- 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
…es welcoming a newborn into the home. In addition, volunteers make occasional calls to BEKI members who may benefit from contact on account of illness or isolation. The Committee also provides meals to families during the shiva mourning period. History of Completed Service Projects Covenant to Care: Adopt a Social Worker – Through Covenant to Care’s Adopt a Social Worker program, our congregation was matched with a child protection social worker i…
…lebrations. Ze me-ze, from one another. A new book by Mark Oppenheimer, a Yale alum who is current editor in chief of the [New Haven] Advocate, is about to be published. The book is called Thirteen and a Day, and it’s a look at contemporary American Judaism through the institution of the bar- and bat-mitzva. Mark visited a lot of synagogues to see how they handle their benei mitzva preparations and celebrations, and he happened to come to BEKI on…
…that finds its roots in such Biblical practices. The answer is not well at all. Virtually simultaneously with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s quote came the following news item from Jerusalem about the treatment of a Conservative egalitarian minyan attempting to pray at the Kotel (Western Wall) plaza on Tisha B’Av, a day of prayer and fasting to mourn the destruction of the Second Temple: (JTA) – As the Tisha B’Av holy day began Monday evening, fervent…
…ommittee on the Middle East) 1976, p. 22. 39 Granott, 1952, p. 106. 40 Granott, 1952, p. 106. 41 Jiryis, 1976, p. 10. Also cf. J. L. Ryan, “Refugees within Israel: The Case of the Villagers of Kafr Bir`im and Iqrit,” Journal of Palestine Studies, 2iv (1973), pp. 55-81. Other provisions of Ottoman and Mandate law, as well as other devices, were used to disposses Arab inhabitants of Palestine before and since 1948. © Jon-Jay Tilsen 2003…
…her, they are complementary. I believe that human life and rights should rightly be among our highest values and should have priority in our limited activism. But I would not condemn Animal Rights activists for promoting a cause that is not self-serving and that aims to elevate the ethical quality of our society, insofar as their advocacy and activism is lawful and not conducted directly at the expense of human welfare or dignity. Rabbi Yehuda HaN…
…alph John “Jack” Janette, Jr., Irwin Gerber, Rose Brunswick; Lee Irwin Perkal, Alvin Schottenfeld, Gladys Kaufman, Charles Seashore, Caryn Backer, Sherman Granoff, Edie Seashore, Rosabelle Rosenberg, Ida Goldsteink Edie Seahorse, and others. Some of our membership trends are reflected in the figures below. Last year, a record twenty-five new membership units (a.k.a. families) joined; this year, we set a new record with twenty-seven new units. (We…
…and gold were a store of value and a medium of exchange. Animals had the real value because of products made and produced from and by them. The nature of Abram’s wealth was not that he had lots of precious metals. He was rich in sheep. He was not tied down to something he built, but to a living thing. Today, knowledge is considered mobile wealth; we can bring it with us wherever we go. Abram had to learn what to feed his sheep, when to shear them…
…es and Talks. Shabbat Divrei Torah are presented every Saturday morning year-round at about 11a during services as a teaching discussion about the weekly Torah portion. Tikun Leyl Shavuot night of adult study is held annually on the first night of the Shavuot Festival during the summer. Elm City Kallah, a collaboration of the three congregations to bring exceptional Jewish programming to New Haven, features a guest speaker each year. Visiting s…
