Join our annual 7th-8th grade trip to Washington DC. This trip provides an opportunity for our students to further their learning about the Holocaust while bonding with their peers and connecting to the BJ community outside of the classroom.
Calling all K-8th grade actors, dancers, singes, and aspiring performers to join us for what promises to be our biggest, best Purim Spiel yet! This year's show is Hai School Musi-Spiel, based on Disney's beloved High School Musical.
On Zayin Adar, we come together as members and supporters of the Hevra Kadisha to acknowledge the sacred service of caring for the dead. How might Jewish wisdom help us weather a secondary pandemic of grief?
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Shpiel. Each year, we produce a splashy, spectacular Shpiel with a fun-filled theme. This show is open to age 5-eighth graders, and no previous theater experience is necessary.
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Shpiel. Each year, we produce a splashy, spectacular Shpiel with a fun-filled theme. This show is open to age 5-eighth graders, and no previous theater experience is necessary.
Join Aviv and Yael Shy for a mindfulness and mental health workshop. Through meditation, journaling, and partner-based learning, you will leave the workshop with some tools to manage overwhelming emotions like anxiety and loneliness and cultivate heart-opening experiences.
The Hebrew Speaking Havurah continues! Each session we discuss a different topic, with a different member leading. In this gathering, just before Purim, we will discuss what’s between המן and מנה. Join us to learn more.
Join us for an extraordinary musical event with Noa, also known by her given name Achinoam Nini, Israel's leading international concert and recording artist.
In collaboration with Good Counsel Services Inc., join a training session on filing Humanitarian Parole applications for Afghan nationals and their families. Open to lawyers, law students, and anyone interested in volunteering (no legal experience needed).
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
In this year of shemita (sabbatical year), we will study rabbinic and hassidic texts on Shabbat, opening up a doorway to the 25 hour taste of the world to come. No previous textual experience necessary.
Join us for a Hebrew immersion class geared toward children 3 and 4-years-old. Children will gain a sense of community rooted in Jewish tradition while gaining exposure to Israeli culture.
The violent and harrowing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected all of us. To help people cope with and process these difficult times, The Jewish Board is offering two virtual weekly support groups.
Join Rabbi Michelle Dardashti for the final installment of Torah for our Time, exploring how we encounter fear in a Jewish context.
Come join other BJ members in learning Ivrit (Hebrew) live and online. Our Hebrew course provides a comprehensive Hebrew-learning experience focusing on the skills needed for conversation. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate student, we have a class for you!
The violent and harrowing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected all of us. To help people cope with and process these difficult times, The Jewish Board is offering two virtual weekly support groups.
What tools from traditional models of capitalism might address such inequities, and what can new approaches to economic development and civic engagement offer? Join Dayna Cunningham and N. Gregory Mankiw in a conversation moderated by Lavea Brachman.
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, PhD, the support group will meet weekly on Wednesdays for six months.
Engage with short stories about the lives, struggles, and concerns of the Talmudic rabbis, and uncover deeper layers of our own selves. No knowledge of Hebrew is required.
Bim Bam gives children under three a fun space to get ready for Shabbat through interactive songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions such as lighting candles, saying Kiddush, and giving tzedakah. This program is entirely in Hebrew.
BJ member families of all 4th grade students, or children whose birthdays fall between September 2011 and December 2012, are invited to our annual B’nai Mitzvah journey opening ritual. will have a chance to recognize and see their Torah portion.
Calling all K-8th grade actors, dancers, singes, and aspiring performers to join us for what promises to be our biggest, best Purim Spiel yet! This year's show is Hai School Musi-Spiel, based on Disney's beloved High School Musical.
Join special guests Tamar Biala and Yael Karenak for a reading of the regendered Megillat Esther from the Toratah Project, an initiative to regender the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), by reversing the genders of all characters.
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Shpiel. Each year, we produce a splashy, spectacular Shpiel with a fun-filled theme. This show is open to age 5-eighth graders, and no previous theater experience is necessary.
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Shpiel. Each year, we produce a splashy, spectacular Shpiel with a fun-filled theme. This show is open to age 5-eighth graders, and no previous theater experience is necessary.
Teens are invited to participate in a Project Runway style team competition, complete with expert judges, upcycled clothing, and the chance to compete for number 1.
It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Shpiel. Each year, we produce a splashy, spectacular Shpiel with a fun-filled theme. This show is open to age 5-eighth graders, and no previous theater experience is necessary.
Calling all bakers! Whether you plan to participate in our Hamentaschen Drive for Purim, or just want to learn how to make amazing hamentaschen, join Connections for a virtual hamentaschen baking workshop led by BJ member Stephen Friedgood.
Lean into the Purim spirit and join Aviv for a virtual hamentaschen bake.
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
In this year of shemita (sabbatical year), we will study rabbinic and hassidic texts on Shabbat, opening up a doorway to the 25 hour taste of the world to come. No previous textual experience necessary.
Join us for a Hebrew immersion class geared toward children 3 and 4-years-old. Children will gain a sense of community rooted in Jewish tradition while gaining exposure to Israeli culture.
The violent and harrowing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected all of us. To help people cope with and process these difficult times, The Jewish Board is offering two virtual weekly support groups.
Join us for BJ Theater Company's annual Purim spiel, performed by kindergarten-8th graders. We'll peel back the curtain and take a look at what Esther, Ahashverosh, Vashti, Haman, and Mordekhai were up to before the megillah.
Come join other BJ members in learning Ivrit (Hebrew) live and online. Our Hebrew course provides a comprehensive Hebrew-learning experience focusing on the skills needed for conversation. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate student, we have a class for you!
This Ta’anit Esther, take time to reflect on the nature of fasting from historical, personal, and emotional perspectives. We’ll explore the particular history behind the Fast of Esther and the ways in which fasting, prayer, and justice all wind together.
The violent and harrowing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected all of us. To help people cope with and process these difficult times, The Jewish Board is offering two virtual weekly support groups.
Put your design skills to work in a Project Runway style team competition! Each team will be led by a BJ Teen through the process of creating their very own upcycled costume inspired by the Purim story.
Join us for a wacky and spirited Purim celebration for the whole family! We are looking forward to an evening filled with arts and crafts, music, snacks-to-go, a costume parade, and a family-friendly megillah reading of the Purim story.
Join us for BJ Theater Company's annual Purim spiel, performed by kindergarten-8th graders. We'll peel back the curtain and take a look at what Esther, Ahashverosh, Vashti, Haman, and Mordekhai were up to before the megillah.
It's time to reconvene our Israel Book Group. We have an eclectic line up of books planned for the year, beginning in December with Sarah Blau’s propulsive psychological thriller, The Others.
Put on your favorite costume or your perfect mask, hear the megillah, and join us for a Purim like no other. This year, we’ll celebrate with performances from our Purim Cabaret—song parodies written and performed by BJ community members!
Engage with short stories about the lives, struggles, and concerns of the Talmudic rabbis, and uncover deeper layers of our own selves. No knowledge of Hebrew is required.
Join Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, City Council Member Gale Brewer, Rabbi Carole Balin, Rabbi Tamara Cohen, Rabbi Joy Levitt, Rabbi Mira Rivera, Rabbi Sandy Sasso, and Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann to celebrate 100 Years of Bat Mitzvahs.
Bim Bam gives children under three a fun space to get ready for Shabbat through interactive songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions such as lighting candles, saying Kiddush, and giving tzedakah. This program is entirely in Hebrew.
