Ensemble Companio to perform March 4

OLD LYME — Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church is pleased to present the acclaimed a cappella group Ensemble Companio in a preview concert of their 2022-23 season, “I Flow / I Am.” The concert will be held at 7 p.m. March 4. The ensemble will also perform during the 10:30 a.m. March 5 worship service. Admission is $20 per person. Space is limited and the doors open at 6:30 p.m. Audience members are invited to meet the performers immediately following the concert.

Congregation BEKI announces programs

NEW HAVEN — Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel [BEKI], 85 Harrison Street in Westville, offers in-person services twice daily, led by Rabbi Eric Woodward or congregants. Weekday services are also available on Zoom. Details at beki.org

Feb. 11: Author Roya Hakakian will speak about Women, Life and Liberty: Current Protests in Iran. Born and raised in Tehran, she arrived in the U.S. in 1985. Her writing includes the memoir Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran and Assassins of the Turquoise Palace.

Feb. 22: BE SMART for Kids will be the topic for a Zoom conversation Wednesday evening, February 22 with Joanna Taczanowsky, who is the state lead of that effort. The presentation will address gun accidents and the risk of guns in suicide.

March 1: A new documentary conceived and narrated by Carol Anderson, will be shown on Zoom, followed by a conversation with the producer, titled I, Too, from the Langston Hughes poem with those opening words. Details at beki.org

March 6: Erev Purim festivities; Adar celebration will begin a week earlier, Feb. 24-25, with Crazy Hat Shabbat.

Adults and children are encouraged to wear crazy hats as a warmup to Purim, when full costumes are encouraged. Details at beki.org

Congregation Or Shalom schedules services, events

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 203-7992341 or email coshalom@sbcglobal.net

Morning Minyan: Sundays, 9 a.m., Monday, 8:30 a.m.; , 8:30 a.m., in person, on Zoom.

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

Pajama Shabbat: 7 p.m., Feb. 10. Wear your favorite pajamas, bring a stuffed animal or your favorite blanket. After a brief service, come to the Oneg and enjoy “sleep over favorites, ice cream, popcorn and hot chocolate. RSVP to the office 203.799.2341.

Festival of Purim: 7 p.m., March 6. Read the first three chapters of the Megillah of Esther in Hebrew, summarize the rest of the miraculous story in humorous English and follow with songs and yummy Hamantash-cookies. Costumes welcome.

Coffee & Learn with Rabbi Alvin Wainhaus: Wednesdays, no class Feb. 22. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend, in person or via zoom either the entire series or specific the topics. Please call 203.799.2341 for more information.

Book Club: 7 p.m., Feb. 16, Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, discussion led by Sarah Darer.

Mah Jong, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Thursdays. All levels of players, including beginners. Call the office 203-799-2341 and let her know you are playing. If you have a 2022 Mah Jong card, bring it with you.

Congregation B’Nai Jacob schedules services, events

WOODBRIDGE — Congregation B’nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge, announces the following services and programs. We are streaming and live for Shabbat evening and morning services. We are no longer Zooming these services. We ask that anyone entering the building vaccinated, including boosters.

Saturday: No Bread and Torah; 9:45 a.m., Shabbat Services, featuring a special musical program for Shabbat Shira with Cantor E;ose Barber.

Feb. 5: 10 a.m., World Wide Tefilling Workshop; 11 a.m., Adult Ed Zoom Program “Sisters of Salaam Shalom”

Feb. 12, 10 a.m. Adult Ed. Zoom book discussion with Rachel Korazim

Fridays: Shabbat evening service start at 6 p.m. until further notice.

Weekday morning Minyans at 7:45 in the Chapel and on Zoom. Come in person in the chapel in order to read Torah on Mondays and Thursdays. Evening Minyans at 6 p.m..

Temple Beth Sholom services

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.

Minyan is held MondayFriday 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.

Temple Emanuel events

ORANGE — Temple Emanuel, 150 Derby Avenue, Orange, reminds members to check the TE website or contact the TE office for links to Zoom and YouTube. All listed services and events are open to both members and non-members.

For more information about services and celebrations at Temple Emanuel, and to register or purchase tickets for special events, go to www.tegnh.org or call the office at 203397-3000.