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OSS World Travel Series: Curacao
Sunday, April 02, 2017 6 PM – 8 PM Dreaming of far off places? World Traveler David Aron brings you to the tropical island of Curacao. This island paradise, tucked away in the southern Caribbean, features crystal clear beaches, picturesque Dutch architecture and the oldest active Jewish community and synagogue in the Western Hemisphere Topics […]
read moreShabbat and Purim Schedule
Shabbat and Purim schedule for Congregation Beth Israel, The Orchard Street Shul Shabbat, Mar. 11th, 2017 – 13th of Adar, 5777 9:30 AM Shabbat morning services (parashat Tetsaveh, Shabbat Zachor) followed by kiddush 7:00 PM Evening service (Maariv) with reading of Megillat Esther Sunday, Mar. 12th, 2017 – 14th of Adar, 5777 11:30 AM Hamentashen […]
read moreKabbalat Shabbat, Sushi & Shots, and Shabbat services
Friday at 5:30 PM (Mar. 3rd, 2017 – 6th of Adar, 5777) – Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by “Sushi & Shots”. Come for the melodic service, then enjoy good food and drink. Thanks to Mordechai Wilshinsky and Lloyd Baskin for sponsoring! Shabbat at 9:30 AM (Mar. 4th, 2017 – 6th of Adar, 5777) – Shabbat morning […]
read moreShabbat Yitro and Coming Events
Shabbat at 9:30 AM (Feb. 18th, 2017 – 22nd of Shevat, 5777) – Shabbat morning services (parashat Yitro) followed by Kiddush. Upcoming events – more details to follow soon: 2/17 – Havdalah and special show at LEITNER FAMILY OBSERVATORY & PLANETARIUM (Yale Univ.) Members from Orchard Street Shul will lead the singing! 3/3-4 – Kabbalat […]
read moreKabbalat Shabbat, “Sushi & Shots”, and Shabbat services!
Friday at 5:30 PM (Feb. 3rd, 2017 – 7th/8th of Shevat, 5777) – Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by “Sushi & Shots”. Come for the melodic service, then enjoy good food and drink. Special thanks to Polina Mann & Stuart Cohn for sponsoring the sushi. Shabbat at 9:30 AM (Feb. 4th, 2016 – 8th of Shevat, 5777) […]
read moreShabbat mornings at The Orchard Street Shul
A reminder that we have Shabbat services every Shabbat morning at The Orchard Street Shul! For this week: Shabbat at 9:30 AM (Jan. 28th, 2016 – 1st of Shevat/Rosh Chodesh, 5777) – Shabbat morning services (Parashat Va’eira – “and I appeared”) followed by Kiddush. Some fun facts about the new month: Shevat (שְׁבָט) is the […]
read moreNot Politics As Usual: The 2016 Elections
The Orchard Street Shul BagelTalk Series Presents: Not Politics As Usual: The 2016 Elections Dr. Joshua Sandman, Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of New Haven Does this election have your head spinning? Are you losing sleep over the fate of the free world? The 2016 Presidential election cycle will undoubtedly go down […]
read moreShabbat morning services (Parashat Bereshit)
Shabbat at 9:30 AM (October 29th, 2016 – 27th of Tishrei, 5777) – Shabbat morning services (Parashat Bereshit) followed by Kiddush in honor of rabbi Mendy’s birthday.
read moreShmeni Atzeret & Simchat Torah Services
Shmeni Atzeret Sunday, October 23 Evening festival service (Hakafot) – 7:00pm Monday, October 24 Morning festival services – 9:30am Yizkor – 11:30am Simchat Torah Monday, October 24 Evening festival service (Hakafot), followed by dinner – 7:00pm Tuesday, October 25 Festival morning services (Hakafot)- 9:30am
read moreAbout Our Shul
Located in a New Haven Landmark building listed on the National Register of Historic Places and honored by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Orchard Street Shul was reborn in 2010 as a traditional yet “post label” synagogue after many years of disuse. We continue to build a dynamic community made up of Jewish people of all ages, from all backgrounds and levels of affiliation.
We seek to appeal to the Jewish self in us all, so we can join in a community in which every member of our family finds comfort, meaning, and spiritual connection. We celebrate our Jewishness, and yours. We invite you to join and experience our spiritual haven where you will be welcomed as family, find depth, meaning, and a new appreciation for Jewish life.
Orchard Street Shul
Our beautiful Eastern European Ashkenazi style synagogue was built in 1924 with a unique blend of Federal style and Eastern European architecture seen in our façade. The Shul stands proudly as a symbol of a once vibrant Jewish neighborhood, adjacent to Yale University and both campuses of Yale-New Haven Hospital. Today, the Shul is an anchor of New Haven’s emerging medical and biotech corridor. Jews of all backgrounds make our Shul happen, bringing Jewish life back to an historic neighborhood, in the only synagogue remaining of the dozen that once served our area. Now the only Shul servicing the downtown New Haven community, the sounds of Jewish life are once again regularly heard in this restored gem. You are invited to join your prayers with ours.
Read more About Our Shul, Shul History and Shul Restorations, and check out our Photo Gallery.
Connect With Us
We hold services every Shabbos at 9:30 AM, a Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat minyan on the First Friday of the secular month (see posted time depending on season).
We welcome your membership, and contributions, but most importantly we welcome you. There are no tickets to attend our services and, please, you should always feel welcome to be part of our family.