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.

An Invitation To CTI From Shul Member Debbie Epstein Henry

Livestreamed Interview To Explore Antisemitism/Anti-Zionism Post Oct. 7 Shul member Debbie Epstein Henry, host of the “DEH Speaker Series” and the podcast “Inspiration Loves Company,” is inviting CTI members to view an upcoming livestream event  she will facilitate — an interview with Scott Galloway on the topic “Unpacking Antisemitism & Anti-Zionism After Oct. 7.” The virtual event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 19, from noon to 1 p.m. To register as a guest, no [...]

An Invitation To CTI From Shul Member Debbie Epstein Henry2024-09-02T14:32:48-04:00

Silent Auction Item Reward. The Ladies Did Lunch With Chef Deborah

Patience was rewarded on a pleasant Wednesday afternoon in August, when the ladies who wanted to do lunch with Chef Deborah Pittorino were able to find a convenient date to cash in on their Silent Auction winning bids. The cooks sliced, diced and chopped, grilled and fried and, as a reward, sat down to a splendid repast of vegetable bisque, breaded porgy fillet, roasted corn and avocado salsa, and Jasmine rice, all overseen and hosted [...]

Silent Auction Item Reward. The Ladies Did Lunch With Chef Deborah2024-09-02T14:30:53-04:00

Love-ly Lunch, Lotsa Love At Tu B’Av ‘Jewish Valentine’s Day’ Event

Bagels and lox and all the fixin’s greeted the 20 or so members and guests who joined together after the Shabbat service on August 17 to celebrate the holiday of Tu B’Av, often called the “Jewish Valentine’s Day. It was indeed an event to celebrate love. All were asked to bring an object, a token, a remembrance of something they love, and to share the story associated with the item. Many of the items were [...]

Love-ly Lunch, Lotsa Love At Tu B’Av ‘Jewish Valentine’s Day’ Event2024-09-02T14:28:16-04:00

Random reads

Palestine 1936, Oren Kessler Winner of the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Oren Kessler delves into the roots of the Middle East conflict. Recommended by Booklist as “...key to understanding the current situation between Israelis and Palestinians.”   Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical, Laurie Winer Laurie Winer looks at Oscar Hammerstein, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of [...]

Random reads2024-09-02T14:26:21-04:00

Shul Members Filled The Big Red Barrel To Overflowing — Two Times

These days, it seems as though the Big Red Barrel is as ubiquitous at our shul as a basket of yarmulkas or a stack of prayer books. And just as beneficial to the recipients. As the photo shows, the school supplies drive yielded full barrels of supplies for the children of CAST clients, giving the kids a good start in organizing their pens and pencils and notebooks in readiness for the assignments ahead — and [...]

Shul Members Filled The Big Red Barrel To Overflowing — Two Times2024-09-02T14:25:31-04:00

Veggies And Herbs For CAST Families: Lots Of Work; Satisfying Results

As most shul members know, the Tikkun Olam group at our shul maintains several beds at Treiber Farm, where nonprofit groups can grow veggies and herbs for charitable causes. The collective beds are called Common Ground, and they are sizeable, requiring a lot of helping hands to keep the veggies well and healthy, and the beds weeded and cleaned. Madelyn Rothman is there several days a week, often joined by others active in Tikkun Olam’s [...]

Veggies And Herbs For CAST Families: Lots Of Work; Satisfying Results2024-09-02T14:22:37-04:00

Torah scroll presentation

Rabbi Moshe Lewin, right, shows a Torah scroll to Muslim representative Najat Benali, with pink head covering, and to Father Jason Nioka, a Catholic priest, as other religious leaders look on. The presentation took place in Interreligious Hall at the Olympic Village at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Torah scroll presentation2024-09-02T14:21:06-04:00

Weather Update: The WMO Announces Names Of Atlantic Basin Storms

It’s hurricane season 2024, and the venerable World Meteorological Organization has announced the names of this year’s Atlantic Basin storms. Those with generators sitting at the ready can sit back smugly with a “bring-‘em-on” look on their faces. But for the rest, it’s time to lay in a supply of flashlight batteries, candles, lanterns and some extra cans of tuna and jars of peanut butter to feed the family in case of a blackout. [...]

Weather Update: The WMO Announces Names Of Atlantic Basin Storms2024-09-02T14:19:04-04:00

Barbara Streisand

Barbara Streisand kicked off a virtual “Jewish Women for Kamala” fundraiser on August 15. “It’s been said that Jewish women are known to speak out and tell you what they think, and I’m one of them,”  Streisand said. Organizers said 35,000 people tuned into the 90-minute event. Speakers at the event included U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, comedian Judy Gold, and actresses Shaina Taub and Emmy Rossum.

Barbara Streisand2024-09-02T14:17:56-04:00

Rabbi Michael Beals…and…

Rabbi Michael Beals, who is known as “Joe Biden’s rabbi,” delivered the benediction on opening night of the Democratic National Convention. The evening’s program was running long, but at 11:20, six hours after Rabbi Beals and his wife Elissa has been inside the convention hall, he stepped to the stage and, for his first time at a political convention and his first time using a teleprompter, delivered the closing prayer. Rabbi Beals is the spiritual [...]

Rabbi Michael Beals…and…2024-09-02T14:17:18-04:00
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