Annual Appeal

Update: $10,225

Thank you to those families who have already given, to help us reach our goal.

SARATOGA FAMILY DENTISTRY

286 CHURCH ST.,

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866

584-8150

TEMPLE SINAI RELIES ON DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS 

JUST LIKE YOU.

Thank you for your continued support; we could not do what we do without all of you!

9 Heshvan -  15 Heshvan

Mollie Stelzer Spindel

Renee Buck

BelleWeltman

Minnie Oppenheim

Gene Schoen

Eileen Schupp

Herbert Bernard Meyer

Solomon Marks

 November 9 - 15

16 Heshvan - 22 Heshvan

Herbert Cass

Sidney Israel

Max Samuels

Saia Sterngass

Stanley Gluck

In memory of Nancy P Golden

In memory of Helene Michalofsky

In memory of Helene Michalofsky

In honor of

Alex Silverstein's Marriage

In honor of Susan Kipp & Joe DiTata's B'Nei Mitzvah

In honor of Abe Gordon & Emma Brachfeld's B'Nei Mitzvah

In honor of Susan Kipp & Joe DiTata's B'Nei Mitzvah

Phyllis Marks

In honor of Susan Kipp's

Bat Mitzvah

In memory of Mirvari Tsvaygenbaum

Steven & Cheryl Hoffmann

Stephanie Melvin

In honor of Emma Brachfeld's

Bat Mitzvah

Edward Brachfeld

In honor of Emma Brachfeld's

In appreciation of Maxine Lautenberg and Ronnie Silver's help with Emma's Bat Mitzvah

 Steven & Cheryl Hoffmann
 

In memory of his yahrzeits

 Al Mossman
 

RABBIS'

DISCRETIONARY FUND: 

Carol & Elliot Loeb 

BREAD & TORAH:

 Susan Finkelstein

Shalom -  

Our longest season of holidays has recently come to closure as we proceeded from Rosh Hashanah, to Yom Kippur to Sukkot to Simchat Torah.  We experienced the full range of emotions:  joy and sadness, thankfulness and repentance, abstinence of food to the bounty of harvest. On Yom Kippur, our day of repentance and remembrance, we said Yizkor, the prayers of remembrance and on Simchat Torah, our day of festivity and celebration of Torah, we once again said Yizkor.

Life is always the cycle of joy and sadness: remember the past and those we have loved, hope for the future for our next generations and live each day in a spiritually and emotionally fulfilling way for our families, our community, our world.

As we pray for peace in Israel and throughout the world during this season of Holidays, our prayers have been ever more impassioned and full of meaning in our so very troubled world filled with war, hate and disease. May the coming year bring us closer to that which we pray for.

Here at Temple Sinai we are blessed with a warm and welcoming "hamisch" congregation.  We share what we have with each other, the greater Jewish community and with the broader community as a whole.  We come together for one another when we are needed.  As a small synagogue with a large heart and limited resources, our seemingly endless numbers of volunteers join in to make holidays and family moments of both joy and sadness memorable and meaningful.

Recently so many of our Temple Sinai family stepped forward in cooperation with Rabbis Linda and Jonathan to make all the holiday services, both those at Temple Sinai and those at Skidmore both sensitive and rewarding while the organizational aspects were accomplished ever so smoothly and seamlessly.  We want to thank the dozens upon dozens of committed volunteers who made this happen.  While we may inadvertently miss a name for which I apologize in advance, I would like everyone to know just see how many volunteers it takes during this holiday period for chanting, providing music, ushering, schlepping, identifying participants for the services from reading, prayers, dressing and holding Torah to blowing shofars, taking care of children, providing flowers and banner decorations, food, serving, cleaning... it takes a community! Here is your community of volunteers:

Debra Mock, Robyn & Jerry Silverman, Marsha Boelio, Renee & Eliot Birnbaum, Ruth Andrea Levinson, Tina Marlow, Sue Gabelman, Ronda Fein, Elle deVries, Catherine Golden, Leslie Kesner, Julie Marks, Susan Kipp, Ronnie Silver, Adrianne Hebert, Deb Wertheim, Julie Marks, Joe DiTata, The Mossman Family, Art Ruben, Ben & Abe Gordon, Woods Family, the Goldenberg Family, the Cowit Family, Martina Zobel and Family, Robin Solomon, Amy Rosoff, Matt Cohen, the Novik Family, Cheryl Hoffmann, Jonathan Segol, Thomas Woods, Jack Schoen, Wagner Family, Keith and Zach Fuchs, Micah Gabelman, Phyllis Wang, the Rotheim Sullivan Family, the Siegel Family, Thompson & Maenza Family, Stauber Family, Woolfe Sulkin Family, Becca Oppenneer, Maiorella Family, Angela Meislin, Bernice Moeller-Bloom, Mary Siarkowski, Sandy Welter, Johanna Friedman, Kid Helpers for RH children's service (Cole Levy, Sophia Sulkin and Jonah Kaufman), Special thanks to ALL the parents at the Pre-K - 2nd Grade Service, Raphael Karger, Izak Olsen, Rachel Renders, Rosalie Banner, Dorothy Spingarn, Tynan Oppenneer and all the many parents and teens that helped out during services, Ethan McAuliffe, Libby Menders, Benjamin Yatt, Sarah Marlin, Robbie Michalofsky, Roy Meyers, Julie Fink-Sullivan, Anna and Monte Sugarman, Leah Woods, Jesse Godine, Mark Steinberger, Mitchell Gerhardt, Molly Dexter, Jonah Cohen, Willow Lautenberg, Noam Yossefy, Miranda Sullivan, Roy & Jacob Rotheim, Rachel Seligman, David Brummer, Alex Silverstein, Mark Bauman, Mirna Jaime and Marvin Zobel.

Phyllis

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Photo by Emma Dodge Hanson

Our sermons on Rosh Hashanah addressed the fifty-day war in Gaza and Israel this past summer and aspects of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinians. The response we got indicated, as expected, that many people have strong feelings related to Israel and Zionism. We followed up with a discussion on Yom Kippur afternoon that gave people an opportunity to express their concerns and hopes about Israel's future.

One of the questions that were presented at that session was, "What would you like to see our community do on the subject of Israel and the Middle East?" There was a consensus among the participants that it would be helpful to learn more about the background of the present situation. In response, we are pleased to announce that Feryaz Ocakli, Assistant Professor of Government at Skidmore College, will give a presentation at Temple Sinai on the roots of the Middle East conflict, starting with the emergence of modern nationalist movements in Europe and continuing to the present. The event will take place on Thursday, November 6, at 7 pm.

Prof. Ocakli's areas of expertise are Comparative Politics, International Relations, Middle East, Islamic Party Politics, and Comparative Political Economy of Development with a special Focus on Turkey. He currently is teaching courses on Introduction to Comparative and International Politics, and Nationalism and Politics in the Middle East. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. at Brown University and a B.Sc. at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He has won many awards and fellowships and has presented widely at scholarly conferences.

We hope you will be able to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn more about the history, politics, and people of this part of the world that is so close to the hearts of many of us.

The Rabbis
 

Lawrence Novik, Director of Business Development

18 Division Street, Suite 401, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

P: 518.584.9007  F: 518.584.0496  C: 518.365.7403

larry@bonacio.com / www.bonacio.com

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Selma Harwood, longtime Temple Sinai member and a member of the Saratoga County Children's Committee, is asking the congregation to participate in the annual Empty Stocking Project. "The Empty Stocking Project is a long time local holiday tradition, sponsored by the Children's Committee. The program provides holiday gifts and necessities to over 1,000 children and teens in Saratoga County," Selma said.

The Committee asks an individual, a family or a group of families to volunteer to be a "friend," and sponsor a child, filling their holiday wishes. "The sponsor is given the age and gender of the child and is asked to purchase appropriate items," Selma explained. "The gifts are collected, checked, and any last minute shopping is done before the packages are turned over to the appropriate agency for distribution. Everything is done with strict confidentiality."

This is the time of year when we think about those people who are less fortunate than ourselves. Be generous. Show you care about our community's children. For further information or to sign up for The Empty Stocking Project, contact Selma Harwood at 518-584-3794 or selharwood@nycap.rr.com. 

Thank you to the individuals and families who have already responded to our request for mitzvot as part of Temple Sinai's 50th anniversary celebration. We look forward to adding to the list in the coming months. (Please note that when mitzvot are duplicated, it is because different people performed the same mitzvah at different times.) Please email your mitzvot either with your name or anonymously to: willnernorth@mindspring.com or rsilver3@nycap.rr.com.         

1. Donation to a non-profit charity

2. Donation to a non-profit charity

3. Food and cash donation to a family in need

4. Made a lasagna for the EOC dinner

5. Read/visited with seniors at Wesley Nursing Home

6. Made a lasagna for the EOC dinner

7. Volunteered at the Dance Museum

8. Welcomed Skidmore students into our home to celebrate the holiday

9. Donation to a non-profit charity

10. Volunteering professional services to a health care foundation

11. Donation to a charity through sponsoring others in a walk-a-thon

12. Planned a fundraising event

Caring Community Coordinators