Dear friends, Sunday, May 5th is around the corner! Mark your calendar for another great presentation by UNR professor Hugh Shapiro, speaking on “China in 2019: The (Dis)quiet of Anniversaries.” Certainly a most interesting topic, by a most entertaining speaker. A real treat indeed. Sunday, May 5th 9:00 am Breakfast (bagels, lox, fruit, eggs, and […]
Security Update
Dear Friends, After the terrorist attack in Poway, CA, we have all been asking questions about our safety and our future. We have been forced to examine how we do business at the Temple, how we secure our entrances and exits, and what we need to do to keep everyone safe when they are here. […]
Your Generous Donations Rescue Temple Sinai- Again!
The Board of Trustees and I are very grateful this week to the far-sighted and generous Members who gave to Temple Sinai’s Emergency Fund. Replacing the 30-year-old heating and air-conditioning unit that failed last week will be costly. We are very lucky that these folks stepped up when we asked them, a couple of years […]
Men’s Club Breakfast – Sunday, April 14
Dear Men’s Club members (and everyone special on this email), Have you been to Israel? If so, how long has it been? Never? Would you like to visit? Well, Sunday, April 14 you will get a glimpse and taste of this beautiful land, as Joanne Northrup, Curatorial Director and Curator of Contemporary Art, our very […]
Seder? Say yes!
In some communities, the highlight of the Passover seder is when participants gleefully brandish leeks, and “whip” each other with them to playfully recall our bondage in Egypt. In other places, people pour water on the floor, lift up their coats, and recall the towns they’ve traveled through. Others still, recall this liberation and other […]
Reno Jewish Story Club Meeting
Date and Time: Monday, March 25, 2019, 7 to 9 p.m. Story Titles: “War Zone” and “Written in the Bible” There are many English speakers in Israel but few outlets for Israeli English fiction to be published. Ang-Lit Press has sought to remedy that by producing anthologies in which Israeli writers hone their art in […]
Sisterhood’s Mah Jongg Tournament
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, we held a Mah Jongg tournament in the Temple Sinai Social Hall. Here is a short recap of the tournament which was held jointly by the Sisterhoods of Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai. A special thanks to Marilyn Roberts and Brigitta Aaron for helping on the day of the event, […]
How Privileged We Are!
As I was trying to process the horrific events in New Zealand, I also had to prepare for my class’s week of fieldwork. This year my class is working with the Burning Man organization and the Friends of Black Rock – High Rock to investigate the geological and hydrological underpinnings of Fly Geyser, north of […]
Men’s Club Breakfast: March 10, 2019
To my Men’s Club colleagues, Shall we try “this” again? Sunday, March 10th? Yeeeesss! Waffles! Scrambled eggs! Bagels galore! Chocolates! Even cream for your coffee! Haha! You may even want seconds after you hear Professor Renata Keller’s presentation of “Reefer Madness? A History of Marijuana.” Professor Keller teaches modern Latin American history at UNR. Her […]
Gathering for Grief
Dear Friends, “I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood of loss…” Edward Hirsch Part of living in a Jewish community is caring for one another. Jewish tradition knows this and memorializes it in our rituals. When one […]