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This Elul, we invite you to join our community-wide writing project and share your reflections. We ask you to respond to the simple, yet profound, ...
This Elul, we invite you to join our community-wide writing project and share your reflections. We ask you to respond to the simple, yet profound, ...
Like many Jewish holidays, Shavuot is, in part, an agricultural celebration. Shavuot marks the first harvest. Shavuot also represents a milestone in the annual reenactment ...
Join the BJ Theater Company as we celebrate Pesah! Kindergarten-sixth graders are invited to explore the Haggadah through song and dance as we weave together ...
Mishloah manot is one of the four mitzvot of the Purim holiday. It literally means “sending of portions” and refers to a gift of food ...
Hunger doesn't stop for the holidays. Will you help us ensure WSCAH can provide New Yorkers in need with a holiday meal this season?
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the culmination of a 40-day-long process of teshuvah—shedding the dysfunctional patterns in our lives, making amends for our ...
Yom Kippur is the pinnacle of our introspective season. Throughout Yom Kippur, you will encounter prayer services that have some familiar elements and others that ...
Kol Nidre, the prayer that begins our Yom Kippur experience, is most well known for its iconic and haunting melody. The Book of Life is ...
Rosh Hashanah not only marks the start of the Jewish year but also begins the Yamim Nora’im, the Days of Awe, a 10-day period that ...
On Rosh Hashanah, we use special greetings, we eat sweet foods, and we perform the ritual of tashlikh—symbolically casting away our sins.
Throughout the month of Elul, in the lead-up to the Yamim Nora’im, we engage in heshbon nefesh, reflecting on who we are and who we ...
Share in the joy of Purim with our mishloah manot exchange! Sign up and we’ll match you with another BJ member; each of you will ...
The week of Hanukkah mirrors the reality in our lives that, most often, human achievement comes slowly, bit by bit, with commitment, patience, and discipline. ...
I was born to play Elizabeth Bennett. I’d been reading Pride and Prejudice, over and over since I was 9 years old, and I knew ...
I recently returned from a trip to Israel and Palestine sponsored by Combatants for Peace, and I am happy to share some stories of how ...
It has been many years now since I was on a silent retreat sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. The morning schedule included a ...
We celebrate Hanukkah during the Northern Hemisphere’s darkest time of the year. Amidst this darkness, I am fortunate to be surrounded by an abundance of ...
How do we understand transformation? How can light enter a world bathed in so much darkness? Last year, on the 8th day of Hanukkah, my ...
Even when it doesn’t appear that sustaining light is possible. Even when the odds are not in our favor. Even when there is uncertainty about ...
Help us put together 200 welcome backpacks with necessary toiletries and meaningful supplies for newly arrived asylum seekers in NYC.
Help us put together 200 welcome backpacks with necessary toiletries and meaningful supplies for newly arrived asylum seekers in NYC.
The Kabbalists (Jewish mystics) instituted a practice of inviting ushpizin (celestial guests) to join us in the sukkah. They imagined that we could welcome a ...
As Pesah begins, we feel all our senses come to life. Our seder plate—filled with the shank bone (zeroa), egg (beitzah), bitter herbs (maror), vegetable ...
Purim 2020 was an uncertain, fearful time as the world started to become nervous about COVID-19. Two years later, Jews around the world were thrilled ...
We are proud to partner with Mitzvah Matzoh, a non-profit that harnesses the power of Pesah to expand freedom for those who need it most. ...
Megillat Esther is the literal scroll of parchment that the Hebrew text of the book of Esther is written on, but is most often used ...
One of the most important mitzvot of Purim is to host a seudah (a festive meal) on Purim day. Since Purim is known as a ...
The mitzvah of mishloah manot (literally: sending gift packages) consists of sending gifts of food to friends and neighbors. These gifts strengthen the ties that ...
Giving matanot le’evyonim (literally, gifts to the poor) is a core mitzvah of Purim. In modern times, this can take the form of direct presents, ...
Help BJ spread Adar joy with homemade hamentaschen! Your freshly baked hamentaschen will be donated to BJ’s lunch program guests and to the Goddard Riverside ...
Letter to the Editor Published in the New York Jewish Week on March 29 2020
In these intimate learning sessions, we will study texts that explore the spiritual challenge of living in uncertain times and how the work of heshbon hanefesh (soul accounting) that is asked of us this time of year can offer guidance.
Start your spiritual preparation in the month of Elul. Rabbis Felicia, Becca, and Deena will each teach a complementary session to help get you in the mindset of the season and ready for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Whether you are well-versed in High Holy Day traditions and prayer, or just beginning your exploration, Rabbi Sammy Kanter will guide us through the essential prayers and practices, helping us find personal meaning and intention for this sacred season.
In these intimate learning sessions, we will study texts that explore the spiritual challenge of living in uncertain times and how the work of heshbon hanefesh (soul accounting) that is asked of us this time of year can offer guidance.
In these intimate learning sessions, we will study texts that explore the spiritual challenge of living in uncertain times and how the work of heshbon hanefesh (soul accounting) that is asked of us this time of year can offer guidance.
Join Rabbi Shuli Passow for a healing circle, exploring meditation and contemplative practices that can help us look forward toward the new year with greater grounding and resilience.
Join Rabbis Roly Matalon, Felicia Sol, and Becca Weintraub as we delve into the meaning of the Yamim Nora’im (High Holy Days) and the spiritual work essential during this sacred time of year.
We invite you to join Hazzan Ari Priven as we prepare for the Yamim Nora’im by singing new and old melodies that we’ll hear throughout the High Holy Days.
Join us for Erev Rosh Hashanah services, held in person in the SPSA Sanctuary.
Come together with the Aviv 20s and 30s for a Rosh Hashanah dinner that’s more than just a meal. Connect with like-minded individuals, share traditions, and create lasting memories.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah morning services, held in person in multiple locations on the Upper West Side.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah Early Childhood services—for children ages seven and under and their families—led by our artist in residence, Shira Averbuch. Early Childhood Services are available to BJ members and non-members alike. Registration is required.
Engage in self-discovery and spiritual transformation as we reflect upon this past year and imagine what we will create together in 5785. Join folks in their 20s & 30s on a social and spiritual journey at BJ’s Aviv High Holy Day services.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah Morning Services as we mark the start of the new Jewish year. This service is geared toward students in 2nd grade and older and their families.
Join us for Erev Rosh Hashanah services, held in person in the BJ Sanctuary.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah morning services, held in person in the SPSA Sanctuary.
On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, join us for a meditative, soul-stirring, and deeply powerful service. We are thrilled to make the Mindfulness Service available to BJ members and non-members alike. Registration is required.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah Early Childhood services—for children ages seven and under and their families—led by our Artist in Residence, Shira Averbuch. We are thrilled to make Early Childhood Services available to BJ members and non-members alike. Registration is required.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah Morning Services as we mark the start of the new Jewish year. This service is geared toward students in 2nd grade and older, and their families. Registration is available to members and non-members alike.
Join us for Kol Nidre, held in person in multiple locations on the Upper West Side.
Join us for the Kol Nidre Family Service, the beginning of the holiest day on the Jewish year. This service is geared toward students in 2nd grade and older, and their families.
We invite you to embark on a social and spiritual journey with folks in their 20s & 30s at BJ’s Aviv High Holy Day services.
Join us for Yom Kippur morning services, held in person in multiple locations on the Upper West Side.
Join us for Yom Kippur Early Childhood services—for children ages seven and under and their families—led by our Artist in Residence, Shira Averbuch, and a special re-telling of the story of Jonah with Bill Gordh.
Join us for a family service on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. This service is geared toward students in 2nd grade and older, and their families.
Join us for Seder Ha-Avodah, a short and powerful service, as we move through the afternoon of Yom Kippur.
Join us for Minha and Ne’ilah services, the conclusion of Yom Kippur, held in person in multiple locations on the Upper West Side.
End Yom Kippur with a sense of peace and renewal. Join us for a nourishing Break Fast filled with good food and great company with the Aviv 20s and 30s community.
Join us for this spiritual and fun Sukkot service full of singing, movement, and learning.
Join the BJ Environmental Advocates for a showing of the provocative, informative documentary Food, Inc. 2 on the rooftop terrace of our Community House.
Join us for this spiritual holiday service full of singing, movement, and learning.
Join us for this spiritual and fun holiday service full of singing, movement, and learning.
Join us for this spiritual and fun holiday service full of singing, movement, learning, and dancing with the Torah!
Join us for this spiritual and fun Purim evening where we will hear a kid-friendly reading of the Megillah!
Join us for this spiritual and fun Pesah service full of singing, movement, learning, and to hear the Passover story!
Join us for this spiritual and fun Shavuot service full of singing, movement, learning, and some flower decorating.