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.

Unlikely Group Tended The Cemetery Of America’s Oldest Synagogue

Jewish Cemetery Preserved by Christians and Jews Newport, Rhode Island, had once been home to a thriving  Colonial Jewish community — also the home of Touro Synagogue, the nation’s oldest surviving Jewish house of worship. But after the Revolutionary War and the city’s economic decline, that community largely faded. Yet the cemetery and the synagogue building remained.             The Jewish burial ground dated to 1677. In 1822, Abraham Touro left money for the upkeep of [...]

Unlikely Group Tended The Cemetery Of America’s Oldest Synagogue2026-04-29T12:05:51-04:00

Random Reads

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück, Lynne Olson The true story of how an intrepid band of Frenchwomen resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s all-female concentration camp. They risked death for any infraction, but that did not stop them from defying the SS at every turn. A Fool’s Kabbalah, Steve Stern In the ruins of postwar Europe, the world’s leading expert on the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism goes on a hair-raising journey to recover sacred books stolen [...]

Random Reads2026-05-08T11:08:19-04:00

What Is Our Tikkun Olam Group All About? The Shofar Asked… 

The Tikkun Olam Initiative is celebrating its 5th anniversary. We are dedicated to the concept to heal the world by creating and nurturing relationships with not-for-profits that improve the lives of individuals and families in Southold Town and its environs.             Over the years, we have supported CAST by collecting school supplies each August, Cans For CAST during the High Holidays, toys in December, and donating bilingual books to preschool graduates of the Parent-Child+ [...]

What Is Our Tikkun Olam Group All About? The Shofar Asked… 2026-04-29T11:55:33-04:00

Members, Relatives, Friends Gather For The First-Night Passover Seder

The shopping and chopping, the slicing and dicing were done. The table was set and re-set three times to accommodate last-minute guests. When everyone was seated, the president welcomed everyone to our shul and turned over the evening’s observance of Passover to shul member Rabbi Suzan Lipson, who led the gathering through the story of the exodus from Egypt and the journey from slavery to freedom. We dined on traditional Seder foods, read the dramatic [...]

Members, Relatives, Friends Gather For The First-Night Passover Seder2026-04-29T11:44:03-04:00

“Spring: Looking Ahead, Looking Back.”

Dear members and friends, Spring weather at last. The calendar kept telling me it was spring, so why was I feeling so chilled, still dragging out the corduroys and sweaters every morning? And then, I looked away, only for a moment, and Shazam! Spring.             More than any other season of the year, spring holds promise — the promise of renewal, rebirth and the certainty that goodness will follow even the most difficult of times. [...]

“Spring: Looking Ahead, Looking Back.”2026-04-29T11:41:03-04:00

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 [...]

Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff, Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m.2026-05-08T11:04:11-04:00

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 [...]

Shavuot event, Thursday Mat 21 at 7:30 p.m.2026-05-26T21:33:54-04:00

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 Shanghai2026-04-29T12:23:06-04:00

“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

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