- 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
…enced members. The liturgy is the standard Conservative Ashkenazi Hebrew siddur as represented by Mahzor Lev Shalem and is supplemented with English readings and rabbinic commentary. Doors open 20 minutes before scheduled service times. The building is accessible to those using wheelchairs and with limited mobility by entering through the front main doors on Harrison Street or through the East Entrance from the parking area via a sloped sidewalk o…
…enced members. The liturgy is the standard Conservative Ashkenazi Hebrew siddur as represented by Mahzor Lev Shalem and is supplemented with English readings and rabbinic commentary. Doors open 20 minutes before scheduled service times. The building is accessible to those using wheelchairs and with limited mobility by entering through the front main doors on Harrison Street or through the East Entrance from the parking area via a sloped sidewalk o…
…27 Jul Sanctuary Redesign: Accommodating the Needs of Those with Neurodiverse Needs (Zoom) July 27, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Events Home Page Interior Page A Sanctuary for All: The Sanctuary Redesign Committee is dedicated to creating a welcoming and accessible space for all. We want your help in thinking […] More Info…
…rning from 11:00a to 11:45a in the Claire Goodwin Youth Room. Designed to address the spiritual and social needs of preschool children, the Ḥavura meets concurrently with K-2 Kehila, Junior Congregation, and the main Sabbath service. K-2 Kehila is run cooperatively by talented and dedicated parents and grandparents. If you are interested in learning more about the BEKI Children’s Shabbat Ḥavura, come any Shabbat (Saturday) morning at 11:00a and se…
…at effort, for I do not want to repeat myself or imitate anybody else. An additional challenge is choosing colors and manipulating fabric. Creating a work of art with lasting visual impact is what propels me to work. A graduate of the Tyler School of Fine Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia, Neusner also studied at the atelier of William Hayter in Paris and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where she lived for several years. H…
…20 Mar 20’s/30’s Havura Walk at Silver Sands State Park March 20, 2016 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Sunday 3/20/2016 – if you want a ride with us, meet at 1:30pm at 281 West Elm St., New Haven; otherwise meet up with us […] More Info…
For today’s services, a number of congregants have added touches of beauty to the synagogue and the services. In my Devar Torah, I would like examine the place of beauty and art in the Sanctuary. The sanctuary is a place where we pray together, where we venerate the wisdom of the Torah, where we tell stories that celebrate our shared past. It is also a place where our spirits and our community can be invigorated, nourished, and rested. It is a sa…
…eces are abstractions focusing on merging a verity of materials such as wood, rice paper, paper, fur, metal and shells. Combining contrasting materials, the fragile and the strong, mass and no mass, allows for a complex relationship within each piece. Unifying the material is an essential part of unified the content. About the Artist: Anna Broell Bresnick has exhibited her work numerous museums including the de Cordova Museum, Berkshire Museum, LA…
…clothing and Judaic pieces. She constructs garments and objects of hand-dyed, airbrushed, silk-screened, and embellished fabrics to address her perspective on Judaic themes. Objects, wire, machine embroidery, photo-transfer and other complex cloth techniques conceptually allude to ideas, messages and symbols. Klein’s touring exhibition, “All That Remains: A Holocaust Exhibition in Fiber”, is a fiber arts exhibit on the theme of the Holocaust. Thi…
…construct a “place”— a resemblance of a landscape, both actual and imagined, that aim to present an idea of land that is composed of multiple layers. These layers include the cycle of life and death, ancestry of the land, and a connection between society, history, and geology. I focus not only on land’s physical “being” — the form, texture, and feel, along with the process by which it forms, moves, and erodes—but also land as a source of emotiona…
