- 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
…ves-NAASE Jewish Educators Assembly Jewish Youth Directors Association The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism-USCJ Women’s League for Conservative Judaism . The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Attack at Colleyville, TX Synagogue January 15, 2022 13 Shevat, 5782 New York, NY – In response to the current crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) and United…
…however, is confusing and does not necessarily support this position. 19. United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Uniform Crime Reports for the United States, 1984 (Washington, DC: USGPO), 1985, p. v. 20. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 160; Horodezky, p. 25. 21. Mishna Avot 4:2. 22. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 148; Horodezky, p. 141. 23. Sukkah 29b-30a; Berakhot 47b; Baba Qama 94a. 24. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 149; Horodezky, p. 1…
…rdless of the general economic climate. The Ben & Ruth Marks Endowment was managed by the Directors of the Congregation until 2008, at which time management was given to the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven. The Bessie & Max Levine Children’s Library Endowment The Bessie & Max Levine Children’s Library Endowment was established in 2006 through a bequest of Norman Rubin honoring his aunt and uncle, of blessed memory. Income from this endowmen…
…n Energy Star Awards and was designated an Energy Star Congregation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of the Department of Energy in recognition of its efforts at energy conservation. In 2001, the Congregation received the coveted Solomon Schechter Gold Award from the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism for its efforts in environmental stewardship. In 2006, the Congregation received a major grant from the Legacy Heritage F…
…efit of the congregation. Way to go, Uncle Stan! These endowment funds are managed or owned by the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven (JFGNH) for our benefit (except for the Simon Fund and Hamburger Fund #2 which are managed by the Community Foundation). ❦ The Ari Nathan Levine Memorial Fund for the Continuity of BEKI ❦ The Batsheva Labowe-Stoll Fund for the Support of Jewish Life at BEKI ❦ The Ben & Ruth Marks Endowment ❦ The Bessie & Max Lev…
…Donald Trump signed barring many refugees and immigrants from entering the United States: Deeply rooted in our tradition, faith, and values, we are a people of immigrants. Throughout our history we often were the stranger in a strange land and were persecuted and attacked simply for being the other. As Jews, it is not only our religious values that speak to welcoming those who seek shelter and safety, but it is also a pillar of free, democratic na…
In his major work The King is Dead Samuel Eddy shows that the resistance of Near Eastern peoples to Hellenic imperialism “was justified almost universally in religious terms.” Eddy identifies the three main interlocking motives for religious resistance as “the effort to regain native rule as an end in itself,…as a means of ending social upheaval and economic exploitation,… [and] to protect law and religion.”¹ Jewish opposition to Roman rule from…
…of displaced Palestinian Arabs has skyrocketed. This is partly because the United Nations provides welfare benefits to anyone descended from a single displaced Palestinian Arab, creating an incentive to identify as a “refugee” no matter what one’s circumstances. Most famously, Yasir Arafat claimed he was a Palestinian refugee from Jerusalem, when in fact he was born in Egypt while Israel was under British rule. Even Palestinian Arabs driving Merce…
…the 10th century B.C.E.; and the E strand probably written between 900 and 800 B.C.E.. The redaction or the compiling of the whole Torah is usually seen as occurring in Babylonia between 600 and 400 B.C.E. For our three passages only J and E are relevant — the first and third passages are usually attributed to J and the second to E. The first account, of Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, is most like a folktale; it is the simplest in structure. It show…
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