The Women’s Network is sponsoring our 3rd annual Baseball Family Outing to see the Washington Nationals play the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, August 28th at 1:35 p.m. Tickets are still only $20 each (and are in the shade). Please email Rebecca Salon directly at to reserve tickets. If there are others you want to sit near, please let Rebecca Continue Reading »
By unanimous voice vote, Tikvat Israel congregants removed Jonathan Solomon and Rodney Matheson from further synagogue leadership during the so-called Un-Presidential Caucus, conducted June 26. It was a lighthearted affair in TI’s social hall to roast the two recent co-presidents while calling attention to their accomplishments during an effective term that ended in January 2015. Continue Reading »
On June 23, about 25 members of TI’s Hazak group attended a presentation about notable Jews buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The presenter was Les Bergen, a former U.S. Army Reservist who is active with the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and who leads tours at the cemetery. His program engaged the audience with Continue Reading »
At 6:13 pm on Wednesday, June 22, we got a call from Abby Kerbel of the Seaboard Regional United Synagogue Youth office headquartered on the 2nd floor of Tikvat Israel. “We’ve got a problem and we may need your help,” she said. She explained that a USY on Wheels group at a nearby hotel getting ready Continue Reading »
Rabbi Ben Shull addressed several dozen of Tikvat Israel’s most dedicated volunteers during a Leadership Circle of Volunteers brunch on June 19 in the social hall. The annual event was organized by members of the governing board’s executive members. Carol Chelemer stated that she wished more people knew the secret. The secret of volunteering and getting Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel’s board of directors will meet at 8 p.m. Monday (June 20) in the Flax Library with President Melanie Grishman running the meeting. The agenda includes information about the Unpresidential Caucus on June 26 and the June 30 session to announce plans for Rabbi Shull’s congregational trip to Israel in December. Also scheduled are Continue Reading »
Nearly 60 congregants gathered on June 14 to hear Dr. Stacy Lang’s seminar, “Restoring Hope: Coping With Loss.” After describing her background in social work and grief counseling, she provided some personal insights into her own experiences in dealing with grief when she lost her best friend at the age of 18 and later at 31 when Continue Reading »
Sunday, June 26 we will be honoring Jonathan Solomon and Rodney Matheson for the great job they did serving as co-presidents of our congregation. We will celebrate their tenures with a fun-filled “Un-Presidential Caucus” where we can express our appreciation with some lighthearted roasting and toasting. Because this event will also be a fundraiser for Continue Reading »
Twelve Tikvat Israel congregants attended a Rosh Chodesh program June 6 at TI led by Rabbah Arlene Berger and sponsored by the Women’s Network. As we entered Sivan, the month we received the Torah, we were taught one of Rabbah Berger’s favorite Torah stories from the Zohar commentaries on Jewish mysticism that answers the following question: Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel’s Matthew Kaminow has been elected to the Seaboard Region’s USY executive board for 2016-17. Kaminow, 17, son of Ellen and David Kaminow of Potomac, was elected by peers to serve as vice president for religious education at USY’s spring regional convention over Memorial Day weekend. The affair attracted more than 230 USY members Continue Reading »
