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…20 Jun BEKI Annual Meeting (in-person only) June 20, 2022 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm Home Page Interior Page To see slides from the BEKI 2022 Annual Meeting, click here. More Info…
Until 2022, the program was called the BEKI Religious School (BRS) and was under the direction of Principal Ina Silverman (pictured at right). The School initiated a Special Education Program as part of its program in 1995; it was the first program of its kind in the region. Special Education at BEKI is supported by The Borick Family Endowment for Special Education for Youth at Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel. For a look back on how “Hebrew Sc…
…through April 4. Videos of the artist discussing her work: Artist Talk, Mayim Chaiyim: A Watershed – video online excerpted from group online talks, curated by Amy Levine-Kennedy at the Koslow Gallery 2022 Techspressionist Salon #21– video online artist presentation, Cynthia Beth Rubin & Renata Janiszewska July 06, 2021 More information and additional links at: CBRubin.net…
April – June 2022 Conversation with the Artist via Zoom: Thursday, May 12 7:30 PM For over 35 years, Suzanne Neusner has focused on abstract imagery through a variety of weaving and quilting techniques that she developed to reflect her own aesthetic. Her work includes references to landscapes, abstractions, and playful reinventions of traditional Jewish themes such as matzoh covers. Neusner uses color and form to highlight contrast and texture, o…
…10 Oct BEKI Sukkah Hop October 10, 2022 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm Kids Programs BEKI Sukkah Hop Flyer 2022 More Info…
…19 Nov Shabbat Schmooze w/Rob Forbes (in-person) November 19, 2022 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Events Rob Forbes discusses his new book, an annotated edition of Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia (Yale University Press, 2022). More Info…
…congregants of ten, twenty, forty, sixty years from now say: “Wow, BEKI of 2022 decided to invest in themselves and in the future. They were 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…
April – July 2022 Naomi Safran-Hon’s textured paintings of abandoned houses hint at our entangled and contradictory relationships to the places we live. Seph Rodney, New York Times May 15, 2020 The paintings in Naomi Safran-Hon’s exhibition Going Home depict neglected rooms, halls, and passageways with traces of their former inhabitants and the external forces that brought about their desolation. Through creating these paintings, the artist refle…
We welcome … Here is a little about some of BEKI’s new members … Ilana Barzel I had a limited amount of Jewish education growing up, because I attended a Solomon Schechter Day School through second grade and then my parents transferred me into public school because of my developmental disabilities. But I had a loving support system through them, my older sister, and the shul community. I grew up Modern Orthodox, so over time I have learned to “co…
BEKI Kashrut Policy – click here This is a picture of what a real blood spot looks like on an egg, making it unkosher. Please note how clearly the blood looks like blood. Protein spots, which we sometimes see in eggs, are not blood. Kosher Restaurants in New Haven Claire’s Corner Copia, kosher vegetarian. Call (203) 562-3888. clairescornercopia.com Edge of the Woods Market delivers. Call (203) 787-1055 or email eotwmdeliveries@gmail.com. Ladle…