- 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
…require any abandonment of party or school of thought or any diminution of commitment. Nor does it require any admission that the other view is right. Pluralism is an admission of one’s own limitations. Only if you are perfect and your method is perfect and you are always perfectly sure is pluralism superfluous. But perfection models do not work, they destroy others and ultimately self-destruct. Far from weakening Judaism pluralism is a commitment…
…es, feeling blessed. You may ask, where did these feelings, be they odd or counterintuitive or otherwise, come from? Stanley Rosenbaum, our Congregation’s resident anesthesiologist, opined it was from the steroids they gave me. Who knows? Maybe the steroids did help! And, I should mention, I have not remained free of negative feelings for the entire year since. A mixture of feelings, anger high on the list, did eventually creep in. I have spent ti…
…build and maintain this synagogue to house God’s spirit, or at least to welcome it, in the hope that it will enter and touch our hearts. This synagogue — its building, its people and its programs — motivates us to be good Jews and good people. Surely God is in this place when we reach out to one another in kindness. When we study Torah together, when we sing and pray and do tiqun olam. Even when we decorate the social hall for a gala auction, and…
…I observe that the level of pain and death brought by the disease seems incomprehensible. Millions of people are infected with a virus with a near 100% mortality rate and no cure in sight. The agonizing medical effects of the virus are compounded by the social and legal stigma of the HIV-positive label. The devastation touches us all. My first cousin performed many deeds of kindness during his life and enriched the lives of his family and friends…
…ver 150 individual donors. Technical Specifications & Efficiency The array comprises 48 panels manufactured by Sunpower Corporation (model 220). The array is oriented 100% optimally toward True South, and the tilt toward the sun is 91% of optimal. The roof is virtually unobstructed allowing more than 95% of the sunlight to reach the panels; the adjusted solar exposure (ASE) is 97%. The rate of return on the investment (excluding the CCEF‘s support…
…18 Sep Minha & Festival Evening Service (Outside or Sanctuary & Live On-Line) September 18, 2020 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…28 Sep Neila Amida (Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 28, 2020 6:30 pm – 7:20 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…19 Sep Rosh HaShana Day I (Outside or Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 19, 2020 9:00 am – 11:30 am Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…19 Sep Minha September 19, 2020 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…20 Sep Rosh HaShana Day II (Outside or Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 20, 2020 9:00 am – 11:30 am Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
