• Bim Bam

    Bim Bam: Fall-Winter 2023
    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.

  • Prayer: Back to the Basics (In Person)

    Prayer: Back to the Basics
    Sanctuary 257 West 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Rabbinic Fellow Alissa Platcow will help unlock the hidden themes and explore the dramatic arc of our tefillot (prayers) while sharing some essential tips for how to navigate services (where do I stand, when do I bow, and why?).

  • Reading of the Names

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

    For 25 consecutive years, the Upper West Side community has gathered to read the names of those among the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We come together this year for the 25th anniversary of this gathering, to read the names at BJ, where this Upper West Side ritual first began.

  • Yom Hashoah Commemoration and Film Screening: Etty Hillesum: Search for a Writer in Wartime

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

    Join us for a powerful commemoration of Yom Hashoah, as we come together for prayer, music, and ritual, in the presence of BJ’s Shoah Megillah, holding the names of family members of the BJ community who perished in the Holocaust. This year’s commemoration will also feature a screening of the film Etty Hillesum: Search for a Writer in Wartime.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.

  • Bim Bam

    Bim Bam: Fall-Winter 2023
    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.

  • Prayer: Back to the Basics (In Person)

    Prayer: Back to the Basics
    Sanctuary 257 West 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Rabbinic Fellow Alissa Platcow will help unlock the hidden themes and explore the dramatic arc of our tefillot (prayers) while sharing some essential tips for how to navigate services (where do I stand, when do I bow, and why?).

  • Pesah Evening Service (Eighth Evening)

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

    Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, services at BJ are like no other. Join us this eighth night of Pesah, for soul-stirring prayer, infused with melodies from across the Jewish world.

  • Pesah Morning Services (Seventh Day)

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

    Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, services at BJ are like no other. Join us this seventh day of Pesah, for soul-stirring prayer, infused with melodies from across the Jewish world.

  • Pesah Evening Service (Seventh Evening)

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

    Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, services at BJ are like no other. Join us this seventh night of Pesah, for soul-stirring prayer, infused with melodies from across the Jewish world.

  • Shabbat Morning Services

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

    Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, services at BJ are like no other. This Shabbat and throughout Pesah, join us for soul-stirring prayer, infused with melodies from across the Jewish world.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, services at BJ are like no other. This Shabbat and throughout Pesah, join us for soul-stirring prayer, infused with melodies from across the Jewish world.

  • Out of the Narrow Place: Community Seder with Rabbi Sammy Kanter

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

    Let us come together in song, ritual, and celebration as we journey through the BJ Community Seder, led by Rabbi Sammy Kanter and enhanced by our team of musicians. The seder includes a full Pesah meal, elegantly provided by a Kosher caterer.

  • Shabbat Minha

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

    Join us in person or virtually for the afternoon prayer service of Shabbat.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.

  • Bim Bam

    Bim Bam: Fall-Winter 2023
    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.

  • Melodies of the Pesah Seder

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

    Learn new melodies, review old favorites—take part in this musical preparation for your seder, with Hazzan Ari Priven.

  • Shabbat Minha

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

    Join us in person or virtually for the afternoon prayer service of Shabbat.

  • Kabbalat Shabbat

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

    Join us on Friday nights for a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service infused with uplifting melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition.