The Congregation meeting of Sunday, June 11, offered a joyous beginning to the shul’s new Board of Directors which, with no opposition, was elected according to the bylaws of the shul with a single vote cast by Recording Secretary Joanna Paulsen. At the conclusion of the vote, outgoing president Judith K. Weiner turned over the agenda to the new president, Sara M. Bloom, who had been vice president for all three terms of her [...]

Among the graduation ceremonies that took place in June is one of noteworthy interest to our shul. On Wednesday, June 14, North Fork ParentChild+ held a ceremony that paid tribute to the families that had signed on to the program that, among other benefits, introduces literacy to the families and helps to prepare children for success in school. The invitation to the ceremony named and included the logo of Congregation Tifereth Israel as one of [...]

Charles Bogen Remembered; Ann Hurwitz Saluted On Her 90th Our shul ushered in the holiday of Shavuot on Thursday, May 25, with a gathering in Andrew Levin Park, where Ann Hurwitz’s grandson, Andrew, acknowledged his grandmother’s 90th birthday by planting a pear tree in her honor. Nestled near the southern property line of the park, where good soil and plenty of sunshine will nourish the tree, just as “my grandmother has nourished children’s thirst for [...]

“We Call It Whiskey,” a one-act comedy by shul member Chuck Simon, scored a big hit with the shul crowd and guests — online and in-person — when the play was performed in the community room on Sunday, June 11. From opening lines to the final “Lechayim,” it was a fun and talent-filled afternoon. Cast: top row, from left, Stephen Meshover, producer-director-playwright-actor Chuck Simon, Helaine Teperman; middle row, from left, Andrea Blaga, Adrianne Greenberg, Ron [...]

A stack of thank-you letters from Greenport High School students arrived at the shul recently. The students had visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City as the culmination of their social studies unit on the Holocaust, and donations to our shul’s Yellow Candle Project had largely financed the cost of the buses to transport 80 students to the museum. Four of the students Zoomed into a Shabbat service in May and talked [...]