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  • Sam Freedman Scholar-in-Residence

    Temple Beth-El 2179 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL, United States

    Save the date! More info coming soon.

  • Tot Shabbat & Pizza Party! – TEE

    Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States

    Join us for a fun Shabbat service with Cantor Wittner and Elizabeth Bloch followed by a yummy pizza dinner and play time in our play room! RSVP for dinner to kathryn@ourtemple.org.

  • Special Speaker at KI

    Knesseth Israel Congregation 3100 Overton Road, Birmingham

    Jacob Kossoff will be speaking at Knesseth Israel at a Friday Night Dinner on November 7, 2025 and Saturday Lunch after services on November 8, 2025.

    Free

  • Bennett Dyer-Smith Bar Mitzvah

    Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States

    Bennett Dyer-Smith Bar Mitzvah

  • Adult Ed: The Biblical Prophetic Purpose – TEE

    Adult Ed – Understanding Prophetics of Literature Through a Jewish Perspective
    Independent Presbyterian Church 3100 Highland Ave, Birmingham

    These lecture series will analyze how Rabbinic, Normative and Contemporary Judaism understand the biblical major and minor prophets compared to how New Testament writers understood them in the first century. Classes will focus on the following themes:   Biblical Prophets: Purpose and Canonization Prophets: Fortune Teller or Moral Compass? Prophets: Cantankerous or Perpetual Spiritual Sufferers? New Testament Writers: True Believers of Biblical Prophets or Exegetical Masters? Prophetic Literature and Liturgy Class led by Rabbi Wright, taught at Independent Presbyterian Church.

  • Lunch & Learn with Leket Israel

    Federation Programming

    *Location provided upon RSVP to vkimerling@bjf.org. Join us for a special lunch and learn program with Sally Poolat, Leket Israel’s Regional Director of US Development. At this program, we’ll dive deep into the current situation in Israel and it’s impact on the life-saving work of Leket Israel. Leket Israel, the National Food Bank and leading food rescue organization in Israel, is uniquely committed to redistributing surplus, nutritious food to all those in need across Israel. In 2024 alone, Leket Israel provided over 2 million hot meals to people in need, rescued over 69 million pounds of agricultural produce, and fed over 400,000 people weekly! Leket Israel has been a partner of the Birmingham Jewish Federation’s Israel World Jewry Bureau (IWJB) committee since 2006. Please bring your own Kosher or Kosher-style lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided. To learn more and RSVP, email Victoria Kimerling Oliphant vkimerling@bjf.org.

  • A Nosh of Yiddish: A Little Taste of a Big Tradition

    A Nosh of Yiddish: A Little Taste of a Big Tradition
    Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Monteclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

    Join instructor Rabbi Yossi Friedman for a 4 week, lighthearted and engaging introduction to the language, culture, and humor that shaped Jewish life for centuries. In this course, you'll learn common words and phrases, explore Yiddish's history, and discover how it continues to influence modern speech. 36$ for LJCC members | $54 for non-members

  • Veteran’s Day

    The Office of The Birmingham Jewish Federation & Foundation will be closed for Veteran's Day