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Congregation Tifereth Israel
VIRTUAL JOURNAL
120th Anniversary 2021/5781
Sara Bloom
Congregation Honoree
We congratulate Vice President Sara Bloom
for this well-deserved honor,
recognizing her many years of service and contributions
toward the ongoing wellbeing of Congregation Tifereth Israel.
We also send Sara our love as a wonderful and gracious friend.
We wish you many blessings in the future.
With confidence, we send our best wishes as always
to the new Board of Directors and to Rabbi Gadi Capela
as they steer us through
the challenges of 2021-2022
In loving memory of our parents,
Norma Robinson Panepinto ע”ה
and Paul Panepinto ע”ה
and
Jean Ansell Birman ע”ה
and Max Birman ע”ה
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AN ODE TO 120
Lechayim! To life! Our shul is 120 years old. For Jews,
120 is a special number that symbolizes completion, a
complete life. Scripture tells us that Moses, our greatest
rabbi, lived 120 years. “Moses was a hundred and twenty
years old when he died; his eyes were undimmed and his
vigor unabated.” (Duet. 34:7) According to Rashi, “his
vigor unabated” means the life-sap that was in him did
not depart, and the appearance of his face had not
changed. (Sifrei Devarim 357:35).
Photo: Elllen Jaffe
The connection between Moses’s lifespan and completion is not accidental. In order to
mitigate man’s propensity to sin and become corrupted, God decided to limit the life of a
person to 120 years. The Lord said, “My breath shall not abide in man forever, since he too
is flesh; let the days allowed him be one hundred and twenty years.” (Gen. 6:3) Onkelos,
echoed by other commentators, explains that God set a time for mankind to repent. Ramban
expands: “...The purport is to state that ‘God made man upright’ (Ecclesiastes 7:29) to be
like the ministering angels by virtue of the soul He gave him. But he was drawn after the
flesh and corporeal desires; ‘he is like the beasts that perish’ (Psalms 49:13), and therefore
the spirit of God will no longer be sheathed in him for he is corporeal and not godly.
However, He will prolong for them if they repent.”
Before departing at 120 years, Moses summarizes the 42 journeys in the 40 years the
People of Israel spent in the desert. “Moses recorded the starting points of their various
marches as directed by the Lord. Their marches, by starting points…” (Num 33:2) At first
glance, it is clear that the people endured much. However, Moses reminded them where
they had begun, and that their difficulties are actually their future’s building blocks that
imbued the experience with a value that endured, much like Moses himself.
Similar to the People of Israel, Congregation Tifereth Israel has experienced many different
stops in time. We can look back at the amazing journey and see how far we’ve come. Like
Moses, CTI is still in full vigor — an ode to the past 120 years and prayers for 120 more.
Rabbi Gadi Capela
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual Journal
FROM THE PRESIDENT
It has been a ground breaking
year for our venerable 120 year
old synagogue. Congratulations
to Tifereth Israel. And mazel tov
to our 2021 honoree, Sara
Bloom -- the inimitable Sara
who has worn so many hats
with such dedication for more
than 20 years, our Scribe of
Shul life.
Let us denote our 120th anniversary with a crown for our Virtual Year, the Zoom
Year. The year that was infused with strength and dedication from our Board and
Congregation, to step up and step out and re-envision our traditions and
programs. Rabbi Gadi became our spiritual media star with virtual services and
joyous holiday observances. The skills and talents of our members were
showcased in 52 weeks of Zoom Lunch & Learn programs. We will continue to
sing and dance and laugh with the videos and images of the weekly Shul
Schmooze, and to applaud our award winning newsletter, the Shofar. Few
institutions can match Scribe Bloom’s long running monthly success. And of
course, we thank our amazing tech wizard and dedicated Office Manager,
Andrea Blaga, for her skills and expertise that make us look so good.
As we celebrate our community and our spiritual home, let us think about what
our leap of faith has meant this year. A 20 percent growth in membership. A
stable operating budget. A cohesive community despite the isolation of the
pandemic. And now, anticipation for our re-opening this summer with hybrid
services for Shabbat and the High Holidays.
Let us join together to commemorate our spiritual home that has provided
comfort and community. Kol Hakavod!
Judith K. Weiner
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SISTERHOOD
What would a synagogue be without its Sisterhood?
Largely, the responsibilities of the Sisterhood involve
organizing or preparing food for Onegs and Kaddishim, the
break-the-fast Yom Kippur meal, and other in-person
activities. At all Sisterhood events, we invite participants to
share in the warmth and friendship of our Sisterhood
group. As more of the Covid restrictions are lifted, we look
forward to resuming this in-person time.
Nevertheless, Sisterhood has not been idle during Covid. We have worked with the
shul’s Tikkun Olam committee to supply food and personal care products to CAST, and
we will be joining the back-to-school project to collect supplies for youngsters as they
return to their classrooms.
In addition, the sale of our Sunshine Cards continued at a rapid pace. These cards
display photographs of our beloved sanctuary on the front, with blank spaces inside for
your personal sentiments. Your purchase is a meaningful message of caring for each
recipient and, in addition, provides financial support for our shul. We thank all those
who have turned from Hallmark cards to Sunshine cards, and we encourage members
and friends to choose this Sisterhood fundraiser to reach out with a personal message.
You can order Sunshine Cards by visiting the shul’s website at
www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org/.
In keeping with the success of the Sunshine Cards project, Sisterhood initiated
Hanukkah cards this year, featuring a choice of three photos of our beautiful shul.
These cards, too, brought smiles to the faces of the recipients.
Looking ahead, we are planning to co-sponsor programs with the Men’s Club in a joint
effort to introduce culture and entertainment to our shul members as well as our
neighboring communities. We invite you to join us.
Adrianne Greenberg, Sisterhood President
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MEN'S CLUB
With the reopening of our beloved
synagogue, the Men’s Club is looking
forward to a year filled with service,
camaraderie, and support for our
congregation and the community at large.
Our thanks to Dr. Micah Kaplan for his
selfless work on behalf of the Men’s Club
for countless years. Thank you, Micah, for
serving as a role model with the energy you
expended during your tenure as president.
The board of the Men’s Club is investigating new programs to offer this year,
including lectures, luncheon meetings, and fundraising events. Of course, we will
continue the annual Men’s Club traditions by sponsoring the barbeque and building
the Sukkah.
Once again this year, we presented a scholarship award to a graduating senior at
Greenport High School who had demonstrated dedication to service of others in the
community.
In spite of restrictions imposed by global pandemic during the past year, the newly-
elected board of directors and members of the Men’s Club are energized and
committed to serving our shul in the coming year.
Tom Byrne, PhD, Men’s Club President
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SARA ON SARA
This could be tricky… For the past 10 years or so,
I have been privileged to interview the many
individuals chosen annually by the Journal Dinner-
Dance Committee as event honorees. As I glance
over the names of those who have graciously
submitted to a one-on-one with me, I am grateful
for the trust they conferred upon this writer to tell
their stories with accuracy and compassion.
But now, with deep gratitude to shul president
Judith Weiner and to this year’s Journal Dinner-
Dance Committee, I find myself the honoree,
humbled to be sure, and faced with the daunting
task to reveal my own story. Is this an awkward
situation, or perhaps an opportunity to reflect on
how I came to be who I am?
How, then, should I approach this assignment? In the memoir-writing class I’ve led the last 17
years for Southold Town, I often talk about setting — where the story takes place, the precise names
and details that make the whereabouts unique, the sense memory — what we see and hear, taste or
touch, or maybe catch a scent of in the air — all to help the storyteller transport the reader or listener
to that place that makes the experience so memorable.
With your indulgence, then, I shall begin my own story with the setting. For 30 years, my
husband and I and our children lived in a bucolic village in Westchester County, where Bruce
commuted daily on the notoriously unreliable Metro-North Railroad to the advertising agency he
headed in Manhattan. I, on the other hand, worked locally as feature editor of The Scarsdale Inquirer
and contributor to its sister newspapers, The Enterprise that serves the Hudson River Towns, and the
Record Review of Bedford and Pound Ridge in Westchester’s exclusive horse country.
In the year 2000, our children off on their own, we traded one bucolic village for another,
moving full-time into a summer house we had purchased in Southold some 20 years earlier. After
much hammering and banging and a procession of trades moving daily through the place, we had
transformed our little house by the side of the road into one with spaces that responded to our
individual pursuits. For Bruce, a small art studio where he could paint; for me, an office with a glorious
12 linear feet of counter space for desk and accessories, ample shelving for a collection of books too
dear to leave behind, and plenty of natural light to offset the immeasurable hours writers these days
spend glued to a computer screen.
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Mementos and reminders
And it is from that modest office space,
crammed with the mementos of a life story,
that my account of it can begin. For as I look
around this room — small, intimate,
welcoming — I am surrounded by reminders
of the passing decades that I have saved
and savored these many years. On the
walls, awards from a 50-year odyssey of
written work; sprinkled about are the
cherished souvenirs, mugs and comical
paper flowers from students in my writing
classes; and within easy reach, shelving
overflowing with books about the principles
of good writing — clearly the trappings that
have defined me from childhood scribblings
through newspaper and magazine editing,
my second career as a teacher, and my
writing and editing services business — each
client’s project assigned to a file folder in
overstuffed cabinet drawers or, whatever is
current, piled high on the desktop.
Always current these days are projects for Congregation Tifereth Israel. Even before we
settled here in Southold, I discovered that small synagogue, so reminiscent of the one in which
I grew up that I think I must have joined within minutes of my first visit. And for the better part of
the last 20 years, I have joyously served as an officer and director, also opened a synagogue
gift shop, brought state and federal historic recognition to our century-old building, produced
press releases, flyers, letters, a Lunch and Learn program on Zoom and, yes, The Shofar, the
monthly newsletter of activities and events I have edited for the last 12 years with idiosyncratic
rules of my own making that, luckily for me, congregants have accepted with nary an objection.
What else do I see here in this room? Prized in every niche, of course, are keepsakes
from a loving, 58-year marriage to a special man, who indulged my eccentricities and
supported the bevy of women in his family — wife, two daughters and, later, two
granddaughters — all with formidable voices as well as girlish emotional gushes. “Even the cat
is female,” Bruce often joked, until an eagle-eyed vet at North Fork Animal Hospital announced
that the shelter in Southold where, several years before, we had rescued our young feline, had
misread the cat’s parts, necessitating an immediate name change from Lady Kate to Jimmy.
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.
And there’s more. A photo of my college classmates at Arcadia University, a small
academic institution in Glenside, Pennsylvania, where, as an English major, I swooned to the
cadence of Dr. Belle Matheson’s drawled Blanche Dubois, and where as a sophomore in a
class of senior majors, I survived the elusiveness of the modern poetry course with the ever-
stern Miss Margaret Green.
And over there, photos of my parents, my big brother, our house on Stevens Drive in
Burlington, one of a series of historic New Jersey towns that front the scenic Delaware River,
and where my father, a jeweler, had opened a store on a downtown commercial street. I often
think about the innocence of small-town life there in Burlington, the principled way my parents
always conducted their lives and instilled “important life lessons,” as my father would point out,
peering conspiratorially at me and my brother over his spectacles. But most of all, perhaps,
when I think about those foundational years, I think about our house on Stevens Drive, and I
know that whatever I am in life emanated from the influence of all that occurred in that house at
that time in that setting.
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My house, a foundation for life
It was a two-story house, white shingles with green shutters, and it must have seemed
castle-like to me after living in our five-room apartment on High Street. Finally, at age 6, I had
my own bedroom, and from the front windows, I could look down from the second floor and see
all the activity on our street, mostly kids on bicycles and the occasional passing car.
From the west window of my bedroom, I could see the house where my friends Judy
and Sandy lived. We would send messages to each other on a makeshift walkie-talkie made
with two paper cups and a long length of string. Also on the west wall was a dressing table that
was part of the blond bedroom suite my parents had purchased for me. I didn’t want a dressing
table; I wanted a desk. But my mother convinced me I could pretend it was a desk, which is
what I did. No fancy bottles and lotions for me. I arranged pads and pencils, notebooks and
erasers on top and in all the drawers. I’d sit there every morning before school, drawing and
writing stories as my mother stood behind me, brushing and combing my hair into long, tubular
curls.
My parents had the big bedroom — the master — with big furniture, including a huge
three-drawer dresser where my mother kept her clothing, so carefully folded and stacked. It
was black walnut with burled wood insets and teardrop drawer pulls that tapped against
decorative metal plates mounted beneath. Of interest to me was the narrow secret drawer at
the top, where she stored her jewelry. I would paw through that drawer, trying on fancy rings
and stylishly-fashioned gold necklaces and bracelets. It was fun for dress-up, but I never
coveted any of it for myself. My father understood that I wanted a tangible remembrance of her,
so he pried several small diamonds from one of her charms and made a necklace for me,
connecting the stones on a fine gold chain that I wear to this day.
The house had a sizeable dining room, where my mother kept her fine linens and
various sets of silver and dishes to maintain a kosher home. The living room, rarely used, was
more museum than comfort zone, mostly saved for special occasions or for company. What I
remember most about the living room was my mother’s piano. She had come from a musical
family of singers and instrumentalists, and she was quite gifted herself. She would often play in
the late afternoons before starting dinner for the family.
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalA kitchen table
Our lives revolved around the kitchen table, a, grey-speckled
Formica top with chrome trim. Amid the clatter of dishes and
cooking pots, the whirring of the electric mixer for my
mother’s daily baking, and the rumbling of the washing
machine she insisted be installed in the kitchen rather than in
the utility room behind it, I did my homework, there on that
table, and talked to my friends on the dial-up telephone
nearby, state of the art at the time.
My mother served meals on that table, folded the laundry there, displayed her home-baked
cookies and pies there, the spicy aromas wafting throughout the place, tempting nibbles and snacks
when they were still hot to the touch. My father paid the bills there. Our various cats were chased
from sitting there. We ate all our meals there, the dinner conversation inevitably turning to the
synagogue. You see, at one point during my growing-up years, my father was president of the shul,
and my mother was president of the Sisterhood. No matter what cataclysmic event may have
surfaced in the previous 24 hours, Temple B’Nai Israel always took precedence at the dinner table.
Except, of course, for dealing with my brother, who was often scolded there for not doing his
homework, not coming home in time for dinner, not doing his chores like cutting the grass and
sweeping the porch, and for the time he captured a small water snake from the riverfront of the
Delaware and scared his little sister, who cried and had bad dreams for weeks after.
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalA basement playroom contained my toys and games and my brother’s trains, which
I played with more than he did. The garage was fine for the Pontiac sedan, but was too
short for bigger cars that came later — a sleek Oldsmobile 98 and a Buick Le Sabre that
extended into the driveway so that the garage door couldn’t close. I learned to drive in those
big, lumbering tanks, endlessly moving forward and reverse up and down that long
driveway. I’d throw my arm over the back of the seat, stare out the rear window, just as my
father did, and gun the engine. My mother, who was afraid to drive, would watch fearfully
from the kitchen windows, sure I would one day stray from the path and end up next door in
Mr. Wilson’s yard.
The house had ample rear property, where my brother and I played Badminton
endlessly, and where he taught me to fire a rifle. Lessons ended abruptly when my mother
got wind of that.
A large front porch sat vacant most of the time, my parents preferring the privacy and
quiet of the screened back porch. When I think of them, I see my father there, poring over
the daily paper, and my mother involved with her books from the Best Sellers’ List, saved for
her at the circulation desk at our local library.
Reflection
It was an idyllic time for me, growing up on Stevens Drive. I felt safe there, loved, and
trouble free. I always pictured myself returning there to live, but I never did. I visited often,
but having lived away for so long, I felt like a guest as I sat in the living room with my
husband and our children, my parents catching us up on the neighborhood news.
When our parents died, my brother and I sold the house. I never went back to
Stevens Drive to see how the new people had treated our place. I wanted to remember it
the way I’d lived it.
I extend heartfelt thanks to Congregation Tifereth Israel for this honor and for the
opportunity to reflect on the many influences that have brought me to this moment.
Sara Bloom
Photos: Judith K. Weiner
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Mazel Tov,
Sara
With admiration,
Ken and Nancy
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCelebrating Your 120th Year &
Honoring Sara Bloom
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Your presence is our good fortune.
Thank you for the many ways you
enrich our congregation.
Ann Hurwitz
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn Honor of Sara Bloom
and the Bloom family
Sara, I don’t know if you know it, but Bruce J. Bloom,
Inc., Advertising and Public Relations, was my first
“real” business client when I started my accounting
practice in 1982.
(Is it really coming on to 40 years?!)
Bruce, (a"h), was a tough businessman who
demanded perfection, and that has taught me how to
conduct my business. To this day, I respect and thank
him for that.
But, he was a softie at heart!
Knowing you all these years, I understand why you
have dedicated so much of your time and energy
toward your shul. May you continue in your noble
work for many more healthy years.
Your friends at
Cywiak & Company, LLP, CPAs
19 West 44th Street, Suite 510
New York, NY 10036
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations Sara for your years of dedicated service and thanks to everyone for strengthening our synagogue during these challenging times. Rochelle & Alan Garmise Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual Journal
Congratulations
Congregation Tifereth Israel
on your 120th year
and best wishes to this year’s
honoree
Sara M. Bloom
JOSEPH M. DUVA M.D., F.A.C.G.
Board Certified Gastroenterology
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Practice Limited to Digestive and Liver Diseases
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
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887 Old Country Road (631) 727-6122
Suite A
Riverhead, New York 11901
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalWe couldn’t be more proud of Sara Bloom!
Editor-in-chief of our daily family doings; Impresario of our family gatherings;
Publicist of our successes; and Manager of our busy family tree. For all our lives,
we have called Sara Bloom our President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary,
Vice president, and rock.
We are so happy that the shul sees a glimpse of all that we see.
You are extraordinary, Mom & Grandma. Thank you for all that you do for us,
and the Community.
Love, Mimi, Jenny, Vika and Georgia
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn Loving
Memory
Of
Ed Prager
ע”ה
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalDuring the pandemic the shul building was closed. But the congregation was OPEN. Thanks to Zoom we: never missed a minyan at Shabbat services held Passover seders and High Holy Day services held Hebrew classes, Bar Mitzvahs and Board and Congregation meetings. held the Rabbi’s Jewish history course. And: We even introduced a new shul program--- Sara Bloom’s varied and popular Lunch and Learn every Monday at noon. Congratulations to CTI and Zoom for keeping us together as a congregation during this terrible pandemic. Adrianne Greenberg and Miriam Gabriel Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual Journal
We celebrate our extraordinary 2021
honoree…..the inimitable Sara Bloom.
In one electronic moment, we mark two
auspicious occasions: the crowning of
Sara Bloom and the 120th birthday of
Tifereth Israel.
Judith K. Weiner
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn loving memory
of our
PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS/GREATGRANDPARENTS
ARTHUR A. LEVIN ע”ה
EMMA R. LEVIN ע”ה
CAROL LEVIN
DIANE LEVIN/GARY GOLDSTEIN
JULIE LEVIN RUSSO/ MELISSA LEVIN DIFILIPPI
VEGA LEVIN DIFILIPPI
MICHAEL LEVIN RUSSO
ELI LEVIN GOLDSTEIN/ ANDREA LUBRANO
ALMA CHAMPAGNE GOLDSTEIN
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations, Sara,
our award-winning Shofar editor and
Lunch and Learn creator.
Your Shofar and your Lunch and Learn
kept our members laughing,
discovering and connecting to each
other through the long year of Covid.
Thank you.
Miriam Gabriel and Adrianne Greenberg
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In loving memory of
Esther (Red) Harris ע”ה
and
Danny Harris ע”ה
The Harris + Zarin Families
Lesley
Maury
Neil
Heather
Will
Kali
Rowen
Sam
Ari
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn loving memory of my
beloved wife
Agnes Ehrenreich ע”ה
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalFor all that you do,
We thank you Sara!
Congratulations!
We also thank Rabbi Gadi for his leadership
Bill Packard and Charles Ihlenfeld
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To Zisa
Yasher Koach!
Yitta + Feivel
In loving memory of our dear friend
Audrey Rothman.
We miss you every day and keep you in our hearts.
Major congratulations to
Sara Bloom
Tom and Betty Doolan
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn memory of
Sheldon H. Pitkin ע”ה
August 1, 1928 - May 30, 2019
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalFrancis and Paul
Send best wishes to
Congregation Tifereth Israel
For its warm and welcoming congregation
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations Sara.
Writer, teacher, editor, publicist,
maestro of Lunch and Learn.
Our best wishes to you.
Ellen, Elana & Ella.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO SARA M. BLOOM AND TO
OUR SHUL ON ITS 120TH YEAR.
SARA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SHUL ARE EXTRAORDINARY!
MAY CONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL CONTINUE
TO SERVE OUR NORTH FORK COMMUNITY
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
LARRY KOTIK and TIM MUELLER
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Congratulations Sara
from two of your biggest fans.
Love,
Gayle and Micah
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn fond memory of my friends
Jed Clauss ע”ה
Jack Levin ע”ה
Sy Brittman ע”ה
Arthur Levin ע”ה
Bruce Bloom ע”ה
Aaron Novick ע”ה
Stanley Rubin ע”ה
Charlie Millman ע”ה
May their memories be blessings to all.
Paul S. Birman
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalMazel Tov to
Sara Bloom
and thank you for
keeping us
all connected.
Michael & Lynn Simon
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn Honor of
Rabbi Gadi Capela
Scholar, teacher, friend
and so much more.
Thank you for being you.
Affectionately,
Elizabeth & Menachem
Our Congratulations to Sara Bloom
Editor, Advocate and Friend to
In Loving Congregation Tifereth Israel
Memory of Veronica Kaliski and Tom Byrne
Dr. Nathaniel ע”ה
and
Esther L. Sperling ע”ה
Jonathan, Alexandra,
& Victoria
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalMazel tov Sara
A mere six months
Since we met on zoom Congratulations Sara,
The talented unstoppable thank you for everything you
Sara Bloom have done and are
Fair of face and full of grace
continuing to do for
Not hard to see
Congregation Tifereth Israel!
Why she is our honoree.
Affectionately,
Elizabeth and Menachem Susan and Stephen Meshover
Dear Sara
Thank you
Congratulations to you as you have
Sara Bloom given so much of yourself to this
For All You Do for CTI synogogue. You really helped keep it
alive with your monthly
newsletters and all else that you do.
Nancy and Daniel
Best Regards
Torchio
Rena and Barry Wiseman
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations to Sara and
best wishes to all our fellow
congregants
Best,
Well deserved congratulations Steve Brumberg
and thanks for all that you do. and
The Nadel Family Carol Ingall
Abundant, giving Heart.
Radiant, bright Spirit.
Thank you, Sara, Tireless, inspiring,
for everything that you dynamic Leader.
do Congratulations Honoree
Extraordinaire Sara Bloom!
for our community.
We are ever grateful for you.
Paula
Much love,
Beth and Joe Brittman
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn Honor In loving
of our
Beloved Aunt and Uncle
memory of
Elaine and Philip Linda Livni ע”ה
Goldman
Karen and James Speyer Carol Levin
Congratulations to our 2021 honoree Sara Bloom,
the 120th Anniversary of Tifereth Israel Synagogue,
and our very own Dylan Ellant on his upcoming
Bar Mitzvah on 8.21.21.
Sending our congratulations and sincere wishes to
you, Dylan, that your Bar Mitzvah bring you every
joy and many blessings! May the Torah’s teachings
To Sara the Incomparable, influence you and inspire you to live a fulfilling and
happy life. Know that you fill your family with
Sara the Unforgettable and pride and joy and we couldn’t be more proud of the
Sara the Indomitable, young man that you have grown to be. Mazel Tov!
congratulations on Devi, Jon, Bram and Haley Ellant
being recognized
as all that and more.
Saul and Susan Rosenstreich
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalBest wishes,
Sara!
Frank & Phyllis Bocian
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalIn honor of my beloved
Congratulations, Sara! brother and
sister-in-law
Hedvah Campeas-Cohen
and
Elaine and Philip
Graham Diamond Goldman
Shirley Gabriner
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalA big Mazel Tov to Sara for being
this year’s honoree. I can’t think of a better
person to receive this honor.
Sara has narrated the life of
Congregation Tifereth Israel for many years.
A hard worker and a worker of words.
As God created the world with words, Sara
keeps creating the exquisite monthly Shofar.
Like her words, Sara can be tough and soft,
serious and funny. For her dedication of
managing the weekly Lunch & Learn program
during the year of Corona, which helped keep
our congregation connected, she deserves the
crown. Sara is an invaluable asset to our
congregation, just as she is to her family,
friends, and neighbors. May she continue her
holy work for many more years to come.
Rabbi Gadi Capela
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Optometrist Optician Sara, thanks for decades of
leadership!
North Fork Optical Center, Ltd.
Yasher koach!
Mattituck Shopping Center
10095 Main road - Unit 2
Love,
Eyes examined
Mattituck, NY 11952 Roberta & Jack
Prescriptions filled
Telephone: 631 298 - 9555
Contact lenses
Fax: 631 298 - 9556
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalSouthold Dental Associates Congratulations Sara
General and Implant Dentistry
44655 County Route 48 Well deserved!
Southold, NY 11971
- The Rothman Family
631-765-1262
STERLING DENTAL
19-20 Sterlington Commons
Greenport,
NY 11944
Susan Albano, DMD
Prosthodontist We appreciate all you do, Sara
631.477.1177
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In honor of our Aunts
Adrianne Greenberg & Mary
Gabriel
All our Love
Ileene and Fred Adler
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Branch Manager 611 East Main Street
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Financial Planning Specialist
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Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations to Sara
- a great Vice President,
great human being,
great humanitarian.
Irma Strimban
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual Journal“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time;
they just have the heart.”
—Elizabeth Andrew
The synagogue would like to acknowledge the many volunteers who made the
time and gave with a full heart to make this Virtual Journal a reality. They
believed in this project and in the journal’s sister project, the Virtual Silent
Auction — both undertakings breakthrough ideas that confirmed the belief that
togetherness is the key to the art of the possible.
Virtual Silent Auction
Madelyn Rothman, chair
Tom Byrne, technical support
Francis Dubois, publicity
Virtual Journal Committee
Judith K. Weiner, chair
Alan Garmise, treasurer
Andrea Blaga, production
Sara Bloom
Elaine Goldman
Adrianne Greenberg
Rochelle Garmise
Joanna Paulsen
High Holiday Matching Gift Campaign
Judith K. Weiner, chair
Alan Garmise, treasurer
Nancy Torchio
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual Journal• WHO’S WHO AT OUR SHUL •
Rabbi Gadi Capela
Gabbai Paul Nadel
Board of Directors
Judith K. Weiner: President
Sara Bloom: Vice President
Alan Garmise: Treasurer
Susan Rosenstreich: Financial Secretary
Joanna Paulsen: Recording Secretary
Elaine Goldman: Corresponding Secretary
Ann Hurwitz, Miriam Gabriel, Madelyn Rothman:
Members at Large
Adrianne Greenberg: Sisterhood President
Thomas Byrne: Men’s Club President
The Sisterhood
Adrianne Greenberg: President
Joanna Paulsen: Vice President
Roberta Garris: Secretary
Eileen Santora: Treasurer
The Men’s Club
Thomas Byrne: President
Paul Jesselsohn: Vice President
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalHistoric Synagogue North Fork Greenport
Congregation Tifereth Israel is a historic synagogue on the
North Fork in Greenport, New York. It is an egalitarian,
inclusive, Conservative synagogue committed to
strengthening Jewish values, learning and spiritual well-being
as well as building a close, warm and supportive community
for all who wish to join.
As you can see, we’ve gone VIRTUAL:
Please join us virtually through our website:
www.tiferethisraelgreenport.org
Shabbat services:
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
All are welcome
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalCongratulations to
ELAINE and PHIL
GOLDMAN
for all their hard work
and devotion
to the community
and to
Congregation Tifereth Israel
Judith and Robert Goldman
Congregation Tifereth Israel 2021 Virtual JournalWe are delighted that Sara has been chosen to be this year’s
honoree. She is a devoted member of our congregation, and
also a very active one. Sara wears many hats for us at CTI, but
none is more visible than her work as editor-in-chief of The
Shofar. In fact, Sara is The Shofar! Because of her tireless
efforts on this publication — and everything else she does —
we are up to date on shul events and activities, and news of
interest beyond our borders.
We appreciate Sara’s many contributions that make CTI a
better congregation. We are blessed that Sara has served our
shul for the last 21 years. She has done so with joy, love and
selfless dedication.
Congratulations, Sara, with heartfelt thanks…
The Levin Girls and Families
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