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…14 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 14, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…March in Greater New Haven. On a rotating basis, volunteers from each host site provide shelter, meals, and fellowship from early evening through breakfast each day for one week. The program is named to remind us Abraham’s hospitality to strangers from the book of Genesis in the Bible. BEKI has participated in this outstanding initiative since the winter of 2010-11, working closely each year with our partners (and after all these years – our frien…
…ation Beth El-Keser Israel seeks to be a model urban institution and to promote good citizenship among its members. The community seeks to comply with the Biblical law of bal tashḥit, which prohibits destruction of the natural environment and wasting of resources. The congregation aims to put the conserve into Conservative Judaism. Building Renovations Increasing energy efficiency is a major goal of the ongoing building renovations at BEKI. Phase…
…wo years later, they purchased a house at 10 Rose Street (near the current site of Yale–New Haven Hospital), they built what became known as the Rose Street Shul. Dues were 10 cents per member household per week. In 1901, the group reorganized as “Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol B’nai Israel.” It was the largest traditional congregation in the area for many years. But in 1955, Mayor Richard C. Lee began a program of urban redevelopment—and his…
…the BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize. Safran-Hon’s art can be viewed on her website, www.naomisafranhon.com At BEKI, Two Artists Channel Visions Of Home, by Al Larriva-Latt Review of exhibitions by Suzanne Neusner and Naomi Safran-Hon Her work was reviewed by Seph Rodney for the New York Times in 2020; read the review at www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/arts/design/naomi-safran-han.html Three doors into my blue heart in pink and orange Prices on Request. Fo…
…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…
…ther rationale (see, for example my essay “Chews by Choice” on the BEKI website). As faithful as we want to be to the Torah laws and rabbinic regulations, it is clear that the rules of kashrut are not supposed to prevent observant Jews from eating with each other, or keep people from ever eating meat. They are not supposed to make eating twice as expensive for Jews, or make anyone wealthy. They are not intended to require rabbinic permission to dr…
…ge of the Woods plaza. You can see their menu at https://ladle-loaf.square.site. Ladle and Loaf also has a catering service, called The Gusto Kitchen, for dairy, vegetarian, pescatarian or meat events. Details at https://thegustokitchen.com. Fin and Scale, kosher sushi, in Westville Village at 920 Whalley Avenue. finandscalect.com NEW! Ricotta Pizza and Bakery, kosher dairy restaurant, 1203 Chapel Street (at former location of Four Flours bake sho…
…the people of the Torah. People who commit all these abominations near the site of the Temple should not be allowed near any Jewish holy site or object. Leaders and teachers of people who commit all these abominations should be officially forbidden from falsely using the title “rabbi.” Houses of study where people are allowed to collect dirty diapers for the purpose of throwing them on other people should be closed permanently and dispersed, and n…
…17 May Walk Against Hunger – Team BEKI May 17, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Walk Against Hunger – 2015 flyer Walk Against Hunger – Sunday, May 17. In support of the CT Food Bank. We’re getting a BEKI Team together […] More Info…