We value every member at Congregation Sinai – even our youngest! Our preschool age program (birth-4) is called “Itsy Bitsy Sinai”. It includes Shabbat and Holiday fun with Sami Stein Avner, Rabbi Cohen, Cantor Newman, and Director of Youth Education, Brian Avner. We want to make coming to synagogue something that our youngest children look forward to […]
Join us for the 2021 Women of Sinai Annual Appreciation Event: Sunday May 16th, 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom featuring acclaimed author and Sinai member Lauren Fox for a conversation on Life and Fiction.
A tikkun is a late night study session, when the mind is open to new possibilities. Tikkun Leil Shavuot ushers us into the third of three pilgrimage festivals (Sukkot and Pesach are the others), which celebrates the giving of Torah on Mount Sinai. This moment of “revelation” is recreated every time we read Torah or […]
Fun for everyone! Try your luck at Trivia Night! Director of Youth Education Brian Avner, RJE an avid Trivia Night Player will lead us in a fun-filled night! Great for families too with kids middle school age and older. To help the process please Pre-register as a team, family, couple or individual by clicking HERE. […]
At Sinai, we like to think of ourselves as “inclusive” and put forth great effort to do so. While we added the “T” to LGBTQ+ we haven’t addressed or even learned about what it actually means to be trans. We are fortunate to have as a guest speaker, Brian Edwardson. What has been his experience? […]
Interfaith Chavurah is for people from interfaith families or anyone interested in interfaith issues, not just interfaith couples. Come together and get to know each other. We have a lot of fun and learn a lot from one another. The Interfaith Chavurah meets monthly for group chitchat following Shabbat services. Led by Congregation Sinai Rabbi Emeritus Jay Brickman and […]
Join Rabbi Cohen for a special series of Shabbat morning prayer experiences. Drawing from mindfulness practices such as meditation, movement and yoga we'll explore Shabbat and prayer from a new and different perspective. The earliest Hasids (early 19th century) were explorers of mysticism and made use of multiple mindfulness modalities to reach their spiritual goals. Dress […]
I know we are all ready for in person events again, and it's finally summer, which means we can safely socialize again outdoors! We will be meeting at the Estabrook Beer Garden for a beer and to catch up. For those interested we will be playing disc golf later in the afternoon as well. Bring […]
Join a group who meet weekly to discuss current events and issues of the day with an eye to the Jewish angle. Local and regional issues, national and international events, political and cultural concerns – topics will be timely, varied and wide ranging. No matter your political leanings – conservative, liberal or independent – there […]
B'rit Nashim (Covenant of Women) is a group of Sinai women who meet once a month for programs of personal interest and Jewish content. Through a commitment to our group, our main purpose is to build a community of women within the larger community of Congregation Sinai. We share, learn, laugh, grow, and strengthen our connections to each other and to […]
