Looking forward to this 4th of July weekend, let us reflect on the state of multiculturalism in America. As American Jews, we would tend to embrace a definition of Americanness […]
About Rabbi Ethan Bair
Posts by Rabbi Ethan Bair:
Shavuot and the Start of Summer
Seven weeks (49 days) after the second day of Passover, rejoicing in our people’s exodus out of Egypt, comes Shavuot, the harvest holiday that also celebrates the receiving of Torah […]
A Prayer for Yom HaShoah
Every year Yom HaShoah comes and one is confronted once again with the enormity and horror of the Holocaust, the real experience of millions of people murdered at the hands […]
Introducing Strategic Planning
In Temple Sinai’s Leadership Development Institute with twenty members of our congregation involved, Lynda Goldman and I have been engaging members in best practices for leadership. This class is dove-tailing […]
On Purim
This week in much of the adult learning I have facilitated, we have wrestled with questions of boundaries. I spoke at a Christian college in Reno last week and had […]
Shabbat Service Times at Sinai
This Friday Rabbi Menachem Creditor is coming to Temple Sinai. Please join us for a Chavurah Shabbat- organized dinner to follow, open to the whole community (6:00 p.m. service, 7:00 […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat 1/15/16
We are thrilled to welcome you all to Temple Sinai in prayer, in hope, in fellowship and friendship and in observance both of the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King […]
Our Children Are Our Builders
Rabbi Elazar said Rabbi Hanina said: Torah scholars increase peace in the world, as it is said: ‘And all your children [banayich] shall be taught of Adonai, and great shall […]
All good things in 2016!
Dear Sinai Community, As 2016 kicks off, we have a lot of great Temple Sinai events and Jewish holidays to look forward to. In our Torah, we are moving from […]
Grow Your Light!
Beginning on Sunday night, we will light the Chanukiah, and the light will grow each night. The growing light of the Menorah symbolizes our individual and collective growth as well. […]