Congregation To Vote On Slate At June 11 Meeting  At the April 16 meeting of the Board of Directors, and at the Congregation meeting immediately following, Susan Rosenstreich, chair of the CTI Nominating Committee, which included Miriam Gabriel and Roberta Garris, proposed the following slate of officers and directors for June 2023-June 2024: President:                                Sara Bloom Vice President:                       Ellen Buchbinder Treasurer:                                Joanna Paulsen Financial Secretary:               Nancy Torchio Recording Secretary:              Suri Lan Brown Corresponding [...]

Madelyn Rothman, one of the founding members of CTI’s Tikkun Olam Initiative, takes advantage of a sudden warm day in spring to get a jump-start on planting at one of the shul’s designated raised beds at the Common Ground garden on the North Road in Peconic. First in the ground this year are lettuce and arugula. On the way are beans, peas, peppers, kale collards, carrots, radishes and cucumbers. Products from the TOI’s efforts are [...]

On Thursday, April 27, 10th-grade students at Greenport High School will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, the culmination of their social studies unit on the Holocaust. Contributions to the Yellow Candle Project financed the bus to transport students to the museum. It is hoped that this visit will provide young people with a deeper understanding of the events that led to the Holocaust and the tragic aftermath of intolerance and hate.

It was only the second session of the Shabbat Kids’ Service, but Ann Hurwitz, coordinator of the program, issued a glowing report to The Shofar. “The children seemed to enjoy being in the synagogue on Shabbat. In fact, they clearly wanted to remain in the sanctuary  much longer than I and Dawn Teyuca, the children’s teacher, had expected. “They are responsive to each other and to whatever plans Dawn makes. Currently, they are learning Moses’s [...]