Celebrate a leisurely Shabbat with services followed by a relaxing dinner with
Temple Sinai friends & Rabbi Roos.  Dinner will be catered by Yamas Mediterranean Grill, and you may bring a bottle of wine to share.  Come alone, with your spouse or partner, or with a friend. Cost: $25/person until Thursday, February 23, at 9 AM; $30/person after the deadline.  Register HERE for dinner. If you would prefer to RSVP by phone, please call the temple office at (202) 363-6394 and bring a check payable to Temple Sinai, to the dinner.

A Memorial Service celebrating Vera's life will be held at Temple Sinai with reception to follow.

Please join us for a planning session of the Access and Inclusion Committee to map out initiatives for the coming year. We are a congregation committed to welcoming all, including people with disabilities and their families. We benefit from the experience of congregants representing a range of perspectives and needs. Join us. Talk to us. Educate us. RSVP annlcswc@aol.com.

Join us for a rollicking evening of Megillah reading, frivolity, and a hilarious spiel by your Temple staff and President.  Yummy food and an open bar will help your spirits soar.

Family Celebration

Sunday, March 12 at 10 AM

Join us for a fetive morning of spieling, singing and playing at the Purim Carnival.  Register HERE.

Don't forget to order your Hamentaschen too!  Place your on-line orders NOW..

Do you have an hour or two to volunteer this week or next? Join the temple's Gun Violence Prevention Group volunteers who are calling New Mexico voters to urge them to contact state legislators and Gov. Martinez to support pending universal background checks for all gun sales in New Mexico. This proposed law has a very good chance of passing! See
https://www.thetrace.org/2017/02/background-checks-new-mexico-gun-reform/
To volunteer to make calls, contact Steve Klitzman,

Join Temple Sinai and other area congregations for a Washington DC Community iEngage Lecture with Yossi Klein Halevi, Senior Fellow from the Shalom Hartman Institute. For additional information and to register click HERE.

Did you know there are 14 species of frogs and toads in the District and that each can be recognized by their unique calls made during the spring and summer? Join the Temple Sinai Green Team and DOEE fish and wildlife biologists to learn more about your amphibian neighbors and contribute to conservation in your community by becoming a DOEE FrogWatch Chapter Volunteer!

The first two hours of this training is classroom- and the final half hour will take place in the field at the nearby Broad Branch Stream to practice skills learned during the indoor portion.  The workshop is free but space is limited and registration is required. Participants aged 10 and up are welcomed; minors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Learn more and register for this training session HERE. Contact a chapter coordinator with questions about the program by emailing doee.arec@dc.gov or calling 202-440-3951.

Help us host Highland Elementary School's 2nd annual Community Health Fair.  We hope to recruit volunteers with expertise who can:

• lead cooking demonstrations about healthy meal preparation and how to make your own baby food
• teach a Zumba class for adults
• teach a hip-hop dance class for kids
• lead a discussion on bike safety
• lead a workshop on indoor gardening

There is also need for volunteers to help with face painting and general support at the event. Spanish speakers will be especially helpful! Please contact Elizabeth Roos ( esroos@verizon.net) if you (or someone you know) can provide one of the above services or activities or if you have suggestions for other programs that would be fun and pertinent to a health/wellness fair. Thanks in advance for your help and creative ideas!

June 21 - July 3, 2017

Learn, think, talk and eat your way through Israel with Rabbi Goldstein and other Temple Sinai members. Register HERE.

A 2018 Israel Trip with Temple Sinai clergy and members is being organized. Contact Rabbi Roos's assistant Melissa if you are interested in learning more.

Jewish Heritage Tour to China

October 17-November 1, 2017

Early bird registration discount deadline - March 17, 2017
Join Cantorial Soloist Robyn Helzner on a Jewish Heritage Tour to China! Explore historic Jewish sites, and visit top Chinese attractions in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and Hong Kong. Celebrate Shabbat with progressive World Union communities in Beijing and Shanghai. Register by March 17 and receive a $200 per person early bird discount! For more information, click HERE or e-mail rhelzner@templesinaidc.org. 

A Musical Cruise

February 17 - 24, 2018

Early bird registration discount deadline - March 1, 2017

Join Cantor Laura Croen on a WUPJ cruise; Igniting the Jewish Musical Soul in the Caribbean.  This 7-night cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas departs from San Juan, Puerto Rico and visits several ports of call.  Jewish musical experiences include concerts and a festive Shabbat, along with lectures and visiting a Reform Jewish congregation in St. Thomas. Click HERE for more information.  

  View the program flyer HERE.

"Disturbing the Peace" is a documentary about Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who have laid down their weapons and come together to pursue peace. The film is 82 minutes and there is a Q&A with the Director, Stephen Apkon following the screening.   For more information and to purchase tickets: http://www.theavalon.org/films/disturbing-the-peace/.  Regular tickets are $12.50 and seniors are $9.50 (Less if you're an Avalon member).  Please purchase your tickets either on line or at the box office.

To join us for dinner at Blue 44, please RSVP by February 21 to either Sally Kranz at sallygkranz@aol.com; 202-363-1904 or Debra Eichenbaum at debragolden.eich@gmail.com; 202-365-3256. We need an accurate number for the restaurant reservation.  See the menu HERE.  They accept cash or credit cards and will split bills for no more than 6 checks. If you park in the restaurant lot, you need to move to the street before the movie.  

Anat Hoffman will discuss the most recent developments on segregation and exclusion of women in Israel as a result of increased demands for more modesty in the public sphere in order to adjust to religious standards. The exclusion of women "for God's sake" has become a litmus test for the infiltration of ultra-Orthodox norms into state definitions of religious requirements in the public sphere and exclusion and looks at the remaining challenges in this area.Hoffman is one of Israel's leading human rights activists working toward gender, religious, racial and ethnic equality. View the program flyer HERE.

Please RSVP to whctemple.org/Sisterhood.  This event sponsored by Washington Hebrew Congregation with additional support from the Temple SInai WRJ and Israel Affairs Committee.