Yom HaAtzma’ut 5779
May 10 2019: One of my earliest memories of Israel is really much more a memory of my father than of Israel. My father was definitely not a Zionist in his younger days. He was an assimilationist, who believed that Judaism was a religion, not a nationality, and felt our priority should be to blend into American society. My mother was a Zionist who would never forgive my father for proposing to her shortly before she planned to go to Israel as a nurse in 1948…
Machar – Naomi Shemer
Ha’Carmelim – live, France, 1967
Yerushalayim shel zahav – Jerusalem of Gold (Naomi Shemer)
Shuly Nathan live (France, 1968) Shuly Nathan, born March 16, 1947 in London) is an Israeli singer best known for singing “Jerusalem of Gold” (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), written by Naomi Shemer. It was immensely popular shortly before the Six-Day War, and made her world-famous. It is still very popular in Israel and in Jewish communities […]
Weekly Email – May 8, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
Congratulations and thank you to Judy Alexander for 20 years of leadership and teaching at Temple Sinai. We had a great evening honoring Judy and our teachers, and it was great seeing so many of you there!
I also want to thank all of you who came out for our Holocaust Remembrance Service with Ohavi Zedek and the wider community last Wednesday evening. It was meaningful and reassuring…
Weekly Email – May 1, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai!
How are we supposed to feel after another synagogue shooting, this time at the Chabad Center in Poway, CA? Heartbroken or numb? Angry or afraid? All of the above? Last Saturday, we had a particularly lovely Passover morning service, and then a moving service for Adam Weinstein’s becoming bar mitzvah, so it was particularly wrenching to learn at the end of that day about the shooting…
Rabbi’s Book Club – Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor
Two events introduce Rabbi’s new Book Club – Sefer v’Sefel* *Sefer Ve Sefel – Book and a Mug (of coffee) is a beloved Old Jerusalem used book store and café. Saturday, May 4 at 5:00pm, POSTPONED! Watch for more info. Meet at Temple Sinai for a discussion of Yossi Klein Halevi’s New York Times Best Seller, […]
Weekly Email – April 24, 2019
Hello Temple Sinai! Our community Seder was a blast! The room was beautiful and well over a hundred of us had a big time singing, reading and connecting. I hope it is a tradition that grows as we create new Sinai traditions, readings and songs. A big shout-out to all those that helped make such […]
Weekly email – April 17, 2019
Happy PASSOVER! I hope the season brings you joy, connection, comfort foods, and a celebration of being free, and a sense of connection with all those who struggle for greater personal and communal freedom. To that end, please check out the Tikkun Olam Shabbat on April 23 (more below). We had a great community weekend […]
Shabbat HaGadol, Kabbalat Shabbat Sermon
Rabbi David Edleson April 10, 2019 So, let me start with a question. Show of hands, who in here has been on a special diet of some sort in the past few years? Who’s not eating Gluten? Who’s not eating Dairy? Who’s doing Paleo, or Low-Carbs? Who’s not eating red meat? Low salt? Low sugar? […]
Weekly Email – May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019 by templesinai • Rabbi's Blog, Temple News •
Hello Temple Sinai!
A big MAZAL TOV to Grace Stein on doing such a great job at her bat mitzvah!
We have our SHABBAT GOES TO BROADWAY SHABBAT this Friday night! It’s a fun night to come and bring your friends! We’ll be singing the prayers to Broadway show tunes that we can sing along with. Don’t miss it.