The Billy Jonas Band loves to engage and delight both young and adult audiences and it did just that on March 19 at Tikvat Israel. The band used its homemade “industrial re-percussion” instruments, vocal harmonies, piano, guitar and bass to create a memorable experience for all. At the afternoon concert, Michelle Sobel, TI’s ECC director, introduced the Billy Jonas Continue Reading »
Celebrate Purim and give tzedakah. Canisters will be available for your donations at Tikvat Israel. TI’s Tzedakah Chavurah will collect contributions of all sizes during each of our Purim festivities. Canisters will be available for your donations (checks or cash). In keeping with Cantor Helzner’s Broadway musical theme for Purim, the Tzedakah Chavurah will offer you the opportunity to give tzedakah and vote for your favorite show musicals. Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel is thrilled to welcome nationally renowned musical artist Billy Jonas and his fellow musicians, who will delight our community with with 2 Wonderful Concerts on Sunday, March 19 – one for Children & Their Families at 4:00 pm and one for Adults at 7:30 pm. For 25 years, Billy Jonas, a singer-songwriter, Continue Reading »
Eighteen Tikvat Israel congregants attended a Rosh Chodesh program on Feb. 26 at TI led by Rabbah Arlene Berger and sponsored by the Women’s Network. The discussion centered around what it means to be commanded. Rabbah Berger presented a comparison of the two places that the 10 commandments appear in the Torah and pointed out Continue Reading »
Join Rabbah Arlene Berger and the women of TI from 10:30 – 11:30 am on Sunday, February 26, for a lively Rosh Chodesh discussion on “What Does It Mean to Be Commanded?” There are many examples of being commanded in our Jewish texts: The Jewish people were commanded not to kill or steal — and Continue Reading »
On Sunday, February 12, the Outdoor Havurah decided on an indoor outing to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the Air and Space Museum’s Annex near Dulles Airport. The Udvar-Hazy Center is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. There are two huge hangars, the Boeing Aviation Hangar and the Continue Reading »
Rabbi Shull facilitated a well-attended discussion centered on how Tikvat Israel might respond to the current refugee crisis. Approximately 50 TI members filled the Flax Library on Feb. 19, and listened intently to Rabbi Shull’s perspective and the perspectives of fellow congregants on this sensitive subject. A majority of congregants present voiced a desire to Continue Reading »
The Tikvat Israel men’s basketball team won its first game of 2017 on Feb. 19, scoring a 72-53 victory over Temple Isaiah. The TI team, which is coached by Warren Berger (shown top left in photo), plays in the Montgomery County Synagogue Basketball League, with games scheduled on Sunday mornings in local school gyms from Continue Reading »
Matt Nakoa grew up on a small goat farm in Smyrna, NY, and began composing music as a teenager. Following a formative stint as a classical pianist, Matt won scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied alongside future Grammy winners St. Vincent and Esperanza Spaulding. After college, Matt toured with his band, Continue Reading »
January 31, 2017 4 Shevat 5777 NEW YORK – The Conservative/Masorti movement of Judaism as represented by its constituent organizations listed below has issued the following statement regarding the executive order President Donald Trump signed on Friday barring many refugees and immigrants from entering the United States: Deeply rooted in our tradition, faith, and values, Continue Reading »
