The sign read: “Courtyard Concerts—Today at 6:30!” A few weeks ago, as I was walking down West 85th Street on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, this ...

One year ago, I wrote about my cousin Dov in this Toward Shabbat column. Marking the first Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’Atzma-ut since ...

I was fifteen years old and in a fight with my father. It was 1992, and a massive rally for reproductive rights was to take ...

We come to the end of a loud and heavy week. Loud with a relentless cacophony: speeches, rallies, cable news pundits, analysis, processing groups, WhatsApp notifications, ...

I have always had the acute feeling of being both an insider and outsider in Israel. I have lived there, but never served in the ...

On Shemini Atzeret, we begin adding a phrase to the Amidah prayer asking for rain. For centuries, we’ve said these words. But this year, Shemini ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about ego recently: the role that it plays in my life; and my ongoing efforts to infuse accomplishment with humility, ...

I was seven years old when my youngest brother was born, old enough to participate in marking his many milestones on his “Baby’s First Year” ...

“Finders keepers, losers weepers” is a well known (if morally questionable) children’s adage. But while this argument might win a dispute on the playground, it’s not a ...

When Dani Levi volunteered for BJ’s Shabbat Connections program, she found deep friendship with fellow members Miriam and Carl Stern. And Miriam and Carl cherished ...

Looking to get more involved at BJ in 2023? There are plenty of ways to volunteer—plus two new opportunities to connect, meet new people, and ...

Last Saturday night, my family and I brought in the new secular year with 4,000 of our closest friends. At 11:30 PM, the four of ...

Have you heard? Shabbat is all the rage. Just this week, a New York Times article reported on what appears to be a growing trend ...

Shabbat wasn’t always a part of my life. It was when I was a child: Growing up, Shabbat was a constant, a day joyfully distinct ...

Community Kiddush is back! Based on the community’s input, we are excited to share some initial changes to Kiddush that will align with our aspirational ...

Community Kiddush is back! Based on the community’s input, we are excited to share some initial changes to Kiddush that will align with our aspirational ...

Some of the most vivid Jewish memories from my childhood took place in the social hall of Lower Merion Synagogue. Every week, after we sang the ...

On a family trip to England many years ago, we visited the famous hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace. At one point I became separated ...

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, my Jewish community in Philadelphia was very active in the Soviet Jewry movement. In school we learned about refuseniks, and ...

The situation in Ukraine continues to weigh heavily on our hearts, as we see the catastrophic unnecessary loss of life, the lives needlessly uprooted, people ...

It’s true that football is a brutal sport. But if you reduce its attraction to being a modern equivalent of gladiator events at the Colosseum, ...

Two years ago this week, on January 5, 2020, I joined a very special club. For most of its existence, this club was fairly exclusive. Women’s ...

Getting to Yes, the “bible” of negotiation by Roger Fischer and William Ury, has sold over 2 million copies since its publication in 1981. It’s ...

When my grandfather died in the spring of 2003, I was nearly 10,000 miles away. Privileged with an opportunity to travel in Southeast Asia, I ...

Is there really a place for me in the Jewish community? This question emerged because Max had recently come out as non-binary, identifying as neither a ...

My favorite Pesah joke is the oldie but goodie that goes like this: How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one...but the ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

We are deeply grateful to the Peaceman Foundation and the family of Siggi Wilzig, for whom this project is named, for their generous support of ...

Exactly one year ago today in the Jewish calendar, at 7:04AM on the 7th of Adar, I received the following text from my childrens’ school: ...

We are learning and re-learning that the work of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is slow, iterative, and requires building a relational culture among the ...

For the past ten weeks, an incredible tension has been eating at my heart.  In the days immediately following November’s election, Biden’s call for unity ...

We are assembling a collection of written responses to the pandemic --meditations, bits of wisdom gleaned, frustrations, unexpected insights, survival tips, and more. We invite ...

Last January, I began studying Daf Yomi, a seven and a half year journey through the entire Babylonian Talmud, at the rate of one page ...

The first time I saw a sky full—really full—of stars, I was 19 years old. I was in the tiny mountain village of Las Delicias ...

In 2019, B’nai Jeshurun embarked on the next leg of our ongoing journey to be an inclusive community and spiritual home to all who come ...

BJ has been a longtime supporter of West Side Campaign Against Hunger. Every year, BJ members donate to WSCAH on the night of Kol Nidre. ...

Whether you are newer to Jewish ritual or have been practicing your whole life, whether you studied in yeshivah or are just dipping your toe ...

All year, every year, BJ volunteers make amazing things happen. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, it wasn’t a surprise that over 150 BJ ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Do you miss mingling with people at kiddush? Saying Shanah Tovah to your neighbors as you settle into your seat in the Sanctuary? We know ...

Over the past few weeks, a controversy has erupted on the Upper West Side regarding the temporary use of local hotels to shelter men experiencing ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Looking for more Jewish adult learning opportunities this summer? Two of BJ's partners, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Hadar, are offering a ...

Would I have reacted in the same way had she not been Black? I wondered. Was it the color of her skin that caused an ...

During this period of blurry time, I am finding Shabbat more precious and necessary than ever.

No, this museum visit was not a look back to yesterday; it was a mirror of today. And it was brutal to meet its gaze, ...

We all tell single stories, at various moments and for various reasons. Sometimes we don’t know any stories other than the one we are telling—like ...

At a moment of intense polarization within the Jewish people, the practice of Daf Yomi pushes us to see Jewish learning and tradition as a ...