- 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
…28 Nov Men’s Winter Clothing Drive Begins – Nov 28-Dec 5 November 28, 2021 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Fill the boxes in the lobby with clean, gently used men’s winter clothing (and brand new men’s warm socks) – November 28-December 5 Everything will […] More Info…
…22 Jul Zoom Schmooze: Book Discussion with author Nancy Sinkoff “From Left to Right: Lucy Dwidowicz, the New York Intellectuals and the Politics of Jewish History” July 22, 2020 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page “From Left to Right: Lucy Dwidowicz, the New York Intellectuals and the Politics of Jewish History” which was published this March. The author is Nancy […] More Info…
…Notes 1. Dan Ben-Amos and Jerome R. Mintz, In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (New York: Schocken Books) 1970, 1984, p. 4; corresponding to the Hebrew edition of Samuel Aba Horodezky, Sefer Shivhei HaBesht (Tel Aviv: Devir) 5707/1947, 5735/1975, p. 35. A table of tale numbers and the corresponding page numbers in other editions is given at the back of the book by Ben-Amos and Mintz. 2. Violence is neither advocated nor condoned in these tales to any s…
…itings on the Theory and Practice of Non-violent Resistance, (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Co.) 1963, p. 111.) 5. E. Mary Smallwood, The Jews Under Roman Rule from Pompey to Diocletian, (Leiden: E.J. Brill) 1981, p. 155. 6. Paul L. Maier, “The Episode of the Golden Shields at Jerusalem,” Harvard Theological Review (62) 1969, p. 110 n. 5, as well as Emil Schurer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, rev. and ed. by G…
…llery at the Boston Center for the Arts. She has exhibited in galleries in New York, the West Coast and throughout the United States as well as in Berlin, Rome and Vienna. 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 re…
…violence are referred to Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Teshuvah: Family Violence (New York: Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of The Rabbinical Assembly), 1995 (212-678-8060; rabassembly@jtsa.edu). Moral Judgments The Talmud Bavli (edited 8th century C.E.) contains numerous admonishments and recommendations pertaining to a husband’s relations to his wife: “A man should not project excessive fear in his household” (Gittin 6b); “Rabbi Helbo said: A man…
…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…
…nhattan Cultural Council. Safran-Hon had solo exhibitions at Slag Gallery, New York, RX Gallery, Paris, Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, and Marfa Contemporary, Marfa, Texas, and group shows at the Haifa Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York. In 2020 Safran-Hon was a recipient of the BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize. Safran-Hon’s art can be viewed on her website, www.naomisafranhon.com At BEKI, T…
…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…
…e dwelling upon it. A short while ago, in the 24 March 2000 edition of the New York Times, I noticed an article about a study on world ocean temperatures. (The chief author of the study is Sydney Levitus – one wonders if the family name got shortened somewhere along the way from Leviticus!) By excavating literally millions of data points from ships’ logs and other previously overlooked sources, Dr. Levitus and his collaborators were able to constr…
