- 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
…ligious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of two affiliated cemeteries Programming for children and adults All Jews are invited to become members of BEKI, including: Jews by birth and Jews by choice (converts) Jews in mixed marriages and couples who are both Jewish Jews of all races Jews of all gender identities or sexual orientations. BEKI believes in…
…25 Jan The Afro-Semetic Experience January 25, 2000 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm BEKI Join us for An encore concert IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DAYS OF AWE David Chevan, Warren Byrd and the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE CONGREGATION BETH EL – […] More Info…
…11 Apr Kadima at Adventure Park April 11, 2021 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page April 11 from 3-6 pm, BEKI Kadima is going climbing at the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport! Explore the park’s aerial trails […] More Info…
…d on this Shabbat Zackor, there is shelạh manot, and then there is our obligation to drown out the name of Haman with our gragors and our shouts. And Purim has one other feature that has been over and over again identified with resilience — and that is having fun. It is being able to generate positive emotions even in the context of tragic circumstances that is the hallmark of the resilient person. Humor, laughter, good fellowship dispel the harmf…
…ainting, dying and constructing clothing and Judaic pieces. She constructs garments and objects of hand-dyed, airbrushed, silk-screened, and embellished fabrics to address her perspective on Judaic themes. Objects, wire, machine embroidery, photo-transfer and other complex cloth techniques conceptually allude to ideas, messages and symbols. Klein’s touring exhibition, “All That Remains: A Holocaust Exhibition in Fiber”, is a fiber arts exhibit on…
…abbi Jon-Jay Tilsen assumed the position of spiritual leader, as the congregation began its second century. As it happened, that year Louis Friedman ז״ל retired after over 40 years as shamash; his retirement necessitated the mobilization of volunteers to read Torah, lead daily and Shabbat services, and teach benei mitzva students. Mr. Friedman had raised generations of New Haven youth with a love of Torah—and his commitment to both tradition and t…
…ear Rabbi, The following notice appeared as a “special alert” in Kashrus Magazine (March 2004 p. 7): “Manischewitz Chocolate Coins (‘OU-Pareve’) bear the words: ‘In G-d We Trust.’ A number of leading rabbonim have Paskened that one may not eat them nor throw away the chocolate and wrappers, if they too have those words. Consult your rabbi.” So rabbi, I am consulting you. What should I do if we have those coins? Signed, In R-bbi We Trust Dear Trust…
…raviolet radiation. Waiting for this system to break down and to patch it again and again is not environmentally responsible. As a congregation we must replace this failing system sooner rather than later, before the next crisis, not after. **************** Looking at the year as a whole, what new perspectives have I gained and would I most like to share? I turn to my age-mates and say, most simply, this: it’s time for us baby boomers to admit som…
…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…
…: Be informed: If it is established by witnesses that he hit her time and again, the court is obligated to chastise him and say to him, “We hereby inform you that you are not allowed to hit her and if you repeat your cruelty she will be divorced with full alimony.” They leave her with him along with an observer (ne’eman), and if he repeats his cruelty she is divorced with full alimony.17 Rashba gives a similar response to a similar case: Thus wrot…
