Congregation Tifereth Israel

I stopped in around noon on 12/4/19 and the elderly lady at the service desk was chatting it up on the phone, giggling and laughing with what sounded like her boyfriend.. I waited 5 minutes while she sat staring at me. So I asked her a quick question and she Barked at me like I had just killed her dog. Literally the most RUDE Woman. TOTALLY Unprofesional desk person!!

I have attended two interfaith events, so far, at Congregation Tifereth Israel.nn• 7-15-2016: Interfaith Association of Central Ohio [IACO] visit to Congregation Tifereth Israel. This event had been held on a Friday evening in a small chapel and had included liturgy and singing.nn• 10-27-2019: Voices of Life and Hope In Song, Peace and Friendship. This event had been sponsored by several central Ohio religious communities from the Abrahamic tradition [Jewish, Christian and Muslim] and had been in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.nnWhen I had been arriving for the first of the two above events, I had been pleased to learn, from a sign on their entrance door, that Congregation Tifereth Israel fully welcomes LGBTQ people.nnSince I am not a Jewish man, I had never worn a yarmulke until my first visit to Congregation Tifereth Israel. The expectation at Congregation Tifereth Israel, as I understand it, is that all men, Jewish or not, will wear a yarmulke [or at least they will cover their heads] while they are present in the building.nnMy yarmulke, that had been given to me by a person who had been sitting at a table in the lobby with a huge stack of yarmulkes, had been too small for me but, thankfully, never fell off.nnCongregation Tifereth Israel currently serves as a temporary location for the Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center. That community's building [a former church] on the west side of Columbus had been destroyed by arson on January 27, 2016; Congregation Tifereth Israel has been offering to that temporarily-displaced community temporary meeting space in their building ever since.

Wonderfully diverse and welcoming community, open to born Jews and those seeking more knowledge and Torah. Glad to have this synagogue on our community.

Beautiful sanctuary, wonderful rabbi's.

Great place with great people.