- 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
…this year, several students mastered most of the services for Shabbat and weekday. A large contingent of 18 BEKI youth will attend Camp Ramah this summer. One in twenty-five campers is a BEKI member! BEKI has the largest Ramah contingent in Connecticut and the largest contingent proportional to membership. Thanks to the support of generous members, we were able to provide enough scholarship support to help a few kids attend Ramah who would not ot…
…ory language of our Torah text reads as follows: You shall count off seven weeks of years – seven times seven years – so that the period of seven weeks of years gives you a total of forty-nine years. Then you shall sound the horn loud; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month – the Day of Atonement – you shall have the horn sounded throughout your land and you shall hallow the fiftieth year. You shall proclaim liberty (deror, “release”)…
…ning Service 23 Apr 24 Events on April 24, 2024 24 Apr Office Closed 24 Apr 24 24 Apr Shacharit, Hallel, Musaf (in-person) 24 Apr 24 24 Apr No BINA 24 Apr 24 24 Apr No Evening Service 24 Apr 24 Events on April 25, 2024 25 Apr In-person & Zoom Service 25 Apr 24 25 Apr Torah Study 25 Apr 24 25 Apr In-person & Zoom Service 25 Apr 24 Events on April 26, 2024 26 Apr In-person & Zoom Service 26 Apr 24 26 Apr Kabbalat Shabbat 26 Apr 24 Events on April 27…
…the School” program, also known as the “Snow Day” program, will meet on Friday 24 December 1999 from 8:00a to 2:30p in the Claire Goodwin Children’s Room. The KISS program offers a fun-filled Judaic program for elementary-school aged children on a day when Ezra Academy and public schools are closed for conferences and holidays when parents may have to work. Space is limited. Call Anne Johnston at 389-2108 x33 or email her at ajohnsto@connix.com to…
…, tradition is paramount. A New Haven shul preps for a return to High Holy Day services — but first, some ‘emotional processing, jewishledger.com, August 30, 2021 High Holiday services were supposed to be “normal” this year – held inside synagogue sanctuaries with maskless congregants thankful for the near end of the Covid-19 pandemic. But now with the Delta Variant and a rise in new Covid cases, some synagogues are still deciding whether to hold…
…re we come to the month of Nisan; in fact Rosh Hodesh Nisan will be on Tuesday, this week. I would like to begin with a look at part of the haftarah for this special Shabbat, one of four special Shabbats which precede the holiday of Passover. Mostly this haftarah concerns commandments for special sacrifices and rituals relating to the new moon and Passover. But at the very end of the haftarah, which is from Ezekiel, it is written in 46:16, “Thus s…
…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. Al-ittihad of 19 January 1988 carried two large photographs and two stories on the demonstrations (pp. 7-8). 29. Nitza…
…i Atseret-Simhat Torah, Passover, Shavuot). Informational recordings, voice-mail messaging and fax reception available 24-hours….
…mitzva plans were in full swing, we had always kibbitzed with Marv at Saturday services. Marv requested an invitation to Matt’s big day; of course we granted his request. The big day came and you would think we were related. He gave Matt a very generous gift and never failed to ask about sonny boy. I would see Marv at Stop and Shop and beyond the jokes we would talk about his health, medical issues and of course Matthew. I will miss him. BEKI Pres…
…roduced on its own roof-top arrays. The breadth and quality of Shabbat and weekday programs for children and youth expanded, as the number of minors in the Congregation grew from under 70 in 1994 to over 225 a decade later. A typical Shabbat morning includes simultaneous programs or services for children and youth, as well as youth participating in the main service and Shabbat Shalom Torah Study. George G. Posener with Leah z”l A significant gift…
