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• High Holy Days 2019 • Southern Jewish Life
and could have stayed there for a long time, they “quickly realized this is not where we saw ourselves long-term.” With their son starting high school and daughter starting middle school, it was a good time to make a change, and that is when Temple Sinai became open. “I was encouraged to look at Temple Sinai, and we’re here.” They wanted to be in a Southern community “where we’d be proud to be part of the community, where we would enjoy raising our family.” He also was attracted by the community’s history, and is “thrilled” to be at Sinai as it prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. “I love the history and tradition… I know that we have families that are not just third or fourth generation, but fifth.” Part of that tradition is Sinai’s historic building, with the majestic sanctuary. “I have missed sanctuaries,” he said, noting that his most recent congregation’s building is from 1996 and doesn’t have a standalone sanctuary. The first Shabbat at Sinai was “a very special feeling, to be able to welcome Shabbat and each other” in that environment. His Sinai debut was during the joint summer services, where the three Reform congregations hold combined services during the summer, rotating monthly among Sinai, Touro and Gates of Prayer. The joint summer services are “a wonderful tradition and a unique tradition,” he said. “I don’t think there are many communities that can pull that off.” Someone growing up in New Orleans should feel comfortable in any of Sinai, Touro or Gates of Prayer, he said, and he likes that the Temple Youth Group is a combination of all three congregations, “to let our kids get to know each other.” Being in the same rabbinic region, his father had relationships with Temple Sinai Rabbi Edward Cohn, Touro Rabbi David Goldstein and Gates of Prayer Rabbi Robert Loewy. With so many new rabbis in town now, he said it is an exciting time for the community. “I’ve enjoyed getting to know my colleagues and look forward to working together.” During the summer, he and the other local Reform clergy spent time together at Jacobs Camp, a place “I’ve heard about forever.” Sherman attended the Greene Family Camp in Texas and worked there when Jonathan Cohen was assistant director, before Cohen became director of Jacobs Camp. He also also spent a summer as a unit head at Camp Swig in California and served as faculty at Camp Coleman in Georgia for many summers. “Growing up in Tulsa, I had never seen 300 Jewish kids in one place until I went to camp,” he said. “Camp is a great experience for our kids.” He is continuing to learn the history of the congregation and the roles his predecessors played in the general community. “It takes a while to really get to know a congregation,” he said. “You need to go through a cycle of holidays, events, school.” He wants to respect the congregation’s history, understand what the practices are and why, then “set a thoughtful course.” Looking at the future, “some answers will require us to make some changes, some answers will have us build on the firm foundations that are here.” Temple Sinai “has always been a loud voice for social justice here in New Orleans, and you can’t separate the life of Temple Sinai from the life of the greater community… I look forward to being part of that and continuing these traditions.”