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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…rn, then surely Israel, like any society, has a right to define itself and protect itself from inundation by larger surrounding ethnic groups. Some “working groups” of Israelis and Palestinian Arabs have proposed that Palestinian Arabs can be mollified with some symbolic implementation of this “right of return.” Even the settler’s movement, in its plan to annex certain Palestinian populations and the land on which they reside, has acknowledged tha…
…le even though they may support the bill’s goals. Sometimes legislators compromise on a “package” of issues, or support a bill that is not optimal because it is just the best that they think is attainable. It is not fair to oversimplify the process – doing so is itself a poor way to influence public policy. I do think clergy can, and should, play a significant role in the development of public policy, and that our religious values should inform ou…
…ritories.31 At the same time, Yesh Gevul announced that 260 reservists had proclaimed that they would refuse to follow such orders.32 The previous week, four young soldiers had been prosecuted in military court for refusing to carry out orders to “beat Arab residents until their bones break.” They were acquitted.33 This development broadened the range of public — and politicized — forms of objection. Now, those with ethical or political objections…
…eipzig, ND, an egg candling operation in nearby Ashley, ND, and a clothing store in Iron Mountain, MI, to mention a few. He tried many businesses and he went broke many times. It wasn’t until 1938 — as he approached age 50 — when he went into the home building business in St. Paul, that he first achieved economic success. Grampa Ed and Gramma Esther were close to their siblings. During the 1930’s, they all lived in central Minnesota, from St. Paul…
…oroccan 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 art, there is a display of about a dozen books about synagogues and Jewish art on the t…
…ltural Council. Safran-Hon had solo exhibitions at Slag Gallery, New York, RX Gallery, Paris, Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, and Marfa Contemporary, Marfa, Texas, and group shows at the Haifa Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York. In 2020 Safran-Hon was a recipient of the BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize. Safran-Hon’s art can be viewed on her website, www.naomisafranhon.com At BEKI, Two Artists…
…Performance by: Yoni Hirshfeld https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/Song-1.mp4 Performance by: Jon Stone https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/Song-2.mp4…
…nteract, but they do retain the ability to communicate. This network, when properly balanced, produces highly cooperative clusters of interactions, and potential longer distance coordination. This is very similar to Jewish court systems in late medieval Europe. There was a network of individually operating courts throughout Europe in those times. Most of the communications between these courts occurred locally but the network, like the monkeys, ha…
…olam have been given new energy this year, thanks to Jennifer Botwick, and projects are in the works that will enable us fulfill the mitzva of giving to the broader community. Our Habitat for Humanity project will break ground in Newhallville in a couple of weeks. Talk to Darryl about signing up. All kinds of great ideas are waiting to be tried, including quite a few in the BEKI 2000 report that have not yet been done. Is there someone out there w…
…metz item before Passover is considered nullified due to its insignificant proportion. These covers are not available for items produced or acquired during the festival, so the items must be produced and acquired before mid-morning Erev Pesah when the hametz is nullified. Dear Rabbi, How clean is clean for Passover? I have spent two weeks cleaning, but no matter how much I clean, I can never be sure all the hametz is gone. Signed, Compulsive Kit…
