- 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
…lessing. “I wanted to give something back,” she said. The acquisition of a new telephone system had been set as a priority need by the staff and leadership, necessary to provide a high level of service to the Congregation. Congregants will now have greater ease in reaching the offices and Rabbi during and after office hours, leaving messages that will be received in a timely fashion, and obtaining information such as service schedules over the pho…
…along the ramps. Will the electronics (sound and T-Coil) be reused in the new design? The new sound system has not been designed yet. We intend to improve upon our present electronic capabilities. Wherever possible, we will reuse current equipment if it allows us to meet our goals of improved acoustics, auditory accessibility, and security. (For more on sound and acoustics, please see below.) Will the floor covering allow wheelchair users to prop…
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…hope, little by little, to build strong connections of our own within our new BEKI community. Coleman and Tema Leviter We moved to the New Haven area to live closer to our children, in Woodbridge and also Portland, ME. We were in East Northport, Long Island where we lived for 40 years as active members of the Commack Jewish Center, which later merged with Dix Hills Jewish Center. Coleman works full time as an IT professional, and Tema owned a spe…
…s tell us Is that 14,700 people died In this sudden plague. It’s a precise number. And it invites immediate comparison To the number we heard just a few verses earlier: Why did only 250 die From Korach’s active rebellion, But 14,700 die For a single line of passive complaint: “You two have brought death on the L-rd’s people.” This single line of lament, Of blame and complaint, May not seem so surprising, or egregious. They had seen Moses tell the…
…. They looked for printed material. They confiscated a week-old Zimbabwean newspaper. The university library could not stock the book The Green Revolution — a book about agriculture — because of the word “revolution” in its title. They say that when President Kennedy was assassinated, their nation newspaper reported that he had “died,” but did not say how — they did not want anyone to get any ideas. In our Jewish world, there was a debate in the R…
…re so different in many details. On Yom Ha’atzmaut 1983 I heard four radio news accounts of a demonstration at the dedication ceremony at Har Berakha, a new West Bank settlement. The accounts varied greatly in detail, such that if I didn’t know better, I might have thought they were describing different demonstrations. For example, the number of demonstrators was 1,500, or 2,000, or 3,000, or 5,000, depending on which report was being broadcast. T…
…y known as Downtown Cooperative Ministries and has been working in and for New Haven since 1973. Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing by creating homeownership opportunities for working, low-income families. Using volunteer labor and donated funds and materials, Habitat for Humanity rehabilitates abandoned properti…
…Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Art In America, Art New England and many regional newspapers. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including two from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, a Weir Farm Art Center Residency, two full residency grants to the Vermont Studio Center and two Artist In Residence Grants from the International Festival For The Arts, New Haven, CT. She served 4 years as the direct…
