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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…tion is, the death and destruction, and wanton killing, perpetrated by the American military in Iraq in the first and second Iraq wars is orders of magnitude greater by any measure than the violence experienced by Arabs in the West Bank. Lebanese, Gazans and Iraqis suffer far more death, violence and suppression at the hands of their own rulers or warring factions than do Arabs in the West Bank. It is inaccurate to view the problem in the West Ban…
…y hunters in this country. Hunting is a significant and celebrated part of American culture. Whether he’s a Davey Crockett or a Buffalo Bill, a real man has a dead animal’s head on his wall. Jewish culture & law, however, take a different view of hunting. The “Great Hunters” of the Bible are viewed by the Sages of Israel as wicked men: Nimrod, whose very name means “one who rebels [against God],” and Esau, who is the utter antithesis of the spirit…
…storical and not contemporary, we have only to recall Baruch Goldstein, an American-born Israeli doctor who became a fundamentalist. On the 14th day of Adar 1994, he killed 29 innocents Muslims at morning prayer in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. He was then beaten to death by survivors and a riot broke out in which 26 Palestinians and 2 Israelis were killed. Baruch Goldstein has become a hero among some of Israel’s right-wing extremists. Th…
…, only to find the once-vanquished nation rising again. Like post-frontier Americans, Palestinian Arabs must face up to their own history and let Jews live on the Jewish reservation in peace. If Americans can claim the right to regulate the migration of Mexicans into Texas and New Mexico, or any of the millions who in theory should have just as much right to live on these shores as the native born, then surely Israel, like any society, has a right…
…ov June 30, 2021 BEKI Annual Meeting June 21, 2021 JUNETEENTH, the African-American Celebration of Freedom Robert Forbes June 16, 2021 Tea Tasting Caroline Keogh of New Haven Tea June 9, 2021 Anti-Asian Racism in America Rachel Forbes June 2, 2021 Together New Haven: Economic Development in New Haven Carlos Eyzaguirre May 26, 2021 Regendering the Torah Yael Kanarek May 19, 2021 Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty Joann…
…30 Dec An Evening with Singer & Composer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russel December 30, 2020 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page An evening with singer and composer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russel, who will lead us on a musical conversation about the areas where Ashkenazi and African […] More Info…
…Hanukkah 2022 concert To download the Hanukkah Song Sheet, click here Kumsitz We will sing around a campfire at a “kumsitz,” meaning “come” and “sit.” We will gather at 7 pm in the BEKI courtyard. We’ll sing niggunim—which have no words—as well as traditional American songs and Jewish songs. To download, the Kumsitz Songsheet, click here To download audio files of these songs, recorded by Max DuBoff, click here….
…21 Jun Israel Study Group June 21, 2018 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Corinne Blackmer will address the topic, “Pinkwashing and Other ‘Washings’ Alleged Against Israel.” Her book on BDS activism among American queer LGBT critics will be out […] More Info…
…15 Jul Zoom Schmooze: “Lessons from Pittsburgh” with Mark Oppenheimer July 15, 2020 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Home Page Interior Page Mark will speak about his recent research pertaining to the shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation. The former Beliefs columnist for the New […] More Info…
…11 Nov Film Discussion: “I Am Not Your Negro” November 11, 2020 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Launching BEKI’s film and discussion series about racial justice, we’ll discuss the film “I Am Not Your Negro,” a 2016 award-winning documentary, narrated by Samuel L. […] More Info…
