“A Rabbinic Mission to the Holy Land in Troubled Times”
Jan. 7th - Rabbi Gadi Capela "A Rabbinic Mission to the Holy Land in Troubled Times" Holy Trinity Church, Greenport (768 Main Street)
It Was Sunday, Dec. 10, And We Had A Latkepalluzza At The Shul
Rain. Rain. Rain. It was coming down In buckets, leaving huge puddles in its wake. Did we care? Not a bit. We gathered in the community room, where Ron and Dave were making music. Deborah was in the kitchen with her staff, flipping those latkes — 450 by her count — onto platters, and hungry Hanukkah revelers were scarfing them up as fast as they appeared. And who made all those latkes? Women from CAST, learning that veggies as well as potatoes make tasty latkes. Thanks to Adrianne, the tables [...]
Let’s Talk About Israel…
Join us on Sunday morning, Jan. 28, for a frank and diplomatic discussion about the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Clear up misconceptions, learn the history of unrest in the region, and why Oct. 7 occurred now. What’s your point of view? Has it changed since the attack? How do we move forward? Spirited discussion. Important information. Clarity. Intelligence. Moderated by Judith Weiner and Rabbi Gadi. It’s time we talked about this together. More [...]
Shul’s New Art Show By Israeli Painters Draws An Appreciative Crowd
Curator Michelle Schwartz Offers An Insider’s View In Art Talk By special arrangement with Michelle Schwartz, a highly regarded gallerist and curator of Israeli art in the Bay Area of San Francisco, the shul’s Judaism and Art group debuted a new show highlighting the work of an impressive roster of creative artists. The first viewing of the show took place on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m., at a bagels and lox brunch, after which [...]
Trope Trainer: Learn To Read From The Torah. New Class Forming
Sign Up Now For Launch Early in 2024 Adding to the education program at our shul, Rabbi Gadi has announced the start of a new class, beginning in January, to teach interested congregants how to read from the Torah. Several members have been studying informally with the rabbi, who will now offer the opportunity to others. As Hebrew readers know, the difficulty in reading from the Torah is that the text contains no vowels and [...]
The Book Circle’s January Selection Considers The Power Of Love
Set against the backdrop of WWII, bestselling author Mitch Albom offers a powerful novel of hope, forgiveness and love in The Little Liar, a novel that explores the lives of three young people, forever changed by deception and the grace of redemption. Here, Albom confronts the destruction that lying can wreak on the world stage as well as individual lives. The Book Circle meets monthly to address books on Jewish themes by Jewish writers. [...]
Three Top University Presidents Testify About Antisemitism On Campus
Penn President Resigns After Remarks At Congressional Hearing Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned on Dec. 9, four days after her response to a question about antisemitism posed to her and two other university presidents at a congressional hearing on Dec. 5. Her response angered many Jewish students, alumni and donors, and drew rebukes from Congress and the state’s Jewish governor. Magill was the first college president to resign after protests and [...]
Nationwide Swatting Spree Targets Nearly 200 Jewish Shuls, Institutions
A nationwide swatting spree [generating a law enforcement response under false pretenses] targeting nearly 200 synagogues and Jewish institutions over the weekend of Dec. 15 and 16 appears to have been a coordinated effort by an entity based outside the United States, FBI spokesman Cathy Milhoan said in a memo to law enforcement agencies. A record number of incidents and false bomb threats were tracked by the Secure Community Network across multiple states, including California, [...]
A Symbolic Pairing Took Place At The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
German chancellor Olaf Scholtz and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal attended the ceremony to light the first candle of the Hanukkah menorah at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 7. AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber
Zvika Klein
Zvika Klein has been named the new chief editor of the Jerusalem Post, succeeding Avi Mayer. Klein has been the newspaper’s Diaspora Affairs correspondent and deputy editor-in-chief. Previously, Klein, an Israeli-American, had been for 10 years the Diaspora Affairs reporter for the Makor Rishon newspaper.
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