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…advantages served as the inspiration for my Bar Mitzva project, that is to install 6,000 watts of photovoltaic solar cells [at BEKI]. The panels will be installed in late April [2006]. Just as Yitro saw a flawed system, and suggested to Moshe a better alternative, so must we recognize the inadequacy of our current electrical system and do something about it. Thank you friends and family for being here and sharing this day with me. Shabbat Shalom….
…es “Remove yourselves from this community And I will annihilate them in an instant.” They fall on their faces, But there’s no negotiating this time. The Torah doesn’t tell us why. Did they fear G-d’s anger? Did they know negotiations would fail? Did they know there was no time for negotiations? Instead of bargaining, They huddle, brother to brother: Moses tells Aaron to take his fire pan, Fill it with fire from the altar and incense, And make aton…
…son shows both in the U.S. and in Israel, including “The Eden Trilogy”, an installation in oil pastel first exhibited at the Artist’s House in Jerusalem. Klein is also well known for her work in fabric” painting, dying and constructing clothing and Judaic pieces. She constructs garments and objects of hand-dyed, airbrushed, silk-screened, and embellished fabrics to address her perspective on Judaic themes. Objects, wire, machine embroidery, photo-…
…ee itself. We plan to kick off this campaign in conjunction with the Rabbi Installation ceremony at the end of March. Rabbi Eric is excited about the redesign, and his installation will be an inspiration to bring it about. For more information, Government grant: The new federal infrastructure bill includes $50 million for houses of worship to replace their aging HVAC systems. The grant provides up to $200,000 per house of worship. BEKI intends to…
…er as anyone, and I suppose I am as bad as the average person. But in this instance there were no grounds whatever for the charges made against me. As far as I could tell, in this instance, I had never said, done or wished any harm to this person; I felt no malice. Worse, I really could not understand why or how the outlandish charges could be made. A good friend explained it to me: “People who are conniving, deceitful and scheming believe that ot…
…, ze me-ze. You have all taken upon yourselves the yoke of the heavenly kingdom, accepting it from one another. I love you all. See also Parashat Huqat-Balaq by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat VaEthanan — Installation of Officers by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat Ki Tetse by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat Sheqalim 5765 by Gila Reinstein Email Gila Reinstein at gila.reinstein@yale.edu…
…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…
…23 Jun BEKI Art Committee – Scan/Photo Session June 23, 2021 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Scan/ photo shoot session of photographs & paintings that are not install-ready (for small photos, paintings that cannot be loaned) Appointments: beki.photos@gmail.com More Info…
…eligious tradition repeatedly forbids us from oppressing the stranger. For instance, Leviticus 19:34 commands us, ‘The strangers who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.’ And Exodus, ‘And you shall not wrong a stranger, neither shall you oppress them; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.’ It is a betrayal of Jewish history and our own Jewish valu…
…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 Donation for photographs reproduced by BEKI volunteers: Larger Print with frame $18 Smaller Print w…