Sinai Stories

Finding Our New Home

Posted on November 1, 2016

The Big Move Moving to a new city is never easy, but when you are empty nesters with no kids at home to help anchor you into the new community, Continue Reading »

Badass Freethinkers – My Kind of Religion

Posted on September 1, 2016

My Judaism story began with my Roman Catholic childhood.  During my early life I attended daily Mass, first in the context of Catholic grammar school, then Catholic high school and Continue Reading »

The Blessing of an Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class: The Dibrot on Our 10th Anniversary

Posted on July 1, 2016

On May 7 our class, the Dibrot, was honored at the Kehillat Shabbat service. Tom Plotz, lay leader of the service, and Cantorial Soloist Robin Helzer, periodically invite graduates of Continue Reading »

Community and Home

Posted on May 1, 2016

About nine months after my husband died I went up to Smith College to teach in the school of social work.  I lived in a faculty dorm and ate and Continue Reading »

L’dor Va Dor: Building our Foundation for the Future

Posted on March 1, 2016

My connection with Temple Sinai began nearly 20 years ago.  Before starting college at GW, I worked at Camp Harlam.  There, I met Rabbi Reiner who was on staff for Continue Reading »

Our Open Tent: Reflections on the Chanukah Mart

Posted on January 1, 2016

The Chanukah Mart for me is like an open tent –  a chuppah.  It has four poles and four pole holders who hold it high for all of us to Continue Reading »

Finding Meaning in the High Holy Days at Temple Sinai

Posted on December 1, 2014

When I was a teenager attending High Holy Day services, the liturgy did not speak to me. “Who shall live, and who shall die,” part of Unetanah Tokef, the central Continue Reading »

The YAWS Group: What a Gift

Posted on October 1, 2014

When I first discovered the YAWS group (the acronym for parents of young adults who struggle), I didn’t know what I wanted from it.  I just knew that it was Continue Reading »

The Trip of a Lifetime

Posted on September 1, 2014

Many Jewish families with children approaching their 13th birthday have likely thought about how best to approach planning for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration.  Like any major event or family oriented Continue Reading »

Nina Borwick: A Tribute from the Library Committee

Posted on June 1, 2014

Nina Borwick is a long-time Temple Sinai member, whose dedicated and active involvement in the Temple community enriched her life, her family’s, and the lives of those with whom she Continue Reading »