Week of Events
Hai School Musi-Spiel Rehearsals
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.
Walk-Through Purim Block Party
Walk-Through Purim Block Party
Join us for our first ever Walk-Through Purim Block party filled with physically distanced, music, fun and costumes.
Teen Cohort Learning Series (Graduating Year 2021-2022)
Teen Cohort Learning Series (Graduating Year 2021-2022)
Join your grade for an empowering year of cohort learning through monthly sessions featuring subjects chosen by teen representatives from each grade cohort; such as Israel, antisemitism, race, Holocaust education, and what it means to be a Jew today.
Virtual Hamentaschen Baking
Virtual Hamentaschen Baking
Let’s come together virtually and make hamentaschen as a community! The baking will take place in small groups in breakout rooms so sign up now for a day and group that’s right for you.
Meditative Healing Circle
Meditative Healing Circle
Whether you are in need of healing, praying for a loved one, or want to extend well wishes to the wider world, join Rabbi Shuli Passow and cellist Jessie Reagan Mann for a healing circle rooted in meditation and chanting.
Mishloah Manot Making (PreK-2nd Graders)
Mishloah Manot Making (PreK-2nd Graders)
What a better way to prepare for Purim than to make Mishloah Manot. Join a team from Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Summer Camps to make creative and artistic gift packages and learn a little about Purim.
Virtual Hamentaschen Baking
Virtual Hamentaschen Baking
Let’s come together virtually and make hamentaschen as a community! The baking will take place in small groups in breakout rooms so sign up now for a day and group that’s right for you.
Connections Cocktail Hour
Connections Cocktail Hour
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
Mishnah After Minyan
Mishnah After Minyan
Join Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub on Tuesday mornings as we explore Mishnah Brakhot: the first tractate of the six books of Mishnah and the beginning of our oral Torah.
“Soul Food” Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Felicia Sol
“Soul Food” Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Felicia Sol
Open up your soul to the nourishment and challenge of the Hassidic rabbis. Join Rabbi Felicia Sol as we study Netivot Shalom, Rabbi Shalom Noach Berezovsky, a 20th c. Slonimer Rebbe. Each class will stand alone, so new participants are always welcome. No prior knowledge is expected.
Kadima@BJ
Kadima@BJ
“Kadima” is the name of our Hebrew school program. Kadima@BJ will be held virtually from September-December.
Ivrit Live (Virtual Hebrew Lessons)
Ivrit Live (Virtual Hebrew Lessons)
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!
BJ Environmental Advocates Meeting
BJ Environmental Advocates Meeting
Following our successful collaboration with the BJ Teen Executive Board for our Beyond Tu Bishvat program we are meeting to discuss what's next. Join us to help shape our future environmental justice actions.
BJ Community Vaccination Training
BJ Community Vaccination Training
BJ is expanding its efforts to help our community register for the vaccine. If you are a member and would like to participate in this effort, join us for a Zoom training on how you can help.
Supporting Each Other While Living Alone During COVID-19
Supporting Each Other While Living Alone During COVID-19
For those who live alone, the COVID-19 crisis has brought an increased sense of isolation and disconnection. Together, we will process the experience of living alone during this challenging time, and to learn and gain strength from one another.
Haverim
Haverim
Centering around the building of community in 7th grade, students will feel more connected to the BJ community, the B’nai Mitzvah process, and their peers through this trimester program.
BJ Teens Virtual Purim Hangout
BJ Teens Virtual Purim Hangout
Join the BJ Teens for a celebration of Purim with games, virtual costumes, and more! This event is planned by the BJ Teen Executive Board.
When Things Fall Apart
When Things Fall Apart
Wednesdays with Hadar: Unit 4 When Things Fall Apart: A Theology Rooted in the Real with Rabbi Aviva Richman Our immediate reaction when things go wrong may be to doubt or to turn away from God, to sever the relationship because it feels outside and out of place in our real experience. But what if […]
A Year of Life Turned Upside Down: Ta’anit Esther with Hadar
A Year of Life Turned Upside Down: Ta’anit Esther with Hadar
Purim marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, bringing to mind the words of Megillat Esther, “Venahafoch Hu” - “and it was turned upside down.” In this spirit, we’re cosponsoring a day of learning, prayer, service, and ritual with Hadar.
“In the Mirror” Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Roly Matalon
“In the Mirror” Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Roly Matalon
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.
Young Families Purim Celebration: Grogger Making, Megillah Reading, and Costume Dance Party!
Young Families Purim Celebration: Grogger Making, Megillah Reading, and Costume Dance Party!
Join us for Young Families Megillah reading on Zoom, followed by a Purim celebration.
Hai School Musi-Spiel Performance
Hai School Musi-Spiel Performance
Join us for this year's splashy, spectacular Spiel, our first-ever Purim movie starring talented BJ Theater Company kindergarten-eighth grade performers. Hai School Musi-Spiel, based on the Disney hit High School Musical, takes the Purim story to a new level.
Community Megillah Reading
Community Megillah Reading
Put on your favorite costume, your perfect mask, hear the megillah, and join us for a Purim like no other! BJ members are invited to stay for after party breakout rooms!
Megillah Reading and Aviv Purim Celebration
Megillah Reading and Aviv Purim Celebration
Put on your favorite costume, your perfect mask, hear the megillah, and join us for a Purim like no other! BJ members and the Aviv community are invited to stay with us for after party breakout rooms.
Bim Bam 2021
Bim Bam 2021
A space for children under 3 to get ready for Shabbat through songs, movement, and stories, while practicing traditions. The series is held on Zoom and led by our Artist in Residence, Shira Averbuch.
Minha
Minha
Join us in virtual community for the afternoon prayer service before we prepare to enter Shabbat.
Mindful Preparation for Shabbat with Yael Shy
Mindful Preparation for Shabbat with Yael Shy
Transition out of the work week and settle, into a Shabbat heart and mindset through contemplative practice and meditation with meditation expert Yael Shy.
Mindful Preparation for Shabbat
Mindful Preparation for Shabbat
Transition out of the work week, and settle into a Shabbat heart and mindset, with music, chanting and mindfulness meditation, led by Rabbi Shuli Passow and Cantor David Mintz.
Arts and Social Justice
Arts and Social Justice
Join fellow 20s and 30s for a series exploring the intersection of Social Justice and Art. Each session stands alone so you are invited to join us for some or all of them.
Minha
Music in the Afterglow: Meditations in Sound with Frank London & Friends
Music in the Afterglow: Meditations in Sound with Frank London & Friends
Bring Shabbat to a close with an evening of meditative music. Join BJ Music Director Dan Nadel (guitar), Frank London (trumpet), and Vitor Goncalves (accordion) for stirring songs to enter us into the new week.