Please join us for the Shavuot Service with Yizkor, Wednesday, June 12 at 9:30 a.m. This is one of four opportunities in the year to observe Yizkor for your loved ones. We hope to see you this morning.
An estimated 60 people attended the shul’s Yellow Candle event on Sunday, May 5, a memorial to Yom Ha Shoah and The Six Million. The event has been growing steadily since Chuck Simon introduced our shul to the project several years ago. Each shul family received a yellow candle with the name of a child affixed to the container. In past years, the event was held on Zoom, each family lighting the candle at home. [...]
In its examination of Jewish Life in the South, the Book Circle’s selection for June evokes the rhythms and heartbeat of Jewish life in the Bible Belt. In the re-release of his book, The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, Eli Evan weaves together personal recollections while taking readers inside the nexus of southern and Jewish histories, from the earliest immigrants to present day. He offers stories of communities, individuals, and [...]
As a group of shul members and friends gathered on the patio at the parsonage, Julian Graf, son of shul members Nathan Graf and Marisa Ryan lit up the sky with a grand blaze to celebrate the light of the Torah and the holiday of Lag B’Omer, observed on the 33rd day after the second day of Passover. Israeli music and foods and good fellowship and conversation contributed to a splendid evening...even Chaya enjoyed all [...]
CTI SHAVUOT PROGRAM 2024 7:30 – 7:45 – Rabbi Gadi Capela – Antisemitism was Born at Sinai. 7:45 – 8:30 – Professor Rebecca Kobrin – Protests on the Columbia campus. 8:30 – 8:50 – Rabbi Barbara Sheryll – Self Knowledge, a Journey or Destination? 8:50 – 9:15 – Fr. Roy Tvrdik – The Real Location of Mount Sinai. 9:30 9:15 – 9:30 – Conclusion and Q&A* *For those who want to stay for more conversation [...]
Imagine a Jewish resort in the mountains where graduate students are playing board games and children are splashing in the swimming pool. Senior citizens are listening to lectures under a larger maple tree. And all of this is going on in Yiddish. The Yiddish Vokh (Yiddish week), sponsored by the Yiddishist organization Yugntruf, has been hosting retreats like this for 48 years. Guests spend a week together steeped in Yiddish, on the grounds of the [...]
Left photo, people attend the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the “March of the Living” in memory of the six million Holocaust victims at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Oswiecim, Poland on May 6, 2024. On the right, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson stand to honor the memory of the six million during the annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on May 7. AP Photos Czarek [...]
When does Shabbat start on the moon? NASA has decided that the moon needs its own timekeeping system, so how will the moon’s now-nonexistent Jewish residents pray, light Shabbat candles, and observe the festivals? The question is interesting because the Jewish calendar is beholden to the sun, and the sun appears and disappears at unusual times when you’re not on Earth. An astronaut on the International Space Station will see the sun rise and set [...]
Rabbi Gadi tops the Jews In The News column this month. Our rabbi has successfully completed his final project, “Jews From Arab Countries,” and has earned a master’s degree in Modern Jewish Studies from a joint program sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University. A graduation ceremony was held on May 16 at JTS. In addition to his rabbinical ordination, Rabbi Gadi now holds two master’s degrees and two undergraduate degrees.
The Shofar joyfully shares the news that Rebecca Rothman, daughter of shul members Ron and Madelyn Rothman of Peconic, and John Divoll, son Richard and Barbara Divoll of Key West, were married on May 4, 2024, at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden. The couple will live in Key West. Mazel tov to all.
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