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Erev Rosh Hashanah Live
Sunday, September 25, 2022 8:00 p.m. Ziegler Sanctuary We invite our entire community to join Rabbi Wolpe, Craig Taubman, the Sinai Temple Clergy, and more amazing musicians and artists. No cost to attend as a gift from Sinai Temple. Open to the public. Cars with parking stickers can park in the Ashton garage. Additional parking can be found on the surrounding streets (please pay attention to posted signs). View COVID-19 Protocols Erev Rosh Hashanah Live
High Holy Days
PROGRAMMING & SERVICES Selichot: Saturday, September 28, 2024 7:00-9:00 PM exact program tbd [Havdalah will be at 7:20 PM] Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, October 2 ,2024 5:45 pm: Traditional Rosh Hashanah Service Kohn Chapel 7:30 pm: Monkarsh Family Erev Rosh Hashanah Live Ziegler Sanctuary Rosh Hashanah, Day #1: Thursday, October 3, 2024 8:30-9:30 am: P’sukei D’Zimrah & Shacharit Barad Hall 9:00-10:00 am: Shofar Blast Look: New location! Weinberg Gym A Dor Chadash Experience for Young Children For children ages 0-Kindergarten, siblings are welcome too! With Rabbi Kornsgold, Rabbi Taff, Cantor Orly Campbell 9:30 am:…
Support Sinai Temple
הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד Hineh ma tov umah na’im shevet achim gad yachad How good and pleasing it is to sit together in community Support Us Today Annual Appeal Giving Since October 7th, it is clear how much the world has changed. Antisemitism is at an all-time high. Israel faces an existential threat. We are not the same Jewish community that we were a year ago. Yet, even in these frightening and uncertain times we remain steadfast, united, and committed to our vision of strengthening Sinai Temple and fortifying a vibrant Jewish future. We have…
Funds
CHOOSE A FUND CATEGORY BELOW FOR A LIST OF FUNDS: Programming & Operations Clergy Sinai Akiba Academy Programming & Operations GENERAL FUND Sinai Temple plays a vital spiritual, educational and social role in the collective lives of our members. The General Fund enables the synagogue to provide a variety of programs to the community and ensures optimal functionality of the organization. MEMORIAL FUND Gifts to the Memorial Fund are made in memory of a loved one’s passing, usually on the occasion of a yahrzeit, and go to support the general operating budget, in addition to the maintenance of our memorial…
Shan Farahi
Shanaz “Shan” Farahi and her husband Judah joined Sinai Temple in 2007. Her sons, Benjamin and Ilan, attended the Religious School and celebrated their B’nai Mitzvah at Sinai Temple. Shan was actively involved in the Religious School and since 2018 has served on the Executive Board of Sisterhood. As a graduate from the University of Southern California with a Business degree, she works in the real estate industry focusing on sales and property management. Shan presently serves as Co-President of Sisterhood with Cici Hallegua.
David Kekst
David Kekst grew up in the New York and Connecticut suburbs of New York City, where he attended a Jewish day school through 8th grade. He moved into Manhattan for high school and went on to earn a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 and a law degree from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1994. After practicing white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation with a boutique Manhattan law firm, David and his wife moved to Los Angeles in 1997. They became members of Sinai Temple almost immediately thereafter and sent all three of…
Rabbi Avi Taff
Rabbi Avi Taff joins the Sinai Temple community after having served the Valley Beth Shalom community for the last 13 years. Before becoming a Rabbi, Avi served as a paratrooper in the Israeli Army, worked as Youth Educator at Krieger-Schechter Day School in Baltimore, Maryland, as Director of the Special Needs Vocational Program at Camp Ramah in California, and directed a Jewish summer day camp for children with special needs. Avi has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Judaic Studies from the University of Arizona and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2011. Upon…
Resources
RESOURCES 2024-25 Religious school tuition Tzedakah is an important lesson that we impart to students here at Sinai Temple Religious School. Together with the Religious School Families we are so proud of raising over $5000 in the 23-24 school year! Below are some of the wonderful charities that we contributed to. We invite you to donate as well! Jewish National Fund Sharsheret Israel Crisis Fund The Survivor Mitzvah Project Cohen Syndrome Foundation FIDF – Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Below are some suggested apps and websites to add to students’ learning experience outside of Religious School: Alef Beis Switch…
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