- 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
…rs are welcome, indeed encouraged, to kasher the kitchen facilities before use, in collaboration with the synagogue rabbi’s mashgiah. Guests are always welcome and encouraged to contact the rabbi or synagogue mashgihim prior to or during events to clarify any issues of concern. As a matter of outlook, we attempt to create a “transparent” environment so that anyone interested can know what standards and procedures are followed. We welcome reports o…
…nships. Both of these women had strong family ties, whether it was to a spouse, like Deborah, or to siblings, like Miriam. I am at a certain point in my life now, and I feel I should tell you all about it. So, here’s me. Now, don’t think I’m some arrogant girl who thinks she’s always right, because I am. But let’s get on with it. I wrote this in my room listening to some very angry music. Sometimes I think of myself as a very disturbed child, but…
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…families. Columbus House BEKI has a long-standing commitment to Columbus House, a non-profit that serves people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk. For years, BEKI was a host for Columbus House’s annual Abraham’s Tent project. In 2020, Columbus House awarded BEKI their John S. Martinez Community Service Award. BEKI had prepared a monthly evening meal for residents, though post-pandemic BEKI has shifted to delivering monthly food supplie…
…oni Davis & Leslie Brisman Splitting our time between Westville and Madison, CT, we were looking for a vibrant area Conservative synagogue with an emphasis on learning and community, an interactive D’var Torah, and possibly a liberal service. We are delighted to be new members at BEKI. We so much admire Rabbi Woodward’s commitment to teaching and look forward to future new and exciting sessions on a variety of topics. His wisdom and warmth certain…
…world, that is, the objective of creating a better world through education, law, hesed and justice and promoted in the Torah and rabbinic teachings, or said differently, “Jewish values.” Converts wish to fully become part of the community, including participation in public ritual and leadership roles reserved for the legally Jewish. Gerim are a great blessing. They are an “independent” affirmation of our lifestyle and mission; they are a boon t…
…rvu and blessing as a marker of ceasing, of stopping: To multiply and to pause, to build and to break: both can be brochos. So what is a brocha? * * * The first blessing uttered by a human Comes in the next parshah, In Noach, after Noah’s drunken escapade, when the bad son Ham doesn’t lower his eyes at his father’s nakedness (or whatever that connotes). Noah begins with curses – “cursed be Canaan, the lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers,”…
…propriate to talk at all except as necessary for the funeral. In a shiva house, furniture may be overturned and mirrors covered, and mourners may have their shoes off and wear torn clothes. These unusual sights serve to remind visitors that things are not “normal,” and that the lives of the mourners have been overturned. When making a shiva call, it is considered correct to wait for the mourners to speak and to keep the conversation to their conce…
…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 for you….
…win out. When we sit back and wish away those who call for political murder, pull guns, call us “bloodsuckers,” paint swastikas on public buildings–when we still the voice of Jacob, then the hands that act will be those of Esau. In addressing the insensitivity shown by Governor Rowland in his Thanksgiving Proclamation which implied that the festival is a Christian festival, we need to be consistant and persistant in attempting to persuade others o…
