What a difference a Shabbat makes… It’s been three weeks since Israel was attacked and brought into war once again. We gathered at our shul for a special time of prayers, and another time on Shelter Island with 80 people coming to show support. We said the Blessing for Israel and Mi Sheberach for IDF soldiers. It was just on Yom Kippur that we prayed together — who will live and who will die — [...]
Hard to believe that for the past three-plus years, I have only rarely missed a Shabbat service. Like a modern take on mailmen of yore ...neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night stays this shul officer from the swift completion of the Zoom setup in the sanctuary. By this time, the Shabbat service rituals and prayers in our sanctuary are etched in my consciousness. So it caught me by surprise on Rosh Hashanah [...]
Have you given? Your donation to our 2023 HH Gift Campaign suddenly takes on an urgency amid global implications we could not have imagined in past years. Strengthening the infrastructure of Jewish institutions and the hallmarks of Jewish life secures our own Jewish community on the east end of Long Island. We need you to make that happen. If you have not yet given, remember that our Leadership Donors have already given almost 20% [...]
Shabbat Services this Friday night, October 6, will begin at 5:30 pm.
Pets. They drool, shed and, from time to time, they toss up a hairball or oopsie on the carpeting. They track in mud, snow, leaves and sand. They dig deep holes by our favorite bushes and roll around in the dirt. Some skitter around in their cages at night, keeping us awake, others slither around, sticking out forked tongues at us. Ah, but we love them. And on Thursday, this week, Rabbi Gadi will [...]
Reflection. Repentance. Renewal. As we move through the 2023 High Holiday season, please note that a prevailing continuum is also Tzedakah. The transformative practice that is Tzedakah nurtures our spiritual growth. It strengthens our connection to our spiritual family and to our community. It just feels good. That is evident by the fact that this year, in 2023, we have more Leadership Donors than ever. Donors came forward to sustain and strengthen our Shul because it feels good to be part [...]
It is with profound sadness that The Shofar announces the death of Philip Goldman, a long-time member of our shul and a stalwart supporter of the mission of our shul to be a beacon of Judaism here on the North Fork. To that end, he served in virtually every capacity necessary to maintain the ideals as well as the smooth operation of this institution. He died on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, after a long illness. [...]
Arleen Sorkin, the veteran actor and screenwriter, was best known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial “Days of Our Lives” from 1984-1990, and for serving as the real-life inspiration and voice for DC Comics villain Harley Quinn, co-created by her friend Paul Dini on “Batman: The Animated Series,” died August 24 in Los Angeles. She was 67. Her writing included the television series “Tiny Toon Adventures,” and the screenplay “Picture Perfect,” starring [...]
Nancy Buirski, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, whose eye was honed as a still photographer and picture editor, died on August 30 at her home in Manhattan. She was 78. Having founded the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in 1998 at Duke University and directing it for a decade, Ms. Buirski made her own first documentary, “The Loving Story,” in 2011. The film explored the case of Mildred and Richard Loving, who faced [...]
Claire Golomb, who fled to Holland with her family to escape the Nazis and who later became a renowned child psychologist, died July 26 in Boston. She was 95. Her work focused on children’s art, make-believe play, story construction, and the role of gender in those pursuits. “Being master of an imaginary universe empowers the child, gives expression to often vaguely understood feelings, provides compensation for feeling helpless or powerless, and joy for having invented [...]
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