- 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
…te and soapstone. He studied fine art at University of Maryland and kept a day job as photo editor and informational graphics reporter at the Houston Chronicle for nearly 30 years. Oren is a direct carver of stone. He begins carving without preconception, maquette or plan — letting the stone initially dictate its form. After the stone is roughly carved, “the rock reveals its images hidden inside,” said Oren, “It’s nothing cosmic. It’s like seeing…
…05 Sep Alternative Selichot Service “Reflecting On Our Years” (Zoom) September 5, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Rabbi Woodward will lead an Alternative Selichot Service: “Reflecting On Our Years” on Sunday, September 5 at 8 pm (Zoom). Join Rabbi Woodward for a […] More Info…
…22 Apr Matzah Baking April 22, 2016 11:30 am – 1:15 pm Home Page Interior Page Baking מצת מצוה matzat mitzva, the matzah to be used for the fulfillment of the requirement to eat unleavened bread at the Pesah seder, can be done […] More Info…
…21 Sep Promises, Promises: How Kol Nidrei Got Its Groove with Rachel Adelstein September 21, 2019 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm Home Page Interior Page The opening phrase of “Kol Nidrei” is one of the most famous sounds in the Jewish musical repertoire, performed every year by cantors, choirs, cellists, […] More Info…
…read that after this interchange, they talked with each other. In all the years that had gone by without contact with his brothers, Joseph’s feeling of grievance and anger never changed. Not until they talked to each other was there a possibility of reconciliation. But it is also true that once they started talking, it still took a few years for them to come to a stable resolution. Time heals, but it takes time for the healing to occur. Perhaps w…
…26 Nov No afternoon/evening services November 26, 2015 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Home Page No afternoon/evening services are held on Thanksgiving Day. More Info…
…e in the US hunt, killing over 100 million animals each year. In a typical year, several hundred people are killed and 1,500 are injured by hunters in this country. Hunting is a significant and celebrated part of American culture. Whether he’s a Davey Crockett or a Buffalo Bill, a real man has a dead animal’s head on his wall. Jewish culture & law, however, take a different view of hunting. The “Great Hunters” of the Bible are viewed by the Sages…
…28 Sep Minha Service (Outdoor or Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 28, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:10 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…, a very complex distribution network. The way it operates is by a certain number of power plants producing energy, usually by burning fossil fuels, and then feeding it into the massive grid of electrical power lines. I think this is quite similar to the societal structure of the monkeys and the medieval Jewish court system, in that the majority of interactions, or in this case, power transmissions, are local, but the network is able to transmit p…
…950] we fully expect to be 400 strong. It is fitting to recall the devoted service which was given to the Synagogue during the so-called Foote Street years when the following gentlemen served one after another as presidents of Keser Israel: Samuel Kaletsky, Hyman Avrutin, Harry Zemelsky, Philip Halperin, Hyman Alenier, Joseph Calechman, Max Kasden, Jacob Goldberg. These have departed from this life in due course but their memory lingers on with us…
