Prepare for Shabbat with Rabbi Roly Matalon and BJ Music Director Dan Nadel, using melodies from the Sephardi and Mizrahi traditions, verses of Shir haShirim (Song of Songs), and beautiful piyutim (liturgical poems).
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.
Every first Thursday of the month, this group will discuss a book written by an Israeli author, facilitated by BJ members Carole Balin and Jennifer Sylvor.
This summer is going to be very different. Luckily, there are many summer opportunities! If you are not sure what your summer looks like as of now, join Matt to learn how to navigate what opportunities are available.
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.
What are the shifts reshaping our cultures, demographics, governments, and economies? Join Futurist Ari Wallach for a conversation about some of the larger megatrends in our world with Majora Carter, Don Chen, Dr. Hollie Russon Gilman, and Dr. Wendy Greenspun.
Families are invited to join us as we partner with Repair the World for a meaningful day of community service where we will be packaging health safety kits for a local food pantry. This program consists of two parts: Packaging Supplies In early April, you will receive an email with instructions to pick up supplies […]
Join Michael Harlow to take a deeper dive into the music and punctuation of the Torah! Together we will learn all about the different melodies used in reading the Torah!
Join us and The Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility for a conversation on the uneasy place Jews have held in America’s racial culture since the late nineteenth century, and their role in today’s movements for racial justice.
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.
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.
Join fellow 20s, 30s, and 40s for a virtual tour of Israel!
Join us for a relaxed hour with good conversation and your favorite drink. All are welcome.
Join Connections for this workshop led by Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff, a genealogist from New York City who has spent the past 14 years exploring his roots, building his family tree and meeting relatives around the world.
BJ is proud to cosponsor this third annual Jewish conversation on suicide and depression, presented by Shearith Israel and NAMI NYC: National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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.
Join BJ and a large multifaith coalition, led by Middle Church, for a mayoral forum focusing on low-income housing, criminal justice reform, and police relations. Our goal is to bring a faith-based perspective to critical issues impacted by mayoral leadership.
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 the BJ Community for Minha services.
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.
Transition out of the work week and settle into a Shabbat heart and mindset through meditation and contemplative spiritual practice with Rabbi Lisa Goldstein.
