Rabbi Benjamin Shull was formally installed as Tikvat Israel’s Rabbi on November 1, 2015. Rabbi Shull requested that 10 percent of all sponsorship funds raised for his installation be donated to the Jewish National Fund Israel Tree Planting Center. One Garden of 100 trees and two Orchards of 10 trees each were planted in Israel Continue Reading »
Five members of Tikvat Israel who were elected in December to the synagogue’s board of directors will be formally installed by the clergy during Shabbat morning services on Jan. 16. Two of the five are board newcomers — Michael Amster and Rabbi Alana Suskin. The other three who will serve two-year terms are incumbents who Continue Reading »
More than two dozen Tikvat Israel members are learning the rudiments of delivering a spellbinding D’var Torah during a four-session workshop led by Rabbi Benjamin Shull. His participatory lessons, conducted in the synagogue library, will cover how to inspire a Shabbat morning audience, how to draw meaning from the ambiguity of Torah passages, how to Continue Reading »
If you are a professional librarian, have worked or volunteered in a library, or even if you just love libraries, please consider joining the library committee. The committee’s goal is to move TI’s library into the 21st century and make it more user-friendly. If you are interested in joining the library committee, please email Janice Continue Reading »
The December meeting of the TI Board of Directors will take place at 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, in the Flax Library. All congregants are welcome to attend board meetings. President Melanie Grishman will preside. The agenda for board meeting is as follows: 1. Consent Agenda – Nov. Minutes 2. Capital Improvement Report – Continue Reading »
Members of Tikvat Israel elected five members to the synagogue’s board of directors at a congregational meeting Sunday morning, Dec. 20. Three dozen attendees approved unanimously the slate of candidates put forward by the nominations committee to serve two-year terms beginning in January. Three are incumbents who opted to extend their service to the governing Continue Reading »
Area Sisterhood groups convened at Har Shalom in Potomac on December 16 for a Torah fund dinner, and one of the TI representatives on hand was Bobbi Gorban. She is serving as the Seaboard Region’s Torah Fund vice president. The theme for the Torah fund’s special project for 2015-17 is “She Plants a Seed for Continue Reading »
Rochelle Helzner, backed by the five-piece Mark Novak Band, rocked the rafters of Tikvat Israel’s social hall on Sunday, Dec. 13, during a concert billed as “Rock of Ages: Jewish Music With a Contemporary Beat.” The synagogue’s annual Cantor’s Concert drew more than 200 music fans to the single-set, 16-number show. The central performer assumed Continue Reading »
Rochelle Helzner, backed by the five-piece Mark Novak Band, rocked the rafters of Tikvat Israel’s social hall on Sunday, Dec. 13, during a concert billed as “Rock of Ages: Jewish Music With a Contemporary Beat.” The synagogue’s annual Cantor’s Concert drew more than 200 music fans to the single-set, 16-number show. The central performer assumed Continue Reading »
Members of Tikvat Israel will fill five available berths on the Tikvat Israel Board of Directors at a congregational meeting on Dec. 20. Three of the five candidates for the two-year terms beginning in January are incumbents seeking to extend their service to the governing body: Michele Eisenberg, Jay P. Goldman and Kelcey Klass. Joining Continue Reading »
