- 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
…rehabilitates abandoned properties and sells them to partner families at no-profit, via 0%-interest mortgages. Circle of Faith – Circle of Faith is a partnership program between local churches and synagogues and Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven. The congregations jointly adopt a project, called the Covenant Build. The build is either a new construction or the rehabilitation of an abandoned, dilapidated house. The churches and synagogues s…
…ommunity leaders have warned him (`ein anu kofin et ha-ba`al liten la get u-le-hagbotah ketubata `ad she-yitru bo) … and when he receives the warning and he is made to wait under the observer, if the observer testifies that he repeated his violence we collect her alimony for her.23 Rashba seems to conclude similarly in one of his responsa.24 Moreover, Rabbenu Simha ben Shemuel, cited in many sources, states explicitly that the court may turn to ge…
…, decent society. Moreover, much of what is behind the rising wave of right-wing hate-radio is anti-semitism. Even when Jews are not the direct targets, we must object. As a multi-racial people, we must feel that any racist attack is a direct attack. We know that the causes of racism and ethnic hatred are very much the same as those of anti-semitism; even more, the cure is much the same. It has been observed that whereas Western Civilization speak…
…not a genuinely progressive system. Support of the Temple as envisioned by our Torah was on the basis of “from each according to their means.” It is for that reason that I applaud the efforts of those BEKI officers and members of the Board of Directors who are working to develop what is by Torah-values a more equitable set of expectations for supporting the shul through a scaled dues structure. This is not an issue that can be quickly and decisiv…
…ouise Elizabeth “Betty” Holden Stutz, brother Robert, daughter Eleanor, son-in-law Jeffrey Lowell and grandson Galen Frederick Lowell. In making this contribution, Eleanor explained that she wanted to express her gratitude for the blessings of life, love and wisdom that she received through her father, in recognition of God as the ultimate source of blessing. “I wanted to give something back,” she said. The acquisition of a new telephone system ha…
…he functions of the priests; that is to say, it deals with the tangible day-to-day reality of the Jewish religion while the Temple stood. The rest of the Torah has historical, philosophical, and legal interest to Jews of the Temple period, but VaYiqra, as a guidebook to sacrifice and the atonement of sin, contained an immediate, practical, concrete blueprint for how to get right with God. This was the owner’s manual of the Jewish way of being in t…
…look through the make-up and clothes and dye and see a naked, shivering run-of-the-mill girl who’s trapped in her mind, trying to get out of a contradiction in itself. Beverly Sills, an opera singer, once said, “A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn’t let them get her down.” I guess that’s why some people identify me as a pessimist and others consider me odd. I can swear and curse and disresp…
…ons, including one forthcoming at Petach Tikva Museum of Art. more information and images on the artist’s website https://www.doron-wolf.com…
…at https://outoftown.crownmarketonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-Delivery-Schedule_Final.pdf NEW! A Taste of Eden in Milford, with food prepared by Adam Heyman, delivers to New Haven, or you can pick up at Chabad of Milford at 15 Edgefield Ave. Adam publishes a Shabbat menu for each week (order by 7 pm Tuesday) and caters events also. Call (203) 684-6008 or email atasteofeden.kosher@gmail.com. Kosher Family / The Marketplace in Brooklyn…
…fairs. For large map see “http://www.passia.org/ palestine_facts/MAPS/ 1923-1948-british-mandate.html”. Notes 1 Abraham Granott, The Land System in Palestine — History and Structure, translated by M. Simon, (London) 1952, p. 87. 2 Granott, 1952, p. 88. 3 Granott, 1952, p. 87. 4 Granott, 1952, p. 90. 5 Granott, 1952, p. 88. Apparently Granott means the dominant form of productive land. 6 Robert H. Eisenman, Islamic Law in Palestine and Israel: A…
