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…Rashi School, which is affiliated with the Reform movement, and Zohar will, too, when she’s old enough. Insisting on matrilineal descent is deeply unwise, given demographic trends. How many Jews intermarry and raise their children without a Jewish education, without a Jewish home? How many turn away from Judaism in favor of Buddhism, atheism, or plain old apathy? How many Jews are “culturally” Jewish, Woody Allen Jews, Katz’s Deli Jews, with no s…
…Artist Book Talk and Signing December 3, 2023 11:00 am at BEKI The Hebrew Bible: Real and Imagined Paintings by Joel Silverstein Spring 2018 In the Garden of Good & Evil, 2018 Acrylic and collage on canvas 24” x 36” installation views of exhibition at BEKI…
…on was the work of many hands, from scanning and editing photographs to runs to IKEA for frames, to editing the extensive labels, framing the photographs, and finally the big installation. The team included Mimi Glenn, Margie Hirshfield, Diane Krevolin, Karen Markel, Margaret Olin, Bruce Oren, Helen Rosenberg, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Eva Shragis, and Marjorie Wiener. BEKI staff members Michael Barone and Peggy Hackett gave essential support. Suggested…
…. And that is the Fast of Esther, a day of somber reflection and action against war and genocide. © Jon-Jay Tilsen 1995, 1998, 2016…
…t with a great and very bitter outcry, and he said to his father, ‘Bless me, too, Father!’ And he said, ‘Your brother has come in deceit and has taken your blessing.” “Bless me, too, Father!” Esau says, holding the meat he hunted down for his father. But Isaac has none to give: “Your brother has come in deceit and has taken your blessing.” Then comes what is, to me, one of the most plaintive questions in the Torah: “Have you not kept back a blessi…
…ome in the United States: 2001, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2002.) Even more: On the global level, I am in the top 1%. So when I say that the rich should pay, I am including myself. When we share our spiritual, financial and other blessings with others and consequently see their Hanuka lights — or their Holiday Candles — glowing in their windows, then we are truly fulfilling the mandate of Hanuka: Pirsuma Nesa, Proclaiming the…
…If, for example, I were a Jew in Baghdad and I had a contract with a Jew in, say, Madrid, this network would help enforce the contract, to the end that Jewish traders in those times could operate with greater security. So here’s my overall point. Today, the power grid in America is, shall we say, a very complex distribution network. The way it operates is by a certain number of power plants producing energy, usually by burning fossil fuels, and th…
…17 May Walk Against Hunger – Team BEKI May 17, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Walk Against Hunger – 2015 flyer Walk Against Hunger – Sunday, May 17. In support of the CT Food Bank. We’re getting a BEKI Team together […] More Info…
…25 Apr Kadima Book Club: “The Way Back” by Gavriel Savit April 25, 2021 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Get excited for the Kadima Book Club! All Kadima members should have received by mail their own copy of The Way Back by Gavriel Savit. […] More Info…
…16 Jan Tu Bishvat Seder via Zoom January 16, 2022 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Tu Bishvat Seder: An online celebration of the New Year for Trees on Sunday, Jan. 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. To fully participate, have […] More Info…
