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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…09 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 9, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…the Jews chose God.” Listen to what Mark Twain wrote at the very end of the 19th century, in 1899, in his essay “Concerning the Jews”: If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and…
…de-malkhuta dina, “the law of the government is the law” (see Talmud Gittin 10b, Nedarim 28a, Baba Qama 113a, et al.). Since apparently email and fax are valid vehicles for such transactions under civil law, they could be used for the selling of Hametz. Dear Rabbi, I have a perplexing question concerning the Kashrut of yogurt — which I had always assumed would be dairy by nature. A certain brand, Yoplait, uses Kosher gelatin. Is Kosher gelatin t…
…he Hesed project. Because some people are without such a network. Some are new to the community or have no family in the area. They may need a little help, but they don’t know where to turn. From now on, they can turn to BEKI, and the Hesed committee will do what it can. Here are the kinds of things were talking about: rides to services or BEKI programs. Rides for kids when their parent is unable to drive. An occasional phone call or visit to some…
…by the Jewish Theological Seminary, and also studied at Yeshivat Hadar in New York and Mechon Schechter in Jerusalem. My approach to pastoral care was shaped by my training at JTS as well as an intensive unit of chaplaincy at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where I was privileged to serve a diverse, urban, largely uninsured community. In 2012 I joined the American Jewish World Service clergy delegation to Muchucuxcah, a Mayan village in the Mexica…
…2022 05/02/2022 04/27/2022 02/25/2022 02/2022 01/31/2022 01/21/2022 01/2022 12/7/2021 11/02/2021 09/2021 Description BEKI Bulletin – New Torah Ark Design! – July 2024 BEKI Bulletin – Construction Will Start in the Fall – June 2024 BEKI Bulletin – Amy Reichert Will Design New Ark – Nov 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – August 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – January 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign –…
…ly through exhibitions and film festivals, including Creative Tech Week in New York City, the Jerusalem Biennial, the Siberia State Art Museum, the Kyrgyzstan State Museum, and in cities such as Paris, New York, Toronto, Montréal and elsewhere around the world. Rubin’s videos, and interactive works have been shown on the ICC tower facade in Hong Kong, the Jewish Museum in Prague, the Cotton Club screen in Harlem, the ICA in London, and numerous in…
LAND IN FLUX April 15 – June 14 2023 / Artist talk April 29, 2023, 12:45 p.m. Read the Review in the New Haven Arts Paper Dganit Zauberman- Image List + Prices Statement from the Artist: Memories, life experiences, intuitive processes, and curiosity drive my work. Early in my life, informed by my upbringing in a Kibbutz, I observed the importance of land as not only a source of life but also as a source of struggle, separation, and death. N…
…nne.com Busy Garden, 28”h x 23.5” w Popups, 42”h x 35”w Matzoh Cover, about 14” x 14” available at the BEKI Gift Shop Matzoh Cover, about 14” x 14” available at the BEKI Gift Shop Balloon Festival, 19.5 h x 21w Cell, 25”h x 25”w Introspection, 16.5 x 14w The Book of Life, 14”h x 15”w Keyboard Fantasy, 27”h x 33”w Genesis 1 -12, Genesis 1:12 Floral Decks, 30.5”h x 39”w Valley of the leaves, 26”h x 24”w Outside the Box, 25”h x 19”w Garden Huppah, 98…
…! 06/2024 BEKI Bulletin June 2024: Construction will start in the fall 11/2023 BEKI Bulletin Nov 2023: Amy Reichert to design new ark 08/2023 BEKI Bulletin article — August 2023 04/2023 BEKI Bulletin article — April 2023 03/2023 Revised conceptual design (Contact office for password) 02/13/2023 Video: Why Redesign the Sanctuary? (Contact office for password) Sections Message From the Rabbi “Doing Nothing is Not an Opt…
