Sir Ben Helfgott, one of only two Holocaust survivors to compete in the Olympics, survived Buchenwald and went on to become a sporting legend. He died on June 16 in Britain. He was 93. He was captain of the British weightlifting team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and in Rome in 1960. During the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff (1958), the survivor of the Buchenwald camp won a bronze medal [...]
Lisl Steiner, an Austrian-born American photographer, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker, died June 7 in Pound Ridge, NY. She was 95. Steiner was born to a Jewish family in Vienna in 1927. Shortly after Adolf Hitler annexed Austria, she and her family emigrated to Buenos Aires. In her 20s, she began working in documentary film, and helped produce some 50 documentaries for the foreign ministry of Argentina. Later, she went to work for a Brazilian magazine, [...]
Haim Roet, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a Dutch village, came up with the powerful idea to memorialize Jewish victims of the Nazis by intoning their names, died on May 22 at his home in Jerusalem. He was 90. Mr. Roet worked to spread the idea, and during the early 2000’s Yad Vashem and the Knesset made reading the names of victims an integral part of ceremonies on Yom HaShoah. “It is so [...]
As her three-year term as the president of our beloved CTI closes, I want to thank Judy Weiner, and express my deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation for her outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication throughout the time. Her steadfast commitment to the growth and prosperity of our synagogue have helped propel it into the future, especially during the challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the moment the pandemic struck, she swiftly pushed to implement [...]
Considering the many members of various shul constituencies graduating from somewhere and/or into something else, this current publication of The Shofar truly could be titled the moving-on issue. Some of the young adults in the shul family, having successfully completed the required studies from various levels of schooling, are graduating and taking well-deserved pride in that milestone of achievement. And some of our elementary school-aged folks may now be moving into the summer program [...]
The new session of 16 classes starts Monday, July 10 and ends on Thursday, August 31. Equipment needed: two pairs of weights, one heavy and one light: e.g., 5 lbs and 3 lbs, or 6 lbs and 4 lbs, also a mat. Please call Laurie 631-566-0526 to reserve a place in class.
Shalom! Congregation Tifereth Israel announces A new summer program Joyfully Jewish For children ages 5-10 Shabbat mornings, from 9:30-noon July 8, July 22, August 5, August 19 In our program, children can... Participate in the Torah service Learn the meaning of Shabbat and the holidays Hear the Bible stories that define our history Understand how Jewish values enrich our lives Discover the joys of being Jewish All accomplished in a spirit of active fun [...]
The June meeting of the Book Circle will be held in-person — to the delight of all participants — at the shul on Wednesday, the 28th, at 3 p.m. The selection is title The Marriage Box, a novel by Corie Adjmi, that considers the situation facing a Middle Eastern Jewish teenager, who accompanies her parents from a liberated life in New Orleans to an Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, where the search for [...]
With the shul opening to many more activities and events now, the Art Show mounted by the Judaism and Art group is becoming a major attraction. Members and friends who attended the official opening on Sunday afternoon, April 23, have returned for close-up views that may have been obstructed by the crowd at their initial visit. Now that activities surrounding Shavuot are inviting members and friends into the shul for events spanning three days [...]
To observe Lag Ba’Omer, Rabbi Gadi invited shul members to the parsonage on Monday, May 8, at nightfall, to enjoy refreshments, camaraderie, and a warm and welcoming bonfire he tended with Francis DuBois at a firepit on the rear property. And what a blaze it was! Lag Ba’Omer is a holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer, a Hebrew word for a specific measurement unit. Counting the Omer spans a 49-day period, beginning [...]
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