- 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
…____________________________ Jerry Winick lives and works in Little Falls, New Jersey Elderly Jew with Tefilin black and white lithograph numbered 15/200 $150 framed —————————————————— Sculptural works Porcelain Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Boy and Rabbi Artist unknown – possibly Moshe Yakov /Moso Jacob $40 ____________________________________ David Kaplan Cleveland, Ohio (1915 – 2011) Three Scholars (The Midrash) Chalkware cast Statue, Hand Painted about…
…it succeed. Adult mental health consumers are concentrated in the City of New Haven. Many others are served by mental health agencies located in the City. Jewish professionals working at Yale New Haven Hospital and at the Hospital of St. Raphael estimate there are 200 to 300 adult Jews in the area that could be served by this program. In preparation for Saul’s Circle, contact was established and a relationship created with over 60 adults. Congreg…
…ervant Jews to eat with complete confidence. The Kashrut Initiative of the New Haven Area Rabbinical Assembly (KINAHARA) has sought to provide continuing education on kashrut issues for consumers and those who work as volunteers in our communal kitchens. The hope is that understanding the “real” rules of kashrut, as well as developing simple procedures to follow them, will make kashrut easier to swallow, so to speak. Our model is akin to the “comm…
…ically “Beautiful Israel” a priority. And at home it means we must make Conservative institutions such as BEKI, Camp Ramah, Ezra Academy, United Hebrew School and the Jewish Theological Seminary our top priorities. It is here where the “tire meets the road” and a new generation is trained in what “Judaism” was, is and will be. As we redouble our own efforts to build a strong Conservative community in Greater New Haven, let us be appreciative of th…
…ercy and justice, the first creation story and the second, Avinu and Malekenu. They can only be mixed together again and again with each new child, · with each new day. Shabbat shalom….
…e (in front of BEKI), turn left onto Whalley Avenue (east, toward downtown New Haven). Turn LEFT at Fitch Street traffic light (the fourth left), heading north on Fitch (Route 10). Turn RIGHT at Arch Street (Routh 10) traffic light (the sixth right), which is the first right after crossing under the SCSU pedestrian bridge. Turn RIGHT on Warner Street, the first right, after a short block. Beth El Memorial Park is on that first block. Keser Israel…
…ard a segment of the surrounding society that seeks to convert us to their ways. We find those attempts at the least annoying, and often disrespectful and outright dangerous. Our response is to make sure we don’t do unto others as we don’t want others to do unto us. However, the truth is that, at least in America, far more Christians convert to Judaism than the other way around. Very few Jews convert to Christianity, since for the educated and dev…
…, doesn’t respect others’ marriage commitments, takes whatever he can get away with, and then lives it up and has a great time. As supporters of Israel we sometimes feel this way, too. So many governments are engaged in brutality, arms exports and the drug trade — including Western governments — and few pay much attention, but whenever Israel does something wrong it is on the front page. Why do we bother trying to be good? When we try to do what i…
…t has become untenable. Perhaps in the next few years we will see a better way to reconcile an ancient rule with a radically changed world, but in the meantime, life goes on. After all, we don’t want to take Biblical rules lightly; but in this case, there is not much else we can do but treat it the same way we treat some other technical violations. Unfortunately, most of the CJLS papers promote sweeping and far-reaching approaches where a simple a…
…ugh not doctors) disagree. At the level of actual legislation, it is not always clear what the relationship is between our values and a particular bill. A vote for or against a bill does not simply mean that a legislator is “for” or “against” anything. Sometimes conscientious legislators vote against a bill that is poorly written or unworkable even though they may support the bill’s goals. Sometimes legislators compromise on a “package” of issues,…
