The High Holidays are Approaching
The Office of Jewish Life at the University of Hartford offers service options for all types of religious observances. Students can sign up for either a familiar service option OR try something new! Each of these local congregations are welcoming and inclusive to Jewish students of all backgrounds and observances.
Services, meals, and transportation are FREE for students! Advance registration is required for meals and transportation to ensure we get you where you'd like to be on Rosh Hashanah. You may also drive yourself, if it is in your custom to do so. Yom Kippur services on campus do not require reservations.
Register for services, transportation, and meals here: https://forms.gle/zrZsjmnd8AkRxa5QA
We encourage students to inform their professors well in advance of any days they will need to miss in observance (or travel to) Jewish holidays. The University of Hartford recognizes that it often schedules classes on Jewish holidays, and the Office of Jewish Life makes it easy for students to prepare for these excused days by sending out a fillable PDF at the beginning of each semester. You can download it here.
Sunday, Sept. 25 - Erev Rosh Hashanah
Offering coordinated driving and walking groups to:
Congregation Beth Israel (Reform)
Elizabeth Park Bandshell, 1561 Asylum Ave, Hartford (This service is outdoors!)
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The Emanuel Synagogue (Conservative)
160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Festive Dinner on Campus
Gengras Student Union, 3rd Floor Rooms 335/339
7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 26 - Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Offering coordinated driving and walking Groups to:
Congregation Beth Israel (Reform)
701 Farmington Ave, West Hartford
Join OJL staff Lisa Langsner and her family!
Morning Service 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
The Emanuel Synagogue (Conservative)
160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford
Shacharit 8:30 a.m. / Shofar 12:30 p.m.
Beth David Synagogue (Orthodox) 20 Dover Rd, West Hartford
Join OJL staff Emma Strumpf and her family!
Yom Tov Tefilot 10 a.m.
FREE lunch for all students at Beth David Synagogue following morning services, noon.
Tashlich with Jewish Life staff at Elizabeth Park following lunch.
Tuesday, Oct. 4 - Erev Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre Service
6:15 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium, lower level of Harry Jack Gray Conference Center
Wednesday, Oct. 5 - Yom Kippur Day
Morning Drop-in Service
10:30 a.m.-noon in Wilde Auditorium, lower level of Harry Jack Gray Conference Center
Evening Drop-In Service
6 p.m. in Wilde Auditorium, lower level of Harry Jack Gray Conference Center
Break Fast Meal
7 p.m. in University Commons Room 116/118 (Hog River Suite)
We are grateful and excited to be able to welcome Sarah Metzger '10 (Judaic Studies) back to UHart as she leads our Jewish community in atonement and repentance during Yom Kippur. Sarah is currently a Rabbinic/Cantorial student at the Academy for Jewish Religion.
For more information, questions about service options, transportation needs, meals, or anything else, contact Lisa Langsner, Director of Jewish Student Life, at langsner@hartford.edu or 860-308-4595.