- 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
…10 Sep Majesty in Music for the High Holy Days with Rachel Adelstein via Zoom September 10, 2020 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Join Rachel Adelstein for a talk and exploration of why holiday melodies became so elaborate, with part of the program devoted to listening to examples […] More Info…
…als of living a full Jewish life, such as Hebrew language, Jewish history, holiday rituals, values, and prayer. The School’s curriculum is both traditional and innovative. It is traditional in that we take Jewish learning very seriously. The innovations include a developmental emphasis, the use of multi-age grouping for some classes and activities, a uniquely individualized Hebrew language program, family education programs, and a special kinderga…
…Service Hotsaa Shabbat JC Torah Service Hakhnasa Shabbat Aleinu BEKI High Holiday Junior Congregation – Tiku Shofar 1-Ma Tovu – regular Shabbat tune 2-HaMelekh 3-Hamelekh-alternate-nusah 4-Barkhu 5-Or-Hadash-al-Tzion-Tair 6-Ahava-Raba-Shabbat-melody 7-VeHavienu-LeShalom-completion-of-Ahava-Raba 8-Amida-beginning-holiday-nusah 9-Zokhrenu-LeHaim 10-Ata-Gibor…. 11-Amida-Sim-Shalom-Shabbat-Shaharit 12-Niggun 13-Qadshen…
High Holiday Exhibition The BEKI community is highly diverse with not only a mixture of Jews from different Jewish cultural and geographic backgrounds, but Jews who come from mixed heritage, Jews who came to Judaism by choice, and Jews who can trace their Jewish heritage back generations. We have ancestors who were dedicated to teaching Hebrew, and ancestors who ran successful businesses. We have ancestors who were photographed on vacation and an…
…04 Mar Theology of Purim – Schmooze with Rabbi Woodward March 4, 2023 12:45 pm Events What does this goofy holiday mean? We’ll look at some of the core texts around the holiday’s messianism and messiness. More Info…
…cities of Greece, and even twentieth century America? Surveying the large number of works in the BEKI collection entitled “Rabbi_,” the BEKI Art Committee began discussing how best to present this work in an exhibition. Among ourselves, we called this the “Rabbi Show,” although there is nothing in the artworks themselves to signify that these are rabbis, rather than ordinary men who have been given the honor of holding the Torah. As Jewish artist…
…y of Shabbat and weekday programs for children and youth expanded, and the number of minors grew from under 70 in 1994 to over 225 a decade later. A typical Shabbat morning includes simultaneous programs or services for children and youth, as well as youth participating in the main service and Shabbat Shalom Torah Study. In 2003, the congregation began a process of building renovations, aimed at improving accessibility, enhancing energy efficiency…
…familiar symbolic images embedded as decorative elements. “All That Remains” will next be presented at the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA, in October 2020. The works in this show include images from each of these series. In this retrospective of her work, a number of works in private collections are represented by photographic reproductions, thus providing context for the entirety of exhibition. for more information and for purchasing wor…
…The other days of Creation are denoted, as you would expect, using ordinal numbers – second, third, and the like; but not the first day, Yom Ehad – Day One. Rashi teaches that “Day One” is to be understood as the Day of the One, the Day of God, and that God created everything in all its potential on that Day. From that day on, it follows that, as my daughter Sarah has recently begun quoting Martin Buber in the tag line to her email messages — To p…
…d 1% at six months. People who study resilience point out that there are a number of factors that can predict how well someone will handle severe trauma. These come from studies of hospitalized survivors of motor vehicle accidents, combat veterans, people who lived through the Los Angeles riots, the Oklahoma City bombings and many other tragedies. While degree of exposure is the greatest predictor, other individual characteristics include a good t…
