Tifereth Israel Congregation

Items of Interest

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This page contains links to items of interest, such as drashes (talks commenting on the Torah portion), Dvar Tefila (literally 'word of prayer' - these are talks on an aspect of prayer), Photos of TI events, and biographies of our Rabbis.

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TI at Play

Photos

Tifereth Israel Photo Gallery - Oftentimes TI'ers come back from the TI Retreat or from a trip and they want to share these events with the congregation.

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High Holiday Drashes & other items by the Rabbi

Rabbi Ethan Seidel ---

5768 (2007)

Drash on Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur, 5768 presented September 21, 2007 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel, PDF format.

Drash on Yom Kippur 5768 presented September 22, 2007 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel, PDF format.

Drash on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah 5768 presented September 13, 2007 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel, PDF format.

Drash on the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah 5768 presented September 14, 2007 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel, PDF format.

5766 (2005)

Drash on Kol Nidre 5766 presented October 12, 2005 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel. Contains Hebrew characters, RTF document.

Drash on Yom Kippur 5766 presented October 13, 2005 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel. Contains Hebrew characters, RTF document.

Drash on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah 5766 presented October 4, 2005 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel. Contains Hebrew characters, RTF document.

Drash on the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah 5766 presented October 5, 2005 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel.

5763 (2002)

Drash on Kol Nidre 5763 presented September 15, 2002 by Rabbi Ethan Seidel.

Other Items

Rabbi Seidel on Diane Rehm in a panel discussion of "The Passion of Christ" on March 1, 2004.

Articles in most issues of the TI Menorah Newsletter.

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Our members are magic too!

Member Drashes, Talks & Tidbits

YomHaShoah - Remarks commemorating and reflecting on the Holocaust. Honoring the Six Million, with reflections on TI's observances in the past, what our role might be today in remembrance and observation, including Yiddish poetry and song. Drash during April 2010 by Diana Zuerer. Word format.
How a group of young people unexpectedly took over the leadership TI in 1969, leading to egalitarianism, the Funeral Practices committee, greater informality, greatly expanded congregational particpation on the bimah, and other changes presented May 2, 2009 by Howard White, Word format. (Also See bleow for the Barbara White drash on How TI Became Egalitarian.)
Jews In Revolutionary Rhode Island January, 2008 by Babs Abramowitz, PDF format.
Rosh Hashanah Day I drash at the Havurah Service presented September 13, 2007 by Robert Rovinsky, Word format.
A Collection of Passover Adapted Songs collated and released March 2007 by Mark Berch. Word format.
Jews and Major League Baseball presented February 2007 by Paul Roitman Bardack.
Women on the Bima: A History of How TI Became Egalitarian presented November 25, 2006 by Barbara White. Word document.
Why I Belong to Tifereth Israel comments by our Congregants. A 2005 Retreat Talk by Paul Roitman Bardack.
Why Pray presented November 2005 by Mark Berch. Word document.
Love Hurts - Rosh Hashanah Talk presented September 7, 2002 by Ann Kline.
Judaism and Civility -- The "Other-Directed" Halakha presented August 3, 2002 by Paul Bardack.
The Binding of Isaac - Rosh Hashanah Talk presented September 18, 2001 by Pierre Dugan.
The Life and Teachings of Yochanan ben Zakkai - Rosh Hashanah Talk presented September 30, 2000 by David Cohen.
Joy and Sukkot presented 15 Tishri 5760 (September 25, 1999) by Princeton Lyman.
Stubborn and Rebelious Youth presented August 28, 1999 by Morris Rodenstein.
A History of the Ethnicity of Jews in America presented August 21, 1999 by Cynthia Peterman.
The Relation Between Community and the Individual in the Jewish Tradition of Prayer presented Feb. 13, 1999 by William Galston.
Visit to Lithuania presented Aug. 29, 1998 by Tina Lunson.
In the Days of Mattathias... presented Dec. 13, 1997 by Mark L. Berch.
Dvar Tefila A D'var Tefila is a short talk of about 5-7 minutes concerning some aspect of prayer. These are given by congregants on an occasional basis on Shabbat mornings, usually just before the start of the service for taking out the Torah.
Jewish Calendar spreadsheet in a variety of formats. This is freeware developed by our member Simcha Kuritzky, Microsoft Excel 2000: Hebrwcal.xls

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Who are our Rabbis?

Biographies of our Rabbis

Biography of Rabbi Ethan Seidel.

Biography of Rabbi (Emeritus) A. Nathan Abramowitz.