- 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
…er. Over the last 5 years, many of the men who participated in this program have moved to transitional or permanent housing. Each works with a case manager to figure out their best next step. The BEKI Tikun Olam Committee is proud to be able to coordinate BEKI’s effort in this worthwhile project. …
…enter aisle, and second-row cut-outs in the center. Sound amplification is best in the center of rows six to ten along the Whalley Avenue side. A Hearing Loop system was installed in the Sanctuary in May 2014. Sanctuary seats are fixed and 18″ wide. The George G. Posener Daily Chapel Beit Midrash is accessible on the main floor. Seating is movable and people using wheelchairs can choose almost any location. A large single-person wheelchair-access…
…nd will receive him with mercy and will be good to him in every way to the best of his ability” (Note 51 (9) by R’ Shimon Menahem Mendel Wodnik, on Sefer HaBeShT). This notion of being good to one who has acted wickedly, of being nice to someone who was mean to you, is a description of the attitude one ought to hold, according to this pietist notion. Well and good. But what affect might this have on the one who was being wicked? If you’re good to…
…mazing is the fact that the method for making the blue dye was lost for thousands of years and my dentist on Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalem is one of the people doing research and leading the resurgence of the mitzva of petil tekhelet! In many schools, Jewish children learn VaYiqra as their first formal introduction to Torah study, just as they have done for generations. Jews have shown incredible dedication to learning Torah and studying the mit…
…as able to visit with Danielle Rothman, Stephen & Sherry’s daughter, in Jerusalem. Her assessment of these young people matched my own. We spent just a couple of hours with my distant cousin Beth and her children in Jerusalem. (Her husband could not get out of the clinic early enough to join us.) We met in the food court in the Malha Mall, a huge three story complex. It was strange to be at the mall. Twenty five years ago I had lived for a school…
…e” of issues, or support a bill that is not optimal because it is just the best that they think is attainable. It is not fair to oversimplify the process – doing so is itself a poor way to influence public policy. I do think clergy can, and should, play a significant role in the development of public policy, and that our religious values should inform our positions on civil questions. The Bishop’s attempt seems clumsy, but who am I to comment on i…
…visionaries.” We have the will to do this now. We have the vision and the energy of a smart and talented community. “If not now, when?” is fully applicable here. Nothing has to happen, but we can make anything happen. The chance to be our best selves, our authentic Jewish selves, and to have this redound to the benefit and future of our community, is a great one. Will it cost us financially in the near term? Yes. Will it pay dividends in the futu…
