Members of the Cantor’s Assembly Seaboard Region, including Rochelle Helzner of Tikvat Israel (fourth from left), rehearsed Thursday for their upcoming concert on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 pm at Har Shalom. The concert, entitled, “A Journey Through S’farad,” is a musical voyage in preparation for the Cantor’s Assembly summer 2016 mission to Spain. Cantors Continue Reading »
Study with Rabbi Shull the classic sources of Mussar beginning with Maimonides’s Hilchot De’ot from his code of Jewish law, Mishneh Torah (in Hebrew with English translation). Mussar, meaning moral conduct, instruction or discipline, will lead to Jewish character development. This study session will meet every Friday morning at 900 am, following 8:00 morning minyan. The first session Continue Reading »
More than 50 members of the Tikvat Israel community gathered to show their solidarity with Israel in response to the recent wave of terrorist attacks. Congregants read the names, photos and descriptions of the victims and the loved ones they have left behind. Cantor Helzner chanted the el molei rachamim prayer for the dead, and Rabbi Continue Reading »
Congregants joined parents and students from Atid Learning Center on Sunday morning to honor our pets. We read part of Parshat Bereishit, said a bracha for the small wonders of the world, and walked our animals (a live and stuffed) down an aisle. It was wonderful to see so many loved animals here!
The synagogue’s board of directors will meet at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Flax Library. Jim Perlmutter will chair the meeting for President Melanie Grishman, who is travelling abroad. Here is the meeting agenda: Welcome — Rabbi Shull Approval of Minutes of September Board Mtg. Consent Agenda Update on Capital Improvement Task Force Continue Reading »
The Women’s Network of Tikvat Israel met at the home of Shelly Goldin for its annual membership tea. The TI Women’s Network is part of the Seaboard Region, whose mission is to engage, enrich and empower Conservative Jewish women. Seaboard Region President Julia Loeb was in attendance and spoke about the need to belong and Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel membership committee representatives attended two major events in Olney. These events were coordinated under the leadership of Fred Wagner and Michele Eisenberg. On Sunday, Oct. 11 Tikvat Israel members had a booth at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market. Members of Tikvat Israel, including Rabbi Benjamin Shull and his wife, Stacy Lang, attended the Olney Continue Reading »
Women’s Network will hold their annual Membership Tea at the home of Shelly Goldin, beginning at 1:00 pm on Sunday, Oct. 18. Come and learn what the group has planned for the coming year. This is a relaxed fun opportunity to make new friends, learn more about people you see all the time but have never met, and Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel and FOCUS have agreed to a partnership to bring folk music concerts to Tikvat Israel and the Montgomery County community. FOCUS is a non-profit organization whose mission “is to bring folk and acoustic music to a growing audience through performance, education and participation in the musical folk art.” This mission dovetails beautifully with Continue Reading »
Atid Learning Center students filed into the synagogue’s sukkah on Sept. 27 with their freshly made artwork as adult volunteers at Tikvat Israel finished adding the s’chach, or roof, to the structure on the synagogue’s back patio. The students then listened as Rachel Denrich and Limor Dahan explained the holiday, including the significance of the etrog Continue Reading »
