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.

Congregation Or Shalom schedules services

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.

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 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.

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, Monday through Friday at 7:15 a.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.

Evening Minyan, 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.