The Sinai Board of Trustees will host a Congregational Forum on Sunday, January 27th at 10:15 am in the Sanctuary. As with last year’s Forum, your Temple Sinai Board of Trustees wants to hear from you about how we can serve you better. As you know, Sinai has been in a process of strategic planning […]
Struggles with Myself, Leading to Gratitude
Part of the upcoming week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4−36:43), describes Jacob’s midnight struggles with “a man” and his reconciliation with his brother Esau the next day. As president of your Sinai Board of Trustees, I have to admit to lying awake some nights, struggling with my own thoughts. What have I allowed to fall […]
A Year of Gratitude
Each time I climbed to the Bimah during Sinai’s High Holy Day services, I stood there in gratitude to all of you. Thank you for being with us! Thank you for attending, for participating, for volunteering, for pledging, for donating, for joining and re-joining. And, thank you for talking to me about why you are […]
Your New Temple Sinai
This month is very exciting at Temple Sinai. We obviously have enthusiastic new Rabbis. I hope everyone will soon get a chance to welcome Rabbis Sara and Benjamin Zober. Maybe not so obviously, we have new members, new Trustees, new committee chairs, new councils, new services, new songs, new prayers, new friends, new Torah and […]
See You at the Congregational Meeting 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 24!
I am hoping to see everyone at Sunday’s Annual Congregational Meeting. I will set out some snacks at 9:30 a.m., in hopes of motivating a larger attendance. At the meeting, the Board and I will update you on Sinai’s current finances, and we need all of you there to vote on the slate of Board […]
I Hope to See You at Sinai’s Annual Congregation Meeting!
Every year, the president invites all the member families of Temple Sinai to gather in the synagogue during the month of May or June. This year, our meeting will be Sunday, June 24th at 10:00 a.m. Please note that this year’s meeting will be in the morning. At the meeting, the Board will give you […]
Temple Sinai’s Future
You have all heard the great news that Rabbis Benjamin and Sara Zober have signed a contract to share Temple Sinai’s rabbinic leadership position for the next three years. I want to share with you the tremendous enthusiasm for Sinai that they have expressed during the whole time we have been talking to them. As […]
Summary of January 28 Congregational Forum
The Temple Sinai Board and about 30 members and friends came together for a Congregational Forum on Sunday, January 28th. The purpose of the Forum was to share information about our Temple and encourage dialog among congregants and the Board. Robert Dickens, chair of the Rabbinic Search Committee, first described the state of our search. […]
Come to Sinai’s Congregational Forum
1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 28 in the Sanctuary The Temple Sinai Board of Trustees cordially invites all Sinai Members to a Congregational Forum. Your Sinai Board will give you an update on a few key initiatives at the synagogue and give you the opportunity to share your thoughts with us directly. Expect the Forum to […]