- 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
…had promised annihilation; Aaron caused G-d to change His mind. * * * What changed G-d’s mind? Was it Aaron’s careful technical ritual work – His adding of incense to make atonement? Was it his selfless decision to charge into the midst of danger? His heroic decision to stay in the midst of danger, Even when his task was done? His willingness to risk the people’s anger? His willingness to risk G-d’s anger, To transgress the command to Remove himse…
…ust and ashes. Our only choice is whether to hang onto our illusions or to change our minds (nhm): to see that comfort and suffering, wicked and righteous, God and Satan are all One. If we can see that and still manage, as Job did, to speak the truth about injustice, perhaps we can become at-one. Like the Book of Job, the Yom Kippur liturgy is a seemingly endless flood of words. We spend all day talking at God, not pausing even to eat or drink. At…
…BEKI website. All kashrut policies, including BEKI’s fair trade chocolate policy, must be followed. The caterer’s delivery must be scheduled with the kitchen supervisor, and the inventory must bear the signature or seal of the caterer’s kashrut supervisor. No food can be brought into BEKI on Shabbat. You’ll be able to make arrangements with the kitchen supervisor for removing leftover food after the event. BEKI’s custodian will set up tables with…
…ly reunification as a top priority. We call on the US government to reject policy proposals that would halt, limit, or curtail refugee resettlement in the U.S. or prioritize certain refugees over others; and urge President Trump and the U.S. Congress to instead take bold leadership by providing robust funding to support refugees around the world as well as provide necessary resources to refugees who are already resettled in the U.S. Most important…
…ly reunification as a top priority. We call on the US government to reject policy proposals that would halt, limit, or curtail refugee resettlement in the U.S. or prioritize certain refugees over others; and urge President Trump and the U.S. Congress to instead take bold leadership by providing robust funding to support refugees around the world as well as provide necessary resources to refugees who are already resettled in the U.S. Most important…
…2011, the Congregation learned it was a beneficiary of his life insurance policy. Proceeds were directed to provide for immediate needs of the Congregation as well as to create a memorial to Marvin’s name to help meet the Congregation’s continuing needs. Marvin Missan, a graduate of Hillhouse High School and of Yale College in New Haven and of Teachers’ College in New York, died in the summer of 2011 at home in New Haven. Remembered for his devot…
BEKI Kashrut Policy – click here This is a picture of what a real blood spot looks like on an egg, making it unkosher. Please note how clearly the blood looks like blood. Protein spots, which we sometimes see in eggs, are not blood. Kosher Restaurants in New Haven Claire’s Corner Copia, kosher vegetarian. Call (203) 562-3888. clairescornercopia.com Edge of the Woods Market has dining tables available downstairs and upstairs, 397 Whalley Ave., h…
…61. 33 Granott, 1952, p. 74. 34 Ruedy, p. 134. 35 Abraham Granovsky, Land Policy in Palestine, (New York: Bloch Publishing Company) 1940, pp. 3, 17ff. 36 Barbara Kalkas, “The Revolt of 1936: A Chronicle of Events,” in Abu-Lughod, p. 237. 37 Eisenman, p. 235. 38 Moshe Auman, Land Ownership in Palestine 1880-1948, Third Revised Edition, (Jerusalem: Israel Academic Committee on the Middle East) 1976, p. 22. 39 Granott, 1952, p. 106. 40 Granott, 1952…
…iance with Shabbat restrictions. For details of the implementation of this policy, see the Dear Kosher Caterer letter in the Guide to Benei Mitzva Observance. The Congregation prohibits serving peanuts and peanut-derived food, as peanuts represent a health hazard to some of our members and visitors. Nevertheless, the Congregation does not guarantee all foods to be peanut-free. All gelatins, including “kosher” and fish-derived gelatins, are prohibi…
…ay well ask whether Israel would even be there today. However, things have changed in the past decade. Israel is no longer a third-world nation. In fact, the Israeli economy has boomed along to the point where it is a major contender on the global stage. Israeli Jews enjoy a material standard of living comparable to that of Europeans, and the State is now able to raise hundreds of millions of dollars selling bonds at favorable rates on Wall Street…
