- 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
…Design! – July 2024 BEKI Bulletin – Construction Will Start in the Fall – June 2024 BEKI Bulletin – Amy Reichert Will Design New Ark – Nov 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – August 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – January 2023 BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – December 2022 Sanctuary Redesign Update for the New Year BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – August 2022 Sanctuary Redesign Update & a Ju…
…– Domestic Space Opening June 1, 2024 Continuing through the Summer months June 1 Reception and Conversation with the Artist rsvp here Exhibition viewed by appointment only Contact office@beki.org The Letter, painting by Doron Wolf The history of art invades and merges with private life in the paintings of Doron Wolf, which explore contemporary spaces of domesticity through the lens of timeless masterpieces of art history. Each work is a compo…
Domestic Space Opening June 1, 2024 Continuing through the Summer months June 1 Reception and Conversation with the Artist rsvp here Exhibition viewed by appointment only Contact office@beki.org The Letter, painting by Doron Wolf The history of art invades and merges with private life in the paintings of Doron Wolf, which explore contemporary spaces of domesticity through the lens of timeless masterpieces of art history. Each work is a compos…
…he weekly Happenings: This Week at BEKI or monthly Bulletin (see below), or for archived issues or more information, contact the office at office@beki.org or 203.389.2108 x114. The Monthly Bulletin August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023…
…Lord – May 2006 The Camel’s Neck – October 2009 Right & Wrong of Return – June 2009 Bad Bad Israel – September 2014 There Goes the Neighborhood: Building Jerusalem – November 2014 Law of the Land – December 2015 Attack on Liberty – May 2016 About that $38 Billion – March 2017 All Eyes on Us – Yom Kippur 5762 – 2001 The Miracle of Hanuka Not By Might: A Hanuka Message Moving Forward on Pesah (Video) – Passover 2020 How the Jews Got Chosen (Video)…
…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…
…in the Synagogue To volunteer, contact the office at office@beki.org or by phone at 203.389.2108 x114. Administration – Members are needed to serve on the work-groups, committees and board that steward and administer the congregation. Membership recruitment and retention, financial management, library services, and the Gallery are among the many areas that require eager and willing volunteers. Office Tasks – Stuffing envelopes, preparing mailings…
…ograms. Rides for kids when their parent is unable to drive. An occasional phone call or visit to someone who lives alone or in assisted living. A cooked meals or groceries for someone recuperating from illness or surgery. Of course, we can’t provide regular nursing service or permanent carpooling, but we can extend a helping hand, and we should. How will this work? Well, were just getting started, and there may be some kinks till we work out the…
…evision programs around the world some months ago depicting an Israeli Telephone Company employee stuffing faxes into the Western Wall. It is in fact a custom among many of our brothers and sisters to insert small handwritten personal notes and petitions to God between the stones of the Kotel, the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. The service provided by the phone company allows people unable to visit the Wall in person to fax their petitio…
…ou all. Please help us again, this time by passing along our thanks to the number of congregants who are away this weekend of Thanksgiving, giving thanks of their own elsewhere. The morning of the surgery I prayed and learned another prayerbook lesson, this time explicit. At my request, Marsha had brought me a copy of our Siddur, Sim Shalom. Uncharacteristically, I admit, I started from the beginning of the Shaharit, or morning, service. There I d…
