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…05 Jan Elders of Zion – Speaker: Paul Bass January 5, 2015 10:30 am – 11:30 am Paul Bass will speak on topic of “Urban Renewal in New Haven, Then & Now” More Info…
…be a great nation, you will be blessed and you will be a blessing. Genesis 12:1-2 Would you do it? Would you make the choice that would dictate the future of countless individuals? To tell you the truth, I don’t think I would. I wouldn’t believe it was God; I would think I was crazy and get myself a good therapist A.S.A.P. Even if I did believe that it was God, would I willingly go to a country that I’d never heard of, at the command of a God tha…
…imself off not only from them but from his father as well, even though he knew how deeply this would hurt him. He had even named one of his sons Menashe, which means “God has made me forget my father’s house.” As he stares down at the men bowed before him, Joseph has certainly has not forgiven them. Quite likely, he wants to avenge himself on them for what they did to him. What they did was terrible. And yet he probably also would like to see his…
…the Connecticut Jewish Ledger story on Kulanu, “‘All as One’: BEKI program reaches out to adults with special needs” in the 13 March 1998 issue….
…the richest man around, blessed not only with fabulous wealth but also with 10 children. Surely, here is a shining example of someone who has hearkened to God’s voice, who has followed Moshe’s exhortation to “choose life,” and who has been rewarded for his choice. But not for long. Satan challenges God to a wager: Put Job to the test. Make him suffer. Then we’ll see how pious he is. I bet he’ll curse you to your face. OK, God replies. Make him suf…
…h concerns commandments for special sacrifices and rituals relating to the new moon and Passover. But at the very end of the haftarah, which is from Ezekiel, it is written in 46:16, “Thus saith the Lord God: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons it shall become the latter’s inheritance; it shall pass on to his sons; it is their holding by inheritance. But if he makes a gift from his inheritance to any of his subjects, it shall only belong…
…16 Jan Tu Bishvat Seder via Zoom January 16, 2022 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Tu Bishvat Seder: An online celebration of the New Year for Trees on Sunday, Jan. 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. To fully participate, have […] More Info…
…on the issue of land — were exacerbated. The Ottoman Land Codes and Laws of 1858 and 1859, then, were issued in order to assure state control over the lands of Palestine and to increase state revenues from those lands. For a variety of reasons much of the cultivated or occupied land was never registered or was registered in the name of someone other than the individual or collective that actually worked it. The resulting concentration of land owne…
…ntern (pastoral field worker) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. During my nineteen and three-quarters years serving congregations in Connecticut, I have counseled hundreds of families facing death or grieving a loved one, have attended numerous individuals at their hour of death, and have prepared the dead for burial. I have experience in guiding families and medical workers in deciding whether to “pull the plug” and in the co…
…their first initials: CIS, CSI, SIC, SCI, ICS, ISC. ²The Sanhedrin Study Group meets Thursday’s at Isaiah Cooper’s law office from 12:30p to 1:30p (advertisement)….