Our mission is to provide a place, rooted in Jewish tradition, where all people feel welcome, supported and enriched. We strive to foster connections to our past, to our future and to the divine in an intimate, accepting community.
Shabbat Services
Friday Night Shabbat Service, 7:30PM (Once a month at 6:30PM)
Saturday Morning Service, 9:30 AM
Reopening Task Force Message
The following is the updated policy as of April 7, 2022. The CBJ Reopening Task Force intends to update this policy again well in advance of the Fall season.
Any requests for exceptions to the policy, e.g., for special events, should be made to Andy Baskin (task force chair) and/or to Rabbi Sultar (task force member) for review by the Task Force. We have a policy of full transparency and will communicate to all involved should any exceptions be made.
The updated policy is outlined below.
REMINDER: For those Up-To-Date with Covid vaccination, please provide a copy (e.g., electronic or photo) of your vaccination card to the office. Many of our younger members were vaccinated since we last made this request.
As before,
1. Adequate social distancing and hand hygiene should be maintained.
2. Do not attend if you experienced any recent Covid symptoms or possible exposure to Covid.
For all gatherings, services, workgroups, and committees:
1. All persons 12 and older must be Up-To-Date* with vaccination.
2. An unlimited number of people may attend gatherings (I.e. the prior attendance limit has been removed)
3. Masks (surgical grade, KN95, N95; not cloth) are encouraged, but not required.
4. For gatherings/events when school children are included (e.g., Community Shabbat, Purim, and other special events): Unvaccinated children under the age of 12 years of age and all religious school students will continue to be masked while in the sanctuary and social hall when joining the congregation.
Please note: For Shabbat services (when not a school event), as all attendees are vaccinated, masks are optional for all ages. For example, a mask is optional for a vaccinated child attending with their family.
For gatherings/events that include food service:
Food service is allowable at all events when the following rules are followed.
1. Kosher food may be shared in a way that reduces hand to mouth spread of germs.
2. When unvaccinated children are present, the food must be served by a vaccinated person (I.e. unvaccinated children may not serve themselves), or alternatively, food may be served in pre-wrapped, take-away form.
3. When people are moving from one safety protocol to another, e.g., from the sanctuary to the social hall where food service is available, there will be full transparency regarding the presence of unvaccinated children (unmasked while eating).
*To be considered Up-To-Date, you must be:
1) Fully vaccinated (defined as 2 weeks after either 2 dose series of Pfizer or Moderna brand vaccine or after 1 dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccine), AND
2) If your initial vaccination was completed over 6 months ago, then a booster (Pfizer or Moderna) is also required.
Latest News
Sunday, April 3 9:15AM - 10:40AM
RESCHEDULED! MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.
See Tom Kennedy
The Other Mentalist
Sunday, May 22, 7:00PM via Zoom
CBJ U
Barbara Cohen, a community leader and longtime member of CBJ led us on a virtual tour of Historic Jewish Philadelphia.
Did you miss it?
Click HERE to see the video.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
April 2022
Fri 1 Birthday/Anniversary Shabbat with Ice Cream Sundae Oneg* 7:30 PM
Sun 3 Virtual Tour of Old Jerusalem with Rabbi Sultar 9:15 AM
Fri 8 Preparing for Pesach Shabbat 7:30 PM
Sun 10 Tikkun Olam/Social Action CBJ/JRA/PACS Food Distribution 10:30 AM pick up
Fri 15 First night of Pesach – Enjoy your Seder! (no Shabbat service)
Sat 16 Pesach Day 1 and Shabbat service 9:30 AM
Sun 17 Pesach Day 2 service 9:30 AM
Mon 18 Pesach Chol Hamo’ed Day 3
Mon 18 Board Meeting 7:00 PM
Tue 19 Pesach Chol Hamo’ed Day 4
Wed 20 Pesach Chol Hamo’ed Day 5
Thur 21 Pesach Chol Hamo’ed Day 6
Fri 22 Pesach Day 7 service 9:30 AM; Regular Shabbat Service 7:30 PM
Sat 23 Shabbat, Pesach Day 8 service and Yizkor 9:30 AM
Sun 24 Rabbi’s Adult Education Class: What’s the single most important teaching in the Torah? (and 7 Different Answers from the Talmud) 10:00 AM
Thur 28 Yom HaShoah
Fri 29 Shabbat Services—CBJU facilitating discussion about Israel trip with participants 7:30 PM
Click HERE to see August 2021 to June 2022 Calendar
Something Shabbat Every Friday
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 Schedule
All services over Zoom unless otherwise noted
Click HERE to see the list of all Something Shabbat activities.
Something Shabbat is also listed on the complete community calendar.
**Now Available**
An Easy and Secure Way to Make a Payment and/or Donation to CBJ!
Congregation B'nai Jacob is now accepting online payments via a secure credit card payment processor. No credit card information will be stored at any time. If you would like to make an online payment, click on the Make a Payment Button on the Contact page or Make a Donation under Support Us / Contributions. Use your Smart Phone, Tablet, Lap Top or Desk Top Computer and Support CBJ, anytime anywhere. All credit cards are accepted, but please try to avoid American Express due to the fees incurred.
Are you on Facebook?
Do you know ladies at CBJ who want to start a Majong Group? Do you need help with something that a member may be able to help with? Everyone needs to join both the official CBJ page and the CBJ private group (search for Congregation B'nai Jacob Group to join) on Facebook. Here you can find out many things that are going on and make suggestions to what you would like to see happen.
Food Distribution Program
CBJ has partnered with the Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) to create a network for delivering groceries to housebound people in Phoenixville one Sunday a month.
We are now delivering to 30 households in the area each month and we will be expanding to 36 households. In order to make this program as successful as possible, we need your help packing and delivering boxes! It's a small commitment with a big impact!
Next Event:
April 10th
10:30 AM
All congregants are welcome
For future dates coming soon..
