- 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
…e (ASE) is 97%. The rate of return on the investment (excluding the CCEF‘s support) is expected to be about 5% to 6%, or a payback period of about 15 to 20 years. However, factors such as electric rates, hurricanes, major earthquakes, and rapid catastrophic climate change could affect the rate of return. Since the array was a gift to the synagogue, it was “free” from the perspective of the Congregation’s operating or capital budget. Maintenance co…
… kashrut, and kashrut training is part of the Religious School curriculum. Support is available to members who wish to newly kasher their homes. All food at our facility, whether at a public affair such as a kiddush luncheon or in a private setting such as a wedding seuda (feast), is served under strict supervision. Mashgihim working for caterers are welcome, indeed encouraged, to kasher the kitchen facilities before use, in collaboration with the…
…02 May Drive-By Food Collection May 2, 2021 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page Next drive-by food collection will support DESK & JFS. May 2, 10-11am, BEKI parking lot. Contact Rob Lettick if you plan to swing by or […] More Info…
…ip Form. If you would like a hard copy of this application by mail, please contact the office at office@beki.org or 203.389.2108 x114. Benefits of membership include: Pastoral care by our rabbi Use of our building for lifecycle events Meal deliveries for families with new babies Newcomers Group BINA (our religious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of tw…
…sion cards, artwork mugs and tea towels by local artist Karen Kassap. Gift certificates are available. Special orders considered. We are always open by appointment. Contact the Giftshop at giftshop@beki.org. Be Inspired. Shop with Us and Support a Local Institution. …
…ing means more adults to help supervise, ensure safety, chase runaways, clean up messes, and think of fun stuff. • Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff is always available to answer questions and offer support. Contact her at anormanschiff@beki.org, 860-502-5337. • If parents relax and have fun, children will too. And if the children have fun in synagogue, we are doing a great job….
…cities of Greece, and even twentieth century America? Surveying the large number of works in the BEKI collection entitled “Rabbi_,” the BEKI Art Committee began discussing how best to present this work in an exhibition. Among ourselves, we called this the “Rabbi Show,” although there is nothing in the artworks themselves to signify that these are rabbis, rather than ordinary men who have been given the honor of holding the Torah. As Jewish artist…
…that Arab expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from Kuwait is more than half the number of Palestinian Arabs who fled or were expelled from Israel in 1947-49. The “Jenin Massacre” (2002) turned out to be a hoax; while it was reported that hundreds or thousands had been massacred, the reality was that about 55 Arabs (including 5 or 10 civilians) died, along with 22 Israeli soldiers. The headline story in mid-August (2009) of the Swedish daily Aftonbladen…
…lieve that the book of Isaiah was written during the Babylonian exile by a number of people in addition to Isaiah. Isaiah himself was a prophet of the nation of Judah and was one of the first to leave a written record of his prophecies, or proclamations. The book of Isaiah is one of the longest in the Bible, containing sixty chapters. The sayings of Isaiah are contained in the first 39 chapters. Most of the rest, written around 550 BCE, were poems…
…, a very complex distribution network. The way it operates is by a certain number of power plants producing energy, usually by burning fossil fuels, and then feeding it into the massive grid of electrical power lines. I think this is quite similar to the societal structure of the monkeys and the medieval Jewish court system, in that the majority of interactions, or in this case, power transmissions, are local, but the network is able to transmit p…
