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.

Since 2005, January 27 Marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In November 2005, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to assign January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day that marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the most infamous and deadliest concentration camps of the Holocaust. The date serves as a day to honor the victims of Nazism and promote Holocaust education throughout the world. U.N. Resolution 60/7 strictly rejects any form of Holocaust denial, encourages member states to preserve sites [...]

Since 2005, January 27 Marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day2025-01-02T19:31:52-05:00

Israeli Artist Zeev Engelmayer’s Project: Emotional Response To Oct. 7

Israeli artist Zeev Engelmayer’s “Daily Postcard” project lays bare his emotional response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack. Since then, Engelmayer has drawn more than 300 images — some evoking despair and isolation, longing and grief, yet the vibrant colors and childlike figures spark a measure of joy and beauty. “I decided to center on hope,” he said, “that something beautiful could be born of something so brutal.” His “Pastoral Kibbutz,” pictured, a folk-like [...]

Israeli Artist Zeev Engelmayer’s Project: Emotional Response To Oct. 72025-01-02T19:30:48-05:00

Whew! Hurricane Season 2024 Gone At Last. But How About 2025?

Happy New Year. Welcome to 2025, and the revelation of vital statistics that describe the past year’s weather and what we can expect about the year ahead. Your Shofar editor, a true weather junkie, who notes temperature highs and lows, rainfall, snowfall, wind gusts and other climate facts of only passing interest to most of the western world, has listed as favorites the websites of the World Meteorological Organization and the National Hurricane Center. And [...]

Whew! Hurricane Season 2024 Gone At Last. But How About 2025?2025-01-02T19:29:37-05:00

Standing Room Only At Peconic Landing Menorah Lighting Ceremony

Rabbi Gadi led a standing-room-only gathering of Peconic Landing residents to usher in the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 25. More than 50 members of the facility’s Jewish population plus other interested residents, and even members of our shul who had heard about the event, turned out to be a part of one of the first Hanukkah events in recent memory  to be held at the facility. As a Christmas tree glistened in the [...]

Standing Room Only At Peconic Landing Menorah Lighting Ceremony2025-01-02T19:28:45-05:00

Tikkun Olam Group Thanks Members And Friends For Their Generosity

Once again, our shul has shown its generous spirit by filling the big red barrel with toys and games and fun crafts for kids. All was delivered to CAST in time for gift-giving and fun times for kids at Christmas. CAST clients were most grateful, said Veronica Kaliski, chair of the Tikkun Olam committee at our shul, the group that responds to those in need on behalf of the shul. Among other initiatives, the group [...]

Tikkun Olam Group Thanks Members And Friends For Their Generosity2025-01-02T19:27:26-05:00

Book Circle Explores Drama Surrounding John Singer-Sargent’s Portraits Of The Wertheimer Family

The Book Circle will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., on Zoom to discuss Jean Strouse’s A Family Romance.           The story captures the drama, mystery and intrigue surrounding John Singer Sargent’s 12 portraits of the Wertheimer family. Asher Wertheimer, an eminent London art dealer bequeathed the portraits to the National Gallery in London, a controversial gift that would see a family of Jews appearing alongside the Anglo-Saxon aristocrats painted by [...]

Book Circle Explores Drama Surrounding John Singer-Sargent’s Portraits Of The Wertheimer Family2025-01-16T21:49:26-05:00

“Being on the same page with Israel”

Given the high cost of airline tickets to Israel and limited flights as a result of the current situation, rather than traveling there to present at a conference, I opted to stay closer to home and send a recorded presentation I had given at Columbia University a week earlier. Instead, I headed to Washington, D.C., where I’ve been invited each year to participate in a bipartisan Hanukkah celebration at the Library of Congress. This year, [...]

“Being on the same page with Israel”2024-12-26T17:19:10-05:00

“A Word For The Year”

Happy New Year. The word of the year is brain rot. I thought you might want to know that. I hope the word does not reflect accurately on any of you. The Oxford University Press, publisher of the august OED, the Oxford English Dictionary, has chosen “brain rot” as its word of the year. “It was quite a journey for brain rot,” The New York Times said, the word having triumphed over contenders that included [...]

“A Word For The Year”2024-12-26T17:17:36-05:00

Tikkun Olam Group Thanks Members And Friends For Their Generosity

Once again, our shul has shown its generous spirit by filling the big red barrel with toys and games and fun crafts for kids. All was delivered to CAST in time for gift-giving and fun times for kids at Christmas. CAST clients were most grateful, said Veronica Kaliski, chair of the Tikkun Olam committee at our shul, the group that responds to those in need on behalf of the shul. Among other initiatives, the [...]

Tikkun Olam Group Thanks Members And Friends For Their Generosity2024-12-22T23:14:56-05:00

Chuck Simon Is Planning A Different Shabbat Morning; Plan To Come

Bet you weren’t expecting coffee and Danish. And yet...  So come to the shul on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9:30 for hot coffee and delicious Danish pastry to begin a different sort of Shabbat service. You’ll sing a bit, you’ll learn a little Talmud, You’ll say kaddish, you’ll learn the real story about Hanukkah and a so-called miracle...and yes, you’ll enjoy coffee and Danish, too. Join Chuck Simon, a terrific storyteller who will lead [...]

Chuck Simon Is Planning A Different Shabbat Morning; Plan To Come2024-12-18T19:13:56-05:00

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