- 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
…with well over three hundred member families. Most of our members live in New Haven, and one exciting trend is the large group of members who have moved to the neighborhood of Westville to be close to, even within walking distance, of the shul. Members also live in the downtown, East Rock, and Beaver Hills neighborhoods, as well as in numerous suburban towns. Some are rabbis and professors of Jewish studies; some are brand-new to Judaism. Opportu…
…erfaith Day of Service in August. On that day, volunteers from the Greater New Haven community gather on the New Haven Green to learn about community needs and head in various directions to complete projects, including preparing food for the hungry, stuffing personal care bags, restoring a Jewish cemetery, or cleaning up a shoreline. Collections Food drives are arranged at High Holy Days, before Pesach, and at other times of the year. Matanot L’ev…
…e to Jews of the Middle Ages.” Jewish Self-Government in the Middle Ages, (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1924) p. 70. Israel Abrahams, in his Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, (New York: Jewish Publication Society, 1896) p. 89, quotes Rabbenu Tam in a similar vein: “Rabbi Tam, in framing his regulation cited above, says of wife-beating: ‘This is a thing not done in Israel.’” However, Rabbenu Tam’s statement, echoed by many of his successors…
…n your pregnancy! Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel 85 Harrison Street | New Haven, Connecticut 06515 | www.beki.org This guide provides information about how BEKI can assist after your baby’s arrival. Setting a tentative plan weeks beforehand will be helpful for both you and BEKI. Please note that in order to use these services, you must be a member of our congregation. Synagogue membership is a way of throwing in your lot with our community an…
…n for stone tiles January 8, 2025 New wall above the ark December 18, 2024 New I-beam December 18, 2024 New room divider track November 27, 2024 Front walls disassembled November 27, 2024 Holes in the floor November 27, 2024 Ark letters removed November 20, 2024 Contractor disassembling bimah and ark November 17, 2024 Half the pews removed November 17, 2024 Volunteers taking out pews November 17, 2024 Volunteers removing scrolls October 2024 “Befo…
…battle. A new era was about to begin. New leadership was taking over, with new objectives and a new style-but the same core values and the same shared history. I’m not saying that I’m Joshua to Stephen Pincus’s Moses, but there is a modest parallel. What happens in the governance of a synagogue isn’t about any individual’s wishes or achievements. It’s about strengthening the community. It’s about balancing change and continuity, for the good of th…
…ed the Plymouth Church on Chapel Street and Sherman Avenue to serve as our new Temple and Synagogue Center. Louis Scherban and Goodwin D. Wolff assisted in the negotiations, Abraham Gubin, Samuel A. Smith and Louis Kasimir took over the heavy responsibility of the pew arrangements. Several of our families memorialized Windows and Classrooms in cherished memory of their departed ones. Martin Janow, David Ordansky, Milton Potash, Morris Oppenheim, F…
…en Ezra Academy Connecticut Jewish Ledger The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven Conservative – Masorti Institutions United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Cantor’s Assembly The Conservative Yeshiva Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs The Jewish Museum The Masorti Movement (Israel) Mercaz USA National Ramah Commission Ramah Programs in Israel Schechter…
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…rch 1, 2021, Rabbi stepped into the role of BEKI’s Interim Rabbi. While in New London, Rabbi Astor was president of the New London Clergy Association, a faculty member at Connecticut College, a member of the chaplaincy board and ethics committee at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, and a mohel. Rabbi Astor’s first pulpit was in Wayne, New Jersey, where he served for 7 years. His prior experience as an interim rabbi was in 2015-2016 at Shaarei Tikvah…
