Shul News & Notes
Tu B’Shevat Seder For Women: Communal, Educational, Spiritual
Tikkun Olam Seeks Volunteers To Help With Charitable Projects Rabbi Suzan Lipson Leads Event Focused On Fruits, Nuts And Wine
The shul’s first Tu B’Shevat Seder for Women brought together dozens of members and guests to explore the holiday focused on trees coming to life after a cold winter. The seder plate for this holiday featured fruits, nuts
and red and white wines in varying proportions to illustrate life-giving properties. The festive occasion, under the direction of Rabbi Suzan Lipson, rewarded participants with a communal, educational and spiritual experience — and a delicious chocolate cake for dessert. Chairing the Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9, event were Ann Hurwitz, the shul’s education director, and Judith K. Weiner. Photos by Debra Riva and Sara Bloom
Tikkun Olam Seeks Volunteers To Help With Charitable Projects
Veronica Kaliski, chair of the shul’s Tikkun Olam group, reported the results of a planning meeting to meet the needs of the upcoming season at Common Ground. Among the initiatives this spring, Tikkun Olam will chose crops to align with the needs of CAST clients. Also, only one crop will be planted in each of the three beds the group maintains. This approach will better facilitate care and harvesting.
The group focuses on planting during spring and summer, and charitable drives for back-to-school items, personal care items, and coats for kids, among other projects, in the colder months.
Those interested in joining the group and contributing to this valuable work can email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Veronica Kaliski.
Book Circle Selection’s Heroines Defy Nazis With Power Of The Word
The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, March. 20, at 3 p.m., in the community room at the shul, to talk about Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson, a Nazi resistance story by an unlikely pair of heroines.
Paper Bullets tells the story of two French women who drew on their skills as artists to write and distribute “paper bullets” — wicked insults against Hitler, calls to rebel, and subversive dialogues to demoralize Nazi troops occupying their adopted home on the British Channel Island of Jersey. They slipped notes into soldier’s pockets and tucked them inside newsstand magazines.
For more information about the Book Circle and its current selection, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.
Men’s Tu-B’Shevat Tree Tour
The men of CTI are invited to take part in a Tu B’Shevat Tree Tour, to occur simultaneously with the Women’s Seder that will take place at our shul. Both events will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. The women will gather in the community room. The men will gather at the gazebo in Andrew Levin Park, adjacent to the shul.
The tree tour will be led by shul member Jack Weiskott, an expert botanist and a member of the Greenport Tree Committee. He will discuss the benefits of trees and how the Tree Committee chooses which trees to plant, how they are acquired, and what care and maintenance they receive.
Rabbi Gadi will make the connection to Tu B’Shevat, a time when under all the cold and snow the sap begins to resurrect. Please dress for the weather, and you might want to bring a hot drink in a Thermos.
Tikkun Olam Group Seeks Ideas And Participants
Tikkun Olam is currently planning for 2025. Our goal is to help make our community a better place by offering assistance to people in need, our number one priority. If you have ideas, know of local organizations that align with our goals, or want to participate in the Tikkun Olam group, please email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Veronica Kaliski chair of the group.
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