Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel

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  • Shabbat VaYiqra 5762
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/shabbat-vayiqra-5762/

    …r shawls? Simple! I just read the same words that were read by Jews in the holy city of Jerusalem in ancient times and I’m wearing a tallit with blue-dyed threads just like my ancestors wore. Even more amazing is the fact that the method for making the blue dye was lost for thousands of years and my dentist on Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalem is one of the people doing research and leading the resurgence of the mitzva of petil tekhelet! In many sch…

  • Right & Wrong of Return
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/right-wrong-of-return/

    …or chronic pain? Are all the dead who once lived in my house coming home? Those who believe in resurrection in this literal sense have no answer, other than “our Mighty God can manage it.” That is fine for a matter of faith set to take place in the indefinite future, but not for a political program for which imminent implementation is sought. If we agree that farmer Ahmed does not need to return to the exact plot he left, but will accept a substit…

  • Planted in the House of the Lord
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/planted-in-the-house-of-the-lord/

    …t was strange to be at the mall. Twenty five years ago I had lived for a school year in a house on a dirt road in Malha. Shepherds grazed sheep, and occasionally a camel wandered by. Beyond our little house was undeveloped land, a railroad track from the Ottoman era, and the Judean Desert. Today, where that idyllic house once stood, there is a Burger King, and the biggest mall in the Middle East. But it was great to see my cousin and her three chi

  • Zionism & Pluralism
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/zionism-pluralism/

    …ntation, quickly broke up the non-Orthodox prayer group and herded them forcibly though security gates at the entrance to the plaza. Then, shoving and swearing, the police forced the group another hundred yards down a driveway leading to the Dung Gate out of the Old City, as the Conservative Jews sang a Hebrew prayer calling on God to make peace in the heavens and within the nation of Israel. Much has already been said in the media and in our Cong…

  • Ottoman Land Registration Law as a Contributing Factor in the Israeli-Arab Conflict
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/landlaw/

    …eds of tenant families from lands they considered their own when large landholders sold their holdings to Jews. Most of the two million dunams (200,000 hectares) of land owned by Jews at the end of the Mandate were acquired through purchases from large landowners. As John Ruedy notes, “The land expert representing the Jewish Agency before the Shaw Commission of 1929 claimed that 90% of lands bought up to that time came from absentee landlords. Dur…

  • Animal Rights and Wrongs
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/animal-rights-and-wrongs/

    …they worry about a few laboratory rabbits or a bunch of uncomfortable farm chickens while children (and adults) are literally starving and dying from easily preventable and treatable conditions? Would not their efforts be better directed toward promoting human welfare? While in California a $40,000 reward was offered to find the person who killed a dog, there is no reward for missing children in California, let alone concern for those in distant l…

  • Devar Torah for Parashat Lekh Lekha
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/devar-torah-for-parashat-lekh-lekha/

    …ike to thank my wonderful, patient sister, Gilah, who sat with me for many hours teaching me the psalms and services that I sang today; and my father and rabbi, Jon-Jay, for helping me write my devar Torah and for enthusiastically correcting my Hebrew accents and pronunciations. I want to thank my loving mother who taught me the haftora portion and trope. Thank you, Tsvi and Noam, for all of your brotherly love. And thank you to all of you here to…

  • Adult Education
    https://www.beki.org/learning/adult-education/

    …the committed, the curious and the concerned. Adults seeking wholeness and holiness through Torah or who want to explore their relationship with Tradition find food for their hungry minds and souls at BEKI. Adult Studies at BEKI are a supportive setting for exploring and developing spiritual and communal identity through study and discussion of classical and contemporary texts and ideas. Most classes and programs are open without charge. See the B…