- 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
…l from 1981 to 2013, retiring after 32 years as Rabbi Emeritus. On March 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 pr…
…n the news A Beaver Hills Sculptor Carves Through The Chaos, newhavenarts.org, Jan 10, 2022 Thou Shalt Go With The Flow, newhavenindependent.org, Dec 17, 2021 exhibition works are available for sale; click here to download price list…
…29 Oct Elm City Kallah Shabbaton w/Rabbi Ethan Tucker – Westville Synagogue October 29, 2021 6:15 pm – 10:00 pm Home Page Interior Page shabbaton 18×24 2021 More Info…
…& Glenn Levine We moved to Connecticut from the Boston area in September of 2021 to be closer to our children (Rozzie & Ben in New Haven and Avi & Arielle in Fairfield) and our grandchildren (Charlie, Shayna & Zoe). Shortly thereafter we were “recruited” by the Rodwin family, Charlie & Shayna and their parents, to join their shul—BEKI. We’ve always been a synagogue-centric family and miss the community we left behind in Needham, MA. It is so grati…
…30 Oct Elm City Kallah Shabbaton w/Rabbi Ethan Tucker – BEKI October 30, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Home Page Interior Page shabbaton 18×24 2021 More Info…
…26 May Carlos Eyzaguirre speaks about economic development in New Haven May 26, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page carlos eyzaguirre schmooze 2021 copy 3 More Info…
…16 Jun Juneteenth Schmooze June 16, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Juneteenth 2021 schmooze copy More Info…
…23 Dec The Bluegrass Characters & Kol Kahol December 23, 2021 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The annual bluegrass concert has returned! Kol Kahol and The Bluegrass Characters Revue will present “A Tribute to Phil Zimmerman and Stacy Phillips” at BEKI […] More Info…
…19 May Schmooze with Artist Yael Kanarek May 19, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Yael-Kanarkek-BEKI-May19-2021 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…
