B'nai Israel: The Downtown Synagogue

Your Home at the Harbor

Torah Study with
Rabbi Mintz

Wednesdays
Noon - 12:40 pm

Thursday Night Torah Teachings
will return after Pesach

Next Session: April 15th; 8pm-8:20pm
Click here to join the Zoom session!

Get ready for Shabbat with some highlights from the parsha and lively discussion to follow. Join Rav Etan in conversation with Dr. Richard Andorsky.

Online Zoom Kiddush Club/Kabbalat Shabbat

Fridays (30 minutes before candle-lighting)
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Note: Time will change weekly

Shabbat Morning Service

10:00 am

Weather permitting, services will take place in the courtyard of the Jewish Museum of Maryland on Lloyd Street.

Space is very limited. Sign up soon

An Evening of Storytelling
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Who doesn’t love a good story? The Descendants’ Day project is mining the rich vein of our archives for such stories, many that haven’t been told in a generation or more. Click here for more information!

DESCENDANTS' DAY 2021
~ An All-Day Virtual Event ~

Sunday, 23 May 2021
9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Celebrating the Old, the New, and the Journey In-between

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Our COVID-19 Policies

Everyone is Welcome at B'nai Israel

And everyone has an equal right to expect safe and healthy conditions when they are here. B'nai Israel has re-opened for Shabbos minyan for the following essential functions:

To re-establish our shul community
To facilitate community davening
To allow recitation of kaddish with a Minyan
To allow leining of the Torah

In an effort to create a safe davening environment for our members, B'nai Israel has put in a place a set of protocols. Before attending a B'nai Israel function, please read these protocols here.

Every year our members and visitors make Yom Kippur pledges of financial support. These pledges are crucial to the synagogue's sustainability. This year, your donations are even more important. We hope that we can count on each of you to match what you gave last year, and increase your donation where you can. We thank you in advance for your dedication to our historic synagogue.