Tikvat Israel’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) will host its fourth annual Truck Touch on Sunday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Tikvat Israel’s parking lot. The event, co-sponsored by the ECC and the ECC Family Network, will boast a variety of large mobile vehicles for young and old to climb on and interact with including Continue Reading »
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-8th) faced a friendly audience inside a full Tikvat Israel sanctuary on May 8. During his hour-long town hall, Raskin talked about the essential role played by the U.S. Constitution in today’s political environment of considerable upheaval. He also fielded an array of questions, many of them dealing with last week’s Continue Reading »
Twenty-five members of Tikvat Israel and Beth Joshua Congregation traveled to Whitwell, Tenn., site of the film documentary “Paperclips,” to commemorate Yom HaShoah in late April. The trip to Whitwell offered a window into a part of the country very different than our own, affording an important dialogue and education. Upon returning from the trip, Rabbi Uri Topolosky of Beth Joshua Continue Reading »
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-District 8) will hold a one-hour town hall meeting at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 8. The event is open to the public. Maryland Delegate Anne Kaiser, a member of the synagogue who represents State District 14, will introduce the congressman. Raskin will give brief remarks, Continue Reading »
Chai Dynamics a cappella group, a joint venture between Tikvat Israel and Shaare Torah in Gaithersburg, will be performing at the Strathmore Corridor Concert on May 7, 2017 at 3 p.m. The Strathmore Corridor Concert series is designed to take music from the community back into the community. The concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 10309 Continue Reading »
Twenty pints of blood were collected April 30 at Tikvat Israel’s annual blood drive. Among those participating in the event run by the American Red Cross were congregants Sue Meiselman and Joel Bressler. Staffing the check-in table in the shul’s social hall were Elyse Bernstein (left) and Robbi Cohen.
TI recently acquired a banner from QUINTER DESIGN in Brookeville. The banner will be displayed at various events outside the synagogue where TI is represented. The banner will also be displayed at the synagogue during special events. Thanks to the three couples who funded this effort: Helen and Steve Raucher, Fortuna and Steve Scheige, and Michele Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel volunteers delivered 32 bags filled with Passover foods to members of the community needing help to observe the holiday. They took to the roads across Montgomery County on Sunday, April 2, in an annual holiday giving program run by the Jewish Social Service Agency and B’nai Brith. Moira and Leon Green serve as Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel members are participating in AIPAC’s 2017 national policy conference in Washington, D.C. Shown, from left, inside the Washington Convention Center on the event’s second day of proceedings are Mimi Meltzer, Rabbi Ben Shull, Harvey Kaplan, Naomi Kaplan and Michael Kabik. More than 15,000 delegates attended this year’s three-day conference, with more than 275 synagogue Continue Reading »
Presenting The Everly Set: Sean Altman & Jack Skuller, acclaimed NYC-based singer-songwriters pay tribute to a pair of their rock heroes. Ex-Rockapella star Sean Altman is “tuneful and sharply witty” (LA Times) and “relentlessly clever” (Chicago Tribune), with catchy melodies, clever arrangements and lyrics that yield satiric gems (Washington Post), combining “the tunefulness of the Continue Reading »
