- Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…erusalem. One day, Ima, Tali, and I were visiting Yad Vashem, which is the national Holocaust museum in Israel. We were taking a tour and I noticed a display of Torah scrolls that were damaged in World War Two. I was studying one of the scrolls that had a bullet hole and seemed to be encrusted with blood. The Germans had raided a synagogue during a Saturday morning prayer service just like this one and shot the man who had been reading from that v…
…of State Lands in Palestine,” Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, 3rd series, 9 (1927) pp. 165-166. 13 Hon. Mr Justice Tute, “The Registration of Land in Palestine,” Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, II (1929) p. 43. 14 Eisenman, p. 61. 15 Eisenman, p. 61. 16 Tute, 1929, p. 47. 17 Cf. Joseph Schacht, An Introduction to Islamic Law (London: Oxford University Press) 1964, p. 82, and cf. Eisenman, pp. 13…
…tion. The Judean date, which appears on the ancient coins of Israel, was a national symbol. But within a couple of generations after the destruction and depopulation of Judea by the Romans in the second century, Judean dates became extinct. No one has tasted one of these Biblical fruits in about 1,700 years. Should this sapling (or its undocumented sibling growing nearby) prove to be a female, then in another four or five years, Dr. Sallon, Dr. So…
…nt the depths of feeling associated with the somber side of our brush with national destruction. Purim elicits two strongly conflicting yet sincerely heartfelt emotions. We are horrified at the attempted destruction of our people, but we are overjoyed that the attempt failed. At the same time, we must reflect on the other problem with Purim — the violent rampage of revenge our ancestors wreaked against their neighbors (at least according to the Me…
…reign cultural and religious elements and the regaining of some measure of national autonomy. Some time later, when Israel was again under foreign rule — this time by the Romans — Jews again organized to defend the Temple and all that it stands for. But this time, during the decades before the destruction of the Second Temple, our ancestors organized a creative nonviolent campaign to defend Jewish society. The historians Josephus and Philo both re…
…the attack upon Jacob is to hinder his return to his homeland, the future national territory of the Children of Israel, unless and until Jacob is prepared to assume the mantle of rightful leadership. To achieve this Jacob must earn the paternal blessing, that he obtained by trickery, through a reconciliation with his brother Esau. Jacob’s flight from Esau, and his 20 years under the thumb of Laban, have not provided him fulfillment of Isaac’s ble…
…en to all Jewish youth, regardless of synagogue affiliation. Kadima & USY events are planned at the local (New Haven area), regional (Connecticut and Western Massachusetts), and national levels. The advisor can be reached at either kadimabeki@gmail.com or usybeki@gmail.com with any questions or comments. …
…essage. Over the course of the school year, the kids would memorize a fair number of these. The sayings she chose reflected her particular take on Judaism, which tended to the ethical rather than the spiritual. In cleaning out her apartment last year, my sister Naomi and I came across some of these sayings, which I’ve brought with me to show you. Some of the pitgamim were easy to memorize and therefore were very popular with the kids: “Tov shem m’…
…familiar symbolic images embedded as decorative elements. “All That Remains” will next be presented at the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA, in October 2020. The works in this show include images from each of these series. In this retrospective of her work, a number of works in private collections are represented by photographic reproductions, thus providing context for the entirety of exhibition. for more information and for purchasing wor…
…y of Shabbat and weekday programs for children and youth expanded, and the number of minors grew from under 70 in 1994 to over 225 a decade later. A typical Shabbat morning includes simultaneous programs or services for children and youth, as well as youth participating in the main service and Shabbat Shalom Torah Study. In 2003, the congregation began a process of building renovations, aimed at improving accessibility, enhancing energy efficiency…
