Welcome to Tikvat Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD

Tikvat Israel…
A Friendly, Participatory, and Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue in Rockville, MD
At Tikvat Israel we appreciate the great diversity of backgrounds that make up the Jewish community today.

Our congregation includes not only people steeped in Jewish experience and training, but also those just discovering the beauty and richness of Judaism. Some come from traditional religious backgrounds; others grew up in non-observant homes. Some are Jews by choice; others are part of interfaith families.

Together we are united in the common desire to belong to a congregation where community means friendship, where religious practice means spiritual inspiration, and where education for young and old means personal growth and discovery.

Tikvat Israel is a place where you and your family will become enriched through friendship, prayer, and mitzvot.

Officially, the school is now known as Rimonim Center for Learning, a name change that reflects the school's new collaboration with Congregation Shaare Tefila.

The one-year collaboration of the two religious schools was finalized in mid-June with the signing of a formal memorandum of understanding by TI President Sam Freedenberg and the leadership of Shaare Tefila, also a Conservative congregation that's relocating to the area.

The agreement also enables the two synagogues' youth groups, Machar, Kadima and USY, to merge operations for the next year.

Posted Jun 25, 2009
Synagogue's Fresh Produce Program Schedules Summer Classes

Wonder what to do with the fresh fruits and vegetables you pick up weekly from the Community Supported Agriculture program at Tikvat Israel? A series of food-related summer fare is now scheduled.

During an especially wet spring, the Tikvat Israel men’s softball team allowed its 2009 season to slip and slide away as the team dropped to 21^st position in the final 24-team standings of the Montgomery County Synagogue Softball League. TI finished with a 2-12 won-loss mark.

Members of Congregation Tikvat Israel soundly ratified the synagogue’s budget for FY 2010 at a recent congregational meeting. The budget reflects the economic realities of today, according to the board's president and treasurer.

The newly combined USY chapter involving Congregation Tikvat Israel and Shaare Tefila has elected new officers for the coming year. The two shuls are merging youth groups for a year under a recently signed agreement.

Posted Jun 3, 2009
Buffy's Bark Mitzvah a Real Tail Wagger

Tikvat Israel's pets gathered in the synagogue's parking lot on a blue-sky spring afternoon on May 31 to celebrate the "Bark Mitzvah" of one of their own -- 13-year-old cockapoo Buffy, owned by Cantor Rochelle Helzner.

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