- 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
…d experience.” Watch Bruce’s video of the making of his Moshe marble sculpture Read reviews of Bruce Oren’s show in 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…
…ph may even harbor a distant hope of reconciling with his brothers. I think, too, he may want to come to terms with his own role in the events of that awful afternoon many years ago. So he faces a complex problem. Shall he just tell them who he is and forgive them? No, he could not be ready for that. Shall he pretend he doesn’t know them and treat them like anyone other supplicant? Shall he exact vengeance on them for what they did to him? I think…
…Committee on Jewish Law and Standards endorsed two papers in December (2006), one of which finds that Gay and Lesbian Jews may celebrate civil unions with the blessing of Jewish law and may serve as rabbis in the Conservative Movement. The other paper affirms the Biblical ban on homosexual acts, provides a basis for excluding “avowed” homosexuals from the rabbinate, and does not allow for any ceremonial or legal recognition of same-sex couples und…
…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 plans included placing the mul…
…Public Safety, as well as our partners at the Secure Community Network (SCN), who have been monitoring this situation carefully. “As rabbis, cantors, and Jewish communal leaders, we stand firmly with the Texas Jewish community and must ensure that Jews are able to worship freely, safely, and never in fear. We pray for a peaceful resolution to this conflict and especially for the safety of those trapped inside the synagogue, as well as all those en…
…_______________________ Leo Roth b. Galicia, Austria-Hunagary (Poland) 1914, d. 2002 Kibbutz Afkim, Israel Untitled hand colored lithograph $240 ____________________________________ Deborah Joy New Haven Yom Kippur Service print, about 2010 NFS ____________________________________ Blowing the Shofar Unidentified Framed Poster $35 ____________________________________ Center Wall Judith Aamidor b. Zambrow, Poland 1917, d. Bloomington Indiana 2009 Ra…
…sent and planned. During Jordanian rule of Judea & Samaria (the “West Bank”), the population of that region shrank. During the 42 years of Israeli rule, the Arab population has grown dramatically. More Palestinian Arabs have been killed by Arabs (mostly by other Arab residents of Palestine, but also in other countries) than by Israelis. Most of the Arabs killed by Israelis in this period were engaged in violent armed actions at the time of their d…
…ven and by Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel (BEKI). BEKI has taken a lead regionally in programs for adults and children with special needs. In 1994, the Congregation became the first in our region to offer a Special Education Hebrew School, the Talmud Torah Meyuhad, which it founded as part of its religious school. Additional support for special education for youth at BEKI is provided by the The Borick Family Endownment for Special Education f…
…evine Memorial Fund $100+ BEKI Endowment Fund to support BEKI programs $100+ Ben & Ruth Marks Endowment $100+ David & Lillian Levine Endowment for People with Special Needs $100+ Eric I.B. Beller Fund for the Environment $100+ George G. & Leah Posener Break-Fast Fund $50+ George G. Posener Family Memorial Building Fund $100+ Jon-Jay Tilsen Endowment for the Benefit of BEKI $18+ Leah E. Posener & Betty D. Zelen Memorial Fund for Sisterhood $100+ Le…
…’ permission: This week’s Torah portion, parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89), provides a wonderful example of halakhic development that I would like to share. Tradition teaches that the Torah contains 613 mitzvot. Not merely good deeds, but laws; not suggestions, but the obligations we call The Commandments. Many of these laws regulate the ceremonies of the tabernacle and Temple, and therefore are no longer observed. Others apply only in the land…
