Upcoming and Ongoing Activities

 

Here are some of the many activities available at Temple Sinai.  See our newsletter for specific schedules.

 

Adult Education Sponsored Events

·         Hebrew I - Introduction to Hebrew

·         Hebrew II – Students will develop fluency in prayer book Hebrew

·         Hebrew III – Students will learn how to read from the Torah      

·         Conversational Hebrew                         

·         Weekly Torah Study

·         Basic Judaism

·         Cantillation – Torah Chanting

·         Florence Melton Adult Mini School

·         Florence Melton Adult Mini School Graduate Program

·         Lunch Bookies

·         Pirkei Avot – Wisdom of the Sages

·         Blessings of a Skinned Knee – Parenting with the help of Torah

·         Passover Cooking with Lori and Warner

·         Jodi Bernstein of the Anti Defamation League

·         Mal Finger of Jewish Family Services

·         Holocaust Survivor

·         Americans for a Safe Israel

·         Jewish Mothers: Then and Now by Rabbi Amy Weiss

·         Jewish Fathers: Then and Now by Rabbi Todd Thalblum and Rabbi Shaul Osadchey

 

Brotherhood Sponsored Events

·         Monthly Brotherhood Meetings

·         High Holy Day Ushers

·         Setup and Breakdown Synagogue for Holidays

·         Quarterly Blood Drives

·         Steve Mark – Houston Dynamo and the State of Sports in Houston

·         Stu & Carol Levin – "How We Spent Our Vacation in Israel"

·         Wayne Dolcefino – Investigative Reporter and Consumer Advocate

·         David Gold – Tracking Tornadoes & Severe Weather

·         Mike Foreman – Space Shuttle Astronaut

·         Chili Cookoff and Talent Show

·         Houston Dynamo Playoff Game

·         UH Football Game

·         Aero’s Game

·         Rockets Game

·         Astro’s Games

·         Attendance at "Avenue Q"

·         Monday Night Football

·         Schlep Sunday

·         Spaghetti Dinner w/ Movie Night

·         TeSTY Bowl

·         Dessert Auction

·         Synagogue Entryway Beautification Project

·         Matzo Brie Breakfast during Passover

·         Cook & Serve Food during End-Of-Year Party

 

Education Committee Sponsored Events

·         Yom Limmud

·         Students make New Year Cards, Sukkah Decorations

·         Tu BiShevat Seder

·         Passover Seder

·         Yom Ha’Atzmaut

·         End of School Year Celebration

·         Shofar Factory

·         Olive Press Factory

·         Matzoh Factory

·         Shabbat & Hanukkah workshops

·         Art Programs with Greta Bernitz

·         Mitzvah projects such as “Malaria No More”, making Baby Blankets for LBJ Hospital, Westside Homeless Shelter Holiday Program

·         Consecration Service

·         Confirmation Service

·         Post-Confirmation Graduation

·         Breakfast with the Rabbi

·         Gesher program

·         Café Ve’Ougah

 

Ritual Committee Sponsored Events

  • B’nai Mitzvah Workshops
  • Consecration Service

·         Confirmation Service


Sisterhood Sponsored Events

  • Rosh Hashanah Oneg
  • Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast
  • A Night with Lily Tomlin
  • Rosh Chodesh
  • Hanukkah Dinner
  • URJ & WRJ Biennial
  • Paid-up Membership Event
  • Murder Mystery Dinner
  • Wine Tasting
  • Game Night
  • Purim Oneg
  • Women’s Seder
  • Night at Houston Pop’s – Motown’s Greatest Hits
  • 2nd Night Seder
  • Sisterhood Shabbat and Installation
  • Senior Sisters
  • Shalom Yeladim
  • Timely Speakers

 

Social Action Sponsored Events

  • Strides for Change Walk

 

Youth Group Sponsored Events

  • Summer Kallah
  • Pool Party
  • Fall Conclave
  • NVN
  • Winter Conclave
  • Spring Kallah
  • Houston Lock-In
  • Bowl-a-thon
  • TeSTY Services
  • TeSTY High Holiday Food Drive
  • TeSTY Trivia Bowl
  • Laser Tag
  • Mad Walk
  • Christmas Eve Chinese Food and a Movie
  • Selling Bagels during Sunday School