B'nai Israel is a warm, welcoming, sensitive and diverse congregation, proudly affiliated with the Reform Movement. Located in Southbury on a new campus at 444 Main Street North that is shared with our partner organization, The Federation: Jewish Communities of NW CT, we are a home of religious instruction and expression for many Jews and their dear-ones from Southbury, Woodbury, Waterbury, Middlebury, Watertown, Oxford, Newtown, Sandy Hook, and other local communities.

Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, B'nai Israel is also active in the area Jewish and interfaith communities.
A congregational community centered around devotion to God, Torah and the People Israel, B'nai Israel endeavors to help bring meaning to searching souls and healing to a fractured world.

Persons interested in our congregation or Judaism are invited to join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Worship Services, held at 7:30 PM on Friday Evenings.

For more information, please contact us by phone, email, or address listed below. We would be delighted to hear from you!

444 Main Street North
PO Box 350
Southbury, CT 06488
Office: (203) 267-3394
School: (203) 267-3396
Office E-mail - click here
School E-mail - click here

Calendar of B'nai Israel Services and Important Events for 2010

Saturday Morning Tot Shabbat
See details here
3-rd Shabbat Morning each month, 9 AM

Kitah Daled Remembrances

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February 8^th Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren,

was the guest speaker at University of California-Irvine. The treatment he received by hostile students was shocking; but his handling of the situation and the way he spoke to them was masterful. Sadly, not all students understand that a university should be a place for free inquiry and free expression of a broad spectrum of views. Click on the links to view these YouTube videos: Video - part1; Video - part 2.
Related material - David Frum about situation at York University.

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"Mishkan T'Filah" Weekly Shabbat Prayer Book

Our beautiful new Weekly Shabbat Prayer Book is now available for purchase with a place for inscription on the inside cover. A purchase of this beautiful prayer book is a wonderful way to remember our loved ones or to honor those who beautify our services.
Please click here to open the form, print it out, and mail with a check or credit card information to Valerie Beckwith, and she will take care of the rest (or call her at 203-267-3394.)