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 […]
Reno Jewish Story Club Meeting
Monday, June 25, 2018, 7 to 9 p.m. “The Gentile Jewesses” by Muriel Spark All her life, Muriel Spark sought to make sense of how life blends people, traditions, things. She was born in Scotland to Bernard Camberg, a Lithuanian Jew, who blended with Sarah Uezzell, a Scottish Presbyterian [or perhaps not?]. At age 19, […]
Men’s Club Breakfast June 3, 2018 9:00 a.m.
Our next Breakfast speaker for June is Dr. Hugh Shapiro. 1. We are very fortunate to have as our guest speaker an academician who spends considerable time both living and traveling through and studying the culture of China. Dr. Shapiro began learning the language and culture of China while growing up in Minneapolis. He has […]
Ignacio Montoya – D’var Torah
Shabbat shalom. Thank you all for honoring us with your presence on this Shabbat morning as Alexa, Steve, and I stand before you after many fruitful months of study with our fearless teacher Rabbi Bair and his faithful deputy, Marilyn Roberts. The Torah portion that we chanted from this morning is Parashat Tzav, which deals […]
Financial Update #2 – New Dues Structure
As you know from the last newsletter, we have had budget deficits in each of the last three years and expect to have one again this year. In order to shore up Temple Sinai’s finances, as well as recognize our diverse congregational membership, below is the new dues structure for next year: L’Dor v’Dor Level […]
Mens Club Breakfast – May 6th 9:00 a.m.
On the one hand an inverted US yield curve is said to be problematic for our economic growth. On the other hand consumer confidence continues to rise along with greater than expected revenues/profits by the digital industry. Or is all of this a result of global quantitative easing? What to expect in the coming near […]
Financial Update – Transparency
Since I joined the Board last July as a Member-At-Large, I have heard a lot of talk about a lack of transparency in the finances of the synagogue. I was asked to step into the role of Financial Officer (CFO) in late October, and I reluctantly accepted. Although I have been on the Boards of […]
Reno Jewish Story Club Meeting
Monday, April 23, 2018, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. “A Contract With God” by Will Eisner Will Eisner was born to poor Hungarian-Romanian immigrant parents in Brooklyn, NY in 1917… just as WW I ended. He had his father’s gift for drawing and pursued this skill into his teens in Depression era 1930s at DeWitt Clinton […]