Shul News & Notes
Baby Grand Piano
Sneaking into the October Shofar at deadline, an irresistible offer from the shul’s Buildings and Grounds chair, and Wow! What a deal.
It’s a baby-grand piano with padded bench, free for the taking — yes, free. It’s been in the social hall for years, just waiting for someone to love it. Maybe you…
True, it’s not new and, yes, it needs to be tuned. But consider this unsolicited testimonial from your editor: “I’ve played it from time to time when alone in the shul and, well, it has great potential.”
To give it a home, call Adrianne Greenberg at 631-252-0612.
Sukkot Services
Sukkot Services
All the services will take place in the sanctuary, followed by a kiddush in the sukkah at the Rabbi’s house.
Monday, September 20 at 7:30 PM – Erev Sukkot
Tuesday, September 21 at 9:30 AM – Sukkot Morning + Torah
We will end the season on Tuesday, September 28 at 6:30 PM with a Shemini Atzeret service + Yizkor, followed by a festive Simchat Torah service!
The Book Circle Returns To A Master Writer With Ozick’s Antiquities
The Book Circle will meet Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m., possibly in person, to talk about Cynthia Ozick’s latest masterwork, Antiquities. From one of our most preeminent writers comes a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past, and how our own experiences color those meanings. Meet Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie, who is preparing a memoir of his days at the now-defunct Temple Academy for Boys. As he navigates the past and the present, he reconstructs the passions of a childhood encounter. Cynthia Ozick is a recipient of the PEN/Nabokov Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for fiction, and is a National Book Critics Circle winner for criticism.
The Book Circle meets monthly to explore works about Jews and by Jewish writers. For information, call the shul at 631-477-0232 and leave a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Oculus: Eyes On The Arts
This month’s Oculus feature is a sculpture by Irma Strimban, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. The piece, 24 inches in height, was formed in clay, cast in plaster, and then bronzed. The artist titled the work “The Venus of Varick Street.”
It was completed under the tutelage of the highly revered Jewish sculptor Chaim Gross, who was teaching at the Educational Alliance Art School on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “Chaim Gross was a wonderful teacher and a wonderful human being,” Irma said. “He cared about your work and also about you as a person. He would instruct with much good advice, with kindness and sensitivity, and always with encouragement.” Irma met Robert Strimban when both were students of Chaim Gross. They married in 1959.
“I will never forget Chaim Gross,” Irma said. “To this day, if I close my eyes, I can still see him standing at the front of the studio.”
Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections in the U.S., with substantial holdings at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Photo by Saul Rosenstreich
Shul’s Tikkun Olam Initiative Delivers A Garden’s Bounty To CAST
The Slade family happily shows what is possible given good soil, plenty of sunshine, sufficient rain, abundant love and, for those with only a hint of green on our thumbs, copious amounts of luck. Javi Slade, left, helped his grandparents, Cookie and Michael, right, harvest veggies and herbs from their own garden, which supplies CAST clients as well as the family with ample fresh produce. The Slades are members of the shul’s Tikkun Olam Initiative, which also maintains several plots at the Common Ground garden.
(Photo left: Cookie Slade; Photo right: Kira Slade)
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