- 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
…spoke up when he heard about it. This position reflected the norms of the time and the second-class status women held. Today, I think most of us would agree that the rule – and the underlying idea – is unacceptable and even offensive. It infantilizes and degrades women. Why should gender make any difference in the making and keeping of vows? It no longer does, of course. Within the Conservative movement, women and men now have gender equality. Wo…
…in the Synagogue To volunteer, contact the office at office@beki.org or by phone at 203.389.2108 x114. Administration – Members are needed to serve on the work-groups, committees and board that steward and administer the congregation. Membership recruitment and retention, financial management, library services, and the Gallery are among the many areas that require eager and willing volunteers. Office Tasks – Stuffing envelopes, preparing mailings…
…, he was addressing his precept to the intelligentsia, the scholars, those best able to appreciate the value of community, those with the most to offer the community. Often people who are especially ethically and spiritually sensitive get disgusted with the Jewish community in general and the Synagogue community in particular. They may be personally wronged or they may recognize certain pathologies operating in the community. Such people may let g…
…11 Apr Kadima at Adventure Park April 11, 2021 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page April 11 from 3-6 pm, BEKI Kadima is going climbing at the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport! Explore the park’s aerial trails […] More Info…
…ligious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of two affiliated cemeteries Programming for children and adults All Jews are invited to become members of BEKI, including: Jews by birth and Jews by choice (converts) Jews in mixed marriages and couples who are both Jewish Jews of all races Jews of all gender identities or sexual orientations. BEKI believes in…
…ligious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of two affiliated cemeteries Programming for children and adults All Jews are invited to become members of BEKI, including: Jews by birth and Jews by choice (converts) Jews in mixed marriages and couples who are both Jewish Jews of all races Jews of all gender identities or sexual orientations. BEKI believes in…
…25 Jan The Afro-Semetic Experience January 25, 2000 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm BEKI Join us for An encore concert IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DAYS OF AWE David Chevan, Warren Byrd and the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE CONGREGATION BETH EL – […] More Info…
…s perception of reality. As it is, I feel my grip on reality is tenuous at best. While some have noted that loss of connection to reality is not really such a great loss, given the state of reality, I have a commitment to remain engaged and to improve it, even if only in a miniscule way, through performance of mitzvot. Some recreational drugs contribute to undesired genetic mutation. The thought of damaging my future offspring has led me to defer…
…reasons for the order. That is why Talmud scholars can’t navigate – by the time they have considered all of the possible interpreta tions of the highway sign, they are long past the exit. Bump Ahead? But whose head to bump? So deciding the order of listing may have been difficult. But it was not difficult to choose whom to honor. We had another civic leader, Alderman Phil Voigt, of blessed memory, Susie’s late husband. Phil was a loya l Catholic,…
…e tried to, even then, by telling on them to their father. But at the same time, I think that Yosef felt sad and upset that his brothers didn’t love him. And I think that Yosef felt uncomfortable that he got attention and a coat that his brothers didn’t get. Yosef wanted to share love with all his brothers and wished that they would get spoiled by Yaqov too. Yosef wished that Yaqov would give all the brothers something special, not just to him alo…
