ABOUT US
BMH-BJ is a unique, modern, outreach-oriented orthodox congregation that serves a diverse membership located in beautiful Denver, Colorado. We are united by our love and respect for all Jews, support of Israel, and commitment to traditional Jewish values and authentic Jewish living. Our community includes vibrant morning and evening services every day of the year, full Shabbat services including a young family service, explanatory mixed-seating prayer experiences, kids programming, adult breakout sessions, stimulating discussions with the Rabbis, coffee bar, musical Kabbalat Shabbat and Havdalah, a dynamic, award-winning and growing preschool program, and a highly innovative religious school where parents learn along with their children. We also offer a variety of daily and weekly Torah and adult education classes and programs for lifelong learners.
Our calendar is filled with various religious, cultural, and social events created to meet the needs of people of every age. We welcome all who want to connect, engage, and journey with us. We aim to create a safe, inclusive community for all who enter our doors. Whether you are Jewish by birth or by choice, new to halachic observance or born into it, married, single, divorced, widowed, gay or straight, old or young, fluent in Hebrew or the slowest reader on the planet, all are invited to join with us in prayer, Torah study, tikkun olam, and the sacred work of being a Jew. Our historic synagogue has a rich past and a bright future.
Beth HaMedrosh HaGodol (BMH) was founded in 1897, and Beth Joseph (BJ) was founded in 1922. BMH and BJ merged in 1996, creating the BMH-BJ we know and love today. Our community shares an immense love of learning and growth—God and mitzvot, compassion and justice. To become part of our community is to place yourself in a synagogue whose history stretches back more than 128 years and is alive with vibrancy, passion, and inclusivity. Come experience our myriad offerings.