Event Series Morning Minyan

Shaharit (National Holiday)

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

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.

Event Series Evening Minyan

Minha (Online)

Join us in virtual community for Minha (the afternoon service). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.

Event Series Morning Minyan

Shaharit (Online)

Remote Access Only NY, United States

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.

“Soul Food” with Dirshuni (Women’s Contemporary Midrashim)

Remote Access Only NY, United States

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.

Event Series Evening Minyan

Minha (Online)

Join us in virtual community for Minha (the afternoon service). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.

Israel’s Declaration of Independence

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join Kobi Cohen for a conversation with Professor Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler, co-authors of Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment, to discuss the debates and decisions that led to the founding of Israel.

Incoming 8th Grade Town Hall – Welcome to the BJ Teens

Remote Access Only NY, United States

Join Rabbi Becca, Michael Harlow, and Laura for a special town hall for incoming 8th-grade families, to welcome them to the BJ teen program and learn a bit about what's in store for next year!

Event Series Morning Minyan

Shaharit (Online)

Remote Access Only NY, United States

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.

BJ Teen Executive Board Elections

It’s time for BJ Teen Executive Board elections! Each year, teens from our community run for positions on our Teen Executive Board.

Haverim Goes to Dave and Buster’s

Celebrate the end of the year with 7th grade Haverim! We will meet at BJ and travel down to Dave and Buster’s as a group, where we’ll play games and eat some dinner.

Event Series Evening Minyan

Minha (Online)

Join us in virtual community for Minha (the afternoon service). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.

Smash the Stigma: A Jewish Communal Conversation on Mental Illness & Suicide

Congregation Shearith Israel 2 W 70th St, New York, NY, United States

Help raise awareness and facilitate conversation about the difficult realities of mental illness and suicide in the Jewish community with Smash the Stigma, sponsored by a consortium of neighborhood synagogues and Jewish institutions. 

11th Annual Israel Film Center Festival

BJ is once again partnering with the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan for the 11th Annual Israel Film Festival, celebrating the best in new Israeli cinema.

Event Series Morning Minyan

Shaharit (In Person and Online)

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

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.

Event Series Evening Minyan

Minha (Online)

Join us in virtual community for Minha (the afternoon service). As we maintain a collective spiritual practice, please join us in supporting all those in our midst who are saying Kaddish.

Event Series Morning Minyan

Shaharit (Online)

Remote Access Only NY, United States

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.

Event Series Kadima@BJ Shabbat Model (Friday Night)

Kadima@BJ Shabbat Model (Friday Night)

Community House 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

BJ’s core values are reflected every Shabbat by bringing families and our whole community together. Our services—full of music and spirituality—show the essence of our community as we strive to share approachable and accessible Judaism, to ensure that everyone feels included and welcome. At Kadima@BJ, we believe that education is about modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. We’re excited that our new Model embraces BJ’s celebration of Shabbat.

Event Series Hitoreri

Hitoreri

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.

Event Series Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Sanctuary 257 West 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, Shabbat services at BJ are like no other.

Aviv June Shabbat Dinner

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States
Event Series Hakhanah LaTefillah

Hakhanah LaTefillah

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

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.