The UJC in the News

Erev Shabbat Services – Fridays at 7:00 pm-  Virtual and in-person

Shabbat Morning Services – Saturdays at 10:00 am- Saturday, April 30th is virtual only.

Wednesday, April 27th – Virtual Jewish Federation Yom haShoa observance 6:30 pm 

Thursday, April 28th – UJC Book Club (virtual), 7:00 pm, “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley & the Struggle for Equality” by Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Sunday, May 1st – Mitch Wagener speaking on climate change 11:00 am virtual only. 

Tuesday, May 3rd – “Voices of the Generations” program with Julie Kohner 7:30 pm virtual only. 

Friday, May 6th – Mother’s Day Shabbat (in-person)

Sunday, May 8th – Religious School Mother’s Day Brunch (in-person)

Sunday, June 5th – Shavuot Hike 10:00 am, Tarrywile Park, Danbury (in-person)

Friday, June 10th – Annual Meeting 6:00 pm followed by Special Oneg Shabbat (in-person)

Saturday, June 11th- Sinatra concert with TBE (in-person)

UJC congregants, please check your UJC emails for access instructions.

Please call the office (203-748-3355) or email office@unitedjewishcenter.org if you have any questions.   

Saturday, June 5, 2021: Read Cantor Kessler's essay, "What Jerusalem Means to Jews," in the Religion Page of the News-Times. Click here for the essay.

Sunday, January 5, 2020: The UJC was at the #NoHateNoFear march and rally in NYC (photo)
New Yorkers flock to massive rally against anti-Semitism in wake of attacks

Saturday, October 12: Rabbi Stefan Tiwy/Forum on Faith
Rabbi Stefan Tiwy: Sukkot: Are You Going to Vanity Fair?

Thursday, May 2: Rise in Anti-Semitism addressed in Holocaust Remembrance Day in Danbury
Rise in Anti-Semitism Addressed in Holocaust Remembrance Day in Danbury 

Saturday, April 27: Program Addressing Anti-Semitism to Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in Danbury
Program Addressing Anti-Semitism to Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in Danbury

Tuesday, April 23: Cantor Penny Kessler/News Times
Cantor Penny Kessler: Cantor Creates Hands-Free Seder

Friday, January 18: Neil Marcus/Forum on Faith
Neil Marcus: Faith Does Not Have to be Formal

Saturday, December 22, 2018
Hannah Stowell: Bethel Students Start Club to Empower Girls

Friday, December 21, 2018: Cantor Penny Kessler/Forum on Faith
Cantor Penny Kessler: Apply Mussar Values and Think Before You Speak

Saturday, December 1, 2018: Rabbi Tiwy/Hanukkah Defies Hate
Rabbi Stefan Tiwy: Hanukkah Defies Hate

Thursday, November 1, 2018
United Jewish Center hosts healing service after Pittsburgh shooting

Friday, October 26, 2018
UJC hosts Israeli Film Festival, former Westerners pitcher Alex Katz speaks about his experience on the Israeli team/World Baseball Classic

Friday, October 5, 2018: Diane Sarna/Forum on Faith
Diane Sarna: Where Faith and Ethnic Identity Meet