Houses of Worship

Children's Havura, K-2 Kehila, and Junior Congregation, all led by parent or grandparent volunteers, meet each Saturday, including during the summer. For more information, consult Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff at anormanschiff@beki.org.

BINA, which is BEKI's dynamic and growing religious school program, is hiring teachers for the next school year. BINA brings together a diverse group of students to learn the fundamentals of living a full Jewish life, including Hebrew language, Jewish history, holiday rituals, values, and prayer.

Paintings—and a selection of landscape etchings— by Hamden artist Doron Wolf are on view in the Beth El – Keser Israel [BEKI] galleries this summer.Some paintings pay homage to works found in art books or magazines; others use effects of lighting and motifs reminiscent of the old masters from the Re

Doron Wolf will speak on Saturday, June 1 about his exhibition of paintings and landscape etchings, which is on display at BEKI from June 1 through the summer.

BEKI’s annual celebration of Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer, will be on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. The folk-custom is to sing around a campfire at a “kumsitz,” meaning “come” and “sit.” The program will include niggunim—which have no words—as well as traditional American songs and Jewish

The First Church of Christ in Woodbridge is hosting their 67th Annual Strawberry Festival on Friday, June 7th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Scout Troop 907 will be grilling up hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and even veggie burgers!

Temple Beth Sholom is hosting a paper shredding event on May 19th from 9am-12pm. Bring your old documents to be shredded securely and affordably. Hard drive destruction and computer recycling are also available.

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven (JFS) hosted A Night of Recognition fundraiser on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Woodbridge, CT. The event honored Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and Woodbridge, CT residents Dr. Norman & Karyn Ravski

Rabbi Dennis Ross of Congregation Mishkan Israel will draw from his latest book, A Year with Martin Buber/Wisdom from the Weekly Torah Portion to discuss spiritual opportunities that so often pass unnoticed.

Avital “Tali” Sokolow Silverman will present a Zoom schmooze on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 pm about her February 2024 Israel trip with the CJP Boston Strong, Israel Strong Solidarity Mission. She will share her photos and experiences speaking with survivors from Kibbutz Kfar Aza and Ofakim