As the High Holidays end and the experiences of davening in shul on the holiest of days remain with us, I think we are all more acutely aware of who we are as Jews, of our relationship with God, and the very essence of our souls.

During the holidays, when we looked around our community room and at the video screen, we witnessed the power of community within our spiritual home. We were praying in a hybrid service in a home we created with our faith in what we can accomplish working together.

For it is that faith that binds us as a community. It is the intangible treasure of the soul and spirit. I am proud of who we are. I am proud to be a part of what we are accomplishing spiritually and educationally through our great programs: the award-winning Shofar, Lunch and Learn, history classes, Hebrew classes, Judaism and Art, Shul Schmooze, Tikkun Olam Initiative, Yellow Candle Project…and our newest plan to begin a kids Hebrew School.

But we all know that it is funding that makes that world go ‘round. So if you have not already contributed, I am asking you to please donate to the High Holiday Matching Gift Campaign.

This year the shul will match your High Holiday gift 2:1. And we can do it because we have the funds to do it. In 2022, our Leadership Donors set the pace and led the way with gifts of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500.

Now the shul needs YOUR support. Please mail your check to P.O. Box 659, Greenport, NY 11944, or donate online by clicking here. https://tiferethisraelgreenport.org/donate/

It is faith that binds us when we are united as one people, as one community. Your gift today will shape the future of the shul tomorrow.

Please be as generous as you can.

—Judith K. Weiner