Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel

85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org

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  • Yoga Hour
    https://www.beki.org/events-recurring/yoga-hour/

    …Join Debby Kahan for an hour of light yoga. Free for BEKI Members $5 for non-members…

  • Guiding Angels: Parashat VaYetsei 5763
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/guiding-angels-parashat-vayetsei-5763/

    …teachers’ and friends’ guidance, but I must make my own choices. It is my free will. That’s an exciting but scary realization. Like Jacob, I am aware that I might not always make good choices. I will have to use the guidance and advice I have received to choose the right paths throughout my life. And, like in Jacob’s dream, I hope that there may be new angels that will come to accompany me through the next stage of my life. One reason to be optim…

  • Shabbat Pesah 5761: My Bat Torah Observance
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/shabbat-pesah-5761-my-bat-torah-observance/

    …r a quick fix. And so I sought her out and, as luck would have it, she was free to see me. She asked me many questions…questions about my relationship to God and Judaism. She truly had a gift because the words began pouring out of me. I told her that Judaism was something that haunted me…the melodies haunted me, the faces of the elders haunted me, even the movements during prayer haunted me…that I felt that it was a part of me but that I was not a…

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

    …first order of importance for the Zionist program was the preservation of freedom of access of Jews to their Holy Places. Surely, too, would it turn Zionism on its head if the Prime Minister’s pledge were to hold for Christians and Muslims but not for Jews. The principle of broad Jewish access in the area of the Temple Mount, I would suggest, predates the Zionist movement, indeed all of modernity, finding its origins in Biblical times. Today’s Pa…

  • CJLS Statements on Gay and Lesbian Rabbis and Same-Sex Couples: Life Goes On
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/cjls-statements-on-gay-and-lesbian-rabbis-and-same-sex-couples-life-goes-on/

    …bis. Our president, Donna Levine, explicitly said to me, “Jon-Jay, you are free to change your sexual orientation.” It is commonly believed that Beth El or Keser Israel has engaged quietly gay rabbis in the past. Our congregation, like many, simply accepts Gay and Lesbian individuals and families on the same basis as we accept everyone else. If you’re Jewish, and your check clears the bank, you can be a member. There are no ritual debilities and n…

  • The Bully Pulpit
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/the-bully-pulpit/

    …documented by the Mishna and other rabbinic texts, endorses the values of free speech, intellectual integrity and democracy. Individual sages were allowed to teach whatever they actually believed, even if it was not in keeping with the majorityʼs view. The sages could speak their minds and vote their consciences. It is true that the State of Israel has an official “Chief Rabbinate” (actually, two official Chief Rabbinates) whose determinations on…

  • Is God Made Up?
    https://www.beki.org/dvartorah/is-god-made-up/

    …This recognition emerges from a study of Midrash, in which the sages felt free to create dialog for God for educational or inspirational purposes. While Midrash expresses profound truth, no one other than the fundamentalist or ignoramus would claim it to be an actual record of Divine dialog or veritable history. More than that, our sages recognized that any literary presentation of God is inherently limited by human experience and intelligence. R…

  • Yoga Hour
    https://www.beki.org/events-recurring/yoga-hour-10/

    …Join Debby Kahan for an hour of light yoga. Free for BEKI Members $5 for non-members…

  • Yoga Hour
    https://www.beki.org/events-recurring/yoga-hour-2/

    …Join Debby Kahan for an hour of light yoga (all ages) Free for BEKI Members $5 for non-members…

  • Library
    https://www.beki.org/resources/library/

    …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…