 Special Shabbat and Jr. Congregation
Friday, March 10th at 7:30pm
Jr. Congregation is a camp-style Shabbat service for students 3rd grade+ and their friends. Parents are welcome to attend this service or the concurrent service in the sanctuary, which will feature guest speaker Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro.
Rabbi Shapiro, author of the how-to guide
Gates of Shabbat
, will speak about the Jewish treasure that comes around every seven days.
 Shabbat Morning
Saturday, March 11th
11:00am
Shabbat Morning Service
The Purim Carnival includes pizza,
hamentaschen, bounce houses, games for children, balloon artistry, a young child room with face painting, a "Haman's Hideout" room for those over 21, and entertainment by our klezmer band in the lobby. Thanks to Community Coffee and Brotherhood/Sisterhood for their support.
Donations to support the carnival are gratefully accepted at the door. Our Youth Engagement Interns will hold a raffle of gift cards to support WHTY's upcoming day trip to Mystic.
Want to help out?
There are still shifts available on Saturday and Sunday afternoon including set-up, running games, working at prize tables, and more. Sign up for 30-minute shifts
here
!
Extra parking for our Purim Celebration at Bristow Middle School.
Coming up...
Friday, March 17th at 7:30pm
We celebrate the joys and milestones in our community.
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Teen Torah Study
Sunday, March
12th at 4:00pm
Youth Engagement Intern Annie Tilden and Rabbi Fliegel offer a new Torah study program for 11th and 12th graders to talk about transitions and challenges and look to Torah for guidance. For more information, contact Annie at [email protected].
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S.A.G.E.
Seniors for Arts, Growth, and Education
Tuesday, March
14th
1o:30am Tai Chi
11:15am Discussion with Martha Reingold
12:15pm Lunch ($8)
1:00pm Program with
Max Reiss
SAGE offers Tai Chi on Tuesday mornings from 10:30 - 11:00am with trained instructor Jon Widing. Free and open to all congregants!
Max Reiss is a political reporter for NBC Connecticut. He will discuss current state politics and answer questions.
RSVP for lunch by Sunda
y: contact Jan Glass at 860-675-9105 or [email protected], or Nancy Kramer at 860-243-8558.
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The Tribe Shabbat Dinner with Cantor Phillips
Friday, March
17th at 6:30pm
Join Jewish professionals and graduate students along with Rabbi Fliegel and Cantor Phillips to welcome Shabbat with conversation, song, and yummy food at the home of Cantor Phillips. RSVP to
[email protected] by Monday, March 13th.
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Sisterhood Knitting Group
Sunday, March 19th at 10:00am in the AV Room
Work on blankets and hats for infants at UConn Hospital. New and veteran knitters are welcome! Please bring a pair of size 8 needles.
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Sunday, March 19th at 12:30pm
The Sisterhood hosts a screening of
Shtisel
, an
Israeli television series and winner of 12 Ophir awards. The show chronicles a fictional Orthodox family living in Jerusalem.
Tickets are $12 and are selling out fast! Please contact Sandy Berinstein at
[email protected] or 860-233-00136 to purchase.
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Looking Ahead: Special Events
Wednesday, March 22nd at 6:00pm
Jr. WHTY Tacos and Torah
Sunday, March 26th at 9:00am
Brotherhood Breakfast to Package Yom HaShoah Candles
Seder-Leading Workshop with Cantor Phillips
Tuesday, March 28th at 7:00pm
Adult Education: Meet the Jewish Indiana Jones, Dr. Richard Freund
Friday, March 31st at 6:30pm
Kabbalat Shabbat / Girl Scout Shabbat
Saturday, April 1st at 4:00pm
Shabbark Shalom with Rabbi Fliegel in Simsbury
Sunday, April 2nd at 4:00pm
American Baroque Orchestra Concert with Guest Cantor Phillips
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Week At A Glance
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Special Shabbat Service with Rabbi Shapiro - 7:30pm
Jr. Congregation Shabbat Service - 7:30pm
Torah Study: T'tzaveh ("Gifts")
- 9:30am
Shabbat Morning Service - 11:00am
Sunday, March 12th
Daylight Savings Begins - Set Clocks Forward!
YEP Religious School - 9:00am
Megillah Reading - 9:30am
Purim Shpiel and Carnival - 10:30am
Teen Torah Study - 4:00pm
Tuesday, March 14th
Tai-Chi with SAGE - 10:30am
SAGE - 11:15am
YEP in Farmington - 5:00pm
Wednesday, March 15th
YEP - 4:30pm
Intro to Judaism - 7:00pm
Choir Rehearsal - 7:00pm
Thursday, March 16th
YEP at JCC - 4:30pm
Minyan - 5:30pm
Click
here
for a listing of upcoming Board of Trustees Meetings.
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Hall High School's Annual "Pops 'n Jazz" show features many CBI students!
Performances are on
March 10th
, 11th, 16th, 17th, and 18th at
7:30,
and a free senior show is on
Wednesday, March 15th at 2:00pm. Tickets and more information available here.
Thank you to Lorene Fever for baking cakes and cupcakes for the Oneg Shabbat this past week.
Our 3rd-6th grade YEP students participated in a second "Mitzvah Day" on Sunday. Led by Jane Zande, Lorrie Wexler, and the CBI Caring Committee, students assembled 40 beautiful Purim care packages and baked hamentaschen with the help of Aaron Frank to deliver to seniors in our community. CBI Sisterhood donated handmade pillows for the care packages. Thanks to the families and members who have helped with deliveries!
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The Howe family is part of a group of people heading to Cuba in April as part of a "Goodwill Tour" through Teen Cultures Connect. They are using baseball as the means to connect our cultures and our countries.
This is their second trip to Cuba and they hope to bring even more much needed supplies and equipment to the community of Holguin. They will
visit to a local school and deliver the supplies to the very grateful children and teachers.
A donation box is located in the main lobby by the office, and will be there through the end of March. All school supplies are welcome! (Writing utensils, backpacks, notebooks, etc.!)
We are collecting toys for patients at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Toys for all ages accepted. Must be new. No collectibles (like baseball cards), no toys of violent nature, and no handmade toys.
A donation box is located in the main lobby by the office. Items will be collected on March 19th!
Rides Needed for Shabbat Services
Our Caring Team coordinates rides to Friday evening Shabbat Services for congregants who no longer drive at night. Do a mitzvah and make new friends along the way!
Click here to sign up
.
For more information, please contact Michelle Meyer at [email protected] or 860-233-8215 ext. 2270.
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Youth Engagement Intern Alison Restelli provides a weekly dose of Yiddish and
Hebrew
words and expressions.
הבה נגילה
Hava Nagilah
Hebrew for "Let Us Rejoice", a song often played during traditional Israeli folk dancing. Read more
here
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The Cantor's Couch with Jack Mendelson
Saturday, March 11th at 7:00pm
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue, West Hartford
Our own Cantor Phillips joins Beth El's Cantor Joseph Ness for Purim party with desserts and music, followed by Cantor Jack Mendelson (one of Cantor Phillips's teachers at Hebrew Union College) and his one-man play
The Cantor's Couch, a hilarious and poignant look at Jewish life. More information
here.
Hartford Jewish Film Festival
The Mandell JCC's 21st Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival has hoops, heroes, and chutzpah. More information and tickets availabe here.
Co-Presented by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding
Sunday, March 19th - Sunday April 2nd
The Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main St., Hartford
The fourth annual series is titled "Faith In Times of Conflict". Films are on Sundays at 2:00pm:
The Innocents on March 19th,
Divided We Fall on March 26th, and
Bombay on April 2nd. Screenings followed by remarks and Q&A with guest commentators.
Admission: $9; Seniors and Students with ID $8; Members $7;
Insider Access Members: Free. For more information, contact Jim Friedman at [email protected] or 860-236-0580.
Responding to Hate with the ADL
Tuesday, March 21st at 7:00pm
Unitarian Society of Hartford
50 Bloomfield Ave,
West Hartford
Join Connecticut
Regional Director Steve Ginsburg and
Northeast Civil Rights Council Melissa
Garlick as they discuss the recent spike
in bias incidents in Connecticut and
around the country and discuss what
citizens can do to assist and stay
informed. More information here.
Tales from the Yiddish Book Center: Past, Present and Future
Tuesday, March 21st at 1:00pm
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Ave,
West Hartford
Hadassah Greater Hartford presents
a program featuring Zvi Jankelowitz, Director of Institutional Advancement, Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Contact Faith
860-232-9950
with questions; free admission; all welcome.
FleytMuzik with Adrienne Greenbaum
Thursday, March 23rd at 7:00pm
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford
Flutist Adrianne Greenbaum and Fleytmusik performs the program "Farewell to the Homeland: Polyn." The concert is being presented in collaboration with the UCONN Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life.
More information here.
JTConnect Teen Shabbat at UConn
March 24th at 4:00pm
Come get a taste of how exciting and enriching Jewish life at college can be! Join us for a spirited Friday night experience with teens from throughout Greater Hartford at UConn Hillel. Open to ALL teens. Transportation options from West Hartford & Glastonbury. Early bird cost of $18 if signed up by March 19th. For more information or to RSVP, click here.
Jackson Laboratory Career Fair
March 28th from 4:00 - 7:oopm
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
10 Discovery Drive,
Farmington
The Jackson Laboratory is looking for scientists, bioinformaticians, researchers, software/IT engineers, and administrative professionals. More information
here.
Jewish Childrens' Service Organization (JCSO) Call for Information
JCSO will be celebrating 100 years of service to the community this fall. They are planning a historical retrospective and looking for stories from community members. Were you ever members (or perhaps still are) of JCSO and did you serve on the board? Do you have in your possession any pictures or remember any stories that you would like to share with us? Were you helped by JCSO - and if so, would you like to share any thoughts as to how we helped you?
The Jews of Spain
Sunday, April 2nd at 6:00pm
The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr., West Hartford
Scholar and writer Andree Aelion Brooks lectures on 1500 years of Sephardic history, preceded by a Spanish-themed dinner. $30 per person. RSVP by March 22nd. More information
here.
Free Large Print Haggadot Available
For over 85 years, the JBI Library has enabled visually impaired people all over the world to participate in Passover seders by providing free large print haggadot.
If you or someone you know could benefit from this service, please call JBI toll-free 1-800-999-6476 before April 3rd to place your order. More info here. Questions? Contact Arlene Porath-Arfe at 1
-800-433-1531 ext. 127
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