This is Temple Sinai's 2006 Adult B'not/Bar Mitzvah Class, the "Debars," joined by their teachers, Rabbi Mindy Portnoy, Cantor Laura Croen, and Hebrew instructor, Nina Merrick. These students celebrated the culmination of two years' study and preparation at Shabbat services on Sat. June 3, 2006, when each member of the class read from the Torah as the class a service attended by over 500 guests and congregants. 1st Row (L-R): Lena Frumin, Susan Shiffer, Nina Merrick, Janis Colton, Wilma Kline; 2nd Row (L-R): Marcie Solomon, Ilana Gordon, Judy Licht, Marsha Shaines, Robin Glantz, Ari Antonelli; 3rd Row (L-R): Cantor Croen, Roberta Binder, Diana Seasonwein, Nancy Sanders, Lafe Solomon, Cantorial Soloist Helzner, Rabbi Portnoy.

Pictured here is the Temple Sinai 2006 Confirmation class, joined by Sr. Rabbi Fred N. Reiner, Associate Rabbi Shena Potter, Cantor Laura Croen, and Cantorial Soloist Robyn Helzner. They celebrated their confirmation at Erev Shavuot services on Thursday, June 1, 2006. First Row (L-R): A.Sopko, A.Trilling, N.Pilsk, E.Borochoff, E.Weisberg, S.Rosenthal, D.Saperstein; 2nd Row (L-R): Rabbi Potter, J.Cohen, R.Kessler, R.Lamb, J.Cohen, B.Koch, J.Snyder, C.Brennan, J.Wiseman, Cantorial Soloist Helzner; 3rd Row (L-R): H.Molofsky, B.Friedman, R.Summers, M.Tempchin, G.Gersh, P.Summers, B.Cimons, G.Synder; Back Row (L-R): Cantor Croen, R.Levy, L.Jacobson, R.Albert, B.Messner, A.Szabo, A.Pelta-Pauls, Rabbi Reiner. More: WORSHIP | LIFECYCLE (above)

Shabbat services on Friday, June 9, 2006 commemorate the 50th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for Temple Sinai's building, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Temple's third confirmation class - the class of 1956! Members of the class participate in the service and share their reflections of the earliest years of the Temple. Members of the first two classes, 1954 and 1955, have also been invited. Front row (L-R): Joan Goodman Churchill, Susan Taub Schwelling, Helene Schiff Granof, Kay Harris Stambler, Carol Joseph van Reenan. Back row (L-R): Dan Rosenblum, Maury Merkin, Margie Miller Gustafson, Manny Helzner, Carol Schiff Horwitz, Jerry Yurow, Jay Land.

Pictured here is the 2006-07 Confirmation Class of Temple Sinai (5/22/07): Front Row: A.Sen, L.Peck, H. Wolfman-Arent, S.Goldstein, H.Klain, R.Garland, M.Lipow. 2nd Row: J.Levitt, E.Baker, A.Faber, C.Gold, E.Lurie, M.Sidman, J.Silver, S.Eisler. 3rd Row: Rabbi Shena Potter, C.Jaffe, N.Koring, C.Gage, S.Charendoff, B.Zelinsky, N.Godles, C.Cauman-White, E.Parmenter. 4th/5th Row: Cantor Laura Croen, Robyn Helzner, A.Lourie, M.Drohan, D.Chessen, C.Robbins, S.Cowan, E.Friedman, M.Ginsberg, S.Fisher, S.Lamb, S.Wymbs-Stevens, G.Phillips, Rabbi Fred Reiner.

Pictured here is the 2007-08 Confirmation Class of Temple Sinai (5/08): N.Allen, M.Bender, S.Breuer, M.Chimes, S.Connaughton, A.Coventry, R.Crock, J.Dutko, N.Enelow, S.Erlich, A.Frosh, J.Frumin, D.Garrison, V.Gersh, S.Gold, D.Graebner, S.Green, D.Greenwald, S.Gregerman, Z.Guzy-Sprague, J.Hartheimer, R.Jerome, J.Klitzman, R.Koretz, R.Leder, H.Lennard, A.Leonard, S.Lilek, F.Messner, S.Pozez, H.Quinn, H.Raskin, M.Resnick, L.Rosenstiel, R.Ruda, D.Squires, I.Stoll, J.Tempchin, K.Villa, M.Zimmerman.

This is Temple Sinai's 2008 Adult B'not/Bar Mitzvah Class, joined by their teachers, Rabbi Mindy Portnoy, Cantor Laura Croen, and Hebrew instructor, Nina Merrick (June 2008). Back Row: Cantor Laura Croen, P.Dempsey, Cantorial Soloist Robyn Helzner, M.Goldsmith, D.Szabo, Rabbi Mindy Portnoy. Middle Row: L.Steel, C.Szabo, A.Reich, A.Molofsky, R.Fishbaine, R.Gaylin. Front Row: H.Trilling, N.Merrick, L.Schiffer, J.Meritz, S.Leibowitz. More: WORSHIP | LIFECYCLE (above)