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.
Jewish Enrichment Fund
The Saul Haffner Jewish Enrichment Fund was begun to honor the memory of Saul Haffner, a former president and longtime member of the Congregation. The Fund is dedicated to conducting high-quality events with a Jewish connection, open to the community-at-large and reflective of Saul’s many interests.
Donations to the fund are welcome on the Donate to CHJ page. Donors will receive a copy of the book Just a Boy From Brighton Beach by Saul Haffner. The fund has received generous financial support from Saul’s family members, friends, members of CHJ and Haffner Fund event attendees.
The first Haffner Fund/CHJ event was the highly successful Yiddish Cabaret on May 23, 2019.
The second Haffner Fund/CHJ event was A Flood of Ideas: A Symposium on Noah, the Great Flood, and Climate Change, held in partnership with the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County, on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Sacred Heart University.
More timely and relevant programs will be produced going forward. One in the thinking/planning stage is about the migration/refugee crisis, on hold as we all deal with the corona virus epidemic. One crisis at a time! Stay healthy, everyone!
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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.
