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, February 1, 2025 at 9:00am
Saturday Morning Minyan*K with Rabbinic Intern Dina Kwasnicki only via ZOOM
Shabbat is a time for reflection, gratitude, and enrichment. All are welcome to Saturday Morning Minyan, where we blend ancient traditions and modern interpretations.
*Temple Sinai will always hold space for you to remember your loved one and say Kaddish for them. Please note that Kaddish will be recited during any program marked with *K.
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 former helicopter pilot in the Israeli Air Force
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.
Wine Tasting for an Important Cause:
Support Israeli soldiers and displaced families at Temple Sinai!
February 13 is the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, which celebrates the potential rebirth of spring after a dormant winter. Even though the ground is still frozen, we have faith that the seeds we planted are growing just beneath the surface. It is a holiday of optimism and hope.
That is why this Tu B’Shevat, Temple Sinai is planting seeds of hope in Israel, that we hope will take root and flourish. In partnership with It’s a Date, an initiative that supports the wellbeing of Israeli soldiers and displaced families by selling Israeli wine, we will be hosting a Tu B’Shevat celebration and wine tasting. Throughout this festive, casual evening, we will taste delicious wines from Israel and learn about those we can help with each wine purchase.
Schedule - Thursday, February 13, 2025:
7:00-7:30pm – Cocktails and mingling
7:30-8:30pm – Wine tasting and presentation by It’s a Date and Rabbi Schachter
Suggested Donation: $18/person (includes wine tasting and light refreshments) Register at mysinai.org/tubshevatwinetasting
To learn more about the “It’s a Date” initiative, click here
Saturday, March 15 • 7:00pm Come to sing! Come to watch! Come to eat! Come in costume!
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.
Beyond the Matriarchs: legends about women you’ve never heard of and the rituals that will change your life Thursday, January 30 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
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.
Jewish Family History with genealogist Jessica Goldstein
Thursday, February 27 7:00-9:00pm in the Simcha Room
Don’t miss the exciting opporunity to explore Jewish genealogy with Jessica Goldstein!
Jessica, daughter of Temple Sinai congregant Ruth Klein, will share ways to create a research plan, and use organizational tools, archival research, and so much more, to find out who we are and where we came to be!
Please bring a laptop or tablet for the hands-on portion of the program!
Register at: mysinai.org/jewishgenealogy
Wednesday, February 5 • 7:30pm in the Library
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming evening business networking meeting, where you can meet potential customers, discover new ways to expand your business, explore potential collaborations, create relationships with others in the community.
By helping one another improve our businesses, we are helping to improve the well-being of our Temple Sinai community.
Everyone in welcome! We hope you will join us!
Questions? Contact Richard Blatt by clicking here.
Wednesday, February 12 • 7:30pm in the Library
Friday, February 7 • 9:30am in the Library
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
COOKING FOR A CAUSE
Friday, February 7 • 10:30am in the Simcha Room
Always a favorite event, Social Action will team up with FoF for Cooking for a Cause. You don’t want to miss it! While cooking and kibitzing i we each prepare a full meal and DELIVER it to someone who is homebound. The smiles and huge appreciation for these meals will stay with you long after the deliveries are completed.
No charge. All materials will be supplied.
RSVP by January 30 at socialaction@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)
