- 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
…l-Keser Israel on behalf of the officers and directors of the congregation NEW YORK – The Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism as represented by its constituent organizations listed below has issued the following statement regarding the executive order President Donald Trump signed barring many refugees and immigrants from entering the United States: Deeply rooted in our tradition, faith, and values, we are a people of immigrants. Throughout o…
…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), and Walgreens and strip mall (left). Turn LEFT (11 O’Clock) onto Rte. 63 (now called Whal…
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…or a course in Biblical Hebrew, taught by Professor Tony Perry through the New Haven Jewish Federation’s Department of Jewish Education. On the first day of class, Tony quoted Dante, “Here begins a new life.” Thus began my yovel journey. Around the same time, with a small group of lunch buddies, I helped to start a Mishna study group with Rabbi Tilsen. We have been studying Mishna Sanhedrin weekly now for more than ten months. Here I learned that…
…e to Jews of the Middle Ages.” Jewish Self-Government in the Middle Ages, (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1924) p. 70. Israel Abrahams, in his Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, (New York: Jewish Publication Society, 1896) p. 89, quotes Rabbenu Tam in a similar vein: “Rabbi Tam, in framing his regulation cited above, says of wife-beating: ‘This is a thing not done in Israel.’” However, Rabbenu Tam’s statement, echoed by many of his successors…
…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…
…battle. A new era was about to begin. New leadership was taking over, with new objectives and a new style-but the same core values and the same shared history. I’m not saying that I’m Joshua to Stephen Pincus’s Moses, but there is a modest parallel. What happens in the governance of a synagogue isn’t about any individual’s wishes or achievements. It’s about strengthening the community. It’s about balancing change and continuity, for the good of th…
…f Jewish families settled in the Dixwell Avenue neighborhood. Before long, united by their faith in God, they laid aside differences in religious usage and established a small congregation which met at different homes for daily and Sabbath Services. Eventually they collected the funds wherewith they purchased the Synagogue on Foote Street. With the Synagogue building also came the Hebrew School. For many years the Keser Israel Family worshipped in…
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