Logo BJ
  • Welcome
    • What We Believe
    • Meet the Team
    • Our History
    • Our Campus
    • What to Expect
    • Multifaith & Multiheritage Families
  • Explore
    • Program Guide
    • Music
    • Adult Learning
    • Family & Youth
    • Aviv (20s, 30s, & 40s)
    • Shavuot
    peaches in a bowl

    Shavuot

  • Participate
    • Full Calendar Listing
    • Service Schedule
    • This Shabbat at BJ
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Havurot & Small Groups

    A hub for everything happening this Shabbat.

  • Join
    • Membership
    • Kadima@BJ
    • Careers

Welcome

  • What We Believe
  • Meet the Team
  • Our History
  • Our Campus
  • What to Expect
  • Multifaith & Multiheritage Families

Explore

  • Program Guide
  • Music
  • Adult Learning
  • Family & Youth
  • Aviv (20s, 30s, & 40s)
  • Shavuot

Participate

  • Full Calendar Listing
  • Service Schedule
  • This Shabbat at BJ
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Havurot & Small Groups

Join

  • Membership
  • Kadima@BJ
  • Careers

Home > Programs > Hesed
Home > Programs > Hesed

Hesed — Lovingkindness

Hesed is how we take care of each other. It is the safety net that catches us when we fall. It is phone calls before Shabbat, holiday visits to the homebound, and cooking for a shiva or a new baby. Hesed is our best Jewish selves caring for our community.

Menu
Close Menu

Themes

  • Community, Caring, & Belonging

Program Guide

  • Community, Caring, & Belonging

Contact Us

billie di stefano

Billie Di Stefano

Hesed Programs and Life Cycles Manager
jane blumenstein

Jane Blumenstein

Social Worker

See the impact of our volunteers and their work.


BJ’s Hevra Kadisha program offers one way in which BJ members can act upon their covenant. The Tahara group is a subset of the Hevra Kadisha whose volunteers prepare bodies of Jewish people for burial, ensuring that community members are honored in both life and death. 

For Ben and many others, the physical shepherding of the body and soul from life to death through the Hevra Kadisha is a way to express honor and dignity.

Learn more: https://bj.org/death-and-mourning/#mourning

BJ’s Hevra Kadisha program offers one way in which BJ members can act upon their covenant. The Tahara group is a subset of the Hevra Kadisha whose volunteers prepare bodies of Jewish people for burial, ensuring that community members are honored in both life and death.

For Ben and many others, the physical shepherding of the body and soul from life to death through the Hevra Kadisha is a way to express honor and dignity.

Learn more: https://staging.bj.org/death-and-mourning/#mourning


10


0

YouTube Video UExlQy1XSERsVmEtMWpnbjg5U2ZjYVk3UGlLNTVNVUpSTy41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2



Hesed at BJ: Ben Jablonski and Suzanne Schecter


B'nai Jeshurun


March 15, 2023 10:39 am


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

And Miriam and Carl cherished their relationship with Dani, especially as Carl’s health suffered and she supported them throughout his illness. When Carl passed away, Dani continued to be a source of comfort for Miriam as she adjusted to the hardships of death and a change in lifestyle.

Shabbat Connections connects BJ members who are in need of community, and Dani has taken that purpose to heart. “No matter what kind of day I’m having, I pick up the phone and I call Miriam and I feel better…because I’m available to someone else.”

Learn more: bj.org/hesed

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

And Miriam and Carl cherished their relationship with Dani, especially as Carl’s health suffered and she supported them throughout his illness. When Carl passed away, Dani continued to be a source of comfort for Miriam as she adjusted to the hardships of death and a change in lifestyle.

Shabbat Connections connects BJ members who are in need of community, and Dani has taken that purpose to heart. “No matter what kind of day I’m having, I pick up the phone and I call Miriam and I feel better…because I’m available to someone else.”

Learn more: bj.org/hesed


9


1

YouTube Video UExlQy1XSERsVmEtMWpnbjg5U2ZjYVk3UGlLNTVNVUpSTy4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy



Dani and Miriam's Story: How they found connection through the Hesed program


B'nai Jeshurun


February 28, 2023 11:11 am


At Judaism’s core is the belief that we are linked as a people in a covenantal relationship with God, and as members in a covenantal relationship with one another. 

Our BJ Community Covenant also offers us the opportunity to build and sustain our community and its shared values by declaring them, and by entering into a covenant that reflects who we are and aspire to be.

BJ’s Hesed program offers one way in which BJ members can act upon their covenant. It is how we take care of each other: the safety net that catches us when we fall. It is phone calls before Shabbat, holiday visits to the homebound, and cooking for a shiva or a new baby. 

Hesed is our best Jewish selves caring for our community.

At Judaism’s core is the belief that we are linked as a people in a covenantal relationship with God, and as members in a covenantal relationship with one another.

Our BJ Community Covenant also offers us the opportunity to build and sustain our community and its shared values by declaring them, and by entering into a covenant that reflects who we are and aspire to be.

BJ’s Hesed program offers one way in which BJ members can act upon their covenant. It is how we take care of each other: the safety net that catches us when we fall. It is phone calls before Shabbat, holiday visits to the homebound, and cooking for a shiva or a new baby.

Hesed is our best Jewish selves caring for our community.


12


0

YouTube Video UExlQy1XSERsVmEtMWpnbjg5U2ZjYVk3UGlLNTVNVUpSTy4wMTcyMDhGQUE4NTIzM0Y5



Hesed at BJ: Finding purpose in our community


B'nai Jeshurun


February 16, 2023 12:41 pm


Subscribe



Let Your Community Support You

Being part of the BJ community means being supported in times of need—by the clergy, the staff, and your fellow members. Please don’t be afraid to ask for help if you are sick, injured, or alone—you can speak to one of our rabbis or to our DOROT social worker, Jane Blumenstein. If you are in need of volunteer support through one of our Hesed groups, contact Billie Di Stefano or see below for more information.

Other Hesed Resources

Hesed (Lovingkindness)—Committees & Resources


Comfort & Support for Mourners

Shabbat Connections

Prayers for Healing

elder hands

Support During Illness

Baby wearing B'Nai Jeshurun branded onesie

Support for New Parents

ornate designs at b'nai jeshurun

Ruah: Mental
Health Initiative

exterior of b'nai jeshurun

What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life

Express Interest in Volunteering

Jewish tradition teaches us to treasure each day, especially the moments of growth and transition in our lives. The community of B’nai Jeshurun considers it a privilege to mark and share important stages in a person’s life and support them in both sadness and joy. Our Hesed committees allow for volunteers to engage in gemilut hasadim, or acts of lovingkindness. For more information, please click on one of the groups above or explore the signup form to express interest.

Sign up to express interest in volunteering

Popular Links

  • Service Schedule
  • Event Calendar
  • Program Directory
  • Make a Gift
  • Membership
BJ Logo
  • Welcome
    • What We Believe
    • Meet the Team
    • Our History
    • Our Campus
    • What to Expect
    • Multifaith & Multiheritage Families
    • BJ Community Covenant
  • Explore
    • Full Calendar Listing
    • Services & Events by Month
    • Adult Learning
    • Family & Youth
    • Aviv 20s, 30s, & 40s
  • Pray With Us
    • Daily Minyan Online
    • Family & Youth Service Schedule
    • Complete Service Schedule
  • Quick Links
    • Rent Our Spaces
    • Careers
    • Membership
    • Congregational School (Kadima@BJ)
    • Make a Gift
    • Pay My Balance

Synagogue

257 West 88th Street
New York, NY 10024
(Between Broadway
and West End Avenue)

Community House

270 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
T: 212-787-7600
F: 212-496-7600

Shabbat Service Times

Join Live

 

Kabbalat Shabbat
Fridays
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

 

Shabbat Morning Services
Saturdays
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Copyright © 2023 B'nai Jeshurun.  All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy