- 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
…-2108 or jjtilsen@beki.org for information. UHS Graduation & Promotion The United Hebrew School is concluding another wonderfully successful year of study. The Graduation & Promotion will take place at the Westville Synagogue on Sunday 8 June. Breakfast will be served beginning at 9:30a followed by Graduation and Promotion at 10:30a. All are welcomed to share in this joy. Ramah New England Alumni Sought If you attended Camp Ramah in Palmer, Glen S…
…a distinct movement in its own right. It was not until the 1990’s that the United Synagogue took the name United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. My great-grandparents followed in the footsteps of their parents in living as observant traditional Jews. They were not Orthodox. They were not Hippies. They were by definition Conservative Jews. I am proud to be a Conservative Jew like my great-grandparents. May God grant that I be blessed with great-…
…Donald Trump signed barring many refugees and immigrants from entering the United States: Deeply rooted in our tradition, faith, and values, we are a people of immigrants. Throughout our history we often were the stranger in a strange land and were persecuted and attacked simply for being the other. As Jews, it is not only our religious values that speak to welcoming those who seek shelter and safety, but it is also a pillar of free, democratic na…
…(“Do not cause a war!” or something like that) would seem to preclude the classification of this episode as purely nonviolent resistance. Yet the events as reported suggest a realist, overall nonviolent approach to the conflict. The “Jews at large” chose to send a delegation to Pilate, beseeching him to withdraw the shields, warning him of the fact that a popular revolt could occur (not necessarily with their support), threatening to appeal to hi…
…ady, the vindictiveness of this blessing: this effort to drag G-d into the business of family revenge, a business that here harms not just the wrongdoer but an innocent grandson. The second peculiarity of this blessing intensifies that theme: In offering this first human blessing, Noah uses a strange name for G-d: “Blessed be the L-rd, the G-d of Shem; let Cannan be a slave to them,” he says. The G-d of Shem. Not “Blessed be the L-rd,” full stop,…
…the 10th century B.C.E.; and the E strand probably written between 900 and 800 B.C.E.. The redaction or the compiling of the whole Torah is usually seen as occurring in Babylonia between 600 and 400 B.C.E. For our three passages only J and E are relevant — the first and third passages are usually attributed to J and the second to E. The first account, of Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, is most like a folktale; it is the simplest in structure. It show…
…02 Dec JCARR Jelly Donuts Bake December 2, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page JCARR Jelly Donuts: Learn to bake sufganiyot before Hanuka, Sunday 2 December, 1p – 3p in the BEKI kitchen. $18 per family unit, you will […] More Info…
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…out that this same person was indeed conniving, deceitful and scheming in business and family life, most of which, thankfully, had absolutely nothing to do with me. This life-lesson comes to me when I see the frequent references made to Israel’s purported “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “eradication of an entire people” and “population expulsions” past, present and planned. During Jordanian rule of Judea & Samaria (the “West Bank”), the populatio…
…ed 230 families. In January 1967, Congregation Beth El formally joined the United Synagogue, identifying as a Conservative synagogue. The following year, it absorbed the shrinking Keser Israel, and the current congregation, Beth El–Keser Israel, known as “BEKI,” was born. In Fall 1968, the synagogue boasted a membership of more than 600 families, with more than 200 children in the religious school. By the late 1970s, Beth El–Keser Israel’s members…
