- 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
…el invisible anymore. One day I was speaking with my brother-in-law on the phone. I was talking about BEKI (which by this time I had joined) and the feeling that I have here. And I confided in him that one day I’d like to get up on the bima and read from the Torah. And as I said these words I began to tremble. The very thought was overpowering to me. To even think of myself as playing such an honored role among Jews seemed so bold. Who was I to ge…
…hildren’s services 10:45a Havdala (home ritual) 7:29p Kever Avot 10/2/2023 Sunday Warner Street cemetary 10:00a Farwell Street cemetary 11:00a Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre 9/24/23 Sunday Minḥa 6:00p Kol Nidre 6:28p Yom Kippur 9/25/23 Monday Shaḥarit (followed by Torah, Yizkor: ~10:45a, Musaf Services) 9:00a Children’s services 10:45a Study Sessions 2:30p and 3:15p Minḥa, followed by Neilah (~6:15p) Havdalah and Final Shofar Community Break Fast to…
…26 Sep Pizza in the Hut September 26, 2021 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Pizza in the Hut returns! The party is Sunday, September 26 at 4:00pm in the BEKI courtyard sukkah. Reservations are due to the office by September 22, $10/adults, $5/child […] More Info…
…ber: Perspective and Coping – Yom Kippur Yizkor 5764 – 2003 A Place in the Sun – Yom Kippur Kol Nidre 5769 – 2008 Listen: Slow Down – Rosh HaShana 5760 – 1999 Predicting the Past Lasting Forever – Yom Kippur Yizkor 5762 – 2001 The Voice of Jacob Where All People Can Be Safe – June 2012 Everyone is a Winner Right vs. Right The Bully Pulpit – July 2004 Our Hope Continues – Rosh HaShana 5762 – 2001 Out with the Old, In with the New – Yom Kippur Yizko…
…he achievement of the larger goal herein envisaged.” This permission was misunderstood. The Rabbis who articulated this stance in the 1950s only meant that they would not object to driving to shul, because they believed the alternative of not going to shul at all was worse. They never envisioned that people would think that it was permitted to drive altogether, or that people would reasonably conclude that if they could drive to shul, they could d…
…find self-expression in my landscape, in the light, the atmosphere and the sun of Israel,” he said. “My motif is always the non-static landscape with all its contrasts: the rays of dawn, the stillness of the day’s heat, the evening’s twilight, radiance and dimness, wind and rain, a night’s storm.” Avniel’s work was included the 2004 exhibition “Our Landscape: Notes on Landscape Painting in Israel” at the University of Haifa Art Gallery. Other exhi…
…tion 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 charge. Moses wasn’t the right man to lead the people into battle. A new era was about to begin. New leadership was taking over, with new objectives and a…
…ld come to Egypt to ask for food). In his second dream he dreamed that the sun and the moon and 11 stars bowed to him. His brothers hated this dream and even his father asked: “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Do you really think that I and your mother and brothers will bow down to the ground to you?” This question is surprising because Yaqov favored Yosef, as “he was the son of his old age” and because Yosef reminded Yaqov of Rahel, Yose…
…creation of heaven earth light night sky dry land seas plants fruit trees sun moon sea monsters swarming sea creatures winged birds cattle creeping things wild beasts people the first words the first dominion the first stopping Shabbat the first garden the first commandment names wisdom curses exile sex children jealousy sin murder the first city the first music bronze work iron work prayer the mating of divine beings and humans and finally, the…
…hnston added, “The idea is there’s lots of JCC’s and synagogues around the country doing nice little segregated programs. Let’s give these people their own group and space and we’ll teach them. Kulanu is a bridge to open up the synagogue to help our congregants be more welcoming and informed, and to help our synagogue be a less threatening place to walk into if you’re not used to it.” Reaching out Kulanu is … run by Johnston, a 35-year-old from ou…
