Community Bulletin Board
Shape up…
The new Trifecta Workout series of 15 classes will be held in the shul’s community room beginning on Monday, July 10, and run through Thursday August 31. Equipment needed: two pairs of weights, one heavy and one light: e.g. 5 lbs and 3 lbs, or 6 lbs and 4 lbs, also a mat. The cost is $150, due at the first session. Call Laurie Short at 631-566-0526 to reserve a place in the class.
Letter from Erica Steindl, CAST
To the editor:
Members of Congregation Tifereth Israel Synagogue, thank you so much for your generous contribution to CAST’s North Fork Parent-Child Program. This year, we expect to have forty families attending and completing this school readiness and language development program. Thank you for helping to brighten the futures of these young community members. Sincerely,
Erica Steindl
Education/outreach coordinator
Editor’s note: The Tikkun Olam Initiative recommended support for this program to the shul’s Board of Directors, which granted the request on behalf of the congregation.
Celebrate Israel Day Parade – Final Registration
Register now to march with the Long Island Cluster at the Celebrate Israel Day Parade on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The parade will take place from 11am – 4pm on Fifth Avenue between 57th Street – 74th Street.
Registration Fee: The fee is $360 for each group marching within the Long island Cluster.
Transportation: This year is covered by a generous grant from UJA-Federation of NY and coach bus transportation will be FREE for the Long Island Cluster. Register today and reserve seats on the bus while they are available.
T-Shirts: All marching in the Long Island Cluster must wear a group t-shirt. T-shirts are $10 each and various sizing is available.
Please register to participate, identify a parade captain, and spread the word to your members about joining the Long Island Cluster to march in the parade. The goal is to exceed our past participation and show our support of Israel@75!
Please contact Tara Isler at 516-433-0433 for additional information or email islert@jcrcli.org
Tikkun Olam Initiative Pledges $600 For Chickens In The Baskets
The Tikkun Olam Initiative, a shul organization that provides charitable donations throughout the year for CAST clients, recently pledged $600 to purchase chickens and to help fill Thanksgiving baskets for CAST, which has changed its name from Community Action Southold Town to Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation.
In response to the pledge, Veronica Kaliski, one of the women who spearheads the TOI group, received the following thank-you letter from Karina Hayes, CAST’s food relief program manager:
Hi Veronica,
That is wonderful news, thank you so much! We have seen such an increase in
families needing assistance that I have been concerned about providing them all
with Thanksgiving baskets this year. We are signing on an average of 28 new
families a month, and have served over 274,000 meals so far this year. Your pledge
for chickens, and knowing that I can count on organizations such as yours makes me
feel much better. We honestly can’t thank you enough.
I will be in touch when the date draws closer.
Warmly, Karina
Congregation Tifereth Israel Celebrates The High Holidays 2022
As part of the Rosh Hashanah observance, many individuals and synagogue groups participate in the tashlich ritual. Here, shul members gathered at bodies of flowing water and, with bread in hand as symbols of misdeeds over the past year, tossed their sins into the water, beginning the new year afresh. Whether it’s two friends at an inlet or a group at Southold Bay, the ceremony is fun and uplifting. Photos by SMBloom, right, and JRakhman.
The seating was arranged, the flowers were in place, the Torahs were safely in the Ark. Rabbi Gadi and Cantor Phil provided the spirituality to a full house of worshippers. We built a Sukkah and decorated it, and thanks to Dave Berson and his glorious “Glory,” we motored out on the bay and enjoyed the sunshine. Photos by the participants
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