• 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.

  • Tot Shabbat

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

    Families will enjoy a kid-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service filled with singing and dancing. Services will be followed by a dinner complete with Shabbat blessings and songs.

  • 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.

  • Ija Mia: A Night of Sephardic and Ottoman Music

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

    Join East of the River, led by Nina Stern and Daphna Mor, to celebrate the release of their album, Ija Mia. Ija Mia braids together the rich vocal and instrumental traditions of the sephardic diaspora with soundscapes from throughout North Africa and the Ottoman Empire.

  • Irreconcilable Visions for Israel? Before and After October 7

    Israel at 76
    Sanctuary 257 West 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join the Tel Aviv Review of Books as we kick off Israel at 76—a new series of captivating lectures and eye-opening conversations with teachers, thinkers and activists who are thoughtfully wrestling with some of the most essential questions about Israel’s future at this moment.
    The Israel at 76 series is generously sponsored by Helena Diamant Glass, in cherished memory of her beloved parents, Regina Landwirth Diamant and Karl Diamant, and in honor of Yom Ha'atzma-ut 5784.

  • POSTPONED 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?).

  • Inside BJ’s 300-Year-Old Torah

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

    Jeffrey Ohrenstein, Chairman of Memorial Scroll Trust, will explain how BJ's historic Torah, older than the United States, was one of 1564 scrolls rescued from the Holocaust. This event will include a Q&A and an opportunity to view the scroll up close.

  • 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.

  • Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent—Film Screening and Discussion

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

    After being expelled from Nazi Germany for his outspokenness, Rabbi Joachim Prinz immigrated to America and became a leader in the civil rights movement. The documentary remembers him as ahead of his time in his positions on civil rights and peace in the Middle East. This is a Shira Palmer Sherman Memorial Event.

  • 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.

  • Purim Carnival

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

    Celebrate Purim at B’nai Jeshurun’s Purim Carnival! There will be glorious games, incredible inflatables, crazy costumes, awesome activities, and scrumptious snacks. 

  • Shushan Night Live: Community Megillah Reading

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

    Live from New York, it’s Shushan Night Live—hosted by Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman from the comedy duo Yidlife Crisis, and featuring BJ’s teen band: GOLDBERG! Put on your favorite costume or your perfect mask, hear the megillah, and join us for a Purim celebration like no other.

  • BJ Theater Company Presents: Here Comes the Spiel!

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

    It’s time for the BJ Theater Company’s annual Purim Spiel! This year’s show is Here Comes the Spiel—a groovy, hippies-meet-Haman twist on the Megillah that you surely don't want to miss. Join us to celebrate our talented kindergarten-ninth grade cast!

  • 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.

  • The Cost of Free Land: Book Talk with author Rebecca Clarren

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

    Join Connections with author Rebecca Claren to discuss her book The Cost of Free Land, where she investigates the history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the U.S. government.