Our hearts break with yours.
The congregation of Temple Sinai offers our condolences, solidarity, and prayers for peace and comfort to the Islamic Society of Vermont, and all Muslims at this time of senseless loss.
Salaam. Shalom.
Purim Spiel 2019
Shushan Rhapsody
~ The Megillah According to Queen ~
Saturday, March 23
6:00 PM – Munchies and BYOB Happy ½ Hour
6:30 PM – Shushan Rhapsody! Rated Q (of questionable taste)
7:30 to 10:30 – BYOB + Appetizers, Dance to DAHG & Karaoke
Suggested donation – $10
Please Bring an Appetizer to Share for the Party
If you need to heat your appetizer before serving,
the kitchen ovens and microwave will be available for your use.
Also, please don’t forget to take your dish with you when you leave.
Just in Time for Purim!
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For decades, the Reform Movement has been one of the leading faith voices in Washington, D.C., and around the country advocating for LGBT equality. Our LGBT advocacy began decades ago with the passage of policy resolutions by the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), and the affiliates. Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) was the first Reform Jewish institution to take a stand supporting the decriminalization of homosexuality in a 1965 resolution . By the end of 1977, both the URJ and the CCAR passed resolutions affirming the right of lesbian and gay individuals to equal protection under the law and calling for the prohibition of discrimination against gay and lesbian individuals .
The Reform Movement\’s leadership on LGBT equality has had two components: our congressional advocacy seeks to influence the laws of our nation and our inclusion efforts seek to increase the acceptance and full inclusion of LGBT Jews in the Reform Movement.
See more at:http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/06/04/taking-pride-our-decades-lgbt-advocacy
Services and Events for this Shabbat (March 22-23)
Friday
KABBALAT SHABBAT FOLK SERVICE – 6:30 pm, Oneg to follow
Join us for the start to Shabbat followed by Kiddush and an Oneg in the Social Hall. Temple Sinai Brotherhood will be holding their annual Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting during the Oneg this week, so plan to stay and enjoy!
Saturday
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE (Shacharit) – 9:30 – 10:30 am
Join us for our Shabbat morning services every week. Our one-hour service is rooted in the traditional chanting of prayers, but includes English readings and song as well so that all can be included. (This service does not include a Torah service.) The service is a lovely, meditative, and peaceful way to start the day. Whether we have five or fifty, we’ll be mixing traditional chanting with songs both old and new tunes to create a prayerful space for connection.
SPECIAL TORAH STUDY- All About Eve… ESTHER! – Saturday, 10:30am
In celebration of Purim, join us for a modern study of the Book of Esther, using contemporary scholarship, literary criticism, and traditional commentaries to understand this fascinating book of the Bible, a book of the Disaspora that never mentions God. Bagels, donuts and coffee, too! Bring friends – No prior knowledge is needed!
Passover
Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting
Friday, March 22
During Shabbat Oneg
Brotherhood will be sponsoring a Kosher for Passover Wine Tasting at the Oneg on Friday, March 22. We plan to have four wines from Israel, two reds and two whites, available for tasting, and we will have a few bottles of each available for sale. Please plan to join us for this annual tasting.
Is Coming
Sisterhood Annual Passover Tasting
March 26 | 6:00 pm
Temple Sinai Social Hall
Bring A Passover Dish To Share: Appetizer, Main, Side, Salad or Dessert
Bring A Copy Of The Recipe!
For more info, contact Marjie Sheppard
Oneg Coordinator Needed
Do you enjoy getting to know your fellow community members? Do you like organizing food for events? Then we have a place for you as our Oneg Coordinator!
If you are interested, please contact the Temple Office.
Purim Spiel 2019
SHUSHAN RHAPSODY
~ The Megillah According to Queen ~
FINAL REHEARSAL
Sunday, March 17 | 10:00 am
Sisterhood – Join Today!
Joining and supporting Sisterhood is an easy way to stay connected, to make new friends, and to keep reform Judaism as a vital part of the fabric of Vermont. Your yearly dues of only $36 goes far. It helps to keep Temple a hopping, happening place and it reaches out to the communities around us.
Reform Movement Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Initiative to Bring the Racist Otzma Yehudit Party into the Government
URJ Press Release
February 26, 2019 – The Reform Movement strongly condemns the recent initiative of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring loyalists of racist Rabbi Meir Kahane into the Knesset. Those who espouse an ideology of hate, intolerance, and incite violence have no place in the Jewish State let alone in her government.
