WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT TEMPLE SINAI
January 12 - 18, 2025
Beyond the Matriarchs
Friday, January 17, 2025 • 6:30pm
We look forward to seeing you at our meaningful Shabbat service in the Sanctuary.
If you would prefer to join us virtually, click here to livestream the service.
REMINDER: to enhance security, a password is now required to view our livestream. The password and instructions to log in to the livestream will be sent to you in a separate email. If you have any questions, call the temple office at 516.621.6800.
Sinai Shabbat Saturdays
New Ways to Experience Shabbat at Temple Sinai*
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 9:30am in person and via ZOOM
Torah Study & Conversation*K with Dina Kwasnicki Cup of Joe and the 5 Books of Mo(ses)
Join our Rabbinic Intern, Dina Kwasnicki, for her signature Cup of Joe & The 5 Books of Mo(ses) contemporary Torah study.
THIS WEEK’S SNEAK PEAK:
This week, we’re putting the MO in Cup of Joe & The 5 Books of MO(ses) as we enter the book of Exodus! We’ll explore Moses’ and Pharoah’s hero and villain origin stories, and the Jewish influence on origin stories in comic books and movies and other pop culture portrayals of Moses’ early years!
*Temple Sinai will always hold space for you to remember your loved ones and say Kaddish for them. Please note that Kaddish will be recited during any program marked with *K.
Click here to join the ZOOM or dial 646.558.8656 (audio only)
Meeting ID: 824 5549 3238 PASSWORD: 3636
Co-Chaired by Carol & James Rotenberg and Lauren & David Borkon
The notion of Jewish Peoplehood encompasses Judaism as a civilization with a collective story, religion, culture, language, ethical tradition, and dedication to community. Our goal in presenting this series is to strengthen the connection between Jews around the world.
our next program in the series:
Friday, February 7 • 6:30pm during our Shabbat Service
Guest Speaker: Sinai’s Own, Ken Levine
Ken Levine was born and raised in Givatayim, Israel, and at 18, he joined the Israeli Air Force, proudly serving as a helicopter pilot. At 25, he moved to New York, following his wife-to-be, Shelly. While working for the Israeli Mission to the U.S., Ken earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry.
Graduate school brought new opportunities, as Ken completed an MBA and began his career in the pharmaceutical industry. Over the years, Ken and his family lived in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, eventually returning to New York in 2021 to settle in Roslyn.
Throughout their journey, the Levine’s have been active members of URJ congregations, and upon arriving in Roslyn, they joined Temple Sinai. Their older son, Lee, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah shortly after moving here in 2022, and their younger twins, Gabe and Adam, are looking forward to theirs in 2026.
Saturday, March 15 • 7:00pm Come to sing! Come to watch! Come to eat! Come in costume!
Beyond the Matriarchs: legends about women you’ve never heard of and the rituals that will change your life Thursday, January 16 at 7:00pm in the Library
Join Rabbi Schachter [and Sinai’s own, Amy Pepper] on a spirited and spiritual adventure, as we immerse in storytelling, history, and hands-on Jewish rituals about and for women.
Register at: mysinai.org/matriarchs
Monday, January 27, 2025 • 12:00pm
All are welcome to join Rabbi Michael White, President Allen Geller, Cantors Sergei & Elena Schwartz, and Executive Director Lee Mirrer at Maggiano’s
Little Italy
Boca Town Center Mall • 21090 St. Andrews Blvd • Boca Raton
We hope all Temple Sinai members (past and present) and their families and friends will attend! There are still a limited number of spots available.
$50 per person for a family-style meal that includes a starter, salad, main courses (chicken, eggplant, and pasta), desserts, and soft drinks.
RSVP online at mysinai.org/floridaluncheon2025 OR return the form below along with your check payable to Temple Sinai no later than January 20, 2025. Questions? Contact Lee Mirrer at 516.621.6800 ext. 105.
2024 Monday, January 27, 2025 • 12:00pm • in Boca Raton
Please make reservations for people @ $50/person = $ enclosed
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Author’s Talk
HIDING IN HOLLAND: A Resistance Memoir Shulamit Reinharz
presented in in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, January 28 • 12:00pm via ZOOM
Shulamit Reinharz was born in Amsterdam, Holland in June 1946, a little over a year after the end of both World War II and the Holocaust. For a short while she and her parents lived in Israel, but soon after, her family moved to the United States. Shulamit holds a B.A. with Honors in Sociology from Barnard College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Brandeis University. She spent 10 years teaching at the University of Michigan before returning to Brandeis as a Professor of Sociology, where she also served as Director of the Women’s Studies Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. Shulamit founded the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for the study of the intersection of Jews and gender, the Women‘s Studies Research Center, and the Kniznick Gallery for Feminist and Jewish Art.
Published last June, Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir is her 17th book. In it she integrates dozens of cartons of materials preserved haphazardly by her father, with the research she conducted to put it all into context. Shulamit Reinharz has been recognized for this latest work by the Leo Baeck Institute. And she is the proud sister of Jonathan Rothschild, whom you know as an active member of Temple Sinai.
SINAI CINEMA
Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1:00PM
AT TEMPLE SINAI
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl explores the life and times of Theodor Herzl, father of the modern state of Israel. Narrated by Academy Award®-winner, Sir Ben Kingsley and starring Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz as the voice of Theodor Herzl. The film examines how Herzl, a well-known journalist and playwright, an assimilated, Budpest-born Jew, horrified by the Dreyfus trial in Paris and the antisemitism he saw spreading across Europe, took upon himself the task of attempting to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine against all odds.
Over the span of eight years, Herzl organized and led a worldwide political movement that within fifty years led to the establishment of the state of Israel. The film follows Herzl as he meets with Kings, Prime Ministers, Ambassadors, a Sultan, a Pope and government ministers from Constantinople to St. Petersburg, from Paris to Berlin, from Vienna to Vilna in his quest to build a Jewish nation.
If you are looking for new ways to promote and grow your business, we hope you will join us.
The next meeting of Temple Sinai’s amazing networking group, CONNECT, will take place on Wednesday, January 22 at 9:00am at Diane’s Bakery Cafe (23 Bryant Avenue, Roslyn).
The mission of CONNECT is to bring professionals together with the goal of referring good contacts and potential clients to one another. By helping one another improve our businesses, we are helping to improve the well-being of our Temple Sinai community.
We hope you will join us!
Let us know you are coming by clicking here.
Wednesday, February 12 • 7:30pm in the Library
Friday, February 7 • 9:30am in the Library
HORMONAL HARMONY: A Deep Dive into the Menopausal Journey
Wednesday, January 15 • 7:00pm in the Simcha Room
Damiann MacGowan, a Board-Certified Physician Assistant with 20+ years of experience specializing in women’s health, will discuss how the changes of perimenopause/menopause affect women physically & emotionally. She will also share what we can do to better understand & balance our hormones, followed by a discussion & Q&A.
RSVP at fof@mysinai.org
MINDFUL MANDALA DESIGN
Monday, January 27 • 7:00pm in the Library
Board Certified & Licensed Clinical Art Therapist Deborah Adler will lead us in creating our own personal & beautiful mandalas with a variety of materials. Mandalas are a design used for a variety of purposes including meditation, spirituality, & promoting balance, focus & insight. Adler, a Roslyn resident, will help us bring in the New Year with an artful experience filled with hopes & thoughtful intentions for ourselves for 2025. Come unwind & express yourself No art experience necessary!
No charge. All materials will be supplied.
RSVP at fof@mysinai.org
Our January Collections
The EJOY/Pastor Lewis Food Drive spreads community friendship down the street at the Friendship Baptist Church on Roslyn Road
Please donate and drop off the following items in the bins in the temple lobby, or click here to have the items shipped directly to the temple from Amazon:
• drinks - non-refrigerated milk and juices
• canned goods - soups, vegetables especially corn
• cereal, pancake mix & syrup, oatmeal
• staples - rice, pasta, pasta sauce, beans
• healthy snacks
• baking items - flour, cooking oil
• paper goods - paper towels, toilet paper, napkins
• Depends, size large
• reusable shopping bags
The Pajama Program helps thousands of children who would otherwise go to sleep in the same clothes they wore all day.
Please donate these items and drop off in the bins in the temple lobby or click here to have the items shipped directly to the temple from Amazon:
• NEW pajamas for newborn through XL (Be sure to remember the bigger sizes for older kids)
• NEW books
Honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service projects, food drives, film screenings, educational opportunities, and more. Come together to make a difference and uphold Dr. King’s enduring principles of equality and justice. Click here to learn more and to register.
upcoming building, office, & school closures
Monday, January 20 - MLK, Jr. Day
Building Closed
ECC Closed
Religious School Closed
Tuesday, January 28 - Wednesday, January 29
Professional Development
Religious School Closed
Monday, February 17 - Presidents’ Day
Building Closed
Monday, February 17 - Friday, February 21
Presidents’ Week
ECC Closed
Monday, February 17 - Friday, February 21
Presidents’ Week
Religious School Closed