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…18 Jun BEKI-BJ Kadima Pizza Party June 18, 2015 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm BEKI-BJ Kadima Pizza Party! Thursday, June 18th Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm Edge of the Woods, 379 Whalley Ave, New Haven Kosher pizza will […] More Info…
…23 May BEKI-BJ Kadima Shavuot Sleepover May 23, 2015 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm Interior Page BEKI-BJ Kadima Shavuot Sleepover! Saturday evening, May 23rd at 8:30 pm – Sunday morning, May 24th at 11 am Where: BEKI, 85 Harrison St, New […] More Info…
…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…
…14 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 14, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…t started middle school and already my life is exciting with the thrill of new things. We all have some idols to break as did Abraham, things that we are overly attached to. For some it is clothing, for others cars, and the list keeps going: cigarettes, money, alcohol, food. I have some idols to break, the TV for one thing. I am the definition of the word couch potato and computer geek, because I love pretty much everything electronic. It has and…
…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…
…Job says, “Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” The New JPS translation says: “Therefore, I recant and relent, being but dust and ashes.” The poet Stephen Mitchell strikes a very different tone: “Therefore I will be quiet,” Job says, “comforted that I am dust.” Repent. Recant and relent. Comforted. All of these choices are puzzling and disturbing, as is the entire story of Job. Why does God impose suffering on an upright and…
…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…
…as the greatest friend of our Congregat ion and a most admirable leader of New Haven. Phil was part of the BEKI community, and we were proud of his good works and appreciative of his co ntribution. In my heart, we are honoring Phil tonight, as well. It is not only right that we honor Carl, Ina and Susie for their leadership at BEKI and the civic community; it seems almost urgent . 4 We feel angry at some of our civic leaders – present com pany exc…