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Congregation B’nai Jacob is a warm, welcoming Conservative congregation in the heart of Woodbridge, Connecticut. Located five miles from Yale University, Congregation B’nai Jacob has proudly served our community for 135 years. We serve a diverse community through our engaging and participatory services, our cutting edge, award-winning religious school, our wide array of stimulating educational opportunities for families and adults, and our commitment to social justice. We hope you will check us out – for an hour or a lifetime!

UPCOMING EVENTS

and Shabbat Dinner

Friday, January 18

To RSVP for the dinner, SIGN UP AND PAY ONLINE or send a check before Tuesday, January 15.

The Valley Soul and Shoreline Soul Gospel choirs, under the direction of the incomparable Angela Clemmons, will join with Cantor Kanfer and the Sweet Singers of B’nai Jacob for a special Martin Luther King Day service. Ms. Clemmons has worked as a professional singer for over 35 years, including as a background singer with Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, and many others.

Join in what promises to be a wonderfully spiritual communal event.

and Discussion with Preston Tisdale

Sunday, January 20  •  4:00pm

Watch a special screening of this major film about the collaboration between a young Thurgood Marshall and a Jewish lawyer to defend an innocent black man in Bridgeport in 1940, against a backdrop of segregation and anti-Semitism.

Atty. Preston Tisdale, associate of screenwriter Michael Koskoff,, will lead a discussion of the film. Mr. Tisdale is a former Director of Special Public Defenders for CT, and his father was an important member of the Bridgeport African-American community in the 1940’s, attending the trial and hearing Marshall speak. Gain a unique perspective on America’s Civil Rights history.

No RSVP necessary.