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USCJ Recognizes ‘Lunch and Learn’ With Visionary Award

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) has recognized our shul’s Lunch and Learn program with a 2021 Visionary Award. Synagogues across the nation submitted more than 50 applications in response to the call for entries detailing how synagogue programs could be transitioned from Covid-era ideas to hybrid ideas in preparation for the re-opening of synagogue buildings. Our submission indicated that once our building re-opens, we could invite speakers and a limited number of congregants [...]

USCJ Recognizes ‘Lunch and Learn’ With Visionary AwardTifereth Israel Greenport2021-05-31T11:32:45-04:00

‘Lunch and Learn’ Wants You

Lunch and Learn is breathlessly trying to keep up with the talents, services, interests, hobbies, ideas, exploits, adventures and passions of our members — and even our members’ children. Our shul’s Lunch and Learn program debuted on Zoom, at noon, on Monday, April 20, 2020, when Ron Rothman talked to us about his grandfather’s friendship with Albert Einstein. We haven’t missed a Monday since. Whew! But we may have missed some of the talents, [...]

‘Lunch and Learn’ Wants YouTifereth Israel Greenport2021-05-31T11:33:22-04:00

Vigorous Bidding Right Up To Deadline At The Virtual Silent Auction

It was a nail-biter right up to the final minutes at the closing party of the 2021 Virtual Silent Auction. With all the last-minute traffic on the 32 Auction site, some bidders were having trouble accessing the list of items on the auction block. Working in the background to keep pace with the bidders were auction co-chairs Tom Byrne, Francis Dubois and Madelyn Rothman, who were also pointing out some of the great bargains that [...]

Vigorous Bidding Right Up To Deadline At The Virtual Silent AuctionTifereth Israel Greenport2021-05-31T11:18:18-04:00

“The Guardian of the Walls”

Every Shabbat morning, just before we open the Holy Ark and take out the Torah scrolls, we sing: “Source of compassion, favor Zion with Your goodness; build the walls of Jerusalem.” Throughout Jewish history, the walls of Jerusalem have represented the barometer of Jewish wellbeing. It’s the fence around the beating heart of our people. When the walls are down or breeched, the shield is down and the end nears. It was the case twice before, [...]

“The Guardian of the Walls”Tifereth Israel Greenport2021-05-27T22:37:43-04:00

“The Past in the Present…”

What was intended to be a “kvell” in this issue of The Shofar — a boast about the state of our shul and the Visionary Award we just won from the USJC for our Lunch and Learn Hybrid idea — faded with the crisis in Israel. It appeared for all to see that “the little shul that could,” competing with the larger, more affluent, well-staffed synagogues on Long Island, had come out on top. We [...]

“The Past in the Present…”Tifereth Israel Greenport2021-05-27T22:36:39-04:00

Shul’s ‘Judaism and the Arts’ Group Opens To New Members

Are you interested in the arts? Do you enjoy lively conversation that explores the creative process? Are you inspired to discover new relationships and connections between the arts and Judaic teachings and culture? The shul’s Judaism and Art group is widening its scope to include practitioners of all the visual and performing arts as well as those who enjoy and appreciate the arts. The group has a new name — Judaism and the Arts — [...]

Shul’s ‘Judaism and the Arts’ Group Opens To New MembersTifereth Israel Greenport2021-04-26T16:23:22-04:00

‘Lunch and Learn’ Wants You

Lunch and Learn is breathlessly trying to keep up with the talents, services, interests, hobbies, ideas, exploits, adventures and passions of our members — and even our members’ children. Our shul’s Lunch and Learn program debuted on Zoom, at noon, on Monday, April 20, 2020, when Ron Rothman talked to us about his grandfather’s friendship with Albert Einstein. We haven’t missed a Monday since. Whew! But we may have missed some of the talents, [...]

‘Lunch and Learn’ Wants YouTifereth Israel Greenport2021-04-26T16:06:00-04:00

“Hey Google…”

From the isolation of the pandemic, new patterns of behavior have emerged in my life. There is still the vitality of relationships, even though occurring electronically, also Shabbat services with fellow congregants Zooming into the sanctuary to make a minyan. And then there are the Zoom family gatherings for celebrations and games and, yes, sometimes just to exchange ideas. Peppered through all of it are endless emails, texts, phone calls and meetings — powered by the mobile device [...]

“Hey Google…”Tifereth Israel Greenport2021-04-26T11:24:22-04:00

“The Grand Canyon of Angels”

For a long time, one of the top items on my bucket list was to climb down into the Grand Canyon. It was love of first sight 12 years ago, when I first visited, and again three years ago. On those visits, I was able to see the Canyon from the South Rim and then from the North Rim. But looking down, I wanted to deepen my relationship with the Canyon. There is something spiritual about this [...]

“The Grand Canyon of Angels”Tifereth Israel Greenport2021-04-26T11:22:55-04:00

Oculus: Eye On Art

This month’s Oculus feature is titled “End of Winter on Mud Creek, Cutchogue, a black and white photograph by Dan Torchio, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. In this shot, “local inhabitants are looking toward the upcoming spring equinox and a clearing of the frost fog,” the photographer told The Shofar. He captured the scene late on a February afternoon, at around 5:30. The specifics: Sony A7 mirrorless, FE lens 2.8/70mm 3200/second [...]

Oculus: Eye On ArtTifereth Israel Greenport2021-03-29T20:10:09-04:00

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