- 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
…Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitshaq, vElohei Ya`aqov, ha-El ha-gadol ha-gibor ve-ha-nora. Blessed are You, Adonai, our God and God of our ancestors, God of Avraham, God of Yitshaq, and God of Ya`aqov, God the great, the mighty, and the awesome. We may ask, how does mention of the Divine attribute of nora add to the two preceding ones of gedula and gevura? I would suggest, in essence, that nora is the first to describe God’s nature as relational. To be…
…nt Yaron Lew BEKI Bulletin article – Sanctuary Redesign – January 2022 Congregational meeting: request for questions and summary of survey results Update and coming survey Introducing the project and the redesign committee To view the results of the November 2021 congregational survey, click here. Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Comments and Questions(Required) CAPTCHA Δ…
…ct (NAA): This Connecticut state act encourages corporations to support non-profit organizations. A company that owes corporate taxes in Connecticut can contribute funds to a non-profit organization for energy conservation, and receive a tax credit from the state for the amount of the contribution. We are actively looking for companies that owe taxes in Connecticut. If you know of such a company, please let us know! BEKI 120 funds: Limited funds r…
…tors Assembly Mercaz USA North American Association of Synagogue Executives-NAASE Jewish Educators Assembly Jewish Youth Directors Association The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism-USCJ Women’s League for Conservative Judaism . The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Attack at Colleyville, TX Synagogue January 15, 2022 13 Shevat, 5782 New York, NY – In response to the current crisis at Congregation Be…
…e found on the USCJ website. Harold M. Birn President, Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel on behalf of the officers and directors of the congregation NEW YORK – The Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism as represented by its constituent organizations listed below has issued the following statement regarding the executive order President Donald Trump signed barring many refugees and immigrants from entering the United States: Deeply rooted in our…
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…II: Witholding and Withdrawing Treatment of Terminal Patients” “Part III: Organ Transplants and Experimental Therapies” “Part IV: Triage and Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources” “The Meaning of Torah for Our Day: A Renaissance Jewish Perspective,” Rabbi David Ruderman, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000 “Rabbi Yohanan Aleimanno’s Introduction to his Commentary on Shir HaShirim, Dr. Chaim Hames, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000 “Passover in Classical Rabbinica…
…and heaven. The bottom up perspective instead of top down. The human centered view. The one that starts with humankind. “when the L-rd G-d made earth and heaven … the L-rd G-d formed the human from the dust of the earth.” And the relationship is far more intimate. We’re clay in G-d’s hands now: G-d now crafts – the verb is yetzer, associated with potters – rather than abstractly creates – bara. And there is a tangible closeness: “the L-rd G-d for…
…Thus I am pleased to report to you that, though long overdue, the shul’s 40-year-old underground heating oil storage tanks were removed this past fall without incident. There had been no leaks. In this we were lucky since their life expectancies had long since expired. However, the tanks are just the beginning. Their removal sensitized us to the critical need to continue renovating our entire heating and cooling infrastructure. Our furnace is anci…
…rom a different line, men of a different line of thought, a different world-view. And if there are no sons, to whom does the inheritance pass? I turn to Numbers Chapter 27, from parshat Pinchas. “The daughters of Zeloph’chad, of Manassite family…they stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the chieftains, and the whole assembly, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and they said, (v.3) “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not one of the f…
