2nd Night Passover Seder

Thank you all for your responses to the Temple Sinai Seder. A reminder that a Passover Seder is on Tuesday April 23rd in the Weisbein Social Hall at Temple Sinai.

We will be sending out a sign-up for dishes to bring to the Seder when it gets closer (April 11th).

Chicken will be provided by Temple Sinai as our main meal. 

Reminders:

1) Everyone should bring their own wine (for the blessings and to drink), juice , or other beverage. Also - please bring one box of Matzah per family.

2) We are asking for each family to donate $10 for clean-up.

3) Seder plates will not be provided - please let us know if you will bring your plate and the components.

Havurah of Addison County annual Passover Seder

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Enjoy a meaningful and interactive family friendly Seder in a warm and inviting atmosphere! Delicious Passover Cuisine, 4 cups of Wine (or Grape Juice), Songs and lots of traditional Matzah!

Annual Poetry Shabbat

Tot Shabbat

Temple Sinai presents a special Shabbat service…

Come for a glamorous set of prayers covered by some of your favorite songs.

Expect music from artists like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin.

You DON’T want to miss this!

Lunch and Learn: The Two Lives of Henrietta Szold

Thursday, April 18, 12:00 PM

Henrietta Szold was one of the most important Jewish leaders of the 20th century. Her long life, from 1860 to 1945, spanned some of the most turbulent years in modern history. The events of that time shaped the lives of millions of people and are woven into the fabric of Szold’s life story.

Long-time OZ member Linda Kopper, who serves as President of Hadassah Vermont, will explore the “two lives” of Henrietta Szold, and discuss how her legacy lives on today.

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Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Vanderbilt University. An expert on sexual ethics, she uses unconventional readings of classical rabbinic text to

study the ethics of sex and sexuality, disability, and neurodiversity. She will discuss a chapter from her most recent publication, When We

Collide: Sex, Social Risk, and Jewish Ethics from Indiana University Press.

20s & 30s Prince of Egypt Movie Screening

All are invited to play and/or learn to play mahjongg.

Bring a pot luck dish to share.

Please RSVP by April 10.

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The Annual Rabbi Max B Wall Lecture Series

Navigating the complexities of the conflict in the Middle East

Saint Micheals College McCarthy Arts Center

Exploring the Politics of Contemporary

Education How can it be that many of our institutions of higher learning are grappling with outbreaks of antisemitism, even as they espouse the values of social justice and diversity? In pursuit of this question, we must delve into the prevailing ideas and ideologies that have gained prominence in the

educational arena. We will also consider what might be gained and what might still be missing from current approaches and implementations of critical theory as we strive for greater tolerance, understanding,

and healing across all communities.

Join the Greater Burlington Jewish Community to bear witness to the massacres of October 7th and show your support for a survivor as they bravely share their story and experience.

Join us for the Purim Speil:

BOKER TOV, SHUSHAN!

("Riding on the City of New Orleans")

Temple Sinai

Saturday, March 23rd at 6:30 pm

Stay after for fun and refreshments!

Purim Celebration

Celebrate Purim and early spring in the sugarbush!

See an old-school sugar operation that the Crowley Family runs at Living Tree and share in the joy of fresh sap and syrup and the coming of spring. We’ll parade to wake up Mother Earth and honor the Jewish festival of Purim, and we’ll also celebrate with the traditional Purim customs of creating gifts for others and performing skits (in the sugarbush—Living Tree-style). Hibernation season is over, so lets celebrate! People of all faiths are welcome.

• Come in costume, if you’d like!

• Be prepared to walk down a muddy path to the sugar house.

• Bring cash or check to purchase fresh maple syrup to bring home or gift to someone.

Admission based on sliding-scale donation: $8–$25 per person or $18–$54 per family suggested. Funds support community programming and outdoor education.

HAPPY PURIM!

COMMUNITY BRUNCH AND MEGILLA READING

SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH

10:00AM

CITI HALL

100NORTH MAINE ST

ST. ALBANS VT

Join us for our service in will person and on ZOOM.

Looking for new ways to express your Shabbat spirit and energize your worship? Bring your rock 'n' roll soul to Rock Shabbat with Dahg! Temple Sinai's house rock band plays a mix of contemporary Jewish popular and liturgical music and great rock songs from the 60's right up to the present, all within the context of a typical Kabbalat worship service. Now live on stage at Temple Sinai or streaming on Zoom!

Virtual Shabbat*

Weaving together themes in Jewish spirituality and contemplative practice, Rabbi Tuchman will demonstrate how building and sustaining inclusive communities is deeply relational and must be rooted in collective care.

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman is a sought after speaker, spiritual leader and educator. Ordained by The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2018, she is, as far as she is aware, the first blind woman in the world to enter the rabbinate. Read more about Rabbi Tuchman here.

In this one-hour program, Rabbi Tuchman will share her deep commitment to building inclusive communities through a contemplative perspective. Weaving together themes from her 2017 ELI Talk and her work in the Jewish spirituality and contemplative practice space, Rabbi Tuchman will demonstrate how building and sustaining inclusive communities is deeply relational and must be rooted in collective care.

The event is being hosted by: Adult Ed, LGBTQ Havurah & the Inclusion Committee

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For more information and to request access services: 

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Tot Shabbat

STARRING MICHELLE AZAR AS RUTH BADER GINSBURG

DIRECTED BY LALEY LIPPARD

WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES

Supreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn high school . . . being one of only nine young women studying law at Harvard while also raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer . . . fighting for women's rights in the nineteen-seventies before condescending all-male courts . . . and taking courageous stands for human rights as a voice of reason amid a splintering and increasingly politicized Supreme Court. An evening with a great and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice emerges . . . an RBG who is not only “notorious” but victorious as she takes a stand for ordinary people facing the many challenges of a changing world. Bring your scrunchies, your hankies, your humor and your heart to this entertaining and uplifting event!

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A Shabbat service designed to engage young children and their families. Snacks and social time will follow the service.

In Person Only

For more information about Young Families Programs email Aimee Hutton, Young Families Program Coordinator.

Asian themed Shabbat

Come celebrate Shabbat with community! RSVP

THE PROGRAM:

Are you a caregiver for someone you love? A partner, family member, friend?

Do you anticipate being called to a caregiving role sometime in the near or distant future? 

Together we will learn from a panel of three health professionals and an experienced caregiver about the blessings and challenges of caregiving.

SPEAKER PANEL:

Melissa Brandes, MD, is a Doctor of Internal Medicine caring for patients age 18-100+. The scope of her practice includes caring for patients in nursing home settings, providing home visits to homebound patients, and providing end-of-life care. She has been in practice for over 25 years and is currently in private practice in South Burlington with Green Mountain Internal Medicine.

Karen Cote, MSW, is a Social Worker and a certified end of life doula, and a very active member of our Temple Sinai's congregation. She is employed with The Burlington Housing Authority, working with residents in need of caregiving. Karen has been working in this field for 37 years. She has extensive experience in caregiving in her personal life as well. Karen has spent many years working with the Chevra Kaddisha. Karen recently became the recipient of the Vermont Rays of Kindness Honor!

Marjie Kaye Sheppard is a native Vermonter, retired massage therapist and long time member of Temple Sinai and Sisterhood. Together with her sister, Laurie, Marjie has cared for their mother, Joan, in a variety of settings since Joan suffered a stroke in July of 2020. Their journey together has been a series of roller coaster rides. Marjie is not a fan of roller coasters, literally or figuratively.

Alan Rubel, Author, is a past Barre City Alderman, Barre Town School Board Member, past President of Beth Jacob synagogue and past Board Member of Central VT Health and Hospice, among many other active community memberships. He is the author of numerous books, including his current co-editorship of the award winning book, The Greatest Burden The Greatest Blessing: Caregiving Stories of Hope, Humility and Love. Alan will discuss his book at this event, selling and signing copies at the end of the evening. Alan is a member of Ohavi Zedek Synagogue.

Information about caregiver resources in our area will be shared at the event.

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Temple Sinai Social Hall

Jewish students at many universities across the country are coping with skyrocketing antisemitism. Recent political fights in Burlington City Hall have spilled over to the UVM Campus, and many Hillel students are having a very difficult time. Recently,

Hillel Director Matt Vogel suggested some ways the local Jewish community can help support our local Hillel students, including bringing baked goods and sending cards and letters of support to students and campus administrators.

To help answer his call, Rabbi Edleson will be hosting a HAPPY HOUR FOR HILLEL. We'll provide cards, pens, mocktails, snacks, and more.  You bring a baked good and join us to write cards for this community mitzvah project.  All ages are welcome and needed.  

Young Families Play Group

Temple Sinai Social Hall

Young children and their families are invited to come play together.