- 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
…Shabbat Afternoon Schedule Change: The Shabbat Minha (Saturday Afternoon) services in February 2017 will be 1p – 1:35p in the Posener Beit Midrash, and (as in the summer) the evening service will not be held at BEKI on those four days. This early service time will allow participants to avoid the round-trip to the synagogue on what are the snowiest and coldest nights. Comments or questions to jjtilsen@beki.org . …
…d joyously in the qedusha section of the amida. The Shema closes the Neila service on Yom Kippur with dramatic repetition; it is the core of the deathbed confession and the heartbreaking cry of the martyr. Strictly speaking, the Shema isn’t actually a prayer. It doesn’t praise God, or give thanks, or petition for anything. The first two words, “Shema Yisrael,” appear elsewhere in the Torah as a summons to “Listen up,” most often followed by a comm…
…Yeshiva in Israel then “they” will make sure Judaism survives. It means that we have to live as Jews, we have to be the Jews, and we have to support our institutions that teach the traditions of Judaism as we know them. Lighting shabbat candles, reciting the Shema, coming to a daily or shabbat service, baking a halla, reading a passage from the Torah or other Jewish book — these are the redemptive acts that we ourselves must do. Our own synagogue…
…istorical Society of Greater New Haven Conservative – Masorti Institutions United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Cantor’s Assembly The Conservative Yeshiva Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs The Jewish Museum The Masorti Movement (Israel) Mercaz USA National Ramah Commission Ramah Programs in Israel Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Ziegler School of Rabbinic S…
…f Jewish families settled in the Dixwell Avenue neighborhood. Before long, united by their faith in God, they laid aside differences in religious usage and established a small congregation which met at different homes for daily and Sabbath Services. Eventually they collected the funds wherewith they purchased the Synagogue on Foote Street. With the Synagogue building also came the Hebrew School. For many years the Keser Israel Family worshipped in…
…f the three main “November Demands” put forward by the Palestinian Arabs’ “United Front” before the revolt of 1936.36 In 1948 the Israeli Government took over all British Government Lands in the area of Palestine which it controlled.37 These State Lands included mawāt, matrūk maḥmiyya, and abandoned mīrī, and represented about 70% of all Israeli-controlled Palestine.38 The mawāt lands, which accounted for over half of the State lands, had…
United Synagogue Youth (USY) is a youth group for Jewish high-schoolers (9th-12th grade), regardless of synagogue affiliation. 8th graders are invited to attend USY events in the spring semester. USY Events 2019-2020 ddddddd USY and Kadima Calendar October events: 16th: Pizza in the hut November: 17th: USY pie baking/sleepover event 20th: Pie pickup December: 15th: Latke making (USY and Kadima) January: 15th: food/coat drive to give to homeless…
Kadima and United Synagogue Youth (USY) are youth groups that empower Jewish middle-schoolers (Kadima: 4-8) and high-schoolers (USY: 7-12) to plan and participate in educational, religious, community service, and social events. BEKI Kadima and USY is an inclusive youth group open to all Jewish youth, regardless of synagogue affiliation. Kadima & USY events are planned at the local (New Haven area), regional (Connecticut and Western Massachusetts…
…of displaced Palestinian Arabs has skyrocketed. This is partly because the United Nations provides welfare benefits to anyone descended from a single displaced Palestinian Arab, creating an incentive to identify as a “refugee” no matter what one’s circumstances. Most famously, Yasir Arafat claimed he was a Palestinian refugee from Jerusalem, when in fact he was born in Egypt while Israel was under British rule. Even Palestinian Arabs driving Merce…
…works have also been selected for exhibitions in over 70 venues across the United States. Many of her creations have appeared as covers for books from publishers including Penguin, Routledge, Global Publications, McGill-Queen’s University Press, and Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. At BEKI, Two Artists Channel Visions Of Home, by Al Larriva-Latt Review of exhibitions by Suzanne Neusner and Naomi Safran-Hon Click here for a list of Suzanne Neusner’s…
