- 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
…nd thus rejected for all time. Not surprisingly, the Mishna records two conflicting opinions as to why the Mishna records conflicting opinions. What could be more Jewish? But we uphold the mainstream view, not shared by everyone, that the rejected opinion is cited because someday times may change and later courts may need to rely on it to decide a case. Of course the same thing happens in American law when the Supreme Court, or another court, over…
…ttend the meetings. When the plans for the Westville building showed a one-floor sanctuary with no separation of men and women, the leaders of the Congregation were enjoined with a lawsuit and personal attachments. The basis of the suit was that B’nai Israel was chartered as an “ultra orthodox” Congregation and as such could not have mixed seating. The downtown group was represented by attorney Robert Berdon, and the Westville group by attorney Lo…
…lunteer effort. This is a busy place. During the past year, I received thousands of phone calls or messages and have sent many individual letters to Congregants and contacts. I have visited the local hospitals (Yale-New Haven, St. Raphael’s) and other facilities about 20 times. I have attended hundreds of worship services and officiated at or attended many funerals, baby namings and benei mitzva observances. Working with Peggy, Ina, Clarence and M…
…and that it would be impossible to carry out Gaius’ order without great conflict and slaughter. He went to Tiberias to determine the situation of the Jews there. Again, many tens of thousands faced Petronius on his arrival. They besought him to not put up the statue. “Will you then go to war with Caesar, regardless of his resources and of your own weakness?” he asked. “On no account would we fight,” they said, “but we will die sooner than violate…
…of Meribah/Dispute, Where the Israelites disputed with the L-rd And He was sanctified through them.” G-d was sanctified through hearing the people’s pleas, Through allowing their disputations, And through the water – Through choosing water, Not fire or plague. * * * How far will it go, This Divine experiment with peace and cooperation? Not all the way, we know: There’s no path back to Gan Eden In our tradition. We will live in a world Of talking a…
…e Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, and has curated a number of independent exhibitions. She studied at the Akademie fuer Angewante Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and received her MFA from San Jose State University. Anna Broell Bresnick has collaborated with dancers and musicians in the creation of installations for performances. These have included large sculptural str uctures, floor drawings and video. Broell Bresnick has taught…
…, a choir, and a formal, hierarchical style of services. In 2022 we need a sanctuary that reflects our 21st-century values of warmth, inclusiveness, egalitarianism, and spiritual intimacy. The overarching goals of the redesign are to make our sanctuary: physically more comfortable by improving heating, cooling, ventilation, and seating accessible for all people more intimate in scale and layout a space for active participants in our volunteer-led…
…or could avoid serving in the occupied territories. At the same time, thousands of others found other ways to avoid the military altogether, through Yeshiva deferments, emigration, and faked medical or psychiatric exemptions.36 Moreover, a large number of youths conscientiously or ideologically opposed to military service accepted induction but did their best to get through the ordeal.37 Most of the case histories of objectors found in the litera…
…come all guests. This is the last Shabbat before we come to the month of Nisan; in fact Rosh Hodesh Nisan will be on Tuesday, this week. I would like to begin with a look at part of the haftarah for this special Shabbat, one of four special Shabbats which precede the holiday of Passover. Mostly this haftarah concerns commandments for special sacrifices and rituals relating to the new moon and Passover. But at the very end of the haftarah, which is…
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….
