Temple Sinai

Book Signing with authors Harry Christensen and Richard Santeusanio
2024-12-08 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Temple Sinai

Seeking Wisdom Finding Joy: A year long exploration of what makes us happy
2024-11-15 18:00 - 2024-11-17 11:00 | Temple Sinai
Speakers and talent:
Rabbi David J. Meyer
Shabbat Topic: “Dayenu! Living A Life of Sufficiency”
Havdalah Topic: “The Road to Paradise: A Song About Shoes”
Rabbi David J. Meyer was called to the pulpit of Temple Emanu-El, Marblehead in the fall of 1992. Following thirty-one years leading the congregation, he retired as Rabbi Emeritus in July, 2023.
Ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1986, Rabbi Meyer served for six years as the Associate Rabbi of the historic Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, California. He later received his Master of Theology Degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1996. In May 2011, Rabbi Meyer was awarded the Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) from HUC-JIR.
Rabbi Meyer’s sermons and articles have appeared regularly in magazines and rabbinic journals, including The Jewish Spectator, Moment, The American Rabbi, The CCAR Journal, and the American Jewish Archives Journal. He is the author of an acclaimed textbook on Jewish ethics, The Rabbinic Driving Manual: A Jewish Guide to Driver’s Education.
Well-known in the field of contemporary Jewish folk music, he spent more than a decade as Music Director at the American Jewish University’s Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Southern California. Recently, he has teamed with Jon Nelson to release three full-length albums of original songs, “This One At Last”, “Road Without Shoulders”, and “A Song About Shoes”.
In addition to his pulpit and pastoral duties, Rabbi Meyer is active in a wide variety of community activities and organizations on Boston’s North Shore. He served for four years as Convener of the Marblehead Ministerial Association and is also a Past-President of the North Shore Rabbinical and Cantorial Association. In addition, Rabbi Meyer has served as a member of the Essex County Anti-Crime Council, on the Board of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, and of the Epstein Hillel School, and was among the founders of the MarbleheadCares Coalition.
For ten years, Rabbi Meyer was a member and captain of the Boston Children’s Hospital “Miles for Miracles” Marathon Team. He sits on the national U.J.C. Rabbinic Cabinet, and is a recipient of the prestigious Community Rabbinic Leadership Award. In 2006, Rabbi Meyer received the Leonard P. Zakim Humanitarian Award from the Anti-Defamation League, in recognition of his work “building bridges” of understanding between differing faith communities. In 2012, he received the Samuel S. Stahl Community Service Award from the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore. In 2014 he received the Annual Rabbinic Leadership Award from Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) in Boston. In 2017 he received the Israel Unity Award from the State of Israel Bonds. And just prior to retirement, Rabbi Meyer received special commendation from the Town of Marblehead and the Marblehead Police Department in recognition of his years of service to the wider community.

Rabbi Or Rose
Kabbalat Shabbat Topic: “The Wisdom of Hasidic Storytelling”
Director, Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership Hebrew College, Newton, MA
Rabbi Or Rose is the founding director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College. Before assuming this position in 2016, he worked in various administrative and teaching capacities at Hebrew College for over a decade, including serving as a founding faculty member and associate dean for Informal Education of the Rabbinical School. Rabbi Rose was also one of the creators of CIRCLE, The Center for Interreligious & Community Leadership Education, cosponsored by Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School (2007-2017) and has taught for Hebrew College’s Me’ah Classic program.
In addition to his work at Hebrew College, Rose has taught for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and in a variety of other academic, religious, and civic contexts throughout North America, and in Asia, Europe, and Israel.
A prolific author and editor, his writings have appeared in  Beliefnet; the Forward; The Huffington Post;  Interfaith America; the Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  Patheos; MyJewishLearning;  Religion News Service; The Times of Israel; Tikkun; Sh’ma; The Washington Post; as well as various scholarly publications. Rose is the senior Publisher of  The Journal of Interreligious Studies, as well as co-editor of  Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from Around the Maggid’s Table, and the award-winning anthology,  My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation. His most recent publications include With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps & Unexpected Learnings (Orbis 2023) and the co-edited volume, Rabbi Zalman Schachter: Essential Teachings. Rose is currently working on a contemporary multifaith commentary on the Psalms, tentatively entitled The Book of Psalms: Here & Now (Paraclete Press, 2023.)
Selected Publications and Presentations
“PsalmSeason: A Soundtrack for a Time of Upheaval” (with Rev. Paul Raushenbush)
“Psalm: 114—On Liberation & Connecting to the Earth” (with Ruth Messinger)
“Elijah the Prophet & Intergenerational Connection”
“Building Bridges of Compassion: Preparing for Passover & Easter Virtually”
“Life in the World House: Cultivating Leaders for a Pluralistic Age”
Rabbi Batya Ellinoy
Sunday Morning Topic: “We are calling to you, joy!”an interactive program
Rabbi Batya Elana Ellinoy brings her gifts as a prayer leader and teacher of embodied Torah to congregations around the Boston area and beyond.
She currently serves on the clergy team at Temple Sinai in Marblehead, MA and as a regular guest prayer leader at Temple Beth David in Westwood, MA. Rabbi Ellinoy also works with BaMidbar Therapy as their Rabbi-in-Residence. Her work has been featured in various venues including bamidbartherapy.org, 70 Faces of Torah, and Hebrew College’s Elul Together.
Rabbi Ellinoy is a certified practitioner in Somatic Experiencing®, a psychobiological approach to help resolve trauma and stress disorders. She received rabbinic ordination and her Master’s in Jewish Education from Hebrew College, focusing on the effects of Torah-informed nervous system regulation in a Jewish educational context. She is also a certified practitioner in Somatic Experiencing®, a psychobiological approach to help resolve trauma and stress disorders.
Rabbi Ellinoy’s background in experiential education, healing modalities, trauma healing, dance, embodied spirituality, and interreligious learning and leadership have influenced her personal Jewish journey and spiritual leadership with unique perspectives.
Itay Dayan Klezmer Quartet
Itay Dayan | איתי דיין
Clarinet | קלרינט
Currently based in Boston, Massachusetts, clarinetist and composer Itay Dayan is considered one of today’s most promising klezmer musicians. Drawing inspiration from different musical worlds, Itay played with various ensembles such as the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Meitar Ensemble and the Israel Klezmer Orchestra, with which he has toured internationally.
For the last few years, he has performed extensively in Israel and across the East Coast, playing concerts in Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and North Carolina. Itay studied for his M.Mus at New England Conservatory and his B.Mus at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, graduating from both institutions with excellence.

Brotherhood Movie and Lunch
2024-11-13 10:30 - 12:30 | Temple Sinai

Leonard Cohen: 8th Annual Memorial Class: "The Name"
2024-11-07 11:30 - 12:30 | Temple Sinai

Chanukah Food Pantry Project
2024-11-01 00:00 - 2024-12-08 23:59 | Temple Sinai

"The Surprising Artistic Lives of Cancer Physicians" with Temple Sinai member Dr. Anthony Zietman
2024-08-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Temple Sinai
Join us at Temple Sinai for a member talk from Dr. Anthony Zietman. As editor of major cancer journals, Anthony invited physicians to submit scientific work for the journals, and their art work for the covers. The art is every bit as astounding as the science, and the stories behind the art are even more remarkable! Anthony will share the best of the art and the most inspiring of the stories at this wine and cheese reception.
RSVP to susan.templesinai@gmail.com
All are welcome.

Summer BBQ
2024-08-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Temple Sinai
Join us for a BBQ on Sunday August 4 from 1pm-4pm.
RSVP to susan.templesinai@gmail.com and barz1028@comcast.net
Free for Temple Sinai and Congregation Sons of Israel members. $18 per ticket for all other community members.

Social Action School Supply Drive
2024-08-01 09:00 - 2024-08-31 13:00 | Temple Sinai
Please help us collect supplies for the Lynn Public Schools! We are collecting all August! Thank you!
Questions? Please call the Temple Sinai office.

Kabbalat Shabbats 2024
2024-07-26 17:30 - 2024-08-30 20:00 | Various, Various Locations
Come Join Temple Sinai at Kabbalat Shabbat events at member homes, Temple Sinai and Preston Beach – See the flyer for specific date information! Kabbalat Shabbats begin at 6 PM.

2024 Annual Meeting, Installation, Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Shabbat Dinner
2024-06-28 17:00 - 21:00 | Temple Sinai
Come join us for the 2024 Annual Meeting, Installation of Officers, Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Shabbat Dinner and Dessert as we celebrate Temple Sinai’s past and upcoming years! The Annual Meeting begins at 5:00pm, followed by a joyous Kabbalat Shabbat service (6:00pm) and Shabbat dinner and dessert (7:00pm). The installation and service are free, and the cost for the dinner is only $20!
The dinner deadline is June 21, and your check is your reservation. Please make checks payable to Temple Sinai and mail them to Temple Sinai, One Community Road, Marblehead, MA 01945. Questions? Email susan.templesinai@gmail.com – See You There!

Brotherhood Paid Up Supper
2024-06-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Temple Sinai
Beer, Extraordinary Brisket and Comradery at the 2024 Brother Paid Up Supper! Award-Winning BBQ Chef Scott Katzman will be preparing brisket for the supper that will also feature speakers Rich Santeusanio and Harry Christensen discussing their book, “Murder in Marblehead: Who Killed Beryl Atherton?”
The dinner festivities start at 5:00pm, followed by the speaker and dessert at 6:00pm. The paid up dinner is free to all (and only) Brotherhood paid up members (it’s not too late to join for $25). Following the dinner, the entire Congregation is invited to join the Brothers for the speakers and dessert.
RSVPs are required by Monday, June 10, to allow proper time for purchasing and preparing the dinner. RSVP to Larry at lweiner72458@gmail.com or to the Temple Sinai office (susan.templesinai@gmail.com). Come for a great evening!

Celebrate Shavuot with Learning and Culinary Delights!
2024-06-11 17:30 - 21:00
Come join Temple Sinai for an evening of Learning and Culinary Delights. Rabbi Michael, Rabbi Batya, Cantor Aronson and Tamar Forman will join others as we learn and eat our way through the celebration of Shavuot, the feast of weeks and wheat! Stay tuned for more information!

Bob Dylan: Our Defiant Prophet with David Wesson
2024-06-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Temple Sinai
Bob Dylan: Our Defiant Prophet is an educational and musical presentation featuring David Wesson and Tyler Burba. It take place on Sunday morning, June 9th at Temple Sinai as follows: Minyan at 9:00am, Breakfast at 9:30am and Program at 10:00am. Temple Sinai members are admitted for free, Community cost is $10 including breakfast and/or program.
As a great synthesist, Bob Dylan absorbed the wellspring of world history, art and western traditions. Additionally, he spouts deep wisdom and a castigation of human morality – both of which stem from his human roots. In this live music “edutainment” program, we will explore how Dylan performs the role of a prophet and truth teller in the Jewish tradition. And we will find out how many ears we must have in order to hear his cry.
Pray, eat, learn and listen at Temple Sinai on June 9th! Please RSVP to susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Yom Yerushalayim Bonfire
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Goldthwait Reservation, Atlantic & Phillips Ave, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Come join us as we celebrate Jerusalem day with an open fire pit, cook-your-own pitas and s’mores while you chat with friends! This annual event takes place at Goldthwait Reservation in Marblehead, off of Atlantic Avenue and Phillips Street. There is plenty of street parking but please note, there are no bathroom facilities at the Reservation. Reservations not required. Questions? Email susan.templesinai@gmail.com

A Modern "Song of Songs": Exploring Jewish cultural themes thru Israeli Rock & Roll
2024-05-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Temple Sinai
May 30: Songs of Spiritual Longing
Free for Temple Sinai members.
$5 per session for the community
RSVP to the Temple Sinai office: susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Boxes on the Bima - Social Action
2024-05-27 08:00 - 2024-06-14 17:00 | Temple Sinai
This June, add to the many Boxes on the Bima to provide food to three homeless shelters. In honor of Shavuot, the festival of the wheat harvest, Temple Sinai annually collects 100 or more boxes of whole grain crackers and unsweetened cereal to be deliver on June 14. Please drop boxes off at Temple Sinai Monday through Friday, 9:00am – 1:00pm or bring them to the temple when you come for meetings and events! Questions? Email susan.templesinai@gmail.com or call the office at 781-631-2763. Thank you in advance!

Social Action May Project - JNF Fundraiser for displaced Jewish Families
2024-05-27 00:00 - 2024-06-03 23:59 | Temple Sinai
Help Temple Sinai’s Social Action Committee to raise $3,600 or more in support of Jewish National Fund USA’s efforts to provide housing for families displaced by the October 7 war. Money raised will also be used to supply fire fighting and civil defense system needs and for many other important activities. Certificates will be sent to all that donate, and you can dedicate a donation in honor of loved ones, a lifecycle event or any other occasion. Make checks payable to Temple Sinai and bring them to the office or mail then to Temple Sinai, One community Road, Marblehead, MA 01945, Attn: JNF Project. Questions? Email susan.templesinai@gmail.com

A Modern "Song of Songs": Exploring Jewish cultural themes thru Israeli Rock & Roll
2024-04-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Temple Sinai
April 11: Protest Songs
Free for Temple Sinai members.
$5 per session for the community
RSVP to the Temple Sinai office: susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Purim Celebration!
2024-03-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Temple Sinai
Temple Sinai and Congregation Sons of Israel invite you to a Purim Celebration!
Saturday, March 23
6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 PM Megillah Reading
Purim Bingo and Cake Walk (bring a kosher store bought or homemade cake)
RSVP by March 20th to susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Purim Project
2024-03-17 09:30 - 10:30 | Temple Sinai
Make mishloach manot at Temple Sinai!
If you would like to join, RSVP to susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Sisterhood Shabbat
2024-03-09 09:30 - 11:30 | Temple Sinai
Sisterhood Shabbat
March 9, 2024 ~ 29 Adar 1, 5784
Parashat Vayahkel, page 552 in Etz Chayim 35:1-3 to 36:8-19
Shabbat Shekalim 30:11-16
Haftorah II Kings, page 1227 in Etz Chaim 12:1-17

A Modern "Song of Songs": Exploring Jewish cultural themes thru Israeli Rock & Roll
2024-02-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Temple Sinai
February 8: Israel’s Greatest Love Songs
Free for Temple Sinai members.
$5 per session for the community
RSVP to the Temple Sinai office: susan.templesinai@gmail.com

2nd Annual Christmas Eve Dinner and a Movie
2023-12-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Temple Sinai
RSVP by Thursday, December 21st
Your check is your reservation.
Contact: susan.templesinai@gmail.com

A Modern "Song of Songs": Exploring Jewish cultural themes thru Israeli Rock & Roll
2023-12-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Temple Sinai
December 21: Songs of War and Peace
Can we speculate on what new songs of war – and what new songs of peace – will express the nation’s soul through this current war?
Free for Temple Sinai members.
$5 per session for the community
RSVP to the Temple Sinai office: susan.templesinai@gmail.com

Brotherhood Movie Time
2023-12-14 10:30 - 12:30 | Temple Sinai
RSVP: susan.templesinai@gmail.com/781.631.2763

Chanukah Candlelighting
2023-12-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Temple Sinai

Freilach Friday: Celebrate Chanukah
2023-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Temple Sinai

Musical: The Band's Visit
2023-12-03 12:00 - 14:00
Space is limited. For more information, contact susan.templesinai@gmail.com
Read a synopsis about the musical

December Sock Drive for the Lynn Shelter
2023-12-01 08:00 - 2023-12-31 17:00 | Temple Sinai

A Secret Chord: Approaching God through Love in the Songs of Leonard Cohen
2023-11-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Temple Sinai
RSVP to Leonard Cohen Program: email susan.templesinai@gmail.com
