Upcoming Events
Bridges in Sound Concert Series: Spirituals and Beyond
BJ Music Director Dan Nadel curates and leads a yearlong concert series in collaboration with Congregation Rodeph Sholom, co-sponsored by B’nai Jeshurun. This evening celebrates spirituals and American music with a prophetic voice, journeying through the deep tradition of African American spirituals and American songs that call us toward justice. It brings forward themes of resilience, faith, and liberation that resonate with the Jewish story and spirit.
The concert features Nia Drummond on vocals, Joe Dyson on drums, and Dan Nadel on guitar and music direction, offering powerful performances, rich sound, and music that crosses traditions and speaks directly to the heart.
The Bridges in Sound Concert Series aims to bring together diverse musical traditions and transcultural voices, exploring the emotional, historical, and spiritual threads that connect us through song. This series invites audiences into a space of deep listening and discovery, where music becomes a shared language of longing, resilience, and unity.
Aviv Shabbat
Join us for Aviv’s Kabbalat Shabbat service and dinner! Come together with other folks in their 20s and 30s for a night of community, camaraderie, and celebration. Unwind from the week and bring in the joy of Shabbat with song and prayer as we create spirited—and spiritual—Shabbat vibes together. After services, connect over a delicious kosher dinner.
At 6:30 PM, join us for a happy hour before Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7:00 PM, followed by dinner beginning around 8:00 PM.
Kabbalat Shabbat and happy hour will be in Frankel Hall (regulars, note the different location!). Dinner will be in the Gym, on the 3rd floor of the Community House.
Gluten-free and vegan options will be available. Menu items that contain peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, and soy will always be noted on the menu.
Please use the entrance at 257 West 88th Street.
Sing Sing Screening
Join us on January 21 for a screening of Sing Sing. This powerful film explores humanity, dignity, and transformation within the prison system, centering the voices and creativity of those too often rendered invisible. Through its portrayal of art, resilience, and community behind prison walls, Sing Sing invites us to reflect on mass incarceration, redemption, and the possibility of change. Come watch, learn, and engage together. No registration required.
Please note this film is rated R.
Aviv Book Club
Join Aviv’s new 20s and 30s book club as we kick off our first gathering with *Nobody Will Tell You This But Me* by Bess Kalb. This inaugural meeting is a chance to come together, connect over a moving and witty memoir, and help shape what this book club becomes. Whether you’re an avid reader or just looking to meet new people, we’d love for you to be part of building this community from the very beginning.
Interfaith Social Justice Book Club: Still Born
Dive into powerful literature alongside community members of B’nai Jeshurun and St. Paul & St. Andrew, as we join together in exploring books that amplify social justice themes. Each month, we’ll gather together in person to reflect on and discuss our monthly read. We’ll read both fiction and nonfiction works that wrestle with the intersecting injustices we collectively face.
This month we’re reading *Still Born* by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey. *Still Born* is the story of two independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. One has taken the drastic decision to be sterilised, but as time goes by the other becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother.
Bridges in Sound Concert Series: Songs of Sweetness & Sorrow
BJ Music Director, Dan Nadel returns to 92NY to curate and lead a yearlong concert series in collaboration with Congregation Rodeph Sholom, co-sponsored by B’nai Jeshurun.
The Bridges in Sound Concert Series brings together diverse musical traditions and transcultural voices, exploring the emotional, historical, and spiritual threads that connect us through song. This series invites audiences into a space of deep listening and discovery—where music becomes a shared language of longing, resilience, and unity.
Bridges in Sound Concert Series: Songs of Sweetness & Sorrow
BJ Music Director, Dan Nadel returns to 92NY to curate and lead a yearlong concert series in collaboration with Congregation Rodeph Sholom, co-sponsored by B’nai Jeshurun.
The Bridges in Sound Concert Series brings together diverse musical traditions and transcultural voices, exploring the emotional, historical, and spiritual threads that connect us through song. This series invites audiences into a space of deep listening and discovery—where music becomes a shared language of longing, resilience, and unity.
Interfaith Social Justice Book Club: Wild Dark Shore
Dive into powerful literature alongside community members of B’nai Jeshurun and St. Paul & St. Andrew, as we join together in exploring books that amplify social justice themes. Each month, we’ll gather together in person to reflect on and discuss our monthly read. We’ll read both fiction and nonfiction works that wrestle with the intersecting injustices we collectively face.
This month we’re reading *Wild Dark Shore* by Charlotte McConaghy. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.
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About Aviv 20s and 30s at B’nai Jeshurun
We are a diverse community of Jewish young adults, professionals and students, singles and couples, all committed to creating a Jewish life that is meaningful, relevant, and dynamic.
Aviv activities are targeted toward people in their 20s and 30s looking to connect and build community. Membership at BJ is not a requirement for participation, though it comes with some great perks