Shul News & Notes
To Make A Yellow Candle Charitable Contribution…
Should you wish to acknowledge receipt of your candle with a charitable contribution, we suggest that you consider a gift in a multiple of $18, the number that represents life — chai — to Congregation Tifereth Israel, and designate it for the Yellow Candle Project. The shul will, in turn, donate the full amount of all the contributions to Greenport High School to help finance a visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, a fitting conclusion to the 10th-graders’ unit on the Holocaust.
You can contribute online at our website — www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org — or by sending a check to the shul at P.O. Box 659, Greenport, NY 11944.
More Tikkun Olam News…
And now, Veronica Kaliski, chair of Tikkun Olam, reminds us that gardening at Common Ground on behalf of CAST has begun. To date, beds 18 and 19 have been weeded, and mulch has been spread, and seedlings provided by Treiber Farms and Marion Garden Herbs will be planted soon.
And who is doing all of this gardening? A small and dedicated group, Veronica says, pointing out that additional help is welcome. Those interested in getting their hands in the dirt for a good cause can contact the shul at ctigreenport@gmail.com and leave a message for Veronica Kaliski.
Book Circle To Discuss “Maus 1,” A Graphic Novel About The Holocaust
The Book Circle has chosen a graphic novel as its selection for the Thursday, May 16 meeting. The bookies will gather at 3 p.m. on Zoom for a look at Art Spiegleman’s Maus 1: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History, a “brutally moving work of art,” Amazon says.
This is the bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust,” said The Wall Street Journal, and “the first masterpiece in comic book history,” according to The New Yorker.
Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as mice and Nazis as menacing cats. It is a story of survival, and a look at the legacy of trauma.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books on Jewish topics and/or by Jewish writers.
For more information, email Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator, at ctigreenport@gmail.com/.
Yellow Candle Project on Sunday
Do You Know Where Your Yellow Candle Is?
You had it. You put it somewhere? Where did you put it?
This Sunday, May 5, at 7 p.m., we will meet in the Andrew Levin Park to bury the names of children lost in the Holocaust. May they rest peacefully.
At 7:30 p.m., we will join congregants, guests, and members of three other synagogues to light our yellow candles together in a
communal remembrance of The Six Million.
Rabbi Gadi and Rabbi Barbara Sheryll of the North Fork Reform Synagogue
will lead the ceremony.
Following the ceremony, Leah Friedman will read a play she has written that reveals a personal Yom HaShoah story.
Please join us for this moving commemorative event.
Passover service with Yiskor tomorrow morning, Tuesday, April 23, at 9:30
Rabbi Gadi will lead a Passover service with Yiskor tomorrow morning,
Tuesday, April 23, at 9:30, in person and online.
We hope you will make every effort to attend in observance of the holiday and to pay tribute to those we miss.
Note:
The First Passover Seder is taking place today, April 22, at the synagogue,
at 6 p.m. and it will be accessible on Zoom as well.
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