The Best Hanukkah Gift: 8 Nights to Positivity and Happiness By Rabbi Darren Levine Hanukkah offers the perfect opportunity to give a present that will last a lifetime: the gift of positivity and happiness. While it may be customary to give gadgets and toys, studies show these types of presents do not actually raise a
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Dear Tamid, I hope that you will join me and our teens (age 13+) to travel to North Florida February 15-18 to do Hurricane Relief as an “alternative holiday break.” I will chaperone with youth leaders from Tamid and we will spend the weekend working in food banks, doing direct service to those displaced by
Read MoreThe downtown congregations of Tamid, Park 51, and Trinity Church Wall Street invite congregants and neighbors to gather this Thanksgiving for a meal and shared company. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23 10:00 AM: Volunteer Arrive 11:30 AM: Doors open to Public 12-1 PM: InterfaithThanksgiving Meal Service We need your help We need help with setting up,
Read MoreAuthor Lea Waters, PhD, will join us for coffee on Friday morning, November 3rd, 9 – 10:15 AM. Dr. Waters is an expert in Positive Parenting and her latest book, “The Strength Switch,” shows us how strengths-based parenting can help our children and teens thrive and flourish. Dr. Waters will also discuss the research of how this new parenting method provides kids with a foundation that can protect them from the
Read MoreDear Friends, Let us pray for the victims and families who are suffering today from the horror in Las Vegas. The world always seems out of balance when innocent lives are taken by the forces of madness. Pair this with the natural destruction and loss from the hurricanes earlier this month and we find ourselves
Read MoreCBS New York, September 20, 2017 Woman Changing Tradition By Writing Torah For Downtown Synagogue It’s a modern twist on ancient Hebrew text, as writing Torah is traditionally reserved for Orthodox Jewish men. CBS2’s Vanessa Murdock reports. Click here to watch the story on CBS 2 New York
Read MoreCongregation Set to Unveil Torah Transcribed by Woman Scroll by Julie Seltzer is about only two dozen Torahs written by female scribes across North America The Torah scroll unbound. The Torah that Julie Seltzer she made for the Tamid congregation. PHOTO: TAMID: THE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE By Melanie Grayce West Sept. 18, 2017 8:00 a.m. ET 0 COMMENTS
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Dear Friends, We’re so happy to celebrate the New Year with you! If this is your first time joining Tamid for the high holidays, please read these 10 Tips as we do things a little bit differently than your average synagogue. 1. We do not have printed tickets. Your name will be on the list
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For Immediate Release September 4, 2017 Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue installs new Torah Scroll at Rosh Hashanah, Sept 21, 2017, at St. Paul’s Chapel. The First Torah written by Female Scribe for a Manhattan Synagogue. The first Torah written by a female scribe for a Manhattan Synagogue will be installed on the Jewish New Year,
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A very warm welcome to our 2017-18 New Students and Families! Parents and students are invited to join us on September 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 at Tamid to meet other new families, Christina Broussard and Rabbi Darren Levine for a pre-shabbat welcome. The session will include a review of the curriculum, orientation to the
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