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6:00 PM Prozdor (appetizers)
6:30 PM Camp Shabbat Service
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9:15 AM Torah Study
9:30 AM Shabbat Service for WRJ Authors' Roundtable
6:00 PM Shabbat Mincha Service - Bar Mitzvah of Nathaniel Schrader
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Friday, February 23
Starting at 6 PM, we'll be serving camp style food, perfect for all ages! You are invited to schmooze and learn about some of our favorite Jewish summer programs.
At 6:30, our service begins - featuring songleaders Greg Kellner (Director of URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech) and Jo-Ellen Unger (Director of URJ 6 Points Creative Arts), and a D'var Torah from Lisa David (Director URJ Camp Harlam). This festive and fun short service will be in the 'camp' style, bringing a bit of summer sunshine into this rainy and cold Washington winter!
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TSWRJ Authors' Roundtable
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Saturday, February 24 at 9 AM
After registration and coffee, join us for a 9:30 AM (optional) Shabbat service in the Bet Am, led by Rabbi Goldstein. Promptly at 10:30, we will launch a stimulating panel discussion with four leading women authors, moderated by Lynn Sweet. After the Roundtable discussion, you may join one of the authors for conversation and a boxed lunch in a smaller setting. Participants will be able to buy the authors' books and have them autographed.
Learn more and RSVP.
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Sunday, February 25 at 2 PM
Join SinaiCares in the Temple Sinai kitchen as we make soup for clergy to bring on pastoral visits. We need a few more volunteers to help us chop, stir, simmer and package our soup. If you would like to volunteer, please e-mail
Karen Auerbach or call the office (202-363-6394).
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Last Chance! Travel to Israel This Summer
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June 20-July 1, 2018
Join Rabbis Roos and Goldstein for a deeper dive into the complexities of Israeli society. Together we will explore the issues facing Israel today. We'll encounter social justice
issues including African refugees, the Palestinian/Settler divide, and tensions between the ultra religious and progressive movements among other pressing issues of contemporary Israel. We'll visit the West Bank to gain more understanding and see first hand what is happening on the ground. We'll visit sites and organizations that are doing innovative work and meet with an array of experts and visionaries.
Register by February 28 and save $300 per person.
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Adult Purim Celebration (21+)
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Wednesday, February 28 at 7 PM
Join us for a rollicking evening of Megillah reading, frivolity, and a hilarious spiel. Once again, Rabbi Adam has written a delightfully funny and somewhat raunchy parody of a classic Broadway musical. You do not want to miss hearing and seeing your beloved clergy, staff, and lay leaders making absolute fools of themselves. Yummy food and an open bar will help your spirits soar.
No RSVP needed.
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Sunday, March 4 at 10 AM
In place of regularly scheduled TSRS classes, join us for a family morning of fun games, toys, hamentaschen, and music in celebration of Purim. Join us at 10 AM for the Purim Spiel, followed by lunch and carnival games for all ages.
RSVP now.
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Sinaites Hamentaschen Sale
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It's time once again for the Sinaites Annual Hamentaschen Sale! We highly recommend pre-orders as we cannot guarantee availability the day of the Purim Carnival (Sunday, March 4
). You can get your large Hamentaschen in 7 assorted flavors today in support of the Temple Sinai Youth Group, Sinaites. Place your on-line orders
NOW.
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Tot Shabbat Service & Participatory Dinner
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Friday, March 2 at 6 PM
Join us for our monthly Tot Shabbat Service and plan to stay after for a Participatory Dinner.
RSVP for dinner.
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Shabbat Service & Festive Oneg Honoring Sinai House's Lucane LaFortune
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Friday, March 2 at 8 PM
Please join us for a special Shabbat service and oneg at to honor and bid farewell to Lucane LaFortune, Sinai House's outstanding Executive Director. Lucane joined Sinai House in 2012 as its first full-time Program Director. Her intricate knowledge and network of resources available in the Washington, DC area, and her ability to empathize with and inspire our residents have been key to the growth and success of the Sinai House program. We wish Lucane all the best at her new position as the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Coordinator for the City of Baltimore. She will be sorely missed at Sinai House.
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Temple Sinai Nursery School Auction
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Saturday, March 3 at 7 PM
Help us honor TSNS and raise important funds to continue supporting our exceptional programs. Enjoy specialty cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dessert and dancing! Can't make it? There are plenty of other opportunities to show your support.
Learn more.
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Saturday, March 24
The kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today.
At Temple Sinai, we are working with our national youth leaders and will have more information about how you can help in the coming weeks. If you are interested in hosting marchers or volunteering in other ways, please email
Michelle Becker.
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We Mourn the Death of...
...David Feinberg, father of Joshua Feinberg (Jennifer). A funeral service will take place at Temple Sinai on Friday, February 23 at 10 AM followed by burial at Garden of Remembrance in Clarksburg, MD. The family will sit shiva and receive visitors following the burial from approximately 1-5 PM in the top floor community room of David's apartment building.
If you are available to usher at the funeral, please email
Michelle Becker.
We Extend Condolences to...
...Nina Prill (Adam) on the death of her aunt Phoebe Cohen.
...Allison Soffer (Robert) on the death of her uncle Alvin Sarnoff.
Member addresses can be found in the
Membership Directory.
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Yoga for Lower Back Pain
4-class series beginning Thursday, February 22, from 5:45 - 7 pm at the Washington Yoga Center
Yoga has been shown (through numerous studies, including one by NIH in 2005) to be an extremely effective treatment for many with lower back pain. The class is appropriate for those with chronic back pain, including disc issues, provided that your physician or physical therapist has approved gentle yoga.
Registration:
www.washingtonyogacenter.com
, see Workshops.
Reel-Abilities Pre-Festival Film Screening
Sunday, March 4, 7:30 PM | Adat Shalom Congregation
All are invited to a screening of
White Balance about an ice skater losing his hearing.
Learn more.
Great Jewish Books Summer Program
Sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center
For Sophomores and Juniors
High schoolers from across North America gather for a five-day, all-expense paid introduction to important works of modern Jewish literature. Study with college professors and meet contemporary authors. Applications due March 5. Learn more.
Taking Leonard Downtown (Concert)
Monday, March 5, 7:30 PM
Levine Music presents a traditional jazz organ combo performing the works of Leonard Bernstein music in a way that preserves the musical integrity of his work with a mix of funk, gospel, go-go, boogaloo, soul, and jazz.
Learn more.
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Friday, March 9 at 6:30 PM
Shabbat Service with 4th Grade Siddur Ceremony & Participatory Dinner. RSVP for dinner.
Sunday, March 11 at 4 PM
Crucial Conversations (teens and parents): Mindfulness. RSVP.
Sunday, March 11 at 7 PM
MRJ Seder 101: Seder Tips and Wine Tasting. Learn more.
Monday, March 12 at 12:45 PM
Daytimers with Guest Speaker Congressman Jamie Raskin
Friday, March 16 at 6 PM
Shabbat Shira 2018: Music of the Mountains, A Bluegrass Shabbat, featuring Nefesh Mountain. Learn more and RSVP for dinner. |
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