- 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
…nce on Harrison Street. From Hartford or Boston SOUTH on I-91 to RIGHT Exit 17 to Route 15 South (“Wilbur Cross Parkway”= Merritt Parkway). SOUTH to right Exit 59 New Haven, Woodbridge. At bottom of ramp turn RIGHT (East toward New Haven) onto Whalley Avenue (Rte. 69). Proceed about 1/10 mile. Rte. 69 terminates and intersects Amity Rd. (Rte. 63) at traffic light. At this intersection, you may see a small strip mall (ahead), gas station (right), a…
…rs. Press coverage of the project Here Came the Sun, New Haven Independent, 18 September 2007 New Haven Turning Green – with Energy!, Shalom New Haven, Summer 2007, p. 1 Hannukah in the Age of Oil (Video) New Haven Independent, 16 December 2006 (or on YouTube at Solar Rabbi’s Hannukkah Message) Innovative ways to cut heating and cooling costs, by Kent Pierce, WTNH Channel 8 News, 5 September 2006 BEKI Running Clean and Green, ShalomNewHaven, Septe…
…l deliveries are on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Order deadlines are 6 to 10 days prior. Crown Market’s schedule of New Haven deliveries is at https://outoftown.crownmarketonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-Delivery-Schedule_Final.pdf NEW! A Taste of Eden in Milford, with food prepared by Adam Heyman, delivers to New Haven, or you can pick up at Chabad of Milford at 15 Edgefield Ave. Adam publishes a Shabbat menu for each week (order by…
…am hatov).39 © Jon-Jay Tilsen, 16 June 1988 Jerusalem Israel & 11 April 1997 New Haven Connecticut USA Return to Rabbi’s page Return to BEKI welcome page Notes 1. “Asara ahuzim mikelal ha-nashim ha-nisuot be-Yisrael – mukot,” Ha’aretz, 25 March 1988, p. A6. See also Gid`on Elon, “Sihat HaYom im doktur Yosefa Shteiner,” Ha’aretz, 27 March 1988, p. 2. 2. Louis Finkelstein writes, for example, that “This crime [wife-beating] was one that rarely,…
…reet from the original site, and was dedicated on the weekend of 24-26 June 1960. The new congregation called itself Congregation Beth El. Rabbi Jordan Ofseyer was formally installed in December 1962, with the installation address given by Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan. At that time, the congregation comprised 230 families. In January 1967, Congregation Beth El formally joined the United Synagogue, identifying as a Conservative synagogue. The following y…
…the services, members of the Singers’ Circle have prepared a few songs and new harmonies for the services and the Qiddush. And finally in our exploration of art in the synagogue, we are fortunate also to have some beautiful pictures of Moroccan synagogues displayed in the lobby. They were created by one of our prospective members, Cynthia Rubin, whose work is now being exhibited at the Paba Gallery on Chapel Street [in New Haven]. For those of you…
…ermine the minds of the future.” (Morris B. Abram, “In Pursuit of Justice,” 13 May 1996.) The inclusion of the dissenting opinions in the record was considered an essential element of any Jewish legal text in the first millenium of the common era. But some eight hundred years ago, Moses Maimonides, the Rambam, broke the mold with the publication of his law code Mishne Torah. In his concise Hebrew, the Rambam systematized much of the known body of…
…l so far with him, to the border of Canaan. Now that he is leaving Canaan, new angels with a new mission must guide him. In a way, this happens in all our lives. When you leave one place, or a stage in your life, you leave behind the protectors and guides of that place or stage, and you face the uncertainty of whether there will be people who will take their place. Jacob was lucky in that new angels were coming down the ladder for him and he had G…
…21 Mar Drive-By Food Drive and New Clothing Collection March 21, 2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page NEW DATE! CLOTHING ALSO! Next food collection Sunday, March 21, 10 to 11 am, parking lot. Give away unopened, non-perishable hametz before Pesach to Downtown […] More Info…
…ing to say the berakha (blessing) on their own, or even with coaching. If a 12- or 13-year old can find the courage to stand in front of their elders, and before the Throne of Glory, and lead prayers, then the aunts and uncles or grandparents must find the courage to stand up and recite three Hebrew sentences. To say that someone who would not even read the blessings in transliteration had an “aliya” detracts from the honor of all other olim (hono…
