- 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
…20 Apr Prayer and Liturgy at BEKI with Rabbi Carl Astor April 20, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page The heart of the BEKI community is the worship service. It informs us, energizes us, and challenges us. Once a month we will gather on […] More Info…
…23 Dec The Bluegrass Characters & Kol Kahol December 23, 2021 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The annual bluegrass concert has returned! Kol Kahol and The Bluegrass Characters Revue will present “A Tribute to Phil Zimmerman and Stacy Phillips” at BEKI […] More Info…
…tant to say sorry when you do something wrong, because it makes you miserable when you don’t, and you miss out on all the fun activities you could do with them if you just made up. I think it is really important to maintain open communication between family members so that the gap between you closes. Shabbat Shalom, and don’t worry, qiddush is not far away. See The Gilah Benson-Tilsen Fund for Youth at Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel …
…sation & Connection” after the service. If you want to log in JFC (Just for Conversation), Karen won’t mind, but she hopes you’ll log in for the 5:45 pm service, if only just to listen. Conversation & Connection is open discussion time, and Karen hopes that people who said they are missing opportunities to talk with other BEKI folks will join the conversation. Log in with the Zoom account used for all BEKI tefilla….
…d did not respect him – for no reason that he could understand. Having felt the cold stare of intolerance and ignorance every day as I walk down a street with Shai, wait to be served in a restaurant with him, follow him around a playground, it’s wonderful that the welcoming, open-minded, and respectful community at BEKI has made this shul a comfortable and refreshingly understanding place where Shai can enjoy his bar mitzva celebration. Thank you…
…stand it?” “You’re right,” said the other, “it’s terrible. As soon as they open another Jewish State, I’m moving!” While we must recognize that there are certain aspects of Jewish culture and Synagogue culture that ought to be changed, we must also affirm that much can be said in favor of our culture and institutions, and that taken as a whole they are of tremendous value and contribute greatly to our welfare and to the welfare of all humanity. Th…
…ss of reconsidering its policy,and is widely expected to eventually accept openly Gay and Lesbian students to the Rabbinical School. Openly Gay and Lesbian students have been welcome in the undergraduate and graduate programs of those institutions all along (at least, in recent years); the question now is one of the rabbinate and cantorate. Some synagogues have been perfectly open to hiring Gay and Lesbian Conservative rabbis. Our president, Donna…
…bbat is repeated at the reader’s discretion if the hour is not late. Doors open 15 minutes before scheduled service times. The building is accessible to those using wheelchairs and with limited mobility by entering through the front main doors on Harrison Street or through the East Entrance from the parking area. Most services take place at floor level enabling all to approach the reader’s table and Torah reading table. The main Sanctuary, where m…
…them to feel that BEKI was their “spiritual and social home.” She and BEKI spiritual leader Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen procured an $18,000 grant from the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven to start up a two-year program, which will offer Jewish education for adults with developmental disabilities and for adults with chronic mental illness in the greater New Haven area. ‘Kulanu Ke’Ehad Havura’ The program started last fall. Called “Kulanu Ke’Ehad Hav…
