Shul News & Notes
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend At Our Shul: Nov. 29 and 30
Thanksgiving Weekend Scholar in Residence
Led by a Professor of
Islamic – Judaic Studies
To Mark the Day of
Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries
Friday Night, Nov. 29 at 8:00 PM
The Rich Tapestry of Middle Eastern Indigenous Jewries:
Glorious History, Resilience in Persecution,
and Displacement in Modernity
Middle Eastern Desserts
Saturday, Nov. 30 at 12:00 PM
The Most Jewish of All Jews: Jews of Yemen from
Solomon and Sheba to the Magic Carpet and Beyond
Light Middle Eastern Buffet
Dr. Seth Ward: B.A. and Ph.D. Yale University – Shari’a law relating to Synagogues and Churches.
Additional studies at Hebrew University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Director Emeritus, University of Denver’s Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies, where he initiated and taught the Arabic program. For 20 years, he taught Islam, Judaism and Middle East, and Arabic and Hebrew at the University of Wyoming. Prior to that, he taught for six years at the University of Haifa and the Technion in Israel.
The real story of Hanukkah: Saturday, Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m.
Save The Date:
Saturday, Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m.
Bet you never saw this coming…
On Saturday, Dec 14, will it be a Shabbat service?
Is it coffee and danish?
And what about Kaddish? Shabbat songs? Some Talmud?
Plus: The real story of Hanukkah? The really true story…
Know what? It’s all of the above.
Be sure to join Chuck Simon and all of us together
for a fun Shabbat morning
Coffee and Danish in the community room at 9:30 (Don’t be late)
Some Shabbat ritual stuff (Just a little bit)
And the truth about a so-called miracle. (It’s a whopper of a story)
Let us know you’re coming
so we can save you some danish
RSVP: Elaine at 631-765-3504
Kristallnacht observance, Friday Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
On Nov. 8, 9 and 10, 1938, Nazi leaders
unleashed a series of pogroms against the
Jewish population in Germany.
This event is known as
Kristallnacht
(The Night of Broken Glass)
because of the shattered glass that
littered the streets
after the vandalism and destruction
of Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues and homes.
Please join us this Shabbat
Friday evening, Nov. 8, at 7:30
when we will acknowledge that
hate sanctions evil
when together, we will
remember the lessons of the Holocaust
and those who died and sacrificed
for Judaism,
and as a congregation, we will pray for peace.
Shul Offers Membership Windfall for New Families and Individuals
Many people choose to join our shul midway through the year, or even after the High Holidays, which leaves only a few months until dues are due again. Not fair, we said. So here’s the deal: Any individual or family joining between now and the end of the year will pay the new rate — $1,200 for families; $800 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, but will be paid-up members through 2025.
Interested? Know people who are? Email Sara Bloom at citigreenport@gmail.com
‘Hostage Prayer’ Quilt By Roberta Garris Graces High Holidays Bimah
Statement by shul member Roberta Garris about her stunning fabric art displayed on the bimah through the High
Holidays: “I based this quilt on a list that included the names and ages of the hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023. I used aqua fabrics, graduating from light to dark, to represent males from under-10 to over-80. Females from under-10 to over-80 are represented by hot colors, from pale yellow to dark red. Every decade is represented for both groups. The center represents hostages who have died; the next rectangle is for hostages who have died, but whose remains have not been released; the next represents hostages still in captivity; and the outer rectangle is for hostages who have been released. A prayer for all the hostages is stitched along the border.” Artist photo
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