- 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
…ften dropped when the phrase or verse ends in a open syllable. This is for phonetic reasons. Thus, the sheva (English: Shewa) represented by “e” in “lekha” becomes a long vowel, the qamatz represented by “a” in “lakh,” and the long vowel “a” at the end of “lekha” drops off altogether. “Lakh” and “otakh” are thus masculine singular forms, as we know from the rest of the sentence. Dear Rabbi, Is the prayer “ya`ale ve-yavo” added to Birkat HaMazo…
…ctuary we might like to be surrounded by the natural rather than the artificial. The sanctuary space should be clearly different from the familiar day to day. A BEKI sanctuary should be warm, orderly, and quiet. It should be respectful of tradition, have qualities of timelessness. The physical symbols and decorations that might provide us with these feelings have changed since the sanctuary was designed forty years ago. Styles and values, even tec…
…s, ages 20 and up, who are fit enough for military service. We get very specific numbers, tribe by tribe, of how many men qualify. In the context of that world, it may be readily understandable that a military census was only focused on males. However, by having a census that only focuses on military needs, it seemingly implies, at least to me, that it is not important to have a census of all the people. Imagine if the parshah has told us, tribe b…
…n the end the woman mends her ways and lives a good life.10 Several tales show how the Besht, through his mercy, humility, and generosity (and often through his wisdom and magic as well) manages to turn his adversaries not just into friends but into his followers.11 In the United States, roughly half of the murders, and many of the assaults, are the outcome of conflicts between individuals who know each other. When reconciliation is held as a prim…
…aven, CT. She served 4 years as the director/curator of the John Slade Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, and has curated a number of independent exhibitions. She studied at the Akademie fuer Angewante Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and received her MFA from San Jose State University. Anna Broell Bresnick has collaborated with dancers and musicians in the creation of installations for performances. These have included large sculptur…
…enjoying “country” living and taking their granddaughters back and forth to school, shul, and home, and entertaining their grandsons from Washington, DC (think choo-choo trains, Legos, and forts). Mike and Lisa are excited to be a part of the BEKI Community!…
…sidents, including the right to vote and hold office and a wide array of social and municipal services. Perhaps this system doesn’t work well, and Arabs experience discrimination, but the arrangement stands out to Israel’s credit as an extraordinary effort at peaceful coexistence. It is not a policy of expulsion or genocide against an entire people, let alone the residents of this one city. A Google search finds the vast majority of cases in which…
…antly for this discussion, the ability to convert the experience no matter how horrible into something that has meaning. People are hardy and resilient who are committed to finding meaningful purpose in life, who believe that they can influence their surroundings and the outcome of events and who believe that they can learn and grow from both positive and negative experiences. In looking at our national response to 9/11 we can see something of the…
…– who makes every visitor feel welcome – is organizing a qiddush to honor those who joined BEKI this past year. Come on June 11 and get to know our newer members. There used to be Friday night dinners at BEKI – I don’t know why they stopped or when. Bryna took it on herself to bring them back, and now we enjoy them again. For years, people had talked about a kosher wine tasting: now, thanks to the Colten-Berry duo, it’s an annual tradition. In the…
…srael (BEKI). BEKI has taken a lead regionally in programs for adults and children with special needs. In 1994, the Congregation became the first in our region to offer a Special Education Hebrew School, the Talmud Torah Meyuhad, which it founded as part of its religious school. Additional support for special education for youth at BEKI is provided by the The Borick Family Endownment for Special Education for Youth at Congregation Beth El–Keser…
