On September 24, 2014, we installed and dedicated the Mezertiz Ark. The Journey of the Mezeritz Ark <a PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: 100 YEAR OLD JEWISH ARK OF THE COVENANT AND TORAH INSTALLED AT ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL A Jewish Ark of the Covenant will be installed at St. Paul’s Chapel (Trinity Wall Street) on
Read MoreWe are grateful to REELWORKS for helping produce these great new videos. Enjoy! Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue Tamid: The Hebrew School The Journey of the Mezeritz Ark
Read MoreThe Annual Challenge Cup is a fun academic competition between the Tamid classes and Tamid locations. This year’s challenge cup will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 4:30 PM. In 2013, Team Tribeca won the cup. Good luck defending it this year and good luck to all our competitors. Prepare for the
Read MoreFrom Rabbi Darren Levine, March 31, 2014 Dear Members and Friends, We’re back from Poland and I wanted to share a few reactions from the front lines. Joining me on the trip were Jamie Propp and Bruce and Ellen Salkin. Our purpose was to visit Meseritz, the town from where our Ark emerged from “in
Read MoreA delegation from our congregation recently returned from Poland. One of the main purposes of the journey was to visit the town of Meseritz, the home town where the Meseritz community of the Lower East Side came from a century ago. We were drawn to Meseritz to see if there were any connections between the
Read MoreMarch 23, 2014 Jhane Dobre, Greetings from Warsaw, We came to Poland to uncover the history of the town from where our Ark emerged. You may remember that last May, we had the honor of rescuing an Ark and Torah scroll from the Meseritz Shul on East 6th St. and 1st Ave. just before the
Read More12/3/13 Today is #Giving Tuesday – a philanthropic alternative to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s also the 7th day of Hanukkah and together, it provides a new way of thinking about tonight’s candle lighting. Instead of receiving giving gifts tonight, give a gift and have a conversation about how your family approaches philanthropy, charity, and tzedakah (Hebrew for
Read MoreIt’s time for our 3nd annual design contest – an open invitation to all artists, young and old. DESIGN Artistry should respond to the idea and include the phrase “festival of light.” The final design will be printed on a 4×6 postcard; please submit PDF and JPEG format OR original art; once submitted, all entries
Read MoreFrom the desk of Rabbi Darren Levine Dear Members and Friends, Tomorrow night marks another new chapter for our congregation and I feel blessed and overjoyed for what it means for our community. We built Tamid as a hub and spoke model which in my opinion is the way of community building in the 21st
Read MoreFrom last Sunday’s, NY Times. Front Page J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times LOS ANGELES — The American bar mitzvah, facing derision for Las Vegas style excess, is about to get a full makeover, but for an entirely different reason. Jordan focused on combating hunger before his bar mitzvah last year. Families have
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