- 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
…or bat-mitzva? Signed, Davening to Know Dear Davening, At BEKI minors (pre-benei-mitzva youth) are allowed, indeed encouraged, to read Torah (with some exceptions and reservations). This is not the case in most communities because generally children do not know how to read Torah or because it is an honor reserved for adults, not as a matter of law but as social etiquette. There is no legal barrier to minors reading Torah or having an aliya (again…
…USY please contact Kadima Advisor bekibjkadima@gmail.com or Youth Commission Chair Rena Cheskis-Gold r.cheskis-gold@snet.net.…
…31 Jul Memorial for Shula Chernoff July 31, 2022 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Events Home Page Shulamith “Shula” Chernoff, a beloved BEKI member who died last spring, will be remembered at a memorial celebration on Sunday, July 31 at noon at […] More Info…
…24 Mar 20’s/30’s Havura Shabbat Dinner March 24, 2017 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Fri. 3/24/2017 — meet at 6 PM service at BEKI, 85 Harrison St., New Haven Dinner follows immediately after hosted by Rachel and Eric, […] More Info…
…31 Jul 20’s/30’s Havura Shabbat Dinner July 31, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Fri. 7/31/2015; meet at 6 PM service at BEKI, 85 Harrison St., New Haven; dinner follows after Hosted by: Ina, Jay and Tali, 25 Woodside […] More Info…
…to carry the effort to the finish. I also think we need to realize that day-to-day decisions we make, attitudes that we express, actions we take play a role in this effort. What decision do we make if we are asked to help make a men’s only Minyan in a shul with a mechizah separating the genders? That is a tough call when someone needs that Minyan to say kaddish, or that shul is where your cousin’s son’s bar-mitzvah celebration is occurring, becaus…
…ili, “Haver ‘Yesh Gevul’ nikla…,” Ha’aretz, 5 Jan. 1988, p. 1. 27. “Ahdu al-shab`an al-yahud…,” Al-Ittihad, 12 Jan. 1988, p. 1. Apparently, Lentsher had previously received a suspended sentence of 7 days. In a letter to his parents, Lentsher wrote: “I am not an oppressor…. My war is not with the Palestinians. My war is with the ruinous occupation.” 28. Lili Galili, “Ke-250 hevrei ‘Yesh Gevul’ hifginu bemahsom Araz,” Ha’aretz, 17 January 1988, p. 3…
…With The Flow, newhavenindependent.org, Dec 17, 2021 exhibition works are available for sale; click here to download price list…
…ently without a rabbi. The distance between the synagogues represented a 10- or 15-minute car ride. An “engagement” for one year was arranged during which Shabbat services were held in alternate buildings. Beth El-Keser Israel easily contained both groups for the High Holidays. The Orange group really wanted a synagogue in their own backyard and contemplated ultimate sale of the BEKI building and new construction in Orange. The “marriage” never oc…
…violations. Unfortunately, most of the CJLS papers promote sweeping and far-reaching approaches where a simple answer to a narrow question would have worked better. The approaches described in the papers are not really practical for us, do not represent solid halakhic positions, and do not satisfactorily address the tension between the radical change in our understanding of same-sex relationships in our social context, and the need for coherence,…
