Talmud.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Immediately following Shaharit, join in weekly study of the Torah portion with Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow Aaron Leven.
Bim Bam gives children under 3 a fun space to get ready for Shabbat through interactive songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions such as lighting candles and saying Kiddush.
Hitoreri, our monthly teen-only Kabbalat Shabbat, is a BJ teen tradition. Teens participate in a mindfulness-style Kabbalat Shabbat service, led by one of the BJ rabbis and BJ teens, where we transition into the peacefulness of Shabbat.
Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, Shabbat services at BJ are like no other.
Join Rabbi Jessica Lenza, BJ’s Associate Director of Creative Development, for a catered Shabbat dinner with learning, song, and deeper community connections.
Shabbat morning services at BJ — join us in person or online. All welcome.
We offer weekly Shabbat services for our community of Early Childhood Families. The services feature lively songs, stories, and movement for families with young children. Shira Averbuch, our artist-in-residence, leads the services.
We are excited to offer this lively service, featuring Torah reading, songs, and more. This service is intended for families with children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
The State of Israel is facing a reckoning right now, and its citizens and supporters are confronting numerous difficult questions. What are the possible futures for the State of Israel?
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
BJ’s Israel Educator, Kobi Cohen, will lead us in a discussion of the book Can We Talk About Israel: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch. This event is for the Aviv 20s, 30s, and 40s community.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Open the other half of the Jewish bookshelf with Rabbi Felicia Sol and the study of Dirshuni: Contemporary Women’s Midrash. Contributors of Dirshuni express their religious and moral thought and experience through innovative interpretations of scripture using the classical forms developed by the ancient rabbis.
Join us for a Hebrew immersion class geared toward 3 and 4 year olds. Children will gain a sense of community rooted in Jewish tradition while gaining exposure to Israeli culture.
We invite you to join this group, led by Jonathan Silver, as we search for deeper kavannah (intention) in our prayers, ritual practice, and weekly Torah portion.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your own understanding, are considering conversion, or are just curious, we invite you to join us for an accessible introduction to the core concepts, practices, and history of Judaism and the Jewish people.
Whether you are looking to deepen your understanding of Judaism, are considering conversion, or are sparked by curiosity to explore this rich tradition, this online class, taught by Associate Director of Creative Development, Rabbi Jessica Lenza, is for you.
Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.
Start your day with soulfulness and equanimity with this weekly mindfulness meditation practice, led by Rabbi Shuli Passow and informed by themes from the Torah portion.
Join us in virtual community for Minha and Arvit (the afternoon and evening services). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.
Explore the texts and themes of Pirkei Avot, as part of this unique six-part series taught by alumni of the Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellowship.