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.

CTI And Tikkun Olam Group Provide CAST Clients With Chickens

Veronica Kaliski, chair of the shul’s Tikkun Olam Group, told The Shofar that the annual donation of funds to provide chickens to CAST clients took place this year in time for Easter. In acknowledging the $300 contribution, Sarina Harley, CAST’s interim food relief program manager, thanked the group and the shul for generosity in time for Easter. “We are elated to have so much chicken to distribute to the CAST clients,” she wrote. “Chicken is [...]

CTI And Tikkun Olam Group Provide CAST Clients With Chickens2025-04-23T18:32:04-04:00

Passover Seder At The Shul: A Beautiful Table And A Beautiful Event

Our shul hosted a Second Seder on Sunday, April 13. The beautiful table setting invited participants into the community room, where Rabbi Gadi led the gathering through the dramatic Passover story of slavery in Egypt and the flight to freedom through the parted sea and 40 years in the desert to the land of Israel. Later that week, the shul hosted the annual Model Seder luncheon for GEM (Greenport Ecumenical Ministries) clergy and their parishioners. [...]

Passover Seder At The Shul: A Beautiful Table And A Beautiful Event2025-04-23T18:31:32-04:00

The Yellow Candle Project, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom

The Yellow Candle Project   A Holocaust Remembrance  Please join us today, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom,  when we will light our candles together in memory of the six million. Meeting ID: 230 626 645 Password: 955110 The Yellow Candle Project is a moving tribute to the six million. Each participating family will receive a yellow candle to be lighted at home, when all will join together on Zoom to share this solemn experience. Attached to [...]

The Yellow Candle Project, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom2025-04-24T14:07:54-04:00

Letter to GEM

The following letter to the editors was sent to the members of GEM (Greenport Ecumenical Ministries), and is reprinted here, with permission: Dear GEMs, On behalf of Congregation Tifereth Israel and myself, I extend our heartfelt condolences to our Catholic brothers and sisters on the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. His papacy has accompanied me through most of my rabbinic journey, and when I think of the role of the pope through a [...]

Letter to GEM2025-04-22T20:30:19-04:00

“For Such A Time As This”

The period between Purim and Passover, two festivals that are deeply intertwined, is a journey of connection to our innermost identity. Both tell stories of danger, courage, and redemption. On Purim, we wear masks; on Passover, we remove them.  We deflate not only our bread but our egos. We strip away the disguises we wear in exile. Between the two holidays, I’ve been immersed in reading Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s recent and compelling book, For Such a Time as [...]

“For Such A Time As This”2025-04-22T20:18:56-04:00

“Persistence”

From the north-facing windows of my apartment here at Peconic Landing, I look out at the daffodils that have pushed up through brown earth — earth still frozen hard from a cold winter inserting itself into spring with arduous reluctance to let go. Has it been ever thus, or am I just feeling the chill so much more this year? And yet, there they are — persistent, determined little bunches that add a burst of [...]

“Persistence”2025-04-22T18:44:09-04:00

Letter to the Editors from Judith K. Weiner

To the Editors: Yom HaShoah is almost upon us. On this day, we stop and we remember. Yom HaShoah follows Passover, which ironically celebrated the freedom and redemption of the Jewish people. But the enslavement of Jews is not in the past; it is also in the brutal and barbaric reality of the terror tunnels today in Gaza. I was there in Israel last June, in the city of Ashkelon, just 5 kilometers from Gaza, [...]

Letter to the Editors from Judith K. Weiner2025-04-22T18:43:09-04:00

Special Passover Service, Sunday morning, April 13, at 9:30

Please join us for a special hybrid service to usher in the Passover holiday. Sunday morning, April 13, at 9:30. Those registered for the Passover Seder at our shul will gather Sunday evening at 6 p.m. in the community room. Zissen Pesach to all.

Special Passover Service, Sunday morning, April 13, at 9:302025-04-10T20:28:11-04:00

Yellow candles are coming soon

Your Yellow Candle is on its way to you. Please check your mailbox or your front porch for the delivery, and plan to attend this meaningful North Fork memorial event. The Yellow Candle Project A Holocaust Remembrance  Please join us on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom,  when we will light our candles together in memory of the six million. Meeting ID: 230 626 645 Password: 955110 The Yellow Candle Project is a moving [...]

Yellow candles are coming soon2025-04-23T16:39:31-04:00

Visiting clergy this Saturday, April 5 

Rabbi Gadi and the Board of Directors of our shul invite you to join us this Saturday, April 5, at 9:30 a.m., to welcome Rabbi Batshir Torchio to our bimah. She will participate with Rabbi Gadi in portions of the Shabbat service.​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​Rabbi Batshir Torchio Rabbi Torchio is the sister and sister-in-law of shul members Dan and Nancy Torchio, and she will be visiting her family this weekend. She is a senior jewish educator [...]

Visiting clergy this Saturday, April 5 2025-04-09T23:41:43-04:00

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