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 »
Tikvat Israel’s sukkah has been completed. Day 2 of sukkah construction, led by Alan Apter and his crew, added the s’chach (roof) and lighting. The Atid religious school pupils and volunteers added the decorations. Sukkot begins Sept. 27 with several celebrations during the week – including Thursday, Oct. 1, with Pizza in The Hut sponsored by the ECC, and Oct. Continue Reading »
An annual custom at Tikvat Israel during the High Holidays is the collection of non-perishable food and baking products donated by congregants for the less fortunate before the start of the Kol Nidre service at the synagogue. This year, the Social Action Committee, including members Debby Berlyne (left) and Roma Sohn, gathered about 75 shopping Continue Reading »
Two Tikvat Israel members who have contributed for decades to the religious and cultural life of the synagogue have been selected as the 2015 Chattan Torah and Kallat Bereshit with public recognition on Simchat Torah. The husband-wife pair of Steve and Helen Raucher, volunteers in major aspects of synagogue life, will be honored with special Continue Reading »
The Atid Learning is off and running. On Sept. 20, Rachel Denrich, director of education and youth programming, welcomed parents and students for the first day of the 2015-16 academic year at Tikvat Israel’s newly renamed school. (Atid, a Hebrew word, means “future.”) Kickoff activities included a bagel nosh, community tefilah, parent question and answer Continue Reading »
In the September 22, 2015, issue of Washington Jewish Week, feature writer Suzanne Pollak describes the Zichronot service at Tikvat Israel on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. The article explains why Post-It notes dotted the ark and cantor’s lectern. Congregant Susan Urban describes this symbolic activity that Rabbi Benjamin Shull introduced at our synagogue’s services. The rabbi said the activity evokes Continue Reading »
At its September meeting, the Tikvat Israel Board of Directors received a status report on the capital improvements plan underway at the synagogue, learning that roof repairs are largely complete. The board also received some encouraging indicators from the membership committee about prospective members and the committee’s plans to staff a membership table at two Continue Reading »
A dedicated group of volunteers, led by Alan Apter, came armed with ladders, screwdrivers and mallets to build Tikvat Israel’s back-patio sukkah on Sunday, Sept. 20. Apter’s construction helpers were Warren Berger, Jonathan Solomon, Naomi Baer, Gene Sheskin, Rod and Nancy Matheson, Harley and Eli Liebenson, Jim Perlmutter, Dan Matathias, and Freddie Pleet TI community members will complete Continue Reading »
As part of the observance of the second day of Rosh Hashanah at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville, Rabbi Benjamin Shull issued a charge to the congregation during the Zichronot (Remembrances) section of the service: “Think of something that you want God to ‘remember’ in the coming year.” Prior to the start of Zichronot, Rabbi Continue Reading »
