Monday - Thursday
Daily Minyan: 5:30 pm
First Friday
Family Shabbat: 7:30 pm
Second Friday
Shabbat Service: 7:30 pm
Third Friday
Young Families: 6:00 pm
Simcha Shabbat: 7:30 pm
Fourth Friday
Note: The Start Time Changes
Shabbat Service:

6:30 or 7:30 pm
(6:30 pm if it is the last Friday of the month; 7:30 pm if it is the fourth Friday in a month with five Fridays)
Fourth or Fifth Friday
(Last Friday of the Month)
Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:30 pm followed by Community Dinner
Saturday Morning
Torah Study: 9:30 am
Tot Shabbat: 10:30 am
(First Saturday only)
Worship: 11:00 am
 




WELCOME TO CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL

West Hartford, CT

              



Click here for enrollment forms for our Religious School.

Welcome New Members
Click here for our Membership Application, located on our New Member page.

Our High Holy Days Schedule
Click here for our schedule of High Holy Days and Sukkot Services. We welcome guests in our Silberman Chapel to view our Services on a closed circuit TV. Young children and their families are welcome to our Young Children's Services (see below).



Family Shabbat
Friday, September 3, 7:30 p.m.
This Shabbat Service is geared for families with children, but all are welcome. Enjoy the energy of our children!


Tot Shabbat
Saturday, September 4, 10:30 a.m.
Young children and their families are cordially invited to share stories, songs, and blessings on Saturday mornings at Congregation Beth Israel. The entire family is welcome. For more information contact bethisrael@cbict.org or 233-8215 x230.



Rabbi Stephen Fuchs to Review
The Prophet's Wife

by Milton Steinberg
Selichot, Saturday, September 4, 8 p.m.
Set against a backdrop of unrest in ancient Israel, The Prophet’s Wife is a stirring portrait of the biblical prophet Hosea, his passionate and free-spirited wife Gomer, and a people seduced by the lures of power and idolatry to betray their faith.
Steinberg Authored As a Driven Leaf, one of the great books of the 20th century.
Limited copies are available for loan in the Learning Center. Contact Jane, jane.zande@cbict.org.



High Holy Days Services for Children and their Families
Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, September 9 at 8:45 a.m.
Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 18 at 8:45 am.

These Services will introduce preschool children to the High Holy Days through prayers, songs, and stories. The Services are free and open to the entire family and the public. No tickets are required.  For more information, email bethisrael@cbict.orgor call 233-8215.



Spare Change
Our 7th graders are collecting 1,005,000 dimes for charity, each dime honoring a child lost to The Holocaust.  To learn more, please visit our project table at the entrance to the Sanctuary.  Your spare change in any form - coins, bills or checks - is greatly appreciated! Click here to visit our webpage.



Join the Jewish Kids Summer Book Club of Greater Hartford !
A club for students in grades 1 – 8.
Read six Jewish-themed books over the summer and win prizes!

Rules:
Read SIX age-appropriate Jewish books before Monday, August 30.
Click here for the form. Fill it out with a parent’s signature and return it to the Learning Center or email it to jzande@cbict.org. You can also mail it back to the Koopman Library, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117.

Click here for a list of suggested books.

Come visit us this summer! Learning Center Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-5; Friday 9-1; Closed August 1 - 6.
Have fun!
See the flyer.
The Greater Hartford Jewish Kids Summer Book Club is a joint effort of The Koopman Library, a resource of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford through its Commission on Education and Leadership; Friends of the Deborah Library of the Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Community Learning Center at Congregation Beth Israel; The Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Jewish Community Center of Greater Hartford.


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