Events
Not 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 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 moreSukkot Services
Monday, October 17 1st Day of Sukkot Minyan – 9:30am Tuesday, October 18 2nd Day of Sukkot Minyan – 9:30am Shabbat, October 22 Shabbat Morning Minyan – 9:30am Monday, October 24 Shmeni Atzeret – 9:30am Yizkor – 11:30am Simchat Torah Dinner and Hakafot – 7:00pm Tuesday, October 25 Simchat Torah Minyan and Hakafot 9:30am
read moreYom Kippur at the Orchard Street Shul
Hazzan Nosson Abrams will lead services in our beautiful restored sanctuary. We hope you’ll come join us for services and a break-fast after the completion of the holiday on Wednesday – please see more information below. Tuesday October 11 Kol Nidrei 6:00pm Wednesday, October 12 Yom Kippur – Morning Service 9:00am Yom Kippur – Yizkor […]
read moreShabbat at 9:30 AM (September 10rd, 2016 – 7th of Elul, 5776) – Shabbat morning services (Parashat Shoftim) followed by a sit-down kiddush lunch sponsored by the Caroline family in honor of their newest daughter Yona and by the Russell family in honor of Shira’s wedding this week. This will be a Sheva` Berachot meal […]
read moreBivolita – Klezmer at the Orchard Street Shul – Sunday Sep. 18th 4 PM
Only two weeks til Bivolita performs at the Orchard Street Shul! Have you purchased tickets yet?
read moreShabbat, Rosh Chodesh Elul, sushi and shots
Friday at 7:00 PM (September 2th, 2016 – 29th of Av, 5776) – Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by “Sushi & Shots”, sponsored by People’s United Bank in Amity. Come for the melodic service, then enjoy good food and drink. Shabbat at 9:30 AM (September 3rd, 2016 – 30th of Av, 5776) – Shabbat morning services (Rosh […]
read moreCommunity Seder
Enjoy the holiday of freedom at an inspirational Passover Seder complete with handmade Shmura Matzah, four cups of wine, gourmet dinner. Discover the Haggadah’s timeless messages and practical relavance, all in a warm community setting. Friday night April 22nd 7:30pm $45 Adult – $20 children 12 and under RSVP required by April 15th – Please visit www.newhavenseder.eventbrite.com to […]
read moreSukkot Schedule
Join us as we celebrate Sukkot at the Orchard Street Shul Sukkot Schedule Monday, September 28th – Shachrit 9:30am Tuesday, September 29th – Shachrit 9:30am Friday, October 2nd, – 6:15pm followed by Sushi and Shots in the Sukkah! Shabbat, October 3rd – Shachrit 9:30am Monday October 5th – Shmeini Atzeret Shachrit 9:30 Yizkor 11:30 […]
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.