BEKI combines an open, accepting environment with a traditional approach to worship and kashrut (keeping kosher). BEKI members organize and lead most services and activities.

New Haven CT 06515-1724 Office Manager Peggy Hackett Ext. 114 Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 President Russell Epstein Rabbi Eric Woodward Ext. 120 Ritual Committee …

The following year, it absorbed the shrinking Keser Israel, and the current congregation, Beth El–Keser Israel, known as “ BEKI,” was born. In Fall 1968, the synagogue boasted a membership of more than …

Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel ("BEKI") formed from the merger of Congregation Beth El (founded in 1892 as Bnai Israel) and Temple Keser Israel (founded in 1909).

The Posener Family Memorial Fund was established by BEKI Board Member George G. Posener to honor the blessed memory of his loved ones by maintaining the Synagogue building as a house of …

For years, BEKI was a host for Columbus House’s annual Abraham’s Tent project. In 2020, Columbus House awarded BEKI their John S. Martinez Community Service Award. BEKI volunteers prepare …

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Being called to the Torah for an aliyah at BEKI? Practice reading the blessings from the chart you will see on the reader’s table or listen to an audio file.

BEKI members, including Helene Sapadin and Susan Voigt, who will share some memories of organizing teachers for the 1975 New Haven Teacher’s Strike and Yale creating Local 34 for clerical …

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