- 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
…sparency and accountability as we are today. Who gave what, and how was it used. And that’s how it should be. Donations should be used as promised, records should be kept, and there should be public accounting. Some members of the BEKI Board may feel burdened by the monthly financial reports that we review at every meeting, but it’s our obligation. All of the information is open to every member, should you be interested. You don’t have to be on th…
…tiated in the 1980s, continued to attract a diverse and loyal following. In 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 BEKI won Energy Star Awards and was designated an Energy Star Congregation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of the Department of Energy in recognition of its efforts at energy conservation. In 2001, the Congregation received the coveted Solomon Schechter Gold Award from the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism for its effort…
…tion of art in the synagogue, we are fortunate also to have some beautiful pictures of Moroccan synagogues displayed in the lobby. They were created by one of our prospective members, Cynthia Rubin, whose work is now being exhibited at the Paba Gallery on Chapel Street [in New Haven]. For those of you interested in seeing how other synagogues through the ages have expressed their desire for beauty in their sanctuaries and in the creation of Jewish…
…e updated with more events and pictures from our many events. Kadima Events 2019-2020 ddddddd Kadima Calendar October events: 13th: Kadima bowling 16th: Pizza in the hut November: 9th-10th: Kadima overnight movie night (Shabbat supper with Kadima/BRS then lead into sleepover) December: 15th: Latke making (USY and Kadima) 23rd-30th: Hanukkah January: 5th: Ice Skating 15th: food/coat drive to give to a homeless shelter (USY & Kadima) 19th: Service…
…or even the Manischewitz Concord (which, coincidentally, is the same wine used by many churches). Although there are important views widely held by the Jewish People, it would be difficult to pick out one single issue that we can claim as fundamental and universally held. “Support of Israel” comes close, but we have a very broad range of opinions as to what this “support” actually means. While our Rabbinical Assembly does issue little-read resolu…
…I was saved by the power of non-violence.”3 During World War II Abileah refused to join either the Hagana or the Jewish Brigade. At that time most employers would not hire a man who had not served in the army. Abileah was able to work in his father’s shop. After threats of physical violence by the Jewish military recruiters in Haifa, Abileah left town for a while. When one person died after being beaten by the recruiters in Haifa in 1944, the Brit…
…synthetically manufactured color called Prussian blue. The Chief Rabbi refused to believe that Rabbi Leiner would purposely mislead his students, so he decided to study the process used to create the dye. He discovered why the dye was inorganic. The process of creating the dye involved heating the squid ink to a very high temperature and then adding colorless iron filings. This produced the blue color. We now know that almost any organic substanc…
…in the text, in these first three instances, we’ve seen the word blessing used in ways that may seem contradictory: blessing as a prelude to fertility and increase – to p’ru urvu 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 H…
…nce 2000. It consists of conceptual art clothing, wall hangings, drawings, soft sculpture, and installation pieces. The work addresses the historical events of the Holocaust in layers of meaning and imagery, in the juxtaposition of fabric and design, and in the use of familiar symbolic images embedded as decorative elements. “All That Remains” will next be presented at the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA, in October 2020. The works in this…
…ers of Kafr Bir`im and Iqrit,” Journal of Palestine Studies, 2iv (1973), pp. 55-81. Other provisions of Ottoman and Mandate law, as well as other devices, were used to disposses Arab inhabitants of Palestine before and since 1948. © Jon-Jay Tilsen 2003…
