- 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
…losed And anytime by appointment. Please text Karen Kassap 203-430-2182 or call Harriet Friedman 203-389-3860 Giftshop email: giftshop@beki.org Gift Cards available. Special orders considered upon request. All proceeds benefit the BEKI Sisterhood and BEKI Synagogue. The Giftshop now offers Jewish themed books of interest to children, young adults and adults. BEKI is proud to feature many congregant authors whose works include poetry, fiction, and…
…If he consumed it at a religious gathering, if he consumed it at the intercalation of the month, if he consumed it as a second tithe in Jerusalem, if he ate carrion or torn flesh or the flesh of unclean animals or creeping things, etc., etc., if he consumed any food but did not consume flesh, if he drank any liquid but did not drink wine, he has not become a rebellious and disobedient son, unless he both consumes flesh and drinks wine, as it is s…
…multi-lane Oak Street Connector highway right through the heart of the so-called “Jewish Ghetto.” The synagogue would have to move. While most members now lived in the western section of the city, those who remained downtown would not ride on the Sabbath; therefore, the city would have to make available property in the area on which to build a small synagogue for them. The city offered the congregation land on Congress Avenue downtown, and in Wes…
…unique situation of adult Jews who are mental health services consumers. Local mental health professionals enthusiastically endorsed the Saul’s Circle concept and offered their experience and labor to make it succeed. Adult mental health consumers are concentrated in the City of New Haven. Many others are served by mental health agencies located in the City. Jewish professionals working at Yale New Haven Hospital and at the Hospital of St. Raphael…
…e Cotton Club screen in Harlem, the ICA in London, and numerous international festivals featuring digital art. Her video les affinités recouvrées (Recovered Affinities) was featured opening night of multiple Jewish Film Festivals (San Francisco, Boston) and other venues around the world. A three-time recipient of grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Rubin has been awarded international artist residencies and grants from sources as d…
…or a congregation with a rabbi and cantor, a choir, and a formal, hierarchical style of services. In 2022 we need a sanctuary that reflects our 21st-century values of warmth, inclusiveness, egalitarianism, and spiritual intimacy. The overarching goals of the redesign are to make our sanctuary: physically more comfortable by improving heating, cooling, ventilation, and seating accessible for all people more intimate in scale and layout a space for…
…ith the present order. But what does it mean? Maybe it was merely alphabetical: Goldfield, Silverman, Voigt. Or alphabetical by first name: Carl [Goldfield], Ina [Silverman], Susan [Voigt]. Maybe it is by order of importance; but if so, which convention is used – is the first most important, or, as the Talmud has it, aharon aharon haviv, is the best saved for last? But where does that leave Ina? Perhaps she is it like a queen traveling with part o…
…ere were three Mediterranean mollusks that produced purple-blue dyes. One, called Murex Trunculus, a kind of snail, was the one many people thought was the source of the blue used for the tekhelet. Rabbi Gershon Henoch Leiner, who also lived in the 1800s, independently started an expedition to find the Hilazon. Hilazon is the word the Mishna uses to describe the animal that produces the blue dye. Rabbi Leiner found a certain squid he thought was t…
…ou.” It is a mitzva to remember Amaleq and his descendants and to orally recall their iniquity. We fulfill the mitzva when we hear the maftir, but not only are we to remember, we are also told that we must not forget. “You shall erase the memory of Amaleq from beneath the heavens, you shall not forget.” By this the sages tells us that we must not only remember orally, we must also not forget in our hearts. We’re commanded to read this passage befo…
…rted making fun of him. I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I do recall threatening to punch them. They left him alone after that. What upset me the most was not that these people were ridiculing a person whom I loved dearly, but that I knew that Shai was aware of what they were doing. He didn’t cry, or glare at them, or cower – he probably kept singing, or happily wandering around the ice cream store or the library. He knew, though, that…
