- 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
…as we know them. Lighting shabbat candles, 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 fo…
…s angels, and I have mine. I would like to thank my Mom for her energy and organization through the bar mitzva process, but also for her example of how to face the challenges of life while enjoying herself and helping others. I’d like to thank my Dad for so much. The best compliment someone could give me is for them to say that I remind them of my Dad because he has shown me how to treat others with respect and kindness while still having fun. To…
…Thursday Shaharit Morning Service, 8:15a to 9:15a, in the Beit Midrash. Includes Torah reading, relaxed pace, commentary, free coffee and tea, morning snack after service. See Schedule of Daily Services….
…Shaharit Service תפילת שחרית Monday mornings 7a-7:50a in the George G. Posener Daily Chapel (Beit Midrash); coffee and tea before and after service. Includes short Torah reading (weekly reading)….
…identifying people wear a head covering in the sanctuary and beit midrash (daily chapel). Head covering for female-identifying folks is optional, but required when called to the reader’s table. A skullcap (known in Hebrew as kippah or in Yiddish as yarmulke) may be found near the entrance to the sanctuary. You will notice most Jewish adult males and many Jewish adult females wearing a prayer shawl. Since this is a religious item, visitors who are…
…Galin, “Aunt” Scheitelman, Mrs. Rose Langer, Mrs. Joseph Feinstein, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Bessie Stephson, Mrs. Harry Kimel, and Mrs. Harry Diamond. May these good ladies be spared with us and for us many, many years and may have much joy of the future glory of Keser Israel. Within the past few years a New Era has come to Keser Israel. We launched the Foundation Fund with Herman Paul as Chairman, and then the Building Fund with Isadore Miller a…
…2 Israeli soldiers. The headline story in mid-August (2009) of the Swedish daily Aftonbladen, claiming that the Israeli Army has been capturing and killing Arabs in the West Bank and harvesting their organs, is widely repeated in the Arab press, without noting that the story is a hoax. At the end of 2007, HAMAS bombed the petrol facility in Israel that served Gaza and shot the people operating the border crossing, and then complained to the intern…
…em Report, 30 March 2009, p. 13). (For reference, BEKI’s George G. Posener Daily Chapel is about 1,000 square feet.) Farmer Ahmed might also find that another Israeli Arab family is already working “his” land, or that his former farmland is now a fish pond, highway interchange or shopping mall. In the past 60 years, Israel has become about as developed as Connecticut. The world has changed. In short, “returning” to the family’s original farm or ho…
…day celebrations. To download registration information, click here or call the BEKI office at (203) 389-2108 x114 or email the office at office@beki.org. To arrange a visit or for more information, email Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff at anormanschiff@beki.org. BINA is supported by the The Gladys R. Lipkin Fund for the BEKI Hebrew School, The George & Leah Posener Endowment for the Jewish Education of BEKI Youth, the Louis Friedman Scholar…
…–Pesach Break– May 1 May 15 May 29 To register for Teen Kesher or for more information, contact Annie Norman-Schiff at: principal@beki.org or Rabbi Woodward at: rabbi@beki.org …
