Shul News & Notes
Mazel Tov To This Year’s Shul-Family Graduates And Their Families
- Acadia Biener, granddaughter of shul members Cookie and Michael Slade, graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, CO, and will attend the University of California, San Diego.
- Viktoria (Vika) Bloom, granddaughter of shul member Sara Bloom, graduated from The Bay School of San Francisco, and will attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
- Gideon Seigel Browne, grandson of shul member Carol Seigel, graduated from Middle School 51 in Brooklyn, and will attend either Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn or Bard High School for Early College in Queens.
- Anton Riehle, son of shul members Margot Perman and Jurgen Riehle, graduated from Greenport High School, and will attend New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts as a film major.
- Leo Schaffner, grandson of shul members Philip and Elaine Goldman, graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, earning a BS degree in cybersecurity and a graduate certificate in cybersecurity risk management.
- Shoshana Seigel, granddaughter of shul member Carol Seigel, graduated from P.S. 130 in Brooklyn, earning a 5th grade valedictory certificate, and will attend Middle School 442 in Brooklyn.
- Julie Stein, granddaughter of shul members Ken and Nancy Stein graduated from the Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, CA. She will attend the Menlo School in Menlo Park, CA.
Rabbi Gadi Capela at Orient Memorial Day Parade
Rabbi Gadi Capela poses with Orient Memorial Day Parade organizers following his remarks at the WWII monument. Significantly, Rabbi Capela is wearing the late Stanley Rubin’s military cap for the occasion. Stanley Rubin was a long-time shul member and close friend of Rabbi Capela.
Oculus: Eye On The Arts
This month’s Oculus column features a poem by Ann Hurwitz, a member of the shul’s newly organized group devoted to a broader spectrum of the arts. The next meeting of the group is Monday, July 26, at 7 p.m. Call the shul at 631-477-0232 and leave a message for Judith Weiner or Saul Rosenstreich with your interest in exploring the arts through presentations and discussions.
The poet conveyed to The Shofar her thoughts on the creation of The Doorway. “Our synagogue has always had a magical quality for me — the dramatic chandelier in the middle of our tiny sanctuary; the carved woodwork of the bima; the fact that in our early history, there was a mikveh beneath the sanctuary, which is also the place where treasured prayer books we no longer use are kept. Also, our closeness, always, to water on the North Fork. The poem arises from imagining how some of these might come together. The last line, which connects to me personally, also connects to the holiest day of our calendar and to our history.”
The Doorway
A door in the water opened,
in the water under the sanctuary
and I entered, eyes closed.
Within this dream
I had a second dream.
The stashed boxes beneath the water,
the ones that held the sacred
books, expanded and burst
and the books floated up,
their pages untied from loosening
bindings. And the words separated,
the individual letters inflating
like life preservers.
There were warm spots and cold spots
and the taste of salt as if it were the sea.
The water lifted me and as I swam,
sidestroke and crawl, breaststroke
and backstroke, in an endless
circle in this small space,
the letters rejoined and pasted themselves
to my hips and shoulders, my drenched
chest, nested in my hair.
Gasping for air I breathed the saved
words until my time was up.
Forgive. Forgive. Forgive.
Book Circle To Discuss Imaginative Work About Art, History and Family
The Book Circle will meet Wednesday, July 21, at 1 p.m., to talk about a collection of imaginary letters from Edmund de Waal to Moïses de Comondo, a Jewish financier and philanthropist from a prominent European family of art collectors. The House of Camondo in Paris, now the Musée Nissim de Camondo is filled with the country’s greatest private collection of French 18th-century art. The series of 50 letters, titled Letters to Camondo, addresses a tragic family history containing personal reflections on family history and the value of memory.
The Book Circle meets monthly (currently on Zoom) to discuss literature about Jewish topics, often by Jewish writers. For more information about the current selection or to join the group, please call the shul at 631-477-0232 and leave a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Is Your Ad Included In The Virtual Journal? Time Is Running Out…
The 2021 Virtual Journal will launch this month. Is your ad included? Please keep in mind that the Virtual Journal is a major fundraising undertaking for our shul, representing more than a third of our operating budget. The Virtual Journal invites members, friends and local vendors to celebrate our synagogue’s now 120th year, recognize one among us who has contributed to the betterment of the shul, and produce an all-in-one directory of the businesses and services that enliven commerce here on the North Fork.
The Virtual Journal is a full color publication that is live online 24 hours a day for an entire year, providing enormous reach and visibility for our shul and for each individual message.
Act now to be represented in the Virtual Journal. Our members are key to the success of this fundraiser that supports our shul and the programs that keep us connected, especially during the Covid crisis.
If you have not already done so, please complete the ad insertion form emailed with this issue of The Shofar. Send your check as indicated on the form, or pay by credit card: www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org, and click on the “Journal” tab.
Maybe this bit of doggerel will inspire you…
There once was a Greenport shul
That members thought was a jewel.
But it needed some money
To keep its books sunny
A journal would be just the tool.
So they sent out a message to all
“Get your ads in before the last call.”
Don’t be late or you’ll miss it
For then you will wish it
Was not all but over this fall.
So chop-chop good members and friends
Write your copy, your checks, and please send
To the shul we all love
On time, please. Mazel tov.
And bring our requests to an end.
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