Two years after completing a 32-year tenure as the spiritual leader at Tikvat Israel Congregation, Rabbi Howard D. Gorin is returning to the pulpit. The congregation of Temple Beth-El, based in North Bellmore, N.Y., hired Rabbi Gorin on June 27 to serve as the Conservative shul’s full-time rabbi. Temple Beth-El is located along the South Continue Reading »
Miriam Gardsbane, an 11-year-old Tikvat Israel member, was the focus of a page-one article in the June 18 Rockville edition of the Gazette. The article, titled “Rockville girl raises more than $1,000 for elephant rescue organization,” describes how she sells clay models at area farmers market to raise money and awareness. Miriam organized an elephant rescue project Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel welcomed a new tenant to first-floor office space across from the Flax Library back in December when the Foundation for Jewish Studies moved here from another Rockville location. In a recent interview, Lauren B. Strauss, the group’s director, shared insights into the organization’s unique niche and its budding relationship with our congregation. Q: Continue Reading »
Judy Davis, long-time TI member (and flautist in many TI musical productions), has been selected for inclusion in the Maryland Senior Citizens’ Hall of Fame. Stephen M. Raucher, president of the Montgomery County Public Schools Retirees Association, was one of her two nominees. Raucher, a Class of 2013 Hall of Famer, stated in his nomination letter: Continue Reading »
You have probably noticed during High Holiday services that the Torah scroll covers used specially during the holidays are old, worn and fraying. These mantels date back many years, and they need to be replaced. To provide us with bright, new up-to-date scroll covers that will enhance our observance of the holidays, the congregation has Continue Reading »
Congregants Roz and Ted Kram were featured in a special section of the Gazette newspaper that focused on senior citizenry in Montgomery County. The special section, appearing in the April 16 edition, was titled “Gazette Seniors.” Inside the pullout section are two articles that feature the Krams — one on page 6 (with a big Continue Reading »
By Elissa Schwartz and Jeff Smith, co-chairs, Religious School/Youth Programming Committee Tikvat Israel, as part of its strategic planning process, is restructuring its youth programming and religious education. For more than a decade, youth education and youth programming have been managed through separate departments and separate directors within the synagogue. Additionally, the goals of the Continue Reading »
By Jay P. Goldman, TI Bulletin editor “If you missed tonight’s concert, then you really blew it! People will be talking about it for a long time.” That was Co-President Jonathan Solomon’s forceful reaction in the immediate aftermath of this year’s Cantor’s Concert on March 30 at Tikvat Israel. The 90-minute program in the social Continue Reading »
Rabbah Arlene Berger, a member of Tikvat Israel Congregation, contributed a commentary on this week’s Torah portion to the Washington Jewish Week. Her dvar Torah is titled “Parshat Tazria: Words CAN Hurt You!” You can read Berger’s in the August 3, 2016 edition of the Washington Jewish Week. It also appears on her blog . Berger is Continue Reading »
Keeping Teens Engaged in Israel By Sarai Presman Over four Wednesdays, we examined the relationship our Jewish community has with the State of Israel, learned how to be a savvy consumer of media and information on the Middle East, developed presentation, advocacy and social media skills and learned about how to be pro-Israel on college Continue Reading »
