February 08, 2010   24 Sh'vat 5770

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Welcome To B'nai Israel  


The temple 
    B'NAI ISRAEL

  of Southbury, Connecticut

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

Coming Services and Events  
Recent Events  

Rabbi Polokoff with three B'not Mitzvot: Merri Klar, Rachel Barclay, Charlene Falk-McNally.
January 29, 2010

Rabbi Polokoff, Merri Klar, Rachel Barclay, Charlene Falk-McNally


Haiti Earthquake and Rescue
- click for Deacon Chuck's Presentation -


Deacon Chuck, his wife Dorne and Rabbi Polokoff
Deacon Chuck Dietsch of Sacred Heart Church of Southbury was our Guest Speaker.
January 22, 2010


ISRAELIS SAVE LIVES WITH FIELD HOSPITAL IN HAITI
- click and navigate Web page for details -

Submitted by Doris Abramson. January 20, 2010


Kitah Daled encounters the Torah!

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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.)

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by Ed NickowTemple Chai, Long Grove, IL(Originally published in The Torah in Haiku) Andy Warhol's portrait of Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court of the United...
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