Get Away with BJ 2013 (Community Retreat)
Imagine the beauty of Shabbat at BJ but with lake views, fresh air, swimming, Israeli dance, BBQ, s’mores, and stars. Join Rabbis Roly Matalon, Marcelo Bronstein and Felicia Sol, and Hazzan Ari Priven, and fellow BJ members as we retreat to nature. Get to know BJ's spiritual leaders and community members in a more intimate setting. Bring your singing voice and learn new songs. Special interest programming. To register click here. For more information, contact Guy.
Location: Isabella Freedman Retreat Center
BJ Annual Meeting 2013
Join us for the Annual Meeting to learn about planning for our community. Come early for some light refreshments, schmoozing and a picture presentation from the past year at BJ. We will hear messages from the rabbis and the president as well as elect new members to BJ’s Board of Trustees.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sanctuary
Hakhanah laTefillah-Preparing for Prayer
Please join Rabbi Roly Matalon to prepare the soul and open the heart for Shabbat morning prayers through the singing of piyutim and reflections on kavannah. Study at home with piyutim and readings for listening and printing.
Location: 263 West 86th Street SPSA Chapel
BJ Walks as a Community at the Celebrate Israel Parade
Get out your Israeli flag, bring an Instrument and join BJ community as we walk and sing in the Celebrate Israel Parade. Join us all, Rabbis, friends and families to show our love and support of Israel. Be there on time and prepare a special parade hat! Walkers should wear the official BJ parade t-shirt, for Registration and to order a t-shirt. For more information contact Orli Moss. Please refrain from bringing backpacks and strollers.
Location: 54th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
June Tot Shabbat
Families will enjoy a kid-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service filled with singing and dancing, followed by a dinner at 5:45PM downstairs in Frankel Hall complete with Shabbat blessings and songs. Dinner will include delicious choices for adults as well as children, and vegetarian options will be available; dietary laws observed. While adults are finishing their meal, teen volunteers will engage children in games and more songs! Register by noon on Wednesday, June 5 and contact Kristen Kersey with any questions or specific dietary requests. Cost is $25/adult members, and $32/adult non-members; thanks to a generous donation, all children eat free.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Frankel Hall
Voices of Jerusalem with the Nava Tehila Ensemble
Join the musical prayer leaders of Nava Tehila, Jerusalem, for an afternoon of delight as they invite us to travel into the landscape of holiness and joy. Through chanting Psalms and Song of Songs with original melodies and guided intentions, we will connect to the spirit of Shabbat and allow it to fill our hearts and uplift our spirits. Open to all. Free, registration encouraged. For more information contact Ari Priven.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sanctuary
Spring Hike with Yozma
Join Yozma for a 5-6 mile hike (no hills) in beautiful Van Cortlandt Park and Tibbetts Brook Park. Bring your own lunch. A group will meet at 9:45AM at BJ on 88th Street to travel to the Bronx together or take the #1 subway to the last stop (242nd Street). R.S.V.P. by Sunday, June 2 to coordinator and hike leader Craig Rosenberg at crosenberg6@optonline.net. Event will be canceled if it rains.
Location: Van Cordlandt Park, The Bronx
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
Hakhanah laTefillah-Preparing for Prayer
Please join Rabbi Roly Matalon to prepare the soul and open the heart for Shabbat morning prayers through the singing of piyutim and reflections on kavannah. Study at home with piyutim and readings for listening and printing.
Location: 263 West 86th Street SPSA Chapel
BJ Sings
Please join us after Kiddush to extend our Shabbat experience through beautiful music. All are welcome. The only requirements are enthusiasm and a love of Jewish music.
Location: 263 West 86th Street SPSA Parlor
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
Yozma In-home Shabbat Dinners
Yozma is gearing up for summer! Our group for singles and couples, 35 to 55, is forming community through B'nai Jeshurun. Everyone is welcome to our social, active and Jewish learning events. We hope you’ll join us for our first home-hosted Shabbat dinners in late June. Please email Debbie Leiderman by June 3 if you are interested in hosting a dinner. Stay tuned for more information about being a guest.
Location: R.S.V.P. for location
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Sings
Please join us after Kiddush to extend our Shabbat experience through beautiful music. All are welcome. The only requirements are enthusiasm and a love of Jewish music.
Location: 263 West 86th Street SPSA Parlor
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
BJ Hazorim CSA
Join us for our fourth season of wonderful organic produce. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a chance for you to pick up fresh, organic produce from Free Bird Farm at BJ once a week beginning on June 4 at 88th Street. Choose from delicious vegetable, egg, and fruit shares. Register here. Registration closes March 31. Our Community Gathering and Orientation will be on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, contact Larissa.
Location: 257 West 88th Street B'nai Jeshurun Sidewalk
Help us Tell the BJ Story! Take the Kol Hadash Survey.
We want your opinion about the Kol Hadash, BJ’s quarterly magazine. Specifically, we want your input to help us make decisions about the scope of the content, and the best way to distribute it. Your responses are completely confidential and much valued. Please take three minutes to answer the 8 short questions on the KH Survey. Thank you for your time!
BJ Rabbinic Fellows Ordained
A very special Mazel Tov to Rabbi Jonah Geffen and Rabbi Adam Roffman and their families on their ordination on May 23 at the Jewish Theological Seminary. As Rabbinic Fellows at BJ for the last 2 years Adam and Jonah have learned, taught and led and become a part of our community. Beginning in July, Adam will serve as Associate Rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas, Texas and Jonah will join J Street as Rabbinic Director in New York. But they will always have a home here at BJ.
The Shelter Needs Summer Volunteers
Help keep the BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter open this summer. While many regular volunteers are away, the shelter needs people who can set-up (7:00-9:00PM), sleep over (9:00PM-7:00AM) or prepare light meals for our guests. There are many options for open dates Sunday through Thursday from now through August. For details and times when the shelter can use your help, please contact Larissa Wohl or call x272.
Tze'irim at Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Ongoing | 7:00PM | 88th Street Sanctuary
Want to meet other young professionals in their 20s and 30s at Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat Services? Come join us! Every Friday night, Tze’irim will gather on the first level of the Sanctuary in the back two rows on the right side. No reserved seating, just a place to meet and get together with friends and other Tze’irim members and alumni.
The Last Cyclist
Saturday, May 25-Sunday, June 9 | 86th Street SPSA
The Last Cyclist, based on a cabaret written and rehearsed, but never performed, in the Terezin Ghetto in 1944, is playing at SPSA’s West End Theatre Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, June 9. Tickets are $18 and are available at www.thelastcyclist.com or 212-352-3101.
Israeli National Soccer Team Comes to New York
Sunday, June 2 | 5:30-7:00PM | Citi Field, New York
Come support Israel’s national soccer team. For the first time in over 35 years, the Israeli national soccer team is coming to New York and will challenge Honduras as it plays a friendly game at Citi Field in preparation for three World Cup qualifiers. (Gates open at 4:00PM). For tickets click here.
More Ushers Needed
Are you outgoing, friendly and warm? We need you to join our Ushering committee to greet people at Friday evening and Shabbat morning services. How much time you give is up to you. As you know, ushering creates an important first impression for BJ. It is all about making people feel welcome at services and helping to seat our visitors. If you are interested, and we hope you are, please email Elaine Nevins or Shelly Ostro for details.
Volunteers Sought for Study on Judaism and Mental Health
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School is conducting a research study on American and Canadian Jewish Adults addressing the relationship between Jewish spiritual belief/practice and psychological functioning. They are seeking Jewish individuals of any (or no) affiliation 18 or older. Participation will include a series of web-based questionnaires and experimental tasks over a 3 year period, and a phone interview. Participation may be anonymous and one can receive up to $45 compensation. For more information, click here or contact Devora Shabtai.
