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Daily, Shabbat and Festival worship services at BEKI are traditional, egalitarian and participatory. The liturgy is the standard Conservative Ashkenazi Hebrew siddur as represented by Siddur Lev Shalem for Shabbat & Festivals; the full Torah reading is read according to the common traditional diaspora annual cycle. Usually the amidah of the Shaharit Morning and Minhah Afternoon service is repeated fully; the musaf amidah on Shabbat is repeated a…
…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…
…l and Chaia kept a kosher home, did not light fires on shabbat, said their daily prayers, and gave tzedaqa (charity). And they went to a Conservative shul. When they were born in 1857, there was no such thing as an Orthodox or Conservative Jew. There were just traditional Jews, of varying degrees of observance, differing outlooks, following local standards. There were already Reform Jews, and there were Hasidim and Mitnagdim and Maskilim. But to c…
…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….
…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…
…Back by Popular Demand, read Talmud B. Masekhet Berakhot, Thursdays, 10a–10:50a, On-Line with Rabbi Tilsen; for text write jjtilsen@beki.org…
…Children’s outdoor service, open to families with kids of all ages–whoever feels like bundling up and gathering in (safe) community. Each Thursday, if the weather looks decent, we schedule a “Pop-Up Style” Shabbat morning service. If you’d like to receive the email newsletter that gives updates about Pop-Up Services, contact Youth and Family Programming Director Annie Norman-Schiff at anormanschiff@beki.org….
…Children’s outdoor service, open to families with kids of all ages–whoever feels like bundling up and gathering in (safe) community. Each Thursday, if the weather looks decent, we schedule a “Pop-Up Style” Shabbat morning service. If you’d like to receive the email newsletter that gives updates about Pop-Up Services, contact Youth and Family Programming Director Annie Norman-Schiff at anormanschiff@beki.org….
…16 May Shavuot with Kids from B’nai Jacob & Or Shalom May 16, 2021 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page See old friends and make new ones at a joint celebration of Shavuot with other Conservative synagogues in the New Haven area! On the afternoon […] More Info…
…11 Apr Kadima at Adventure Park April 11, 2021 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page April 11 from 3-6 pm, BEKI Kadima is going climbing at the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport! Explore the park’s aerial trails […] More Info…