This page contains updates and information about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and outline Temple Sinai’s latest responses, along with pertinent Internet resources. Communications from Temple Sinai leadership will appear below, most recent posts first.
Here are some of the resources we suggest that may be of interest to our members:
Centers for Disease Control Coronavirus “home page” – links to numerous CDC resources, including information for communities, businesses, and schools; populations at higher risk, situation updates, e.g. case statistics; frequently asked questions (FAQ); information for healthcare professionals, the latest CDC press materials, email/text updates subscription, and more.
Central Conference of American Rabbis Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posts and updates from Temple Sinai leadership:
President’s Message – We Have Stepped Up – April 17, 2020
WE HAVE STEPPED UP
Can you believe it has been about 5 weeks since we closed Temple and went virtual. During this time, so many people have stepped up – really our entire community.
Whether it has been:
-All of you here tonight attending service and other activities offered by Temple;
-Judy and our religious schoolteachers continuing with religious school and post-Mitzvah adults…
Chaverim and Social Action Efforts during COVID-19
The Chaverim Team is working hard in the time of COVID-19. We recently delivered 30 Passover Care packages to members of our community so they had matzoh and kosher wine for seder. Thank you to Rabbi and Stacie Gabert for all of their help in this effort.
The Chaverim and the Social Action committees are involved in several ongoing efforts to help our community cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Temple President Doug Marden – 4/2/2020
COVID 19 is having a chilling effect on all us. Rabbi and Stacie are working hard to bring worship and programming into our living rooms and, along with others, to reach out to each of us during these times. One of the certain consequences of the pandemic is and will continue to be the financial impact on our community both at the Temple level and on a deeply individual level as members’ incomes are impacted. In this message, I want to primarily address how our leadership is addressing Temple’s financial future, how each of you factor into this financial future, and— looking beyond finances—the role each of you can play to help all of us face the uncertain future emotionally and spiritually…
President’s Message regarding reopening
May 15, 2020 by templesinai • Alerts, Temple News • Tags: Coronavirus •
WE NEED A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER REOPENING
Good news! Springtime is in the air: the forsythia have come and gone, the tulips have bloomed in our gardens, and the leaves have begun to appear. Just as springtime seeps into our lives, the State is slowly readying to reopen businesses and events. It is more important now than ever that we collectively begin to look toward our future, and continue to figure out the best way for us to continue to be “Temple Sinai.” We have already taken one important step to return to being “open” as Rabbi has been conducting services from the Bimah even while he and several other technologysavvy members work to better bring services and other programming to you at your homes. Other typical activities for this time of year are taking place as well. We have two Bat Mitzvahs scheduled for June which we believe we can hold in a limited fashion so as to comply with State guidelines about social distancing and congregating in groups of ten or fewer persons.
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