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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…cceeds in getting Nineveh to atone, he doesn’t recognize that he, himself, needs to become at-one with the enemy city. He wants God to follow through on the threat to wipe out Nineveh. But, presumably because the people of Nineveh asked forgiveness, God has repented and recanted, changed God’s mind — again, the root nhm. Now Jonah does talk to God, and his complaint sounds like an inverted version of Job’s. Job criticizes God for punishing the inn…
…we solemnly commit ourselves to making a world where genocide is unknown, where all people enjoy their God-given human rights. I believe that it is psychologically and spiritually crucial for us to observe both sides of Purim. We need — and perhaps deserve — the joyous celebration of Purim. But we also need the serious side of Purim. And that is the Fast of Esther, a day of somber reflection and action against war and genocide. © Jon-Jay Tilsen 1…
…ip began.” The David & Lillian Levine Endowment for People with Special Needs The David & Lillian Levine Endowment for People with Special Needs at Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel was established in 1999 by the Congregation through the generosity of J. Paul Levine and Richard Levine and their families to honor the memory of their parents, David & Lillian Levine, of blessed memory. Proceeds of the Endowment support Kulanu Ke’Ehad for Adults wi…
…. It is likely that during the course of Shabbat, your browser window will need to be refreshed (or your computer will need to be woken up). In this case, rely on the opinion that doing a d’rabanan (or takanah-level) action on Shabbat can be performed as long as one does it “kil’achar yad,” which means, in a way that you don’t normally do it. Try using your non-dominant hand to click refresh; try sitting in a different position. This would render…
…all you serve” – then what exactly is a blessing? * * * To answer that, we need to go back further, to where blessings begin. Before we get to human blessings, the blessings of a person, a parent, we should ask where any blessings began. The first brocha of the Torah comes from G-d. G-d blesses “the great sea monsters, and every living creature that crawls, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged fowl.” G-d blesses…
