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Lunch And Learn – Covid-18/Covid-19: What You Need To Know
Big Change — A Switcheroo! — In Next Week’s ‘Lunch And Learn’ Format
Hello, Lunch and Learners. Just when you thought you had the ‘Lunch and Learn’ Monday/Thursday format all clear, comes a switcheroo. Next week, Rabbi Gadi will lead off on Monday, July 6, because we have a special guest on Thursday, July 9, with a program you won’t want to miss. It’s a switcheroo. Please mark your calendars now. See below.
Monday: Does The Pandemic Contain A Message From God?
On Monday, July 6, Rabbi Gadi will open the week’s ‘Lunch and Learn’ series with a question: What is God telling us through Covid? Can we understand the symbolism? Zoom at noon on Monday for a compelling discussion on the Biblical perspective of a 21st-century issue.
Thursday: COVID-18-19: The Straight Talk On What We Need To Know
On Thursday, July 9, shul member Dr. Lewis Teperman will sort fact from fiction on the coronavirus pandemic: where we stand now, what we need to do, and what’s ahead. Dr. Teperman calls the program: “ Covid-18/Covid-19: What You Need To Know.”
Lewis Teperman, MD, FACS, is vice chair of surgery and director of transplantation at the Northwell Health System’s Transplant Center in Manhasset. He is an internationally-recognized pioneer in liver transplantation, and a professor at the Hofstra University Medical School in Hempstead. Be sure to join us for this opportunity to get the straight talk on coronavirus.
Sign into Zoom at 12 o’clock every Monday and Thursday. Have lunch with shul friends, and learn a little, followed by a Q&A and some lively discussion. Download Zoom, visit www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org, and click on “go to meeting,” Follow the prompts, and type in the code that you use for events and services. That’s all there is to it.
Why lunch alone? Come eat. Come learn. Zoom at noon for ‘Lunch and Learn.’
Book Circle Selection Traces Journey Of The Sarajevo Haggadah
The July meeting of the Book Circle will take place on Wednesday, the 15th, at noon, on Zoom. The novel selected, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, involves history, mystery, antiquity and Judaica — all together in a rip-roaring good story.
Inspired by true events, the work traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in 15th-century Spain. The narrative asks a rare-book expert to conserve the priceless gem, protecting the pages in which clues to its past are hidden.
The Book Circle meets each month to explore books on Jewish themes and Jewish writers. For more information, call the shul at 631-477-0232 and leave a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Update On The Common Ground Project: A+ For Great Growing
With a little help from shul members working at Beds 16 and 18 at Treiber Farms, Mother Nature is delivering bigtime at the Common Ground Project. Just look at the luscious plants that have emerged from the fragile seedlings that were pictured in the June issue of The Shofar. The project, initiated by Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport, grows vegetables to stock local food pantries, including CAST, the shul’s designated charity. The gardening group maintaining the shul’s two beds are Tom Byrne, Rabbi Gadi Capela, Miriam Gabriel, Adrianne Greenberg, Veronica Kaliski, Jesse Reese, Suzi Rosenstreich and Madelyn Rothman. Interested in volunteering to help. Call the shul at 631-477-0232.
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2020 Graduations In The Shul Family; Mazel Tov To All
Gideon Browne graduated from the Kane Street Synagogue Hebrew School in Brooklyn, and will be a Bar Mitzvah in November. Gideon is looking forward to continuing his participation in Hebrew School teen programs. He is the son of Rebecca Seigel and Chris Browne of Brooklyn, the brother of Yona and Caleb Browne, and the grandson of shul member Carol Seigel.
Georgia Eve Downey earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with honors, from the University of Washington in Seattle. A four-year Deans List student, Georgia participated in the BSN Honors Program research study. She is the daughter of Jenny Beth Bloom of Aquebogue and Bryan Downey of Sag Harbor, and the granddaughter of shul member Sara Bloom.
Bram Emmanuel Ellant graduated from Hunter College High School in New York City, and was accepted early decision to the University of Pennsylvania. Bram is the son of Drs. Jonathan and Devi Ellant of New York and Shelter Island, and friends of Rabbi Gadi.
Mohini Morzaria Kaplan was promoted from the 5th grade at the John Stanford International Elementary School to the Hamilton International Middle School, both in Seattle. Mohini is the daughter of Hem Morzaria Luna and Isaac Kaplan of Seattle, and the granddaughter of shul members Gayle Kaplan and Z. Micah Kaplan, MD.
Halle Murphy graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in film production. Since graduation, she has been working on feature films and commercials in Charleston, and will begin a new job in New York City when coronavirus restrictions are eased. Halle is the daughter of shul member Rachel Levin Murphy of Southold, and the niece of shul members Ellen and Mark Wiederlight of New Suffolk.
Ethan Isaac Weiss earned a bachelor of science degree in business with high honors from Montclair (NJ) State University. Ethan plans to move south for work and military service when travel restrictions allow. He is the son of Lilian Rosenstreich and Mitchel Weiss of Manhattan and South Gibson, PA, and the grandson of shul members Drs. Saul and Susan Rosenstreich.
Shul president Judith Weiner celebrated the graduations of three grandchildren this year:
Kaden Lints graduated from The King School in Stamford, CT, and will enter the University of New Hampshire this fall. He is the son of Briana Weiner Lints and Craig Lints of Norwalk, CT.
Tamir Naim, son of Saura Weiner Naim and Koby Naim of Sunnyvale, CA, has been accepted into the Elite Paratrooper Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces.
Faygah Weiner graduated from Ayanot Youth Village High School in Ness Ziona, Israel, and will draft into the Israeli Defense Forces. Faygah is the daughter of Mikhael Weiner and Sarah Weiner of Montreal, Canada.
From The ‘Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow’ Folder…
We’ve all heard of Amazon.com, and probably most of us, at one time or another, have shopped its thousands of products and connected with the conglomerate’s many hundreds of affiliate members. But buried inside all those big numbers is a small idea that can make a difference — yes, a little difference — but remember: Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Here’s how it works: Congregation Tifereth Israel is now registered as a charity with an Amazon program called AmazonSmile, meaning that Amazon will donate 0.5% (half a percent) of the price of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice. If you would like to select our shul as your charity of choice (and we certainly hope you will), the shul will benefit — by a little bit — from your purchase. The Shofar is not recommending that you to shop at Amazon, but should you choose to do so, and should you choose our shul as a charity within the AmazonSmile program, your purchase could be one of those little acorns from which mighty oaks grow.
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The AmazonSmile program was suggested by Adrianne Greenberg and put into operation by the shul’s Fundraising Committee, which thanks readers for considering this opportunity to help our shul at no additional cost to them.
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