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 […]
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 […]