- 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
…____________________________ Jerry Winick lives and works in Little Falls, New Jersey Elderly Jew with Tefilin black and white lithograph numbered 15/200 $150 framed —————————————————— Sculptural works Porcelain Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Boy and Rabbi Artist unknown – possibly Moshe Yakov /Moso Jacob $40 ____________________________________ David Kaplan Cleveland, Ohio (1915 – 2011) Three Scholars (The Midrash) Chalkware cast Statue, Hand Painted about…
…own unsavory past honestly, and truly reconcile with Esau, if he becomes a new man—not the old Jacob, but the new Israel. Or, as Aviva Zorenberg puts it, the mysterious assailant has come “to save [Jacob] from the condition of being Jacob.” Zorenberg interprets the wrestling match as an occasion for Jacob to discover and clarify the parameters of his personal strengths and weaknesses. The injury Jacob suffers actually empowers him to experience a…
…member is hosting in their backyard! Contact Kayla Bisbee at kbisbee@jewishnewhaven.org for location. Find your new forever friends in a comfortable environment with music, coffee, conversation – and babies. Recommended for parents from pregnancy to two years old. This group is free to attend and brought to you by Shalom Baby, an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven’s Women’s Philanthropy—designed to welcome Jewish babies and t…
…able as the original substance, but rather has become a “devar hadash,” a “new substance.” Gelatin would thus be parve. In my view, this particular application of the “devar hadash” principle is a problem, since in the public’s eye gelatin is always viewed as an animal-derived product. The BEKI kitchen does not permit the use of any animal-derived gelatins. And the last time I looked, Yoplait had a plain “K” symbol, which is not an acceptable indi…
…most vivid because of its recency. A few weeks ago, my wife and I were in New York and had dinner with a couple, Isaac and Miriam, that lived across from the Twin Towers. Their five-year-old daughter had watched from her bedroom window as the second plane crashed into the towers. She hadn’t seen the first because she was in bed reading a book. She watched the towers crumble. Every time she does a drawing, a collage, or an art project there is alw…
…r the movement. The various institutions, such as the Rabbinical Assembly, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Cantors Assembly, Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, Jewish Theological Seminary, Zeigler School, and the rest, may individually or collectively address the issues of how we deal with Gay and Lesbian Jews. The papers endorsed by the Committee give some food for thought, but there is no force-feeding. There is not a satisfying meal,…
…o them or not. I have never heard of any synagogue being expelled from the United Synagogue for any policy violation, except failure to pay dues. Our religious heritage, as documented by the Mishna and other rabbinic texts, endorses the values of free speech, intellectual integrity and democracy. Individual sages were allowed to teach whatever they actually believed, even if it was not in keeping with the majorityʼs view. The sages could speak the…
…les, reciting the Shema, coming to a daily or shabbat service, baking a halla, reading a passage from the Torah or other Jewish book — these are the redemptive acts that we ourselves must do. Our own synagogue, our United Hebrew School, Ezra Academy, Kadima-USY, Makom, JTS, MERCAZ, Masorti-Israel — and above all our own family — these are the institutions that we must support. No one else is going to Jew it for you….
United Synagogue Youth (USY) is a youth group for Jewish high-schoolers (9th-12th grade), regardless of synagogue affiliation. 8th graders are invited to attend USY events in the spring semester. USY Events 2019-2020 ddddddd USY and Kadima Calendar October events: 16th: Pizza in the hut November: 17th: USY pie baking/sleepover event 20th: Pie pickup December: 15th: Latke making (USY and Kadima) January: 15th: food/coat drive to give to homeless…
…he Hesed project. Because some people are without such a network. Some are new to the community or have no family in the area. They may need a little help, but they don’t know where to turn. From now on, they can turn to BEKI, and the Hesed committee will do what it can. Here are the kinds of things were talking about: rides to services or BEKI programs. Rides for kids when their parent is unable to drive. An occasional phone call or visit to some…
