- 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
…ening through breakfast each day for one week. BEKI has participated as a “supporting partner” since the winter of 2011-12, working closely with the Church of the Holy Spirit (COHS) in West Haven. The partnership has been really wonderful, and now, as our roles reverse and BEKI becomes a primary host site, we look forward to continuing to work our work together in this wonderful program. BEKI will host Abraham’s Tent from March 9th to March 15th,…
…11 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 11, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…29 Aug Kadima Reverse Tashlikh River Cleanup August 29, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Get into the spirit of the month of Elul, as we prepare for the High Holidays by cleaning up our local community. This is Kadima’s […] More Info…
…t צידת חיה על ידי כלבים וכל מעשיהם לשם שחוק ושמחה” (Talmud Bavli Avoda Zara 18b). Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg, the most influential German rabbi of the 13th century, declared that “whoever hunts animals with dogs, as do the gentiles, will not [partake of the pleasures of the World to Come]” (Sefer Shaarei Teshuva, Bloch ed. (Berlin), #27). The Shemesh Tsedaqa, writing in the early 18th century [1681-1740], forbade hunting as a profession and for spor…
…opping mall, not the laundry, not the movies–was to drive, and since their spiritual health and identity as Jews may have depended on their coming to shul, we should not object if they drive directly to and from shul, on condition that they make no stops on the way. In places where Jews (of all affiliations) were already driving to shul it seemed hypocritical to rope off the parking lot and have them park a block away. The choice facing the Rabbis…
…the Jews chose God.” Listen to what Mark Twain wrote at the very end of the 19th century, in 1899, in his essay “Concerning the Jews”: If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and…
…dscapes of Israel summer 2022 Naomi Safran-Hon April – July 2022 Suzanne Neusner: Fiber Arts April – June 2022 BEKI Ancestors 2021 High Holiday exhibition Bruce Oren: Entropy Warriors: 50 year Retrospective January – March 2022 2020-2021 5781 2019-2020 5780 Leslie J. Klein: Spirit and Fire, A Retrospective Exhibition mid-January– June, extended due to gallery closure for the Pandemic Richard McBee: Paintings about the Binding of Isaac: Akeidah Ver…
…haritable Giving Donna Levine, Lisa Stanger & Glenn Levine May 8, 2024 Part 1 Part 2 Visiting Israel After 10/7 Avital Sokolow-Silverman April 9, 2024 We Are All Climate Hypocrites Now Sami Grover January 16, 2024 Celebrating Gender Diversity in Jewish Tradition, Values and Theology Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson November 15, 2023 BEKI Green Team – Home Energy Audits Michelle Long November 1, 2023 Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day April 18, 2023 I…
…06 May First Fridays at Five-Thirty – Kabbalat Shabbat (in-person) May 6, 2022 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page A New Approach to Kabbalat Shabbat. On the first Friday of April, Kabbalat Shabbat services will happen at 5 pm, a more kid-friendly time. Organizer […] More Info…
…01 Apr First Fridays at Five-Thirty – Kabbalat Shabbat (in-person) April 1, 2022 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page A New Approach to Kabbalat Shabbat. On the first Friday of April, Kabbalat Shabbat services will happen at 5 pm, a more kid-friendly time. Organizer […] More Info…
