Many people choose to join our shul midway through the year, or even after the High Holidays, which leaves only a few months until dues are due again. Not fair, we said. So here’s the deal: Any individual or family joining between now and the end of the year will pay the full rate — $1,000 for families, $650 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, but will be paid-up members through all [...]
The Book Circle will meet for a second time in September to delve into Dani Shapiro’s memoir, Inheritance. In this work, the writer uncovers a family secret through an innocent curiosity about her own genealogy. The meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m., in the shul’s community room. In 2016, the writer submitted her DNA for analysis, and received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father, [...]
[Excerpted from a letter addressed to the shul membership] Thank you for your generous gift of $600 to the Parent/Child Plus program. With support from donors like you, CAST can better serve those in need, improve family wellbeing, and strengthen our community. We currently serve nearly 1,500 families seeking to improve their food, housing and economic security. Together, we are transforming lives and making a difference in our community. Cathy Demeroto, Executive Director, [...]
In the midst of World War II, in his first speech as Prime Minister on May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill spoke about blood, toil, tears and sweat. His words, likely, were reminiscent of Teddy Roosevelt’s words in 1897, when he said, “In the past, the nation has triumphed because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor of anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.” This [...]
When did you last move from one domicile to another, downsizing in the process? Maybe you have yet to experience that upheaval, or having done it, you might rather allow the passage of time to swallow up that memory. The selling, the giving away, the trashing — what goes in which pile? The sorting, the packing — only to discover that what you can’t possibly live without, alas, can’t possibly fit in the new space. [...]
Cantor William Weinstein Joins Rabbi Gadi For Inspiring Selichot Service NEW DATE: This Saturday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m., hybrid Cantor William Weinstein will join Rabbi Gadi for our Selichot service, offered traditionally during the month of Elul as a transition between the current year and the upcoming High Holiday of Rosh Hashanah Included in the service will be spiritual prayers and music appropriate to the holiday and the events unfolding in Israel — communal [...]
Greenport Synagogue Joins Worldwide Movement To Observe ‘Fast of Isaiah’ on Yom Kippur Cans For CAST Will Feed The Hungry Congregation Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Greenport will participate in the worldwide movement to feed the hungry as part of the annual observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, to be celebrated this year on Saturday, Oct. 12. Yom Kippur, a day of atonement, is often referred to as the “Fast of Isaiah” for [...]
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God of Israel, rock of Israel and its redeemer, God of mercy, of compassion, in prayer and supplication we plead with you to bring home our loved ones, the kidnapped, who were cruelly torn from their homes and carried off to an enemy land...Father of mercy, be a support for them, protect them and return them speedily to the embrace of their families and their loved ones. Amen. —The Rabbinical Assembly of Israel
Seth Golob brought the fun of PJ Library to our own Andrew Levin Park on Sunday morning, August 11, and kids, parents, grandkids and grandparents gobbled it up, along with bagels and cream cheese, hot and cold drinks, and an assortment of baked goods. Storytime, arts and crafts, and running happily in the park rounded out an event specially planned for children that bodes well for more gatherings of youngsters at our shul. For kids, [...]
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