- 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
…for most services. Adults from member households in good standing are sent tickets in advance; members lacking tickets are asked to inquire. Please contact our office 203.389.2108 x114 office@beki.org or download documents for further information. A schedule is presented below. To purchase tickets online, click here, then scroll down to High Holy Days – Tickets. SECURITY UPDATE: Please know that our High Holy Days team is working hard to make sure…
…inished his speech, God sent a heavy shower out of the blue. In fact, that year had been a drought year. This was taken as a good omen, and Petronius himself was amazed by this unmistakable evidence that God’s providence was over the Jews. Even the opponents of Petronius’ decision were so overwhelmed that they kept their mouths shut. Petronius included this occurrence in his letter to Gaius. For if he should slay them — and they would certainly no…
…o provide – let’s provide. Let us see this next decade as our sanctuary in time. And let us use that time to rededicate this synagogue as our collective spiritual home, our sanctuary in space.” A year later, as Eric prepared for the end of his days in this world, he made a bequest to BEKI. To honor his vision, his bequest was used to establish the Eric I.B. Beller Environmental Fund. Income from the Eric Beller Fund is dedicated to making our phys…
…ver the years it grew and grew. It is still the same tree that it was last year, and the year before. It is growing and changing, but it’s still the same tree. That is why we say, “The Torah is a Tree of Life to those who grasp it” (Proverbs). It is a living tree, a giving tree, a growing tree, a tree of life and vitality and dynamism and change with deep roots that hold the tree firmly planted in the earth, sustaining the organism with pure wat…
…ch in too short a time, And G-d lashes out. Moses and Aaron know That this time, Unlike last time, The anger is too extreme To be spoken to. When Moses tells Aaron To take the fire pan and incense And run into the midst of the community, He also tells Aaron why: “for the fury has gone out from before the L-rd.” The word for “fury” here is qetsef, which Robert Alter tells us connotes a “foaming wrath,” an almost animalistic anger. Moses and Aaron h…
…go in 1988, Rabbi Steven Kane served the Congregation until 1993, at which time David Sagerman served as president. During those years, Rabbi Kane cultivated the Congregation’s appeal to traditionally observant Conservative Jews, and worked diligently to develop the Congregation’s membership and educational programs. During the years following the merger, despite the continuing efforts of the synagogue leadership, the synagogue faced frequent budg…
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…I read the Torah as literature — sometimes enlightening and uplifting, sometimes infuriating, and sometimes confusing and even impenetrable. After having gone through more commentary and more explanations than I thought I would have to read in order to understand these episodes, I must conclude that I’ve found no satisfactory answers or explanations. We see again that the patriarchs are flawed but often impressive characters. The moral tangle of t…
…urrounded with love and support. Thank you all. Please help us again, this time by passing along our thanks to the number of congregants who are away this weekend of Thanksgiving, giving thanks of their own elsewhere. The morning of the surgery I prayed and learned another prayerbook lesson, this time explicit. At my request, Marsha had brought me a copy of our Siddur, Sim Shalom. Uncharacteristically, I admit, I started from the beginning of the…
