- 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
…019 You’re Going to Hear About This – April 2019 Massacre at a Synagogue – December 2018 Throw Them in the Potomac – February 2018 Expendable Youth – March 2018 The Great Satan & The Little Satan – August 2017 A New King Arose – February 2017 Treaty Rights – November 2016 A Verbal Holocaust – October 2016 Malik: Martyr or Menace? – December 1997 Love Me to Death Panel – April 2011 Passion Passé – Aprill 2004 Wild Indians & Wicked Witches – July 19…
…y known as Downtown Cooperative Ministries and has been working in and for New Haven since 1973. Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing by creating homeownership opportunities for working, low-income families. Using volunteer labor and donated funds and materials, Habitat for Humanity rehabilitates abandoned properti…
…by the Jewish Theological Seminary, and also studied at Yeshivat Hadar in New York and Mechon Schechter in Jerusalem. My approach to pastoral care was shaped by my training at JTS as well as an intensive unit of chaplaincy at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where I was privileged to serve a diverse, urban, largely uninsured community. In 2012 I joined the American Jewish World Service clergy delegation to Muchucuxcah, a Mayan village in the Mexica…
…d activities that have been flourishing for years. And we’ve initiated any number of new programs that you have suggested. There is energy in the air that encourages people to think, “We can do it.” Our attitude is, “Just say yes.” Last June we had a tribute dinner, honoring the rabbi and Miriam and raising a lot of money for the shul. A zillion people worked to make that happen. Prior to that, the last tribute dinner anyone could recall took plac…
…es Determine How We Will Live in Our 90s Sascha van Creveld August 26, 2020 Do Black Lives Matter in the Declaration of Independence? Robert Forbes August 19, 2020 Policing, Racism, and Community Professor Kalfani Turé August 12, 2020 From Left to Right: Lucy Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals and the Politics of Jewish History Professor Nancy Sinkoff July 22, 2020 It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning: Giving yourself a Voice in the Face of…
…this community — brings with it an obligation to share, or tithe. Thus our decision to purchase this new siddur. We were also intrigued by the unequivocal value on the importance of remembering we were once slaves in Egypt and to therefore release those that are beholden to us, to give them what they need to succeed, and to torture them if they should choose bondage over freedom. We have a heightened consciousness as women — and particularly as wo…
…ament, if not a worse one, a year from now. Darshanim in December On Friday 17 December 1999, Special Programs director Anne Johnston will speak, in recognition of participants in Kulanu, one of BEKI’s programs of outreach to adults with special needs. On Shabbat VaYigash, 18 December 1999, Isaiah Cooper will serve as the Darshan (Torah explicator) during the 9:15a morning service. KISS “Snow Day” Program to meet BEKI’s unique “Kids In Shul when t…
…l. Rashi adopts this view. Before Jacob encountered Esau in the flesh, his spirit struggled with the spirit of Esau. Maimonides sees Jacob’s struggle as having taken place in a dream. Nachmanides argues that Jacob struggled with no one but himself, with his own guilty conscience. These interpretations are appealing, but seem unsupported by the biblical text. Jacob suffers an actual physical injury in his struggle. Nehama Leibowitz describes the st…
…s: Avocado Cheesecake Pie – Darryl Kuperstock Blintzless Soufflé (dairy) – Darryl Kuperstock Grandma Ida’s Blintzes – Murray and Barbara Akresh Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries – Darryl Kuperstock Divine Cheesecake – Lynn Saltz Easy Cheesecake – Sarah Berry Easy Peasy Cheesecake – Lana Gad Foolproof New York Cheesecake – Ellen Cohen Hungarian Cheesecake (Finum) – Rob Hoffnung and Marsha Beller Lemon Ripple Cheesecake Bars Recipe – Darryl Kuperstock…
…s 88-car parking lot is for BEKI members, guests and visitors. By Car From New York Via I-95: Take I-95 North to right Exit 43 “Downtown West Haven” (Route 122, Campbell Street). At bottom of exit ramp turn LEFT onto Campbell (=Route 122); pass under underpass (North toward New Haven). Begin clocking 3.5 miles. After 9/10 of a mile road ends at a traffic light after Hess Gas station on Right (Route 1 = Orange Rd.) with little Forest Theater in fro…
