- 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
…om the ola (burnt offering), made “a sweet savor unto the Lord”; the Jews knew that God was pleased, that is to say, because they knew that they had made a true offering of something of value that came from their hearts. Perhaps it is an ethical advance, as Maimonides suggests, to have put an end to the slaughter of animals; but it is no ethical advance if the sacrifice is not matched by an equivalent commitment of our hearts, our hands, our subst…
…t started middle school and already my life is exciting with the thrill of new things. We all have some idols to break as did Abraham, things that we are overly attached to. For some it is clothing, for others cars, and the list keeps going: cigarettes, money, alcohol, food. I have some idols to break, the TV for one thing. I am the definition of the word couch potato and computer geek, because I love pretty much everything electronic. It has and…
…, Justice, Justice. This is not only a call to fight anti-semitism, but to promote God’s order by standing up to injustice wherever we see it. The third interpretation takes the text much more literally. It is seen as a sanguinary call to exterminate anti-semites wherever they are. Indeed it takes less interpretive gymnastics to see it this way. A midrash says that when Esau was getting old, he called in his grandson Amaleq and said, “I tried to k…
…e younger members of our community may not even be aware of how relatively new and unusual it is in Jewish life to have women fully participating, responsible and accountable. However, the effort, maybe even properly called the struggle, within the whole worldwide Jewish community to take full advantage of the wisdom, scholarship and leadership that women can provide continues. In the Jewish world, even among our Orthodox sisters and brothers, the…
…. Rela Mintz Geffen, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000 “Big Bang, God and Torah: A New View,” Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000 “Contemporary Ethical Reflections on Identity, Community and Tradition: A Textual Study,” Dr. Kenneth Koltun-Fromm, Rabbinical Assembly, 2000 “An Introduction to Current Literary Approaches to Reading of Biblical Narrative: The Book of Ruth” Dr. Edward Greenstein, Rabbinical Assembly “Part I: Close Reading Ap…
…ted Synagogue Youth Fund, the Tillie Dworski Horwitz & Edward Horwitz Endowment, and the Gilah Benson-Tilsen Fund for Youth, which are endowments managed for BEKI by the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven. For more information on Kadima and USY please contact Kadima Advisor bekibjkadima@gmail.com or Youth Commission Chair Rena Cheskis-Gold r.cheskis-gold@snet.net….
…at prayer in mind, Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel has initiated an innovative program to help members of the Congregation learn to understand and welcome those with developmental disabilities and related special needs, and to offer the latter new openings and opportunities for spiritual growth and fulfillment as part of the community and in their own homes. See the Connecticut Jewish Ledger story on Kulanu, “‘All as One’: BEKI program reaches o…
…389.5899 Postal Address: Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel 85 Harrison St. New Haven CT 06515-1724 Office Manager Peggy Hackett Ext. 114 or 0 Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 President Russell Epstein Rabbi Eric Woodward Ext. 120 Ritual Committee Chairperson Bruce Spierer Youth & Family Programming Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 BEKI Bulletin bulletin@beki.org Cemetery Association cemetery@beki.org Sisterhood Giftshop…
…out educational and cultural activities at BEKI and throughout the Greater New Haven Jewish Community. The atmosphere of the Ḥavura is intimate, warm and informal, with ten to twenty people participating in a typical monthly event. It is a great place to meet people, but it is not a “singles’ scene” like one might encounter at a large Jewish singles’ dance. The 20s-30s Ḥavura was established in the Summer of 2000. Like most activities at BEKI, the…
…Use of our building for lifecycle events Meal deliveries for families with new babies Newcomers Group BINA (our religious school) Teen Kesher USY and Kadima youth groups Free High Holy Day tickets Support from our Hesed Committee Shiva minyanim Choice of two affiliated cemeteries Programming for children and adults All Jews are invited to become members of BEKI, including: Jews by birth and Jews by choice (converts) Jews in mixed marriages and cou…
