- 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
…king zone at the northeast corner of the building. EV ReCharging & Parking Free (up to 9 hours) recharging for Electric Vehicles is available next-door at the Whalley & Blake Municipal parking lot. Members who wish to slow-charge with an outdoor 110v outlet in the BEKI lot can get instructions from the office. BEKI’s 88-car parking lot is for BEKI members, guests and visitors. By Car From New York Via I-95: Take I-95 North to right Exit 43 “Downto…
…Group BINA (our religious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of two affiliated cemeteries Programming for children and adults All Jews are invited to become members of BEKI, including: Jews by birth and Jews by choice (converts) Jews in mixed marriages and couples who are both Jewish Jews of all races Jews of all gender identities or sexual orientations…
…r Shabbat lunch or for the High Holiday meals. (BEKI provides clients with free tickets for High Holiday services.) In the summertime, Kulanu participants may have a joint program with one of BEKI’s social action committees—they will clean up Beaver Pond Park in southern Connecticut, where congregants have held Tashlich services during Rosh Hashana. Kulanu also plans to provide a job training sight at BEKI for adults with developmental disabilitie…
…to welcoming those who seek shelter and safety, but it is also a pillar of free, democratic nations. Our religious tradition repeatedly forbids us from oppressing the stranger. For instance, Leviticus 19:34 commands us, ‘The strangers who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.’ And Exodus, ‘And you shall not wrong a stranger, neither shall you oppress them…
…. Do our donations merely take the pressure off the Government so they can free up funds log-rolling unaccounted millions that go to institutions that deserve not a shekel? We need to continue our involvement as leaders of UJA and Federations and through that system make building a religiously and politically “Beautiful Israel” a priority. And at home it means we must make Conservative institutions such as BEKI, Camp Ramah, Ezra Academy, United He…
…ncyclopaedia Judaica [Password is “jfgnh”; Click “Gale Ebooks”] New Haven Free Public Library films on Kanopy [Need library card] WiFi and Office Resources WiFi connection is available to members and guests in the Library, Lobby and surrounding areas (except on Shabbat and Festivals). An ethernet connection is available in the Library. How to Donate Books or Funds To donate funds, send your check made payable to “BEKI” with a memo “Library” or “A…
…Thursday Shaharit Morning Service, 8:15a to 9:15a, in the Beit Midrash. Includes Torah reading, relaxed pace, commentary, free coffee and tea, morning snack after service. See Schedule of Daily Services….
…ragraph in size two font on the bottom of any text that contains the word “free.” Rather, this time the small print is the thank you’s to some very special people who helped me a lot during the course of this past year. I would like to thank Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen for always being nurturing and encouraging. Thank you to Jeffrey Kern who helped me learn how to read my parasha and to Marsha and Sarah Beller who helped me learn how to lead the services…
…ate efforts to silence that hate speech constitute an abridgement of their freedom of speech. Those who appeal to the decency or civic duty of station managers to cancel hate-radio and those who boycott hate-radio sponsors are portrayed as trashers of the Constitution. But just because someone has a right to broadcast and a business has a right to sponsor hate-radio does not mean it is a smart thing to do. Surely listeners have a right to tell sta…
…08 Nov Costuming Presentation & Workshop by Sharon Naveh November 8, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Sunday, November 8th, 1-4 pm Plan ahead for Purim! The Rimmonim (New Haven) Chapter of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, presents a Costuming Presentation and […] More Info…
