Communal Shabbat
Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. At 7pm we light candles with a short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon.
Brit Shalom (Baby Naming)
Several times in its 50 plus years in Fairfield County, the Congregation has held a community ceremony during which the children or grandchildren of members are given a Hebrew name and welcomed into the Congregation.
As are all the congregation’s services, the ceremony is written by members from a humanistic perspective. Rather than the traditional Jewish ceremony for newborns recreating the covenant between God and Abraham embodied in the Torah, ours is a Brit Shalom or Covenant of Welcoming. The covenant is an exchange of promises among the people present: the child’s family and their friends, and the congregation.
A candle is lit for each child as he or she is introduced to the community. Blessings are bestowed. There is usually music. And always there is an oneg.
A Community Brit Shalom service is included in the Resources section.
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Sukkot Celebration
Member's residenceMeet in a member's backyard at 11 a.m. - Bring fruits and flowers for us to decorate the Sukkah with - and help to decorate! - Enjoy the music of Rayhan Pasternak as we go through our service, sing, and wave the etrog and lulav. - Partake of a very simple lunch of chili, corn... Read More
Communal Shabbat
ZoomZoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. At 7pm we light candles with a short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon.
Women to Women
Member's residenceCome join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It's a great way to get to know one another. This month will be held at a member's home. Watch our listserv for the member's name and address.
Shabbat Service and Program “Origins of Religion”
ZoomSave the Date: Shabbat Program Friday, October 13, 2023 7:30PM, via Zoom How did things get to be the way they are? How might early Homo Sapiens have understood life and death, given the analogic way we think? And how might early hypotheses have evolved into the range of current belief systems? We will not... Read More
Book Club – Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
Member's residenceIt’s Porter's most celebrated story, where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her boyfriend on his way to war.
