Shul News & Notes
Proudly Presenting This Year’s Honoree Roberta Garris
Proudly Presenting This Year’s Honoree
Roberta Garris
It is with enormous delight that the Journal Committee recognizes Roberta Garris as Congregation Tifereth Israel’s 2022 Journal honoree.
Roberta is our volunteer extraordinaire. Whenever help is required, we can count on Roberta to extend her hands — and her handiwork. Her hand-sewn quilts have provided much-sought-after raffle items. And, during the Covid pandemic, Roberta crafted dozens of fabric mask that sold throughout the North Fork — to benefit our synagogue.
Roberta’s willing and generous dedication for three decades stands as an inspiring symbol of the Jewish spirit of community. Roberta, we salute you.
Response to the shul’s support of Blue Card, in connection with donations to the Yellow Candle Project
Response to the shul’s support of Blue Card, in connection with donations to the Yellow Candle Project. Published with permission.
June 24, 2022
Congregation Tifereth Israel Attn:
Dr. Thomas Byrne 519 Fourth Street
P.O. Box 659
Greenport, New York 11944
Dear Dr. Byrne,
Thank you very much for the generous donation of $1,906.00.
The Blue Card’s mission is built on a platform of helping Holocaust survivors who have suffered unspeakable atrocities in their lifetime. Our mission is to provide financial assistance in a way that preserves dignity and offers caring support to 3,000 survivors nationwide. We are proud and gratified that our Blue Card family of clients knows that they can always turn to us for help.
We strive and succeed to offer programs such as telephone emergency response, medical/dental care, homecare, and emergency cash assistance. Each year, The Blue Card’s programs are adjusted to meet the most urgent needs.
Today, The Blue Card has programs in more than 35 states. We are proud that the visibility of our organization as an agent of exceptional charitable work flourishes, with ongoing press coverage in major publications, award of four stars by Charity
Navigator, accreditation by the Better Business Wise Giving Alliance, and most notably, in the improved circumstances of our clients.
We are most grateful for the generosity of our many supporters. The caring work of The Blue Card could not be achieved without the commitment of our donors.
Our most heartfelt thanks to you. Sincerely,
Masha Pearl Executive Director
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Trip to Israel with Rabbi Gadi Capela
November 6-18, 2022
From New York
Inclusions
Round-trip airfare from New York (not included if you make your own flight arrangements)
10 nights at centrally located first class hotels as follows:
~ 2 nights: November 7-9 | (Herod’s Hotel or equivalent), Tel Aviv
~ 2 nights: November 9-11| (Magdala Hotel or equivalent), Sea of Galilee
~ 4 nights: November 11-15| Leonardo Plaza Hotel, Jerusalem
~ 2 nights: November 15-17| (Leonardo Plaza Hotel or equivalent), Eilat
Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
Assistance of a professional local guide throughout
Daily Breakfast and dinner
SAMPLE DAILY ITINERARY
Day 1 | Nov 6: Depart US
Make your way to your local airport where you will board your overnight flight. Your meals are served on board.
Day 2 | Nov 7: Arrive Tel Aviv
• Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport.
• Bus tour through Tel Aviv: exploring the diverse and populous city, the economic and technological center of the country.
• Tour of Old Jaffa.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Tel Aviv.
Day 3 | Nov 8: Tel Aviv
• Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed
• Bus tour introducing the Hebrew architecture in Tel Aviv.
• Lunch at Shuk HaCarmel (Carmel Market), one of the most famous markets in Israel. Spend time on Dizengoff Street:
One of the city’s most iconic streets. Rabin’s Square.
• Museum of the Jewish People – ANU Exhibition at Tel Aviv University
Day 4 | Nov 9: Galilee and Golan Heights
• Drive up along the Mediterranean coast to ancient Caesarea,
• Atlit Detainee Camp Museum where many legal and illegal Jewish immigration took place under British Mandate. A tour of Haifa
• Drive to Tiberias – Visit the Tomb of Maimonides and understanding his philosophy.
•Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), the lowest freshwater lake on Earth.
• Prayer at Magdala at the remains of the one of the most ancient synagogues.
Day 5 | Nov 10: Galilee
• Visit the ancient synagogue in Capernaum – the most mentioned town in the New Testament.
• Tzfat – the center of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. Ari Hakadosh and Yosef Caro Synagogues.
• Explore the artists’ colony and meet a Kabbalist artist.
• Drive to the Golan Heights. Kibbutz Merom Golan Observation over Qunaitra, Syria.
Day 6 | Nov 11: Jerusalem
• Visit Bet She’an the magnificent Roman city remains.
• Drive south to Jerusalem through the Jordan Valley to Mt. Scopus and recite Psalms.
• Western Wall (Kotel) before sundown to participate in a joyful Kabbalat Shabbat
• Festive Shabbat Dinner at the hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 7 | Nov 12: Shabbat in Jerusalem
• Services at the Conservative synagogue and the Orthodox Great Synagogue near the hotel.
• Walking tour of Jerusalem: Rehavia neighborhood, where the Prime Minister and President of Israel reside. Walk through the Old City.
Day 8 | Nov 13: Old Jerusalem inside the Walls
• Visit the Temple Mount, the site of both ancient Jewish temples. A holy site to both Jews and Muslims.• Visit the City of David where over 3000 years ago, King David established the capital of Israel. Hezekiah’s Tunnel, and Underground Tunnel to Kotel
• Walk the through the Arab Market/ Via Dolorosa, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Day 9 | Nov 14: Greater Jerusalem
• Israel Museum and HolyLand Model/Shrine of the Book Yad Vashem
Day 10 | Nov 15: From the Dead Sea to the Red Sea
• Drive to Qasr Al-Yahud, where the Israelites crossed the Jordan River, The Prophet Elijah was ascended to heaven, and the Baptismal site of Jesus.
• Tour at Kumran and continue south to Masada, where many Israeli soldiers are sworn.
• Floating in the Dead Sea, the lowest and saltiest spot in the world.
• Drive to Eilat on the Red Sea and the south tip of Israel.
Day 11 | Nov 16: Eilat
• Enjoy a free relaxing day at the hotel or explore Eilat at your own leisure.
• Choose an excursion trip or go snorkeling in exceptional underwater world of Eilat. (not included)
Day 12 | Nov 17: Journey “From Egypt to Rehoboth”
• Drive through Ramon Crater, the unique and magical world’s largest erosion crater in the Negev Desert.
• Last stop is Rehoboth, Rabbi Gadi’s home town. Visit the Weizmann Institute/High TeckCompany/Underground Weapon.
• Visit the Jewish Yemenite Heritage Center
• Farewell dinner
We are currently exploring: Archeological dig in Magdala, Stop at the American Embassy, and a visit at Mount
Hertzel’s National Cemetery, the Keneset, and a Military base.
An optional extension and a trip to Petra in Jordan.
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Annual Congregation Meeting; Elect Officers/Directors For 2022-2023
The Nominating Committee has proposed a slate of officers to serve from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023:
President: Judith K. Weiner
Vice president: Sara Bloom
Treasurer: Alan Garmise
Financial Secretary: Nancy Torchio
Recording Secretary: Joanna Paulsen
Corresponding Secretary: Elaine Goldman
Members at Large: Elizabeth Adams, Suri Lan-Brown, Madelyn Rothman
Also sitting on the Board of Directors are Adrianne Greenberg, Sisterhood President; and Thomas Byrne, Men’s Club President. Members of the Nominating Committee are Susan Rosenstreich, chair; Miriam Gabriel, and Rochelle Garmise.
The annual meeting of Congregation Tifereth Israel will be held on Sunday, June 12, at 10 a.m., on Zoom, at which time the last agenda item will be the election of officers. Congregation members are urged to attend the meeting to support the Board of Directors whose time and expertise contribute to the smooth running of our synagogue.
About additional nominations
According to the bylaws, synagogue members are permitted to submit additional nominations to the slate before the end of May. This year, additional nominations can be submitted to Susan Rosenstreich, chair of the Nominating Committee, at suzil@optonline.net by Tuesday, May 31, at midnight.
If the slate is challenged by additional nominations, voting for that particular position will be held separately from the slate presented by the Nominating Committee.
Live From Tbilisi, Georgia, A Lunch And Learn Program About Ukraine
Gulo Swan Offers Observations and Impressions; Rabbi Gadi To Moderate
On Monday, June 6, Lunch and Learn will connect live to Tbilisi, Georgia, in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, for a discussion about Ukraine and the people there displaced by war.
Rabbi Gadi will moderate a discussion with Gulo Swan, known to many of our congregants through her participation in Rabbi Gadi’s Monday afternoon parsha study group when she and her late husband, Arthur Swan, lived here. The couple relocated to Gulo’s native Georgia in 2014, and Gulo continued to participate in the weekly Torah study class by phone.
In a message accepting the invitation to talk about Ukraine, a neighboring country, Gulo told Lunch and Learn in Georgia, we try to support Ukraine and provide basic needs to the people who have reached her country. “We can understand their condition and feel the same as we had in 2008, when Russia began occupation of our territories,” she said, noting that she is happy to express her thoughts and feelings about what she has observed and experienced. Gulo will also share with us how the nearness to the war zone affects her country, the people there, and her family.
The June 6 Lunch and Learn program is an opportunity to gain insights about the people and culture of Ukraine, well beyond the daily newscasts that often focus only on numbers who have perished.
Pictured, Rabbi Gadi with Gulo, in front of The Great Synagogue of Tbilisi, the Capitol of Georgia.
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