August 2018
ANNUAL PICNIC
Annual community-wide summer picnic on Sunday, August 5 st at Rec Park in Plantsville (Rain date August 12). This annual social event is an opportunity for individuals and families interested in learning more about the congregation to meet members in a relaxed setting and find out more about events and the community as a whole. This year it is also an opportunity for the congregation’s new rabbi, Alana Wasserman, to introduce herself to the greater Southington Jewish community. Rabbi Wasserman begins…
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EREV ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE
Meetinghouse
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Meetinghouse
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Meetinghouse
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Meetinghouse
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FCC Library
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At the Andersen home. Pizza at 5:30. Service at 6:00.
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Walnut Hill Park, New Britain
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Service
Chapel
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Service
Chapel
Find out more »Interfaith Thanksgiving Service – Southington
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - 750 Meriden Waterbury Turnpike, Plantsville Canned goods will be accepted for Southington Community Services and a freewill offering will be accepted for the Manna Fund benefiting Community Services.
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Prospect United Methodist Church - 99 Summer Street, Bristol. Please bring non-perishable food items and/or a monetary donation to help the hungry and homeless people among us.
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Annual GSJC Hanukkah Party
Breakstone-Reisner Home. Bring your menorah and something yummy to share.
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Chapel
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Book Club
The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
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Tu B'Shevat in Memorial Hall
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The Cottage, Plainville, CT
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Chapel
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Service
Chapel
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Location - TBD
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Service
& Shabbat Across America Potluck Dinner
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Memorial Hall
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Service
Chapel
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Memorial Hall
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Chapel
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Service
Chapel Guest Speaker - Amy Simon, William & Audrey Farber Family Endowed Chair of Holocaust Studies & European Jewish History at Michigan State University, will talk about her area of study - Yiddish diaries written in Warsaw, Lodz & Vilna ghettos during WWII.
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Watch/discuss movie Denial & Potluck Lunch Memorial Hall Denial is a true story - In 1993 Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books published `Denying the Holocaust'. Two years later the English author David Irving sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts. The resulting court case puts the onus on her legal team to prove that the Holocaust did indeed take place.
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Service
Chapel
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Meeting House
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Meeting House
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Service
Chapel
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Service
Chapel
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Service
1st Tot Shabbat & pizza 5pm - bring small children
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Rosh Hashanah FCC Meeting House
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Rosh Hashanah Services FCC Meeting House Tashlich service follows at Rec Park 10:30 - Childen's Service
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Service
Kol Nidre FCC Meeting House
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Yom Kippur Services FCC Meeting House Children's service - 10:30 Afternoon: Yizkor Service - approx. 1:30pm Afternoon Service - 3:30pm Ne'ilah - 5:30pm Break Fast - 6:15pm Peace Cafe We are collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to Bread for Life.
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Andersen's Home Pizza & Dessert prior to Service
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GSJC Film Festival
Film - Rosenwald FCC Memorial Hall
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FCC Chapel
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Learning about Hanukkah FCC room 201
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Service
FCC Chapel
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Film - Making Trouble Tells the story of six of the greatest female comic performers of the last century - Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner and Wendy Wasserstein. Peace Cafe in First Congregational Church No charge
Find out more »Chanukah Party
Chanukah Party at Amy Breakstone's. 5:00pm Vegetarian pot luck. Bring menorah and candles. RSVP to Marc Romanow
Find out more »January 2020
Service
Chapel
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Tot Shabbat 9:30 Chapel 10:30 Kiddush in Memorial Hall All welcome to attend
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Service
FCC Chapel
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Details to come
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Film - The Life & Times of Hank Greenberg FCC Memorial Hall
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Service
Purim Celebration & Services FCC Memorial Hall 6:00 Pizza (RSVP required) 6:30 Services
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FCC Library
Find out more »Penny Lane Beatles Tribute Band
POSTPONED DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. A FUTURE DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED.. Individuals who have purchased tickets will have the option of requesting a refund by calling our Temple office at (860) 276-9113, (Please remember to leave your name and phone number), use the ticket for a future concert date or donate the price of the ticket to Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation. We regret this inconvenience, but feel strongly that we need to protect the safety and health of…
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Service
Zoom Service Contact GSJC for information
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Conference call. All congregants are welcome. Please email president@gsjc.org for dial-in instructions.
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Service
Zoom Shabbat Service For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Zoom Shabbat & Shavuot Service For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Service
Zoom Shabbat Service For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Zoom Shabbat Service For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
Find out more »September 2020
Service
Zoom Shabbat Service For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Erev Rosh HaShanah Seder September 18 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Via Zoom For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Rosh HaShanah Children’s Service via Zoom September 19 9:00am - 9:30am For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Rosh HaShanah Services via Zoom September 19 Main Service 10:00am - 11:30am For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Kol Nidre Service September 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
Find out more »December 2020
Adult Ed
Adult Education event - continuing our Jewish culture discussion focused on Hanukkah. For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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Participate in T’Ruah Human Rights Shabbat. This year, it is celebrating Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 21 (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine…
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Zoom Hanukkah Lighting - light our menorahs ‘together‘ For more information (including the Zoom link), email Rabbi Alana Wasserman at rabbi@gsjc.org
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