June 11 - June 18 • Baha'alotcha

Erev Shabbat Services & Distinguished Service Award Presentation - Friday, June 13, 6:00pm

Please join us this week for Friday night Erev Shabbat services, led by Rabbi Vogel and Rabbi Stein in the main Sanctuary or on Zoom, at 6:00pm. Please join us! Click here to join by Zoom.

Distinguished Service Award Presentation and Oneg - Friday, June 13, 6:00pm

The 2025 Harry Wheeler Distinguished Service Award is presented to Yuval Gilbert for his devoted and selfless service to the Temple Sinai community. Join us for Shabbat services with a reception to follow to celebrate!

Shabbat Morning Services featuring the Bat Mitzvah of Cora Ehrenberg -

Saturday, June 14, 10:30am

The entire congregation is encouraged to join us for Shabbat Morning Services, including the Bat Mitzvah of Cora Ehrenberg, daughter of Laura Weinstein and Steven Ehrenberg. We offer mazel tov to Cora and her entire family! To join Saturday morning services by Zoom, click here.

Tot Shabbat - Saturday, June 14, 10:00am

Families with young children ages 0-5 are warmly invited to join Rabbi Talia Stein in celebrating Shabbat together. Rabbi Stein will lead families through a tot-friendly Shabbat service followed by a light Kiddush nosh. Together we’ll sing Shabbat songs and learn prayers, read stories and play!

Torah Study - Saturday, June 14 at 9:00am

In person or on Zoom

Twice a month on Shabbat mornings, Temple Sinai members gather to discuss the ideas presented by the week’s Torah portion. We begin with a light breakfast and singing and then then explore the Jewish ideas that emerge from the weekly Torah reading.

Temple Sinai’s Eighty-Fifth Annual Meeting

Sunday, June 15, breakfast at 9:30am, the meeting will begin at 10:00am

In person or on zoom

Join with other members of the Temple Sinai community to hear a recap of the activities and events which took place at the Temple over the past year. There will be an opportunity to discuss our plans both for next year and for the future and to meet with other members for an informative conclusion to the Temple’s year. There will be no charges or solicitations of funds for any purposes. Under our bylaws, both adults in a family membership have the full right to vote.

Click here for more information.

Distinguished Service Award: Yuval Gilbert

Friday, June 13, 6:00pm

The 2025 Harry Wheeler Distinguished Service Award is presented to Yuval Gilbert for his devoted and selfless service to the Temple Sinai community. Join us for Shabbat services with a reception to follow to celebrate!

Boston Pride Parade & No Kings Day of Defiance March

Saturday, June 14, beginning at 11am in Copley Square

Mass 50501 and Indivisible Mass Coalition invite other aligned orgs to help amplify Pride by encouraging all groups to sign up to march and individuals to attend. We will not stand idly by while our queer and transgender brothers, sisters and nonbinary siblings are erased by this administration. The parade will last from approximately 11am-1pm. The festival in the Common will run from 12pm-3pm.

• Check out the official Boston Pride website for more specific information and timing of events.
• More info about the No Kings Day of Defiance March (with and in support of the Boston Pride parade).

Pride Liberation Seder

Wednesday, June 18, 6:00pm at Temple Israel

Register here.

The Pride Liberation Seder, held during Pride month, uses the model of the Passover Haggadah to tell the story of the liberation of the LGBTQ+ community. The Haggadah is adapted to provide queer history, explain the variety of queer symbols, and furnish a platform for people to tell their personal stories of their LGBTQ+ experiences. Everyone is welcome to attend!

For more information, contact Marvin Kabakoff.

Contact Jordan Emrick to request financial assistance.

Weekly Sunday Afternoon Mah Jong

3:00pm-5:00pm

Weintraub Community Room

Join us to play and learn at our weekly Sunday Sinai Mah Jong games! Whether you are a seasoned expert or still learning the game, you are welcome to join! Come enjoy an afternoon of strategy, community, and enjoyment. Game equipment will be provided but feel free to bring your own set if you have one.

In Our Lives...

Mazel Tov to Temple Sinai member Joel Match, whose daughter Rebecca Match gave birth on June 5th to a son, Avi Akeke-Match. Becca, her partner Laura Akeke and baby Avi are all doing well.

Announcements...

Help Us Meet Our End-of-Year Goals!

Temple Sinai's Annual Giving Campaign needs your help to reach our end-of-year goals! Our fiscal year ends June 30, so time is running out. Please make sure your gift is received by June 25 so that it can count this year. You can send a check to Temple Sinai, writing "Annual Giving Campaign" in the memo line, or make your gift online using the link below. Your generosity, no matter the size of your gift, makes a huge difference, keeping Sinai strong and vibrant so that it can keep us connected as a community and to our Judaism.

If you have already made an Annual Giving Campaign gift, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR CONSIDERING AN END-OF-YEAR GIFT!

Call for Sinai Ambassadors! 

What is a Sinai Ambassador?

One of the tasks of the Sinai Membership Committee is to welcome new members into the congregation and we need your help. We are looking for people who are excited to meet with new members in the congregation to connect them with the various different offerings at Temple Sinai. We would put you on a list of people doing this important work and helping us think through how best we can be doing our welcoming work at Temple Sinai. If you have questions or to express interest, send an email to Jeremy Wolfe. Thank you!  

Tzedek@Sinai: Act Now to Protect Medicaid Funding

Fight Back NOW to Protect Medicaid Funding! Proposed cuts to Medicaid would rip away health care coverage from over 9 million people across the nation. We have the chance to stop these cuts if we act now. A handful of vulnerable members of Congress will be the deciding votes. Join GBIO, JALSA, Health Care For All and our MA partners in calling progressive constituents in these members’ districts to ask them to tell their representatives: Don’t cut Medicaid!

Please sign up for zoom phone banks, starting May 19th at this link.

Organizers will provide training and help people get set up to make calls. You can make a real difference!

Tzedek@Sinai: Donation Drive for Haitian Immigrants

Tzedek@Sinai is having a gently used clothing/household items/linens drive for IFSI Immigrant Family Services Institute-Boston. Please bring these items bagged or boxed and leave them in the lobby or the Bridal Room. If you wish to donate funds, you may do so through their website. If you have further questions please contact Marsha Canick or Lynn Shyevitch.