Shul News & Notes
The Yellow Candle Project, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom
The Yellow Candle Project
A Holocaust Remembrance
Please join us today, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom,
when we will light our candles together
in memory of the six million.
Meeting ID: 230 626 645
Password: 955110
The Yellow Candle Project is a moving tribute to the six million.
Each participating family will receive a yellow candle to be lighted at home, when all will join together on Zoom to share this solemn experience. Attached to each candle is the name of a child who died in the Holocaust.
Please remember this child in your prayers.
Your yellow candle’s flame can serve as a moving reminder of the evil effects of hatered that vanquished Jewish populations in major cities and in
peaceful villages alike, all across Europe.
Should you wish to acknowledge your gift candle with a charitable donation, we suggest an amount or multiple of $18, the number that represents life — chai. Donations can be made through the Tifereth Israel Website
( www.
This year, your donations to the project will be used to support an upcoming field trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for Greenport High School 10th graders. Studying the events that led to the
Holocaust are part of the Social Studies curriculum at that grade level.
We welcome and appreciate your support of our efforts in this Shoah commemoration, and in our ongoing education programs.
We look forward to participating with you and members of the
North Fork Reform Synagogue in this night of remembrance
Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom.
The program will be led by Rabbi Gadi Capela and Rabbi Barbara Sheryll.
Special Passover Service, Sunday morning, April 13, at 9:30
Please join us for a special hybrid service
to usher in the Passover holiday.
Sunday morning, April 13, at 9:30.
Those registered for the Passover Seder at our shul will gather Sunday evening at 6 p.m. in the community room.
Zissen Pesach to all.
Yellow candles are coming soon
Your Yellow Candle is on its way to you.
Please check your mailbox or your front porch for the delivery, and plan to attend this meaningful North Fork memorial event.
The Yellow Candle Project
A Holocaust Remembrance
Please join us on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom,
when we will light our candles together
in memory of the six million.
Meeting ID: 230 626 645
Password: 955110
The Yellow Candle Project is a moving tribute to the six million.
Each participating family will receive a yellow candle to be lighted at home, when all will join together on Zoom to share this solemn experience. Attached to each candle is the name of a child who died in the Holocaust.
Please remember this child in your prayers.
Your yellow candle’s flame can serve as a moving reminder of the evil effects of hatered that vanquished Jewish populations in major cities and in
peaceful villages alike, all across Europe.
Should you wish to acknowledge your gift candle with a charitable donation, we suggest an amount or multiple of $18, the number that represents life — chai. Donations can be made through the Tifereth Israel Website
( www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org/donate ).
This year, your donations to the project will be used to support an upcoming field trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for Greenport High School 10th graders. Studying the events that led to the
Holocaust are part of the Social Studies curriculum at that grade level.
We welcome and appreciate your support of our efforts in this Shoah commemoration, and in our ongoing education programs.
We look forward to participating with you and members of the
North Fork Reform Synagogue in this night of remembrance
Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom.
The program will be led by Rabbi Gadi Capela and Rabbi Barbara Sheryll.
Visiting clergy this Saturday, April 5
Rabbi Gadi and the Board of Directors of our shul invite you to join us this Saturday, April 5, at 9:30 a.m., to welcome Rabbi Batshir Torchio to our bimah. She will participate with Rabbi Gadi in portions of the Shabbat service.
Rabbi Batshir Torchio
Rabbi Torchio is the sister and sister-in-law of shul members Dan and Nancy Torchio, and she will be visiting her family this weekend. She is a senior jewish educator at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, where she engages community members in Jewish ritual and holiday celebrations, and connects traditional rabbinic wisdom to our modern lives.
We are pleased to welcome Rabbi Torchio to our shul, and we hope you will join us for the sanctuary service and refreshments afterward in the community room.
Purim Fun: A Great Story, Loud Noise, Hamantaschen, Wine, Costumes
It was Friday, March 14. Purim fun was in the air, and all the elements in place: A good story, heroes and villains, noisemakers, all the hamantaschen you could eat, all the wine you could drink, all the fun you could have. SMBloom photo
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