Dear members and friends, I would like to begin by thanking all those who joined us for the High Holidays services and made them special. I also want to thank our members and friends who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure all went well. And, of course, thank you to Cantor Boris Pevsner, who engaged us and helped us connect to our spirits. Lastly, welcome to our new members. When I started my official preparations for [...]
Harley P. Abrams, AIA Practicing architect Harley P. Abrams, AIA, lead the June 28 program in the Judaism and Art series. The talk, titled “Synagogue Architecture: Then and Now,” asked the questions; What should a synagogue look like? What makes one building a synagogue and another not a synagogue? Does form follow function, as architects are guided in their training?
It’s time again to start thinking about taxes. No, not those taxes, the spiritual taxes that Rosh Hashanah requires we pay. What are spiritual taxes you may ask? Is there spiritual currency like bitcoin? Bitcoin is a new kind of money used on the Internet — totally virtual — but with real impact. The invention of bitcoin makes it easier to explain spiritual currency and spiritual taxes — totally virtual — but with real impact. And there is another wondrous [...]
Our group toured the Eldridge Synagogue Museum on Aug 11, 2015.
The Journal Dinner-Dance, one of the most festive events on the shul’s social calendar, will be held this year on Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Sound View Restaurant, beginning with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5 p.m. The JDD features dinner, dancing, presentations by local dignitaries, and a popular silent auction of goods and services. Community honorees this year are former Greenport Mayor David Nyce and his wife, cultural arts organizer, realtor and chef Jennifer [...]
Rabbi Daniel Vaisrub A Shabbaton is a group celebration of Shabbat, and our shul is hosting a Shabbaton weekend on Friday and Saturday, July 31 and August 1. The scholar-in-residence for the event is Rabbi Daniel Vaisrub, a professor of Jewish law at the Hebrew Seminary in Skokie, IL. The Shabbaton will open with a Shabbat dinner at 5:30 on July 31, followed by Shabbat services, and a talk by Rabbi Vaisrub focused [...]
Amir Sagie, the deputy consul general of Israel in New York, made a special appearance at our shul on July 4 to talk to members and guests about the Israeli mission in the tri-state area, Israel’s largest mission in the world with more than 600 employees. The speaker was invited to Greenport by shul member Sonia Spar, who knows Amir Sagie through her work as liaison with the Jewish communities in Latin America for the [...]
It was an incredibly eventful July 4th weekend in Greenport. Of course, the main attractions were the six tall ships that came here from different parts of the world before continuing on their journeys. What is it about tall ships that draws so many people to them? Perhaps it’s the history, perhaps the sense of adventure or the unknown; they come from the vast seas and will go back there tomorrow. This may be true for any ship, [...]
CONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO A CONVERSATION WITH AMIR SAGIE, DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL OF ISRAEL IN NEW YORK, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 4TH FROM 4:00-5:00PM AT OUR SYNAGOGUE. On July 4th we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence which is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. This declaration, together with constitutional protections for minorities, including freedom of religion and the separation of church and [...]
Dear members and Friends, As we begin the month of Tammuz, we are finally feeling summer weather. On the 17th of Tammuz, the Three Weeks period begins, commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple on the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av). The prophet Ezekiel, who predicted the destruction of the Temple, mentions the month of Tammuz: “Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house…; [...]
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