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.

Victor Navasky

Victor W. Navasky, a journalist who for 276 years as either editor or publisher commanded the long-running left-leaning magazine The Nation, and who also wrote the book, Naming Names, a breakthrough chronicle of the Hollywood blacklisting era, died Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 90. The Nation, an influential voice for civil rights, free expression, progressive labor legislation, and anti-war opinion, also provided a forum for feminist voices. Mr. Navasky also published two widely praised [...]

Victor Navasky2023-02-02T10:31:27-05:00

Lunch and Learn: A Tu B’Shevat Seder

You are invited to join Rabbi Gadi for a special Lunch and Learn to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with a seder, direct from Israel. The holiday event will be held on Monday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m., on Zoom. Rabbi Gadi’s Tu B’Shevat seders are always a gorgeous sight to behold, a table laden with all manner of fruits and nuts including those native to Israel, such as olives, dates, grapes, figs and pomegranates. Enjoy [...]

Lunch and Learn: A Tu B’Shevat Seder2023-02-06T14:11:18-05:00

“Back to School”

It had been raining all day last Thursday, but nothing could wash away my excitement. It was my first day back on campus after nearly a decade. The precipitation made me feel like a fish returned to the water. When I started at CTI, I was about to finish a second master’s degree at the Jewish Theological Seminary, this time in Modern Jewish Studies. But things got busy, and I was unable to complete the [...]

“Back to School”2023-01-26T12:25:09-05:00

“Our Future Is You”

Are you an armchair pundit? Do you have ideas about ways to grow Congregation Tifereth Israel, expand our programs, increase our membership, and refresh our buildings and grounds? Do you have ideas for new initiatives? Would you like to lead or manage a new program or project? Or facilitate an expansion or renovation? Are you a new member with a fresh perspective, but reluctant to make your voice heard because you do not want to [...]

“Our Future Is You”2023-01-26T12:24:12-05:00

Casting Call

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU’RE CONSIDERING BEING PART OF THE READING OF - WE CALL IT WHISKEY, a one act comedy. There is an opportunity for thirteen people, including a narrator, six minor characters, and five larger roles. It is a reading, meaning, one doesn’t need to memorize parts. The characters are: Rabbi Miller, a meek somewhat withdrawn middle-aged man. Julie, an aggressive twenty-something woman of Scottish descent who has visions of grandeur. [...]

Casting Call2023-01-16T17:37:36-05:00

Letter from Stephan Brumberg

To the editors... The December issue of The Shofar offered a theme grounded in the world-wide presence of Jews. Starting with Rabbi Gadi’s beginnings in Israel and concluding with his citizenship ceremony in New York, The Shofar then offered the story of an Afghan synagogue, the Jews of Laramie, Wyoming, and a convocation of Chabad Rabbis living in 100 countries. Jews seem to know and main connections with Jews everywhere. Our history tells us there [...]

Letter from Stephan Brumberg2023-01-05T12:45:31-05:00

Hanukkah Arrived On Dec. 18, 2022, in Greenport, NY. It Was Perfect.

Jews throughout the world celebrated Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, at various hours on December 18, 2022, depending on the time zone. Monitoring from Greenport, New York, this reporter can document the arrival of Hanukkah precisely at 5 p.m. Eastern, in Mitchell Park, here in our quiet little maritime outpost on the east end of the North Fork of Long Island. It was here that the Village had set up the official menorah, adjacent to [...]

Hanukkah Arrived On Dec. 18, 2022, in Greenport, NY. It Was Perfect.2023-01-05T12:44:40-05:00

Lookie-Lookie: A Toy Drive Barrel On The Outside. Inside? All Filled Up

Maybe it was the fun of rhyming “Now is the time we should act, and put toys in a barrel unwrapped.” Ouch. Or maybe it was the cute photo with a reminder to support the Toy Drive. Whichever appealed to the sense of holiday giving, shul members responded in a big way. When the Tikkun Olam Initiative members opened the big red barrel placed near the office door (and sometimes by the ramp door), they [...]

Lookie-Lookie: A Toy Drive Barrel On The Outside. Inside? All Filled Up2023-01-05T12:42:02-05:00

Book Circle Reads Crime-Solving Whodunit As January Selection

In a crime scene that could have been conjured by Edgar Allen Poe himself, Manhattan Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper discovers it was, in fact, real — in this trail of clues conjured by real-life prosecutor Linda Fairstein, whose former life prepared her well as a writer of mystery novels. In Entombed, the writer challenges her readers to solve the gruesome case of the skeleton of a woman standing upright behind a brick wall. It’s [...]

Book Circle Reads Crime-Solving Whodunit As January Selection2023-04-20T13:50:42-04:00

Oculus: Eye On Art

This month’s Oculus column presents new drawings by Judith Kaufman Weiner, and the raison d’etre that guides the artist’s hand in a series she calls “From the Particular to the Universal.” The artist is a founding member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. “Drawings are often a window into the thinking process of an artist,” Judith Weiner said. “It can be the space for new discoveries, new ideas and, perhaps, unfettered adventure. Within a [...]

Oculus: Eye On Art2023-01-05T12:38:06-05:00

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