Holidays

Holidays Events

Teen Hamantaschen Baking

Venue: Frankel Hall & Kitchen Location: 270 West 89th Street

BJ members, join Kai in the kitchen for hamantaschen baking! Bake different flavors of hamantashen for the Teen Purim Party!

BJ Theater Company Presents: Here Comes the Spiel!

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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!

Shushan Night Live: Community Megillah Reading

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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.

Shaharit Megillah Reading (In Person and Online)

Venue: Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel Location: 270 West 89th Street

Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.

Early Childhood Megillah Reading

Venue: Reception Room Location: 270 West 89th Street

Join us for a wacky and spirited Purim celebration for your whole family where we will enjoy a family-friendly reading of the Megillah. We encourage you to join us in wearing fun costumes! 

Purim Carnival

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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

Purim Seudah

Venue: Community House – 3rd Floor Location: 270 West 89th Street

Keep the Purim festivities going strong after Megillah reading with food, drink, and communal karaoke! Warm up your vocal cords, dress up in your finest (or silliest) Purim costume, and come hungry for food and fun.

Purim Volunteer Project with WSCAH

Venue: SPSA, 263 West 86th Street Location: 263 West 86th Street

Fulfill one of the key mitzvot of Purim by joining our BJ volunteer day at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH).

How To Lead a Child-Friendly Seder

Venue: Zoom

Come share your favorite child-friendly traditions and learn new ways to liven up your seder in this interactive Zoom workshop with Rabbis Rebecca Weintraub and Deena Cowans.

Preparing for Pesah from the Inside Out

Venue: Zoom

Together with Rabbis Roly Matalon, Felicia Sol, and Becca Weintraub, we’ll dive into texts and big ideas about the meaning of Pesah, and discuss how to prepare—both practically and spiritually.

Shaharit (Online) followed by Ta’anit Bekhorot Siyyum

Venue: Remote Access Only

Join us for morning minyan, followed by a special learning session with Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow Alissa Platcow—enabling all those who are fasting for Ta’anit Bekhorot to break their fast early.

Pesah Morning Services (First Day)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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

Early Childhood Pesah Services

Venue: Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel Location: 270 West 89th Street

Calling all Early Childhood Families to join us for our Pesah services! We will enjoy some songs, dancing, and learning about the Passover story. This service is for families with children ages 0-7.

Pesah Morning Services (Second Day)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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

Shaharit Hol Hamo-ed Pesah

Venue: Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel Location: 270 West 89th Street

Develop a daily Jewish practice and help us make a minyan so our members can say kaddish for their loved ones. Join us every day on Zoom, and in person on Mondays, Thursdays, and other special days with Torah reading.

Kabbalat Shabbat

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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.

Shabbat Morning Services

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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.

Pesah Evening Service (Seventh Evening)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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.

Pesah Morning Services (Seventh Day)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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 (Eighth Evening)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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 Service with Yizkor (Eighth Day)

Venue: Sanctuary Location: 257 West 88th Street

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