• Shirah with Shira: Fall-Winter 2024

    Shirah with Shira

    Frankel Hall 257 West 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    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.

  • Kadima@BJ

    Kadima@BJ

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

    Kadima@BJ is BJ's religious school, serving grades K-6. Kadima, which means “moving forward,” is centered around building a holy community—fostering pride, joy, and excitement in our students as they learn to become full and active members of our BJ community.

  • Pizza in the Sukkah

    Rooftop 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

    All 5th and 6th graders are invited to join us for pizza in the sukkah after Kadima ends.

  • Evening Minyan

    Minha-Arvit (Online)

    Remote Access Only NY, United States

    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.

  • Open Sukkah Hours

    Open Sukkah Hours

    Rooftop Sukkah

    Join us in the BJ Rooftop Terrace Sukkah! Bring your dairy/vegetarian meal and meet with friends in the sukkah at select times throughout Sukkot. Open to all!

  • Connections Dinner in the Sukkah

    Rooftop Sukkah

    Bring your own dairy/vegetarian meal and enjoy an evening of camaraderie in the sukkah with Connections, BJ’s social group for 55+.

  • Morning Minyan

    Shaharit (Hol Hamo’ed Sukkot—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.

  • Haverim

    Haverim

    Middle Room 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Our 7th-grade program, Haverim, integrates students in both secular schools and Jewish day schools, providing a platform to explore topics that affect all teenagers, regardless of background, and preparing students for their B-Mitzvah and beyond.

  • Evening Minyan

    Minha-Arvit (Online)

    Remote Access Only NY, United States

    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.

  • Open Sukkah Hours

    Open Sukkah Hours

    Rooftop Sukkah

    Join us in the BJ Rooftop Terrace Sukkah! Bring your dairy/vegetarian meal and meet with friends in the sukkah at select times throughout Sukkot. Open to all!

  • Morning Minyan

    Shaharit (Hol Hamo’ed Sukkot—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.

  • Open Sukkah Hours

    Open Sukkah Hours

    Rooftop Sukkah

    Join us in the BJ Rooftop Terrace Sukkah! Bring your dairy/vegetarian meal and meet with friends in the sukkah at select times throughout Sukkot. Open to all!

  • Evening Minyan

    Minha-Arvit (Online)

    Remote Access Only NY, United States

    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.

  • Sukkot Concert with Late Night Thoughts

    Rooftop 270 West 89th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join us in the Sukkah for a night of joyful music with Late Night Thoughts! LNT is the folk-pop duo from BJ’s own Michael Harlow (Teen Educator and Music Educator) together with Brian Rauch.

  • Bim Bam: Fall-Winter 2023

    Bim Bam

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

    Bim Bam gives children 3 and under a fun space to get ready for Shabbat through interactive songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions such as lighting candles and saying Kiddush.

  • Shabbat Model

    Shabbat Model (Friday Night)

    Various

    Shabbat Model embraces BJ’s core values, bringing families with children together with our whole community and teaching through modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. Programming is designed with our third through sixth grade students in mind, but all BJ families are welcome.

  • Hitoreri

    Hitoreri

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

    Hitoreri, our monthly teen-only Kabbalat Shabbat & dinner, is a BJ teen tradition. Teens participate in a mindfulness-style Kabbalat Shabbat service led by one of the BJ rabbis, followed by a delicious Shabbat dinner and a chance to hang out.

  • Hakhanah LaTefillah

    Hakhanah LaTefillah

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

    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

    Shabbat Model (Saturday Morning)

    Various

    Shabbat Model embraces BJ’s core values, bringing families with children together with our whole community and teaching through modeling authentic experiences of Jewish life. Programming is designed with our third through sixth grade students in mind, but all BJ families are welcome.