- 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
…ut not necessary. The Rashi Study Group has met weekly since January 1994. New participants welcome any week. Coffee and tea available before 7:00a service and during and after Rashi Study Group. At Passover 2015, the Group began 2 Samuel. Library copies of text are available, as are copies for purchase. RSG meets in the Rosenkrantz Family Library (the Beit Midrash). RSG meets every week except on the Major Festivals (Sukkot, Pesah, Shavuot, Rosh…
…18 Jan Rashi Study Group January 18, 2016 9:45 am – 10:30 am Home Page Rashi Study Group meets most Monday mornings from 7:45a to 8:30a to study Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. Knowledge of English, Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and Old […] More Info…
…15 Feb Rashi Study Group February 15, 2016 9:45 am – 10:30 am Home Page Rashi Study Group meets most Monday mornings from 7:45a to 8:30a to study Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. Knowledge of English, Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and Old […] More Info…
…21 Nov Motse’ei Shabbat Dinner and (Kids) Movie November 21, 2015 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Join us for a family-friendly ma’ariv and havdalah, followed by a light dinner/drinks and kids movie. Free and open to all — bring friends old […] More Info…
…23 Aug Processing our Return to the Building: Our Hopes & Fears w/Rabbi Woodward (on-line) August 23, 2021 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page We’re told that when we walk into a synagogue, we should say, “Mah Tovu” – how beautiful! But the reality is, returning to “a new […] More Info…
…ement for 12 adult men for 17 weeks from December through March in Greater New Haven. On a rotating basis, volunteers from each host site provide shelter, meals, and fellowship from early evening through breakfast each day for one week. BEKI has participated as a “supporting partner” since the winter of 2011-12, working closely with the Church of the Holy Spirit (COHS) in West Haven. The partnership has been really wonderful, and now, as our roles…
…ere awarded to Jews, and Jews earned distinctions way out of line with our numbers — in research, the professions and arts, business and government, pretty much as Mark Twain saw it at the end of the 19th. Will this continue to be true in the new century? Is separateness, the idea of being different or chosen, a mind-set that still has value for us and our children, or does it cause more harm than good? Aren’t we all one human family? Traditional…
…lly had changed. Judah, who planned to kill Yosef and sold him into Egypt, offered himself to protect Benjamin, another favored son, and Yaqov from being hurt yet again. Maybe God helped them grow and learn how to care about other people. God helped Yosef because he had a hard life with his brothers. Some really bad things happened to Yosef but he ended up being a really good person and doing good things, because God helped him. I think that God s…
…d toward promoting human welfare? While in California a $40,000 reward was offered to find the person who killed a dog, there is no reward for missing children in California, let alone concern for those in distant lands. As far as it goes, this criticism is valid. But the same reasoning should apply to all other causes. How can people advocate for the “right” to have a new sports stadium, to drive gas-guzzlers, to own and carry guns, when “childre…
…wear on his knee. We spent a good deal of time at Qibbutz Yizra’el and in New Haven’s sister-city Afula. We went from one end of the country to the other, from Majdal Shams in the far north, to Acco in the west (not really far), to Eilat in the south. Israel is small enough that we were able to drive from one end of the country to the other on a single tank of gas. (Small country, small car, big gas tank.) Both my dad and Tsvi especially enjoyed…
