Shul News & Notes
Lunch and Learn: Andrea Strongwater “The Lost Synagogues Of Europe”
Monday, May 10
Years ago, Andrea Strongwater embarked on a labor-of-love project to research the synagogues destroyed during the Nazi regime in the Third Reich. She sought to resurrect the memory of those historic structures by painting their images, and her artwork has been shown in galleries, museums and shops worldwide.
In fact, our shul’s Gift Shop offered the artist’s work on tiles that were popular gift items among our members.
And now, Andrea Strongwater is coming to Lunch and Learn to talk about her research, the images she has painted, her award-winning book for young adults, and the fuller version depicting 80 lost synagogues, currently in progress.
Andrea Strongwater is an artist, writer, researcher and lecturer. Zoom at noon for this fascinating illustrated talk that defines one woman’s quest to restore a facet of Judaic history all but lost.
Lunch And Learn – Andrea Blaga And Judith Weiner “A Facebook How-To”
Monday, May 3
What is so great about Facebook and why should you care? For one thing, Facebook may be responsible for 17 new members of our shul this year. Facebook could account for virtual visitors to our shul from here to Israel. And the virtual presence of our programming is largely why our little shul is the envy of big shuls throughout Long Island, now looking to us for guidance. No kidding!
Throughout the Covid crisis and the closing of our shul building, our own tech experts have led the way to virtual services, holiday events and celebrations, meetings and, yes, Lunch and Learn, too. Zoom in to learn how we can do even more to enhance our offerings and raise our visibility in the Jewish community.
Shul office assistant/tech wizard Andrea Blaga will join shul president Judith Weiner on Lunch and Learn this Monday to talk about the ins and outs of social media sites like Facebook and Instagram and how, with a little savvy from us, we can reap the benefits.
Zoom at noon for a tutorial and a fun demonstration on how to make the most of social media — for ourselves and for our shul. Navigating Facebook takes real know-how. Andrea and Judy know how.
Thursday, May 6
Rabbi Gadi returns to Lunch and Learn.
Tikkun Olam Group Continues Efforts To Repair Our World
The shul’s Tikkun Olam group has been working with CAST (Community Action Southold Town) on projects to help the organization’s clients during this difficult time, when Covid has made day-to-day living much more difficult. Here’s what’s been happening in the last month:
- The second batch of 60 chickens has been delivered and distributed;
- 36 boxes of much-needed diapers are now available at CAST;
- The seedlings planted last month are developing, and will be transplanted to Common Ground, where they will be nurtured for donations to CAST. Will you grow a row of veggies for CAST?
As always, Tikkun Olam welcomes any donations to augment the efforts of the group. Members are Veronica Kaliski, Suzi Rosenstreich, Madelyn Rothman and Cookie Slade. For information, call the shul at 631-477-0232, and leave a message for any of the women. And thanks for helping…
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 — but the themes to explore the arts and relate to their content are consistent with J&A’s original mission.
Maybe you draw or paint. Maybe you play or compose music. Maybe you dance, or act or write, attend the theater or take in a good movie on a Sunday afternoon. Whatever your talent, whatever your interest, Judaism and the Arts invites you to join Rabbi Gadi and the like minds you will find within the J&A group for presentations of individual work and a spirited exchange of ideas.
The next meeting is Monday evening, May 24, at 7, on Zoom. Call Saul Rosenstreich (516-987-3391) or Judy Weiner (631-553-7132) to attend the meeting and join the conversation. (Note new day and time.)
Submitted by Saul Rosenstreich
Shul Officers Invited To Attend Zikaron BaSalon Zoom Event
The Zikaron BaSalon organization (memories in the living room) encourages families to host events to commemorate the Holocaust. This year, shul friends Devi and Jonathan Ellant and their children hosted a Zoom event on Sunday, April 11, and invited Rabbi Gadi and officers of the shul to hear Holocaust survivor Sarah Goodman recount her riveting story of escape at the outset of WWII and the Holocaust. Following the testimony, poems, songs, discussion, candlelighting, and a meditation by Rabbi Gadi were offered. Screen shot by Sara Bloom
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