About Tifereth Israel Greenport

Congregation Tifereth Israel is a Historic Synagogue on the North Fork in Greenport. It is an egalitarian, inclusive, Conservative synagogue committed to strengthening Jewish values, learning and spiritual well-being as well as building a close, warm and supportive community for all who wish to join.

Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff, Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m.

You Are Invited... ...to a Shabbat Dinner Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m., in the community room of our shul as guests of the Board of Directors Joining us at the dinner and for Shabbat services on  Friday evening, May 1, and Saturday morning, May 2 is Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff For 19 years, Rabbi Wolkoff has served as spiritual leader of Congregation B’Nai Tikvah in North Brunswick, NJ., where he helped to grow the [...]

Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff, Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m.2026-04-21T21:34:17-04:00

CTI Election Process 2026

The election of officers and members at large for the year beginning July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 will be held in June. Click here to view the document outlining the election process. We look forward to your participation. The Board of Directors Congregation Tifereth Israel

CTI Election Process 20262026-04-21T21:43:08-04:00

Shavuot event, Thursday Mat 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Plan To Join Us For Shavout — The Third Festival Of "The Big Three" Dear members and friends, Shavuot begins Thursday evening, May 21. This festival is one of the so-called Big Three: Sukkot is the Harvest; Pesach is the festival of freedom, and Shavuot is the time of the giving of the Ten Commandments, or to say it another way, the time when we receive Divine Law. It is customary for people to gather [...]

Shavuot event, Thursday Mat 21 at 7:30 p.m.2026-04-15T19:46:48-04:00

Book Circle Explores Story of Jewish Refugees Who Fled To Shanghai

In the gripping historical novel, The Song of the Jade Lily, Kirsty Manning weaves together little-known threads of WWII history, family secrets, the past and the present. In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai and form a friendship. But the realities of war prove to be too much , and they are torn apart. In 1916, the granddaughter of Romy, one of the young girls, learns about family secrets kept hidden for half [...]

Book Circle Explores Story of Jewish Refugees Who Fled To Shanghai2026-04-15T18:50:47-04:00

“A Keystroke Brings Joy”

Dear members and friends,   I am not a rabbi. At times like this, I wish I had at hand the depth of a Rabbi’s holy insight and the eloquence of a Rabbi’s spiritual vocabulary. With those special gifts, the better to express the joy and gratitude I feel at this moment, thoughts bestowed upon me by a simple act — a keystroke on my computer. Those of you who attend Saturday morning services may [...]

“A Keystroke Brings Joy”2026-04-14T18:22:32-04:00

This 12-Year-Old Is Enchanting People With Her Yiddish Singing

Dinah Slepovitch. Photo by Zisl Slepovitch By Jennifer A. Stern In summer 2020, when the world was in lockdown, I couldn’t stop watching a video that featured two young children — Dinah Slepovitch and Pinya Minkin — singing a Yiddish folk song about eating potatoes every day. The song felt a lot like life during COVID-19, even as it evoked what poor Eastern European Jews often ate in the past. I was enchanted. The Yiddish language was still relatively new [...]

This 12-Year-Old Is Enchanting People With Her Yiddish Singing2026-04-04T20:07:09-04:00

Jewish Leaders In Limerick Celebrate Gift Of Four Torah Scrolls

The corridors of Limerick’s Istabraq Hall rang out with the sounds of Hebrew prayer on a recent Shabbat to celebrate the gift of four Torah scrolls, which will serve the Irish Jewish communities outside of Dublin. The scrolls, gifted by Congregation Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill, MA, have their own extensive history: three were scribed in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, and the fourth in Israel in the 1950s. The Temple is merging with another congregation, [...]

Jewish Leaders In Limerick Celebrate Gift Of Four Torah Scrolls2026-04-04T20:04:52-04:00

Yiddish Street Signs Debut In Berlin; Yiddish Script With Explanations

On March 11, permanent street markers were installed in the Scheunenviertel (Barn Quarter) to mark the approximately 50 years when Yiddish was the main language there. At the end of the 19th century, many Eastern European Jews, planning to emigrate to North America, got stuck in Berlin, trying to collect enough money or get papers for their ship journey. As a result, the area, and especially the Grenadierstrafe, became a bustling Jewish street, with many [...]

Yiddish Street Signs Debut In Berlin; Yiddish Script With Explanations2026-04-04T20:03:34-04:00

 A Shooting and Vehicle-Ramming Attack At A Michigan Synagogue

On March 12, a shooting and vehicle-ramming attack occurred at Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. A male suspect rammed his pickup truck into the front entrance of the synagogue, drove through the doors and down the hall, and reportedly opened fire. Police said that the suspect was killed in an exchange of fire with armed security personnel. The vehicle caught fire, possibly from something flammable inside. One security guard was [...]

 A Shooting and Vehicle-Ramming Attack At A Michigan Synagogue2026-04-04T20:03:02-04:00
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