For Immediate Release February 3, 2015 First Torah written by Female Scribe for a Manhattan Synagogue Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue commissions Julie Seltzer to write a New Torah The first Torah written b y a female scribe for a Manhattan Synagogue was announced this week. Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue has commissioned Julie Seltzer to write a
Read MoreThe Interfaith National Day of Service will be held on Monday, January 21st from 10:00am -12:00pm at St. Paul’s Chapel. Tamid is joining together with Lower Manhattan Community Church, Trinity Wall Street and Park 51 to continue the work of good will and service that was started during
Read MoreDecember 2, 2014 10 Kislev 5775 Dear Tamid members and friends Thank you for being part of Tamid. Our only hope is that you and your loved ones find a warm, caring, and uplifting Jewish home at Tamid. We exist for you and your families and you have given us the gift of being part
Read MoreThank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Hanukkah card competition. Below are the entries we received this year on the theme: “Festival of Light.” The Winning Design will be announced on Dec 5th at the Hanukkah Shabbat, 6 PM. Good luck! Maya Allen Sophie Bohrer Isaac Corby James Crovitz Eli Cuti Viekko Eskelin
Read MoreDear Members and Friends, We’re so excited for the over 100 young professionals that came to the first DSK Shabbat gathering last Friday night. This is our newest initiative to reach folks in their 20’s and 30’s looking for a friendly and warm Jewish community to call their own. Please share this email with the young professionals
Read MoreInterfaith Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities: Setup of St. Paul’s Chapel Wednesday, November 26 from 4:00 – 6:00pm Thanksgiving Day Opportunities: The general idea of this day is to spend time with the people who are in need of Thanksgiving Day spirit and food. Everyone helping in the following areas are asked to take the time to
Read MoreOct 29, 2014 We’re excited to announce a new downtown Shabbat experience, DSK – Shabbat at Dusk, especially for Young Professionals living or working in the New York area. DSK will meet on the first Friday of every month, starting Nov. 7 at 8 PM. We’ll start with an uplifting Shabbat service with great music followed by drinks, food,
Read MoreDear Tamid Families and Friends, A great rabbinic sage once said, “only when you touch Torah can Torah touch you.” I mentioned this at our Simchat Torah service last week and over the next few years, we are all going to have a chance to touch Torah, literally. We dedicated a new Ark for our congregation
Read MoreDear Members and Friends, First, to new members and friends joining us for the first time for Rosh Hashanah, welcome! It will be so nice to celebrate the Jewish New Year with you. There are a few exciting new additions this year. Alef: We will have all the prayers projected this year onto a screen at the
Read MoreDear Tamid – We’re excited to begin our “Hallah at Home” project which begins tomorrow, September 19, 2014. In the spirit of Jewish life, family, and honoring the sacred time of Shabbat, we will be delivering a hallah to your home on the 3rd Friday of each month. Each package will come with our monthly newsletter “Hallah at Home”
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