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6:00 PM Prozdor (appetizers)
6:30 PM Shabbat Service with Rabbis Roos & Rosenwasser
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Saturday, October 29
9:15 AM Torah Study with Rabbi Rosenwasser
10:30 AM Shabbat Service - Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Hillman |
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Doggie Playdate & Havdalah
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Saturday, October 29 at 5 PM
Bring your well-mannered dog for some fun playtime with your fellow congregants and their pets on the lawn of the Carnegie Institution. Rabbi Adam will be on hand to offer snacks (human and pet friendly) and a blessing. We'll conclude the evening with a special Havdalah ceremony. Please note that the lawn is NOT fenced in. No RSVP necessary. |
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TSWRJ & TS Library "University" - How To Touch A Hot Stove: Dealing With Disability, Dying & Crisis In Your Home
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Sunday, October 30 at 3 PM
We will address the concerns and emotions that we have for family and friends who are struggling-- mentally, emotionally, spiritually or physically or, who are challenged by being different.
The program will begin with the 25-minute documentary,
How to Touch a Hot Stove: Thought and Behavioral Differences in a Society of Norms, featuring John Turturro, Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, Oliver Sacks, and more. A panel discussion will follow.
Refreshments will be served. Learn more.
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Audio and text versions of this year's High Holy Day sermons have been posted to the temple website. Check them out.
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The Work of the Good Neighbor - Refugee Resettlement Group is Underway!
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We have held our first team leader meeting and are actively recruiting help for each team. Team leaders are Amy York & Larry Willis/Real Estate, David, Debra & Emma Eichenbaum/Life Skills, Ilene Weinreich/Education, Mark Dettelbach/Medical, Matt Roberts/Finance, Jill Morningstar/Food, Marilyn Goldhammer/Furnishings.
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Please Order a Gun Violence Prevention Yard Sign
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To help support the work of the Temple Sinai Gun Violence Prevention Group (GVPG), and raise awareness of the "91 Gun Deaths a Day" in America, please order a yard sign for your lawn this fall ($10 each).
To reserve your sign, please email GVPG Chair,
Steve Klitzman.
If any of you or your kids can help get this yard sign up on social media, e.g., Facebook, Change.org, etc. please also let Steve Klitzman know as soon as you can. The GVPG would love for this sign to "go viral!"
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Tot Shabbat Service & Participatory Dinner
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Friday, November 4 beginning at 5:30 PM
Join us for our monthly Tot Shabbat service and plan to stay for the following participatory dinner. Tot Shabbat dinners can and do sell out! Advance registration is required.
RSVP now.
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Sunday, November 6, at 9:15 AM
We will discuss our efforts to reduce stormwater runoff and soil erosion on TS grounds while also beautifying and improving accessibility. RiverSmart (DC Dept. of Energy and Environment) made specific suggestions during a walk-through, and we are soliciting proposals for immediate-impact projects and long-term plans. We are also beginning to plan the Tu B'Shevat event on Friday, February 10 , at which Rabbi Jonah Pesner, the new Director of the Religious Action Center, will be our guest speaker. Interested in these or other environmental activities? Join us on Nov. 6, or contact Regina Ziegler or Robyn Miller-Tarnoff. |
Monday, November 7 at 12:45 PM
Join us for "Change at Theater J: Meet the New Director of Washington's Most Dynamic Jewish Theater Group" with special guest Adam Immerwahr. Learn more. |
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Mazel Tov to...
...TS financial manager Lili Bender and her husband Avi, on the marriage of their daughter, Rachel to John Michele.
We Send Well Wishes to...
We Extend Condolences to...
...Estelle Groner on the death of her brother Stanley Kaye.
Rides to Temple Services & Programs
To request a ride, please contact SinaiCares Coordinator
Karen Auerbach (202-363-6394 x215) at least 4 days in advance.
SinaiCares. Be part of our caring community.
Learn more.
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Help Elect Gun Sense Candidates
Saturdays, October 29 & November 5
Join thousands of people who are volunteering to help elect gun sense candidates and win critical fights on background checks. During our national days of action, the Gun Sense Action Network invites you to call voters in key battleground states -- without even having to leave home.
Learn more.
Bar Mitzvah Project: Get Outside Day
Sunday, October 30 at 2 PM at Candy Cane Park
Do you like to play a casual game of football? Maybe some frisbee? Or maybe you just like to sit down with a doughnut and hot cider to enjoy the day. If so, come to Candy Cane Park for some outside time. There will be hot cider and doughnuts provided so that you can warm up to the chilly October weather. Make sure to bring your own things as well! (i.e. frisbee, football, etc.) Everyone is welcome to join us and have some fun. There will be bins collecting your old sneakers that will be donated to Nike Reuse-a-shoe which is an organization that turns old sneakers into a material called Nike Grind. Nike Grind helps make basketball courts, football fields, tennis courts etc. So be sure to bring your old sneakers! Questions? Contact Aidan Emerson or Elizabeth Hoffman.
Job Search Training for Seniors
Are you over age 50 and frustrated by your job search?
JCA's Career Gateway Program can help you hone your resume, polish your networking and interviewing skills, use Internet job search resources more effectively, and turn your age and experience to your advantage. Each session of the Career Gateway features 30 hours of small-group classroom instruction over five days, comprehensive take-home materials, practical exercises, and a long-term mentor - all for only $75! Sessions run 9 AM-4 PM and are as follows:
Session II November 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 2016
Session III January 23, 25, 27, 30, February 1, 2017
Session IV February 27, March 1, 3, 6, 9, 2017
Session V April 24, 26, 28, May 1 and 3, 2017
For more information, contact
Ellen Greenberg (301-255-4215).
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Friday, November 11 at 6:30 PM
Sunday, November 13 at 2 or 3 PM
Friday, November 18 at 6:30 PM
Shabbat Service with 1st Grade Consecration & Participatory Dinner.
RSVP for dinner.
Saturday, November 19 at 2:45 PM
Saturday, November 19, 3-8 PM
Zwerdling Shabbaton: Gun Violence Prevention: Problems, Prospects & the Public
Sunday, November 20, 9 AM-3 PM
TSWRJ Chanukah Mart
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