Houses of worship present concerts and programs in May

NEW HAVEN — Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel, 85 Harrison Street in Westville, offers in-person services twice daily. Weekday services are also available on Zoom. To request the Zoom link, email office@beki.org or call 203389-2108, ext. 114.

May 6: On First Fridays of each month, the evening service is at an earlier child-friendly time. Children’s Havura, K-2 Kehila, and Junior Congregation meet on Saturday mornings. For more information, email BEKI’s Youth and Family Programming Director at anormanschiff@beki.org.

May 12: 7:30 p.m., Conversation with Artist Suzanne Neusner, who will talk about her current exhibition at BEKI, called “Fiber Arts”, on display at BEKI until June 28. To request the Zoom link to the conversation, email office@beki.org or call the office at the number above.

BEKI’s Social Action Tikkun Olam Committee is collecting medical and non-medical supplies for Ukraine. To arrange a time to leave off donations, call the BEKI office.

Temple Emanuel

ORANGE — Temple Emanuel, 150 Derby Avenue, Orange, announces the following programs and events. All are held in person and online. COVID-19 precautions still include a requirement for masks for everyone over the age of 2 for indoor events. Adults are expected to be fully vaccinated. For more information about services and celebrations at Temple Emanuel, and to register or purchase tickets for special events, visit www.tegnh.org or call the office at 203-397-3000.

May 13: 7:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat Service with special guest speaker, Michael Bloom of JFACT Weekly Services:

6:30 p.m., first Friday of the month, Family Shabbat service; 7:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service, all other Fridays.

First Saturday: 10-11:30 a.m., Shabbat Morning Minyan; all other Saturdays, weekly Torah study.

Congregation Mishkan Israel

HAMDEN — Congregation Mishkan Israel, 785 Ridge Rd, Hamden, invites people in-person or online for Friday night Shabbat services at 6 p.m., led by Rabbi Brian Immerman and Cantor Arthur Giglio.

9 a.m. Rabbi Immerman leads Shabbat morning Torah study on Zoom.

May 22: 7 p.m., Shabbat services led by Rabbi Brian Immerman and Cantor Arthur Giglio.

May 22: Annual Cantor’s Concert at the synagogue. A pre-concert outdoor patio reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by an indoor concert at 7 p.m. Rabbi Joe Black, a pioneer of Jewish contemporary music, will headline the concert. Tickets $18 - $54 and include the pre-concert reception. Visit www.cmihamden.org/calendar/ cantors-concert.

May 29: 6 p.m., Shabbat services Masks are encouraged for all in-person events. If you are not feeling well please join us for services virtually from home. To join us online go to cmihamden.org for login and password, or call the office at 203-288-3877. For pastoral emergencies, Rabbi Immerman directly at 203-584-7396.

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NORTH BRANFORD — Northford Congregational Church is holding a Mother’s Day weekend flower sale to benefit the church, May 6-7, 10 am..-5 p.m.; and May 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Rain location is inside the church. The historic church is located at 4 Old Post Road at the corner of Route 22 and Route 17 in the Northford village in North Branford. Call 203-4840795, visit www.northfordcongregational. church, or email northfordcc@gmail.com, or find them on Facebook.

Congregation B’Nai Jacob

WOODBRIDGE — Congregation B’nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge, announces the following services and programs. If you don’t know how to Zoom, visit https://www.bnaijacob.org or call 203-389-2111. We are Zooming and live for Shabbat evening and morning services. Members are Zooming, streaming and live for Shabbat evening and morning services. We ask that anyone entering the building be masked and vaccinated, including booster.

Saturday: 9 a.m., Bread and Torah. 10 a.m., Shabbat and holiday services .

Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi’s Class

Congregation Or Shalom

ORANGE — Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Road, Orange, is holding the following services and programs. To register for a Zoom event, call the office at 203-799-2341 or email coshalom@sbcglobal.net

Minyan Services on Zoom: Sunday, 9 a.m.; Monday, 8:30 a.m.; Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Shabbat Services on Zoom and in person: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

Temple Beth Sholom

HAMDEN — Temple Beth Sholom, 189 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, offers daily morning and evening minyans, and Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services. All services are in-person and on Zoom.

Morning Minyan is held Monday through Friday at 7:15 a.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m. On Rosh Chodesh, Minyan begins at 7:15 a.m., and on Yom Tov Minyan begins at 9:30 a.m. Evening (and afternoon, when appropriate) Minyan is held Monday-Friday at 6:45 p.m.

Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service begins at 7:30 p.m. Shabbat morning service begins at 9:30 a.m.

More information can be found on https://tbshamden.com/ worship.

The temple will hold a document shredding event from 9 a.m.noon on May 22 in the temple parking lot. Cost for a small copy box, 18 x 12 x 12 inches or smaller, $10; large banker box, 18 x 18 x 24 inches or larger, $20. Also available are hard drive destruction and computer recycling, $20 each, CRT Computer Monitors, $20 each, hard drives only, $10 each. All items should be in a box that can easily be picked up. Paper items only. No trash bags, paper bags, etc. No trash or non-paper items. No CDs, X-Rays, etc. Paper clips and staples, however, can be shredded. On-site shredding truck is provided by Affordable Solutions, LLC. For information, email fundraising@tbshamden.com

Temple Beth David

CHESHIRE — Temple Beth David, 3 Main St., Cheshire, is using the online platform Zoom and on Facebook Live for its events.

Shabbat Services are held weekly on Fridays at 7 p.m., except for the first Friday of the month when a Youth Shabbat service is held at 6:30 p.m., with Oneg Shabbat hosted in the Social Hall by different temple families each week.

To join Zoom Shabbat services, confirm the start time by the calendar at zoom.tbdcheshire.org.

To reach the temple, email office@tbdcheshire.org or call 203-272-0037; Rabbi Micah is always available to talk at rabbiMicah@tbdcheshire.org.St. Mary School holding golf tournament