ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS 2006 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.
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CONFIRMATION CLASS 2006 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)
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CONFIRMATION CLASS 1956 (50th ANNIV.) 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.
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CONFIRMATION CLASS 2007 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.
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CONFIRMATION CLASS 2008 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.
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ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS 2008 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)
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Temple Sinai is a congregation of vitality and commitment, of religious growth and dedicated study. Since its founding in 1951, Temple Sinai has achieved national prominence as a leading congregation in the Reform movement. Click here for Temple Sinai's history.
Affiliated with the Union of Reform Judaism (URJ), Temple Sinai fits on the traditionalist side of the spectrum of Reform Judaism. We consider Jewish tradition to be central to our congregational life and are guided in our ritual, communal and administrative decisions by our Jewish values.
We find joy and enrichment by fulfilling the mitzvot of worship and celebration and by working together to seek justice in our society. Shabbat and holidays are time of prayer and rejoicing together as we seek meaning in our cycle of holy days.
We mark significant life events in the synagogue, too. We have developed rituals to mark birth, bar and bat mitzvah, religious school consecration and confirmation, marriage and death. Recognizing that Judaism requires commitment, we have high educational standards for bar and bat mitzvah, including a pledge to continue Jewish education through the tenth grade.
From its beginnings, Temple Sinai has taken seriously the teachings of Judaism as an ethical system with a message for our own day. We are dedicated to democratic principles, to justice in our society, and to the equality of all people before God.
We recognize that individuals come to a congregation with diverse needs, and we seek to satisfy the various Jewish requirements of our membership — young and old, single and married, Jews-by-choice and mixed-married couples — in a community of Jewish life.
Judaism can provide excitement and joy. We at Temple Sinai work together to create Jewish opportunities and to grow in learning and Jewish fulfillment. For more: Membership - Join Us.
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