- Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…particular needs of members and extended family who benefit from friendly contact and support. The visits, calls and support they have provided or organized have been very much appreciated. Several members have coordinated meals for families after childbirth, hospitalization and loss. This quiet work is what helps us be a caring community and is central to our mission. Libraries Rachel Wizner and Hannah Winer continues the process of reorganizing…
…lan. The Congregation’s long-term vitality can only be assured through the support of forward-thinking members and supporters. Following Marvin’s passing in July 2011, the Congregation learned it was a beneficiary of his life insurance policy. Proceeds were directed to provide for immediate needs of the Congregation as well as to create a memorial to Marvin’s name to help meet the Congregation’s continuing needs. Marvin Missan, a graduate of Hillh…
…B.C., (Lincoln, NB: Univ. of Nebraska) 1961, pp. vii & 330. Eddy’s thesis supports an underlying assumption of the present work, namely that the acts of resistance herein described constitute resistance to Roman rule per se, and not solely resistance to specific policies, much less attempts to support Roman rule by encouraging the Romans to adopt policies conducive to stability and acquiescence which were in Rome’s own interest. 2. David M. Rhoad…
…olarship $18+ General Synagogue Support Kiddush Sponsorship $320 (Call office to reserve date) Rabbi’s Tzedakah Fund to provide for special needs of community $25+ Hai Synagogue Fund to support BEKI operations $18+ Yahrzeit (Memorial) Fund to support religious services $10+ Synagogue (General) Fund to support BEKI operations $10+…
…or covering and seating? The committee will seek congregational input on a number of items, including the seating and potentially floor covering. The committee will make the final decision based on a variety of factors, including cost, durability, sustainability, and congregational input. Sound and Acoustics How will we handle room acoustics? We will work with the architect and potentially with an acoustical engineer. Is the space intimate enough…
…fences” in an attempt to protect themselves, often to little avail. Let us support this fence as an attempt to create a link of truth and reason to keep us together and protect our Torah values and laws. Tomorrow, I intend to talk about a closely related core idea in Judaism: Free Discourse and the Search for Truth. We will see how this is a central feature of classical Judaism as well, and then suggest how these ideals might find expression in ou…
…gn. They visit Israel, send their children over a summer or for a year and support financially every one if its worthy institutions.” As diaspora Jews our relationship with our beloved homeland has been sorely challenged by the actions and statements of the current temporary Government of the State. What are we to do, who love Israel but are mad as heck at the Government? One legitimate and appropriate way of working toward a solution is for us to…
Phone: 203.389.2108 Fax: 203.389.5899 Postal Address: Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel 85 Harrison St. New Haven CT 06515-1724 Office Manager Peggy Hackett Ext. 114 Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 President Russell Epstein Rabbi Eric Woodward Ext. 120 Ritual Committee Chairperson Bruce Spierer Youth & Family Programming Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 BEKI Bulletin bulletin@beki.org Cemetery Association cemetery@beki….
…s, had a group of like-minded peers with whom they could identify and gain support; they no longer had to stand alone. Demonstrations and meetings were being held daily to support and organize objectors and would- be objectors, bridging the gap between personal conscience and political action.34 The individuals discussed in this article chose to take principled, open, conscientious stands against some forms of military service or against participa…
…y. And it is not that they are freeloaders who would never offer financial support to the shul; it’s just that they need to experience the community and understand its needs before they can be expected to support it. These are people who do not realize, as so many of us do, how valuable BEKI (or another shul) is in the community. They do not realize it because they have not had a chance to experience it. More than that, we lose an opportunity to b…
