- 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
…12 Jun Drive-by Food Drive June 12, 2022 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page BEKI will hold a food collection from 10 to 11 am on Sunday, June 12. This is Westville’s annual Giveaway Day (in which people put […] More Info…
…unds, George made significant additional contributions. These funds will support our community and memorialize the Posener name in perpetuity. Whatismore, George has named the Congregation and its religious school as a major beneficiary in his estate planning. George has consented to letting this be known to the Congregation in order to encourage others to follow his lead. In these ways, George has provided for the Congregation in the past, presen…
…that many Jews live in places where the only way to get to shul–not the shopping mall, not the laundry, not the movies–was to drive, and since their spiritual health and identity as Jews may have depended on their coming to shul, we should not object if they drive directly to and from shul, on condition that they make no stops on the way. In places where Jews (of all affiliations) were already driving to shul it seemed hypocritical to rope off the…
…29 Oct 20’s/30’s Havura Garden Tour October 29, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Home Page Tour Yale’s Marsh Botanical Garden, Sunday 10/29: This little hidden gem is open to the public for free, with free tours on the last Sunday of each […] More Info…
…codes, based on the Talmud (and in this case also the Jerusalem Talmud), apply the halakhic rule of “trei qalei la mishtamei — two voices are unintelligible” to the issue of joint aliya. As a legal category, this rule means that were two or more voices to join in reciting the blessing or reading Torah, it “wouldn’t count” as a proper reading. Calling up more than one person simultaneously might also violate the rule against berakha le-vatela, a b…
…ception and Conversation with the Artist rsvp here Exhibition viewed by appointment only Contact office@beki.org The Letter, painting by Doron Wolf The history of art invades and merges with private life in the paintings of Doron Wolf, which explore contemporary spaces of domesticity through the lens of timeless masterpieces of art history. Each work is a composite of several images, some of them taken from life and others sourced online. Some…
…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…
…16 Jan Tu Bishvat Seder via Zoom January 16, 2022 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Tu Bishvat Seder: An online celebration of the New Year for Trees on Sunday, Jan. 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. To fully participate, have […] More Info…
…our connection to God. That’s why I was excited when president Yaron Lew approached me about the plan to redesign the sanctuary at BEKI. We have the chance to actually model our sanctuary on our relationship with the divine and our connections with each other. One of the big changes to Jewish life that happened in twentieth-century America was that synagogues adopted the architecture of Protestant churches, with a front-to-back hierarchy. The rab…
…12 Mar Purim Seuda March 12, 2017 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Home Page Interior Page purimseuda2017 flyer UPDATED LOWER PRICE $2 SUBSIDY PER PERSON More Info…
