Hello Temple Sinai! This past Friday night, it was exciting seeing so many new faces and returning faces joining our regulars for folk Shabbat. If you tell your friends about our warm, inclusive, fun community and invite them to services, we will grow and flourish. Word of mouth is one of the best things we […]
It has become an annual tradition for Temple Sinai members to join with local nonprofit HANDS – Helping And Nurturing Diverse Seniors and others to help deliver some 400 Meals on Wheels to shut-ins and seniors throughout Chittenden County. Temple member David Chafetz took on the role of organizing this year’s participants.
This follow-up course enables participants to strengthen their Hebrew reading skills for increased fluency. Participants read (and even sing) passages in the text and develop their reading comprehension by learning to identify prefixes, suffixes and root words. Participants will also learn approximately 100 new vocabulary words. Each participant will receive a Level II student text. […]
Wednesday Morning Study Group Wednesday Mornings, 11 am – 12 pm Topic: Jewish History Group meets every Wednesday morning* Current Book: The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire (The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History) – Adam D. Mendelsohn
Jan Orlanski Temple Sinai First Vice President Susan Leff in an interview that covers her growing up in a family of 11 children, her education at Bennington College, her journey to Judaism and closely aligned professional career.
This follow-up course enables participants to strengthen their Hebrew reading skills for increased fluency. Participants read (and even sing) passages in the text and develop their reading comprehension by learning to identify prefixes, suffixes and root words. Participants will also learn approximately 100 new vocabulary words. Each participant will receive a Level II student text. […]
Wednesday Morning Study Group Wednesday Mornings, 11 am – 12 pm Topic: Jewish History Group meets every Wednesday morning* Current Book: The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire (The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History) – Adam D. Mendelsohn
Koolulam commemorate the Holocaust, performing the song “Chai” by Ofra Haza. 600 Holocaust survivors and their families gathered at Beit Avi-Chai in Jerusalem, marking the 2018 Holocaust Memorial Day, April 8th 2018.
Tu B’Shevat has some beautiful and fun tunes that celebrate trees and nature. Here are some we’ll be singing at the service. Several are particularly fun for smaller children.
This week, we are painting the entry way and lounge at the synagogue, and soon we’ll put in some new flooring there also. Big thanks to Michael Levine, Art Greenblott and Len Rubin for their work on this, and to Susan Bloom and Pammy Mittel for their generous help in choosing colors and flooring.
Last year, when I spoke about this portion, I talked about the psychological drama going on in the battle between Pharoah and Moses, and the tensions between God and Moses.
There are three key moments in our portion that will remind us of all the drama going on.
I confess I never much liked Hanukkah. It seemed like a crappy substitute for Christmas trees and presents and Santa. I know my Hindu American friends felt the same way about Divali. It wasn’t until I spent Hanukkah in Jerusalem, with the smell of fresh sofganiyot everywhere, hanukkiot in every window, and the enormous flames of the […]
Hello Temple Sinai, What a turnout we had for the #ShowUpForShabbat solidarity service last Friday night! Over 200 people of all faiths from across the community came to express their support for the Jewish community, including clergy from local churches, the president of the Islamic Society, Mr. Taysir AlKhatib, and Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman. After […]
Tu B’Shevat has some beautiful and fun tunes that celebrate trees and nature. Here are some we’ll be singing at the service. Several are particularly fun for smaller children.
This week, we are painting the entry way and lounge at the synagogue, and soon we’ll put in some new flooring there also. Big thanks to Michael Levine, Art Greenblott and Len Rubin for their work on this, and to Susan Bloom and Pammy Mittel for their generous help in choosing colors and flooring.
Hello Temple Sinai! This past Friday night, it was exciting seeing so many new faces and returning faces joining our regulars for folk Shabbat. If you tell your friends about our warm, inclusive, fun community and invite them to services, we will grow and flourish. Word of mouth is one of the best things we […]
It has become an annual tradition for Temple Sinai members to join with local nonprofit HANDS – Helping And Nurturing Diverse Seniors and others to help deliver some 400 Meals on Wheels to shut-ins and seniors throughout Chittenden County. Temple member David Chafetz took on the role of organizing this year’s participants.
It has become an annual tradition for Temple Sinai members to join with local nonprofit HANDS – Helping And Nurturing Diverse Seniors and others to help deliver some 400 Meals on Wheels to shut-ins and seniors throughout Chittenden County. Temple member David Chafetz took on the role of organizing this year’s participants.
We are in the process of setting up a meeting of those who expressed interest in helping shape Temple Sinai’s work in the larger community by being on the Social Action Committee. If you are interested, please email our Social Action committee chair. Meanwhile, I wanted to share this upcoming event shared with me by […]
Tu B’Shevat has some beautiful and fun tunes that celebrate trees and nature. Here are some we’ll be singing at the service. Several are particularly fun for smaller children.
This week, a beautiful Woody Guthrie song popularized by the Klezmatics called “Holy Ground,” about the burning bush, the story contained in the Torah potion, Shmot.
Weekly Message – January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai! This past Friday night, it was exciting seeing so many new faces and returning faces joining our regulars for folk Shabbat. If you tell your friends about our warm, inclusive, fun community and invite them to services, we will grow and flourish. Word of mouth is one of the best things we […]