Dear Friends, When I was a child, I used to save the world. Daily. As a superhero named Benman, I donned my cape to do battle with the villains down by the mailbox and around my street. When I came home, my Mom would be there to hear of my exploits and give me a […]
Messages of Solidarity from UNR
A Message from President Johnson – To the University of Nevada, Reno community: As we mourn the loss of lives at The Living Tree Synagogue in Pittsburgh, we express our sorrow and outrage at senseless violence directed toward people of one religion. But what can we do about it? First, be watchful and aware of […]
Tzedakah
Rabbi Benjamin Zober Delivered for ACTIONN 10/18/18 Jewish tradition tells a story about the beginning of time, when God started to create the world. God, being the ultimate Being, left no room for heaven and earth. God’s Divine Light was put into vessels to make room for Creation, but no vessel could contain God’s light […]
October 2018 Reno Jewish Story Club Meeting
7-9:00 pm Monday, October 22, 2018 “Defender of the Faith” by Philip Roth Author Philip Roth passed away in May of this year at the age of 85. He was a New Jersey Jewish boy who won more literary awards than any of his contemporaries and was often selected as one of the best writers […]
Temple Sinai’s Reform Ideals
We would like to recognize the Temple Sinai Social Action Committee (TSSAC) as an organizing force inside our synagogue and a strong representative of Temple Sinai in our community. The TSSAC and our members, over the past year, fed and clothed homeless youth, adopted and cleaned a neighborhood park, and literally saved lives last winter […]
Men’s Club News
AED Purchase for Temple Sinai The Men’s Club will be sponsoring a fundraiser from our congregation members. The Men’s Club will sponsor up to half the cost with our generous congregation members donating the rest. The cost for the voice instructed AED [automated external defibrillator] is about $2000 which would include extra adult pads, container, […]
Volunteers Wanted and Needed!
Your Temple Sinai Jewish Practice Committee (JPC) needs some additional volunteer members to join our vibrant and fun committee as we continue our journey. Even though we have many items on our list of activities, the commitment is not great, but needed. Our monthly meeting is the last Wednesday of each month, at 6 pm […]
Temple Sinai Financial Update
As we are now in our new fiscal year (July 2018 – June 2019), I want to provide a financial recap of last year and share our budget for this year. Through the hard work of the Board of Trustees, our Committees and their Chairs, and the FACTS (Financial Advisory Council of Temple Sinai), we […]
Helping Our Own
Over the past 2 years, Sinai members have been extraordinarily generous in reaching outside our congregation to help those in need. We have supported our refugee Syrian family, staffed overnight shifts at the homeless shelter overflow tent, given money to children for food, clothing and supplies by donating to Project 150, cleaned the North West […]
Sinai Supports Eddy House
On Friday afternoon, July 13, we delivered the Family Meal to the 60 youngsters and 10 staff of Eddy House, the Reno Drop-In Center for homeless youth. As the facility is closed on weekends, the Friday dinner may be the last real meal the kids get until they return the following Monday. We provided lots […]