This month, 154 students began Kadima@BJ (our Hebrew School program) filling our halls with smiles, laughter and music. Share a good luck message with our learners, who are kicking off a year of exploration of Jewish learning and living. Shanah Tovah (Happy New Year)!

30 years ago, Shirley Abraham sought a spiritual anchor for her new family. She found it at @bjnyc. Today, as her children are grown, she stays to be involved in our social activism. Read Shirley’s story:

"We live in a globalized world. You go to Israel, the Ashkenazim are singing Sephardi melodies right and left and vice versa...That is the beauty of our tradition." Rabbi Roly Matalon says. Read more in the JTA:

Given the realities of economic uncertainty, the climate crisis, abounding inequities, and threats to our democratic system, it is critical that you have a say in who represents you and your community. Find your polling place ahead of the August primary: https://t.co/HM4iAZvBFU

The Judith Bernstein Lunch Program provides weekly bagged lunches to anyone facing food insecurity in our neighborhood—and we need your help! We need volunteers to: •Prep + pack lunches every Wed. •Pick up bread donations from @ZabarsIsNY https://t.co/vyiQKonEn0

We’re thrilled to announce that we have welcomed the arrival of a refugee family from Guatemala. Here’s how you can help. We need: •Spanish-speaking volunteers to serve as translators •Connections to permanent housing + furniture suppliers •Donations: https://t.co/0bZNBeEqy9

This Thursday, June 30, marks the start of our summer Social Justice Film Series. Up first is the film, The True Cost, which poses the question: Who really pays the price for our clothing? Register now: https://t.co/El5Y1k76vR

We mourn for the children. We mourn for their loved ones. We mourn for our country. We pray for the collective common sense to establish gun control, now. There are no more words, only tears.

NEW: Check out a Sinai Bound themed playlist on Spotify, created in partnership with Rising Song Records. This week we're exploring how we hold sacred disagreement. Listen at the link below and let us know what your favorite song is! Listen here: https://t.co/ykgr2Ciuow

BJ members have joined in person and on Zoom to support the @NCJW and so many allies at the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice. We're proud to raise our voices and say reproductive rights are human rights. Abortion is a Jewish value. #JewishRallyForRepro

May America eradicate the hateful ideology of white supremacy and build a country and a world where all people can live in freedom, dignity, and safety, and be honored and cherished as God’s creatures.

Black Lives Matter. Our hearts are with the loved ones who have lost these precious souls murdered this weekend in Buffalo, as well as those injured. https://t.co/Fb5kzs3OA9

In this week's Toward Shabbat, Rabbi @RolyMatalon writes about how Abraham Joshua Heschel's striking speech, "The Meaning of this Hour," still rings true today as we pray for peace in Ukraine. Read his full reflection below. Shabbat Shalom. https://t.co/89VonRXAgk

“I can’t believe that we are living in a country where there are such people who are stepping up and doing this shameful thing and being collaborators with the murder, the murder of thousands of people potentially. God forbid that this will continue to escalate." @RolyMatalon

Join us tonight at 7:00PM for a panel via Zoom to talk about how we, as a community, can engage more deeply with the issue of climate change. @RJennieRosenn @WoodenStirrups @GreenJobsNY Register now: https://t.co/CBLso3eyZd

We are watching with horror the devastating events at Congregation Beth Israel in Texas, and are praying for the safety of Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and the other hostages. We pray for a swift and safe resolution to this horrifying situation.

לְ֭מַעַן אַחַ֣י וְרֵעָ֑י אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֖א שָׁל֣וֹם בָּֽךְ: For the sake of my friends and companions I pray that peace be yours. (Psalm 122)

אַֽל־תִּ֭תְּנֵנִי בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ צָרָ֑י כִּ֥י קָמוּ־בִ֥י עֵדֵי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר וִיפֵ֥חַ חָמָֽס׃ Do not hand me over to those who besiege me, for false witnesses who breathe hatred have risen against me. (Psalm 27)

Above and beyond overjoyed to release the acoustic title track from Joey Weisenberg’s forthcoming album, L’eila! Watch the full video and learn the tune in time to sing along with us when Joey and the @HadarInstitute Ensemble play live at @bjnyc on 12/23: https://t.co/jnQk9wjzgg

Looking forward to moderating this discussion tonight on reimagining criminal justice, policing & community safety & featuring incoming Manhattan DA @AlvinBraggNYC, @AnthoninePierre, Renita Francois from mayor's office & @HannahElka. Should be good! @bjnyc