B'nai Israel of Southbury, CT

B'nai Israel of Southbury, CT All Are Welcome to our Shabbat Services every Friday at 7:00 PM
Saturday morning Torah Study: 10:30 AM For more information, visit www.BnaiIsraelSouthbury.org.

B’nai Israel of Southbury is a warm, welcoming and diverse congregation that is among the most prominent, yet intimate Jewish houses of worship in the region. The congregation has a rich history of tradition dating back more than a century while enthusiastically embracing the future. B’nai Israel takes pride in its inspiring music, educational excellence and sense of community. Setting B’nai Israe

l apart, too, is its spiritual leadership, commitment to advocacy, and inclusiveness with a welcoming of traditional, single parent, interfaith and other modern families among the greater B’nai Israel family that is a home for all generations. B’nai Israel is located in northwestern New Haven County on a sprawling 17-acre campus — one of the region’s largest community, cultural, spiritual and educational centers of its kind — at 444 Main Street North in Southbury, CT. B’nai Israel shares its gorgeous campus with its partner organization, The Federation: Jewish Communities of Northwestern CT, and is home to families and their loved ones from a wide radius of Connecticut towns, including Bethany, Bethlehem, Brookfield, Litchfield, Middlebury, New Hartford, Newtown, Oxford, Roxbury, Sandy Hook, Southbury, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Woodbury, and other surrounding communities. Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, B'nai Israel is also active in the area Jewish and interfaith communities.

A zissen Pesach!
04/01/2026

A zissen Pesach!

Please join us for our upcoming Community Passover Seder. All are welcome. Advance registration with payment is required...
03/22/2026

Please join us for our upcoming Community Passover Seder. All are welcome. Advance registration with payment is required by March 29. Please contact us at 203.267.3394.

03/20/2026
03/10/2026

Dear B’nai Israelites and Friends of B’nai Israel,

A scammer has created a gmail account with my name, RabbiEricPolokoff and today is requesting contact or gift cards. Different versions of the email are circulating, and while none are in my voice, some do contain Hebrew words.

Please note that ALL of our congregational communication to our membership and community is sent from our official domain: .org.

Moreover, our B’nai Israel clergy and staff will NEVER solicit gift cards or make contact in this manner.

We also strongly caution against clicking on embedded links within an email or replying to the email.

Should you also receive a suspicious communication or unauthorized contact, please immediately forward the suspected email to us and we will report it.

L’Shalom,

Rabbi Eric

What a Wonderful Purim Celebration! 🎭✨Sunday’s Purim Carnival at B’nai Israel Southbury was filled with laughter, color,...
03/04/2026

What a Wonderful Purim Celebration! 🎭✨
Sunday’s Purim Carnival at B’nai Israel Southbury was filled with laughter, color, and community spirit as more than 100 children and adults came together to celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim. Families arrived in creative costumes and enjoyed a morning packed with games, a bounce house, face painting, fun prizes and more, along with delicious hamantaschen and festive treats.
It was heartwarming to see our community come together to celebrate this special holiday, especially through the smiles and excitement of so many children. Thank you to our volunteers and families who helped make this Purim Carnival such a wonderful success.
Chag Purim Sameach! 🎭

02/28/2026

Dear B’nai Israelite and Friends of B’nai Israel,

Today is Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of Remembrance, part of our countdown to Purim on Monday Night. Our texts for these observances highlight the moral imperative of standing up to genocidal hatred. Committed to annihilating Israel, harming the United States, and subjugating its own people, Iran’s dictatorial leadership has squandered an immense treasure and shed much blood. Together with Israel our American forces have entered battle. Israeli civilians and people in parts of the Arab world have run to shelters. At this perilous hour we pray for those in harm’s way. May civilian, military and security leadership both here and in Israel be guided by wisdom and prudence, so as to hasten the time envisioned by our Hebrew prophets 'when neighbor shall invite neighbor under vine or fig tree with none to make them afraid.' May the One who makes peace in the high heavens make peace for us, for all Israel and the whole world.

- Rabbi Eric

Join us Monday for our Purim spiel and enjoy good times, homemade hamentaschen and wine!
02/26/2026

Join us Monday for our Purim spiel and enjoy good times, homemade hamentaschen and wine!

Join us!
02/25/2026

Join us!

Join us for Torah Study, Saturdays at 10:30In person or online
02/24/2026

Join us for Torah Study, Saturdays at 10:30
In person or online

This Friday!
02/19/2026

This Friday!

02/17/2026

Curious what we are reading for our weekly Discussion Group? Below is the most popular article in this week's discussion. Contact the office or comment below if you would like to read it, and we can send it to you or add you to the list to get all of the weekly discussion group articles!

"I Was Elie Wiesel’s German Doctor"
The Holocaust survivor, acclaimed writer, and Nobel laureate chose to see me not as a creature of history or origin but as a human being.
By Suzanne Lentzsch

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444 Main Street N
Southbury, CT
06488

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Friday 2pm - 6pm
Sunday 8:30am - 12:30pm

Telephone

(203) 267-3394

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