- 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
…Abby Fraade, the volunteer who manages sponsorships. Please note that cellphones and photography are permitted on weekdays, but not on Shabbat or Yom Tov. If you choose to have a ceremony at BEKI on some other day, please work out the general plan in advance with Office Manager Peggy Hackett. She will arrange kitchen supervision and custodial services. Please note that we do NOT allow self-catering or a plan that’s “friends will take care of setu…
…e Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, and has curated a number of independent exhibitions. She studied at the Akademie fuer Angewante Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and received her MFA from San Jose State University. Anna Broell Bresnick has collaborated with dancers and musicians in the creation of installations for performances. These have included large sculptural str uctures, floor drawings and video. Broell Bresnick has taught…
…ll do it that way, too. But this procedure often created a dilemma: If the number of qaddishes was limited, there might still be some who did not get to say one; if there was no limit to the number of qaddishes added, the service became burdensomely long. So after careful scrutiny the rabbis allowed all mourners to say qaddish simultaneously. This rabbinic solution was adopted only after careful consideration, and after it was determined that mour…
…nsley says she is also a fan of BEKI children’s programs. Tom says he is always looking for fellow fans to see jazz music with. Jess is interested in meeting fellow gardeners. Trezlen Drake I’m excited to be a part of BEKI and meet you all, so be sure to introduce yourself to me at kiddush. My favorite part of being Jewish is the fact that our religious life and the observance of holidays are as communal as they are individual. For example, I like…
…ene. Each member of the household has their own Hanukia, and each lights a number of lights corresponding to the number of the day of the holiday. We are fortunate that we are able to do this mitzva in such a complete and beautiful way. But what of the poor person who can not afford all of this “hidur mitzva” but must struggle to light even one lamp? The Mishna Berura, written at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Hafetz Hayim, comments…
…and lucidity. These helped me to reach out to those close to me in special ways both before and after going in for the surgery. One of those close to me in this drama was God. For the first time, really, a fixed flaw in my relation with God was exposed and pried loose. For so long, without realizing it, my belief in Him and my thanks to Him had been responses to my successes at this, my successes at that. Good health, wonderful family, successful…
…and her husband settled into a comfortable life in Riverdale. Miriam was always critical of her mother because she never wanted to go anywhere. She preferred being at home and always seemed somewhat fearful of the broader world. Now, Miriam tells us that she refuses to fly. She won’t go near an airplane, and her daughter accuses her of spoiling their vacation plans. Miriam says, “Now I understand my mother in a way I never could before.” Isaac, hi…
…n of (our son) Matthew’s bar mitzva. I remember talking with Marv and he always had a joke to share. Once the bar mitzva plans were in full swing, we had always kibbitzed with Marv at Saturday services. Marv requested an invitation to Matt’s big day; of course we granted his request. The big day came and you would think we were related. He gave Matt a very generous gift and never failed to ask about sonny boy. I would see Marv at Stop and Shop and…
…t alike. Depicted is a G‐d with eternal patience for all G‐d’s children, always calling those who have gone astray to repentance and reconciliation. This is a G‐d I can love with all of my being. But what then are we to make of the first vision of G‐d, the cruel, the impatient, and the grimly violent deity? I would suggest that we must look at who is giving an account of this G‐d, the community whose text this great work of scripture belongs and c…
…means that a lot of people are willing to pitch in, in a lot of different ways, and don’t wait to be asked. It was easy to pull off a successful silent auction at the Annual Meeting, and a wonderful morning of landscape work last Sunday. In VaEthanan, we see that the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness were winding down, and although Moshe was eager to continue doing what he had done so well for so long, the time was coming for Joshua to take…
