by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday The National Day of Prayer, observed on May 5, celebrates the principle of religious liberty here at home, and promotes religious freedoms around the world. This week’s clergy discuss ways of making the most of a prayerful day. The Rev. Christopher D. Hofer Rector, The Church of St. Jude, Wantagh As long as I can remember, I was taught to pray. Whether my prayer is through “adoration, praise, thanksgiving, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]