Purchase your own tickets and meet us at Brookside Gardens for their annual Garden of Lights display! Choose the 5:30pm start time and meet us by the Visitor’s Center. Purchase tickets through Brookside Gardens at: https://brooksidegardens.ticketsauce.com/f/gol25/garden-of-lights?date=2025-12-14 This is a child-friendly activity! Strollers are suggested for small children as there is a lot of walking. Continue Reading »
Join our ECC and Netivot Religious School families in lighting Chanukkah candles on Tuesday, December 16 at 5:15 pm in the lobby. We will join our voices together in blessing and in song and enjoy a Chanukkah treat. All are welcome, and please feel free to bring your own menorah and candles to light.
Join us after Kiddush for melodies and songs that explore Hannukah themes of hope and strength.
Eleven volunteers are needed on Monday, December 29th, to help serve dinner at Shepherd’s Table, including setting-up beforehand and clean-up afterward. If you would like to volunteer, please register and sign up below with Shepherd’s Table by December 21. For more information, please contact Stuart Turkewitz at .
Washington Nationals Broadcaster to Address Men’s Club Tikvat Israel’s Men’s Club will host Dan Kolko, a TV broadcaster of the Washington Nationals since 2012, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11 in the social hall. Breakfast fare will be provided. Cost per person is $18. Registration with Joe Miller () is required by Jan. 8. Kolko, who grew Continue Reading »
This year Beth will teach us how to make Pumpkin Babka and Apple Cinnamon Babka. Sign up to attend BABKA BAKE 2 on Sunday, Jan. 11 from noon until 4:00 p.m. There is a $10 fee to participate, and you’ll take home your own mini babka. Click here to sign up.
The next Tikvat Israel Blood Drive will take place on January 13, 2026 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Registration required. Click here to register or if you have additional questions, please contact Robbi Cohen.
Tikvat Israel welcomes Rochelle Berman as our guest sh’lichat tzibbur. She is an undergraduate student at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Barnard College. She is a regular ba’alat koreh and sh’lichat tzibur at the Columbia/ Barnard Hillel and other synagogues. She has taught trope, prayer leading skills, and Judaics. She is also the music director of Continue Reading »
SEA Change Announces Next Opportunities to Participate! “What prevents you from thriving? How should our community respond?”: Dec. 14 TI’s SEA Change equity group wants to know! Share your stories and the issues impacting you and your loved ones at a listening session. Sunday, December 14, 10 – 11:30 am, Tikvat Israel. Session aimed at Continue Reading »
Netivot is Tikvat Israel’s religious school. We are excited to expand Netivot for the 2025-26 school year to include Kindergarten through Third Grade. We aim to develop a community of children and families with the skills, knowledge, and inspiration to be active members of the Jewish community. Students will meet at Tikvat Israel on Sunday Continue Reading »
