- 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
…member is hosting in their backyard! Contact Kayla Bisbee at kbisbee@jewishnewhaven.org for location. Find your new forever friends in a comfortable environment with music, coffee, conversation – and babies. Recommended for parents from pregnancy to two years old. This group is free to attend and brought to you by Shalom Baby, an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven’s Women’s Philanthropy—designed to welcome Jewish babies and t…
…most vivid because of its recency. A few weeks ago, my wife and I were in New York and had dinner with a couple, Isaac and Miriam, that lived across from the Twin Towers. Their five-year-old daughter had watched from her bedroom window as the second plane crashed into the towers. She hadn’t seen the first because she was in bed reading a book. She watched the towers crumble. Every time she does a drawing, a collage, or an art project there is alw…
…able as the original substance, but rather has become a “devar hadash,” a “new substance.” Gelatin would thus be parve. In my view, this particular application of the “devar hadash” principle is a problem, since in the public’s eye gelatin is always viewed as an animal-derived product. The BEKI kitchen does not permit the use of any animal-derived gelatins. And the last time I looked, Yoplait had a plain “K” symbol, which is not an acceptable indi…
…ill 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 – December 2022 Sanctuary Redesign Update for the New Year BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – August 2022 Sanctuary Redesign Update & a July 27 Schmooze BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Re…
…w up in a Kibbutz. After high school, Dganit volunteered in establishing a new Kibbutz in the north of Israel, which was followed by military service. Dganit then traveled with her husband-to-be, traversing Southeast Asia, in a physically difficult, but emotionally rewarding experience that would last two and a half years. Dganit and her husband moved to North Carolina in 1992. During her time there, Dganit worked as a teacher for low-income pre-s…
…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…
…sident Yaron Lew. What’s the Latest? 07/2024 BEKI Bulletin July 2024: New Torah ark design! 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 Sanctuar…
…estries or in quilts, the surface design recycles the previous techniques. New directions emerge from prior pieces. Observing natural forms, whether through my studio window or in a photograph, I transform what I see into a fiber motif. That step requires a great effort, for I do not want to repeat myself or imitate anybody else. An additional challenge is choosing colors and manipulating fabric. Creating a work of art with lasting visual impact i…
…s, the new walls might as well be attractive. The maple wainscoting in the new foyer and the brushed metal and glass on the East entrance are simple, practical materials that will be carried into the main lobby and new chapel and library in the coming year, and one day farther down the road, into the sanctuary. You can feel good about your donation to the renovationsÿugwe making the shul safer, more accessible, more energy efficient, and more logi…
…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…
