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.

Susan Schrott

Shul member Susan Schrott has published a new book, Rise With Radiance, a collection of inspirational words illustrated with drawings originally created on fabric “to light your path every day of the year,” the writer says. A psychotherapists, artist, and certified yoga instructor, Susan Schrott invites readers to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and daily inspiration. While caring for her ailing father, she embarked on a personal journey that led to the creation [...]

Susan Schrott2023-09-29T15:30:07-04:00

Egyptian Synagogue, Once Home To The Famed ‘Cairo Geniza,’ Reopens

The Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, famed for once housing the “Cairo Geniza,” a treasure trove of Jewish communal documents, was reinaugurated last month after an extensive restoration project. The Ben Ezra is one of the oldest and most important synagogues in Egypt, believed to date to 882 CE, although the building itself has been damaged and rebuilt several times through the centuries. The geniza documents were discovered in 1896 by Jewish scholar Solomon [...]

Egyptian Synagogue, Once Home To The Famed ‘Cairo Geniza,’ Reopens2023-09-28T14:07:15-04:00

Ukraine Welcomes First New Rabbi Since Onset Of The Current War

The historic city of Chernovtzy, also known as Chernovitz, located in Western Ukraine has been relatively peaceful compared to other parts of the war-ravaged nation. Here, even amid the turmoil of war, the Jewish community of about 2,000 has been experiencing a renaissance. A new Chabad husband-and-wife team is setting down roots in the city to join the already thriving Chabad-Lubavitch of Chernovtzy team. Enter Rabbi Mendy and Mushky Halperin, the first rabbi-and-wife team to [...]

Ukraine Welcomes First New Rabbi Since Onset Of The Current War2023-09-28T14:03:18-04:00

Roman Swords More Than 1,900 Years Old Discovered Near Dead Sea

Fifty years ago, Israeli archaeologists discovered an ancient Hebrew inscription on a stalactite in a remote cave near the Dead Sea. Recently, three researchers — an archaeologist, geologist and photographer — returned to the cave, hoping to find additional inscriptions. While exploring a new level of the cave, they discovered the iron head of a Roman javelin, hidden in a narrow crevice. The trio immediately contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority, which has been searching Judean [...]

Roman Swords More Than 1,900 Years Old Discovered Near Dead Sea2023-09-28T14:01:11-04:00

Authorities Seize Egon Schiele Works From Three United States Museums

New York investigators seized three pieces of art from three out-of-state museums that they said had been stolen from a Jewish art collector killed during the Holocaust and rightly belonged to the Nazi victim’s heirs. The Manhattan district attorney’s office issued warrants to the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in Ohio for works by the 1900s Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele. According to [...]

Authorities Seize Egon Schiele Works From Three United States Museums2023-09-28T13:59:32-04:00

The Book Circle Selection Offers View Of History Through Fiction

The shul’s Book Circle group has chosen My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams as its October selection, to be discussed on Thursday, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m., in the shul’s community room. For this novel, the author has drawn on her own experience as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR, as she provides readers a glimpse into the world’s first Jewish Autonomous Region. The novel is rooted in [...]

The Book Circle Selection Offers View Of History Through Fiction2023-10-25T11:23:50-04:00

Shul Offers Membership Windfall For New Families And Individuals

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 new rate — $1,000 for families; $650 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, but will be paid-up members through [...]

Shul Offers Membership Windfall For New Families And Individuals2023-10-12T10:51:51-04:00

The Big Red Barrel Is Back; We Filled It With Cans For CAST

Once again, our shul has responded with enthusiasm to a call for charity, this time a campaign called “Cans For CAST.” We asked all those joining us for Yom Kippur services to bring a can or other nonperishable item, and to deposit the food in the big red barrel stationed at the ramp entry door. And people did, filling the barrel and making it a back-breaker for CAST volunteers to drag it away. The [...]

The Big Red Barrel Is Back; We Filled It With Cans For CAST2023-10-23T11:42:12-04:00

“50 at 50”

As a traveler, I have crisscrossed America many times — back and forth, up and down. I’ve climbed mountains and descended into valleys and canyons. This year, at 50 years old, my goal was to visit Alaska and Hawaii, the last two of the 50 states. I planned this trip for many months, interviewed friends who lived in the states or had visited there. I read guidebooks, and watched many YouTube videos. The itinerary had to be [...]

“50 at 50”2023-09-28T11:42:55-04:00

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