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…system, in that the majority of interactions, or in this case, power transmissions, are local, but the network is able to transmit power over extremely long distances if need be. However, as it is right now, the grid is made up of fewer but larger power plants, creating a more centralized network. The way I see it, in this case, a higher level of efficiency could be reached if the actual points of power production were more but smaller. This woul…
…bbaton: this coming September, we are hosting a weekend with Danny Siegel, Mitzva Hero extraordinaire. We now have a Hesed committee that extends acts of kindness within the BEKI family. This project was described in the BEKI 2000 plan, published in 1997 – and it exists because Muriel Banquer made it happen. Social action and tiqun olam have been given new energy this year, thanks to Jennifer Botwick, and projects are in the works that will enable…
…s an enormous ziggurat, a temple tower dedicated to the god Marduk. In the midst of this overwhelming display of architectural and cultural splendor, the people of Judah wandered about the city, virtually powerless, gazing at its grandeur, and sometime staring disconsolately at the broad Euphrates River, far from their physical and spiritual home. They had been stunned by the destruction of the Temple and of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and were s…
…ence of the problem today, so too writers of Jewish history have sought to minimize or deny the incidence of wife-beating in the past.2 Whether or not the incidence of wife-beating among Jews has compared “favorably” with that among other groups, it has been sufficient to generate a significant body of halakhic (Jewish legal) literature over the centuries. Due to the unusual nature of the crime, legal principles and devices are pushed to their lim…
…It turns out that this same person was indeed conniving, deceitful and scheming in business and family life, most of which, thankfully, had absolutely nothing to do with me. This life-lesson comes to me when I see the frequent references made to Israel’s purported “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “eradication of an entire people” and “population expulsions” past, present and planned. During Jordanian rule of Judea & Samaria (the “West Bank”), the p…
…Greece and Rome.” Perhaps there is another way to understand this text? We might begin by examining the words: “as one lies with a woman.” What might this mean – to lie with a man as one lies with a woman? Perhaps we read that when one is lying with a man, one must not pretend that one is not doing so. One must face facts, despite fear and communal disapproval. Maybe you’ve seen the t-shirt that reads: I’m not gay but my boyfriend is. I’m not a le…
…ated their own work, leaving the lovely small painting “Rabbi” by Judith Aamidor as the only woman created artwork that was purchased by a donor. We chose to honor the many missing people with a large empty frame. Our call to contemplation also includes phrases scattered throughout the exhibition. We invite BEKI members to send us their thoughts on the exhibit. For further reading, we suggest the 2008 JTS blog post by Marc Wolf, Nostalgia, Memory…
