- 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
…nary 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 the heritage created for us here by our elders and ancestors, and let us be proud and ever-growing Conservative Jews….
…ou will pass a large red brick building on right, the Allington Senior and Community Center. Continue straight; cross Route 34 (=Derby Avenue). After 3 miles (from start) you will pass a traffic light at Edgewood. Continue STRAIGHT on Forest; proceed slowly 3/10 mile. At end of Forest, turn LEFT onto Fountain Street. Make immediate RIGHT onto Dayton street (Rte 122). Proceed one block to end of street. Turn RIGHT on Whalley Avenue. Proceed 2/10 mi…
…12 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 12, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
Many in our community were outraged at the violent physical and verbal attack on a Conservative prayer group at dawn on Shavuot in Jerusalem by a mob of non-Conservative “Heridi” and “Ultra-Orthodox” yeshiva students and residents. The police offered some protection and evacuated the Conservative worshippers, but would not control or disperse the mob. One religious leader in Israel, a renowned woman who considers herself “Orthodox,” had this to s…
…red deeply about him and about each other. He was an essential part of his community and of his family. Nick was my first cousin to die. He died of AIDS in 1990, among the first few thousand to succumb to this retrovirus. He died in the loving care of his family and friends. His death left us diminished and we are still grieving to this day. As we approach his yahrzeit I observe that the level of pain and death brought by the disease seems incompr…
…complaining that someone was a nudge because he prayed too much. Our shul community is ardent in providing mitzva-opportunities to its members. Members are constantly called and called upon to help make a minyan, read Torah on Shabbat, set up the oneg Shabbat or qiddush, contribute money, or in other words, give give give. It is no surpise that from time to time active members experience “burn-out” or what we might call “mitzva indigestion.” For…
…tances. Rather, fasting is intended to be beneficial to the individual and community, and for most people this is indeed the case. If you have a medical condition which precludes your safely fasting on Yom Kippur, or if you have instructions from your physician against fasting or requiring the taking of food or drink with life-sustaining medication, you may wish to note the following guidelines, to the extent that they are consistent with your phy…
…eep dogs” (Job 30:1, 8). Job gives tzedaqa [charity], he’s a pillar of the community — but he’s not a mensch. * * * As Job’s story illustrates, even those with the most flawless records of piety and charity may need at-one-ment. In asking what Yom Kippur teaches us about how to atone, I want to take a look at another story from the Torah: the Book of Jonah. Read in the Yom Kippur afternoon service, as the long, long day of prayer winds down, this…
…09 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 9, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…10 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 10, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
