Cantor Rochelle Helzner performed a Marvin Hamlisch composition, “’Cause I Believe in Loving,” in a virtual concert May 31 titled “Blue Suede Jews” that involved the talents of a half dozen cantors in the Washington area. There were 360 households logged on to view this concert via Zoom video conferencing. The love theme performed by Continue Reading »
Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville will hold a document shredding event from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 7. A commercial recycling firm will set up in the synagogue’s parking lot at 2200 Baltimore Road to handle secure shredding on site. The shredder can accommodate hanging files with metal reinforcers, as well as Continue Reading »
On Sunday May 17, 2020 the Women’s Network hosted a Zoom Program presented by Tikvat Israel’s own renowned fiber artist Shirley Waxman. Seventeen women logged onto their computers to hear about how Shirley started a cottage industry in Israel for newly resettled Ethiopian Jews. In 1992 Shirley was asked to teach these women how to embroider atarot, Continue Reading »
Elana Moss, Education and Youth Programming Director, organized a family Zoom Conferencing Lag BaOmer celebration. Several families joined the online celebration with dinner in hand. Each attendee was provided with a s’more kit to help with the celebration. Some families made their s’mores the traditional way over a fire while others made theirs in the Continue Reading »
BY JAY P. GOLDMAN, TIKVAT ISRAEL BULLETIN EDITOR Three Tikvat Israel artists had a chance to celebrate the opening of a multifaceted art exhibit titled “An American Story: Jewish& Muslim Perspectives,” but just a week later the show came toan abrupt and unanticipated end, another victim of the novelcoronavirus pandemic. Shirley Waxman, Larry Levine and Continue Reading »
More than 20 Tikvat Israel members have regularly taken advantage of a virtual yoga course that’s been run by Sarah Fishman during the coronavirus epidemic. The classes meet from 4 to 5:15 p.m. on Thursdays, taking place via Zoom video conferencing software. “We start the session around 3:40 so that we can see each other’s Continue Reading »
The public health crisis forced the cancellation of the scheduled bar mitzvah – the first of the year at Tikvat Israel in Rockville and the first to be presided over by Rabbi Marc Israel (who joined us last June) – on Saturday, March 29. But a day later, Daniel Malkin, a 7th-grader at Julius West Continue Reading »
Thursday, March 26 was Rosh Chodesh Nisan which means that Seders are only two weeks away. This year’s seders will be different from all previous seders due to COVID-19. Rabbah Berger will help us think creatively about how to make a meaningful seder experience, especially during this time. Class on Monday, March 30 at 11:00 Continue Reading »
Sunday, March 29 at 4:00 pmRabbi Israel will present a few important guiding principles for ensuring your home is properly prepared for Pesach – noting especially what is necessary and what is not necessary. For example, you can kasher most counter tops without any risk of pouring boiling water on your feet! You may also find a huge savings Continue Reading »
On Sunday, March 22, 2020 Rabbi Israel wrote: I was thinking about the great sage Hillel’s famous dictum from Pirkei Avot: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I and if not now, when? Never has this quote felt more applicable. Each of Continue Reading »
