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
• 2^nd 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