Archive: May 2021

Sanctuary Phase 1, Week 3

Posted on May 25, 2021

Now a little over two weeks into the sanctuary renovation, the demolition and preparations for the new design continues. Base-boarding and flooring in the sanctuary and social hall have been Continue Reading »

Sanctuary Phase 1, Week 1

Posted on May 12, 2021

With the weather warming and vaccination rates climbing, we feel a great sense of optimism heading into the summer. Yesterday, we got a big new boost of excitement because we Continue Reading »

Sanctuary Phase 1 Project Begins May 10

Posted on May 5, 2021

On Monday, May 10, work will begin on the Sanctuary Phase 1 Project. We are excited for congregants to return in the fall (health conditions permitting) to a refreshed sanctuary Continue Reading »

Developing Connections

Posted on January 3, 2020

For the past two years, I’ve been working to develop Connections, a program for preschool-aged kids on the autism spectrum. I started Connections because of my older brother, Matthew, who Continue Reading »

Children Will Listen

Posted on October 1, 2019

September marks the start of school and, shortly after, Temple Sinai Religious School. The end of Summer’s “lazy” months brings a hectic period of chauffeuring our children to and from Continue Reading »

The Death of My Temple

Posted on July 1, 2019

Like me, many in our congregation “belong” to two temples: our beloved Temple Sinai in northwest DC, and the temple of our youth—where we attended services with our families, went Continue Reading »

Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable

Posted on April 1, 2019

I’ve always been an idealistic but organized activist. I began in my college years in the 1960s as a civil rights supporter and opponent of the Vietnam War, especially while Continue Reading »

My Jewish Values at Work

Posted on January 1, 2019

I came to Temple Sinai as both the Executive Director and a member in 2008. The hardest part of the transition was eased thanks to Cantor Laura Croen and her Continue Reading »

Growing Up at Temple Sinai

Posted on September 1, 2018

My earliest memory of Temple Sinai is of my religious school kindergarten classroom that seemed cavernous at the time but looks so small now, in the way that time distorts Continue Reading »

Temple Sinai Has That Welcomin’ Feelin’

Posted on July 1, 2018

It’s Friday night around 6:30. My husband, Frank and I enter Temple Sinai’s front lobby in anticipation of Shabbat services. We flip through the box of name tags and locate Continue Reading »