Eli Savit
Eli Savit, a progressive county prosecutor, won the Michigan Democratic Party’s nomination for attorney general at a recent convention.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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+ [...]
Book Circle Delves Into Three Generations Of A Flamboyant Family
(This is the June selection. No Book Circle meeting in May) The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, June 18, at 3:30 p.m. in the Andrew Levin Park garden at the synagogue, weather permitting. The June selection is Out of Egypt, a memoir by Andre Aciman. Here, the author introduces us to the eccentrics who shaped his life — Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, soldier, statesman and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and [...]
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 [...]
“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. [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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