Blog - Temple Sinai

I sit here in Atlanta with my bags, well, not-yet-packed for a return visit to Camp Barney and a return week at Camp Coleman this upcoming Sunday…and I could not be more excited. There is something very special about the camp community.  Nowhere else is there amassed such talent and skill in one place, all with one common purpose: to create positive Jewish memories.  They sing, they dance, they tell stories, perform skits, and...Read more...

This week, I reflect upon risks big and small that we can take.  Is it that big and adventurous trip that you have been mulling over? Or that bold comment you have been aching to say? Or that new job? Or move? Sometimes taking a risk means simply being ourselves, and speaking our...Read more...

Temple Sinai women are in Israel with Rabbi Sam Shabman and Beth Schafer.  Follow their experience on this blog and our Facebook Page here.

Click Here to see pictures from the trip.  

Monday, June 11 & Tuesday, June 12

The final part of our journey in Israel began with our arrival in Tel Aviv as the sun was beginning to set over the Mediterranean. After our hotel check-in, we walked...Read more...

They say that childhood is experiential. You can talk and talk and talk to a child trying to teach her something, but until she has the experience herself, she really doesn't internalize the learning.

As adults, we see a movie, read an...Read more...

Last month I had the privilege of traveling with World Pilgrims (part of Atlanta’s Interfaith Coalition Initiative) to Sedona and Canyon De Chelly, Navajo Nation. For a week I experienced the grandeur of the southwest alongside my brothers and sisters of Christian and...Read more...

May God bless you and keep you

May God cause the divine light to shine upon you and be gracious to you

May God turn toward you and grant you peace

(Numbers 6: 24-26).

We read the above blessing (commonly known as the Priestly Benediction) in this...Read more...

49 times in our congregation’s history we have gathered to discuss the business of Temple Sinai with the community as a whole. These meetings have been at times controversial – the meeting to approve the lot on Dupree Drive as our future home, the meeting...Read more...

“Rabbi, I may not be a very religious person, but I am quite spiritual.” 

Had I put a dollar in a tzedakah box every time someone said a version of these words to me over the...Read more...

The saying: “Know Before Whom You Stand,” is a Jewish maxim that often appears above the Ark in synagogue sanctuaries. It is based on a phrase found in the Babylonian Talmud (Berakhot 28a) reminding us of the significance and the power of that place in which we find ourselves praying...Read more...

State of the City Breakfast 2018 -The Honorable Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

I was recently studying our weekly scriptural reading according to the Jewish people, the Torah portion Emor, with a first grader. Together, we read these words, which God instructed Moses to...Read more...

Relevance.  Anytime I am planning a session for Torah study, I strive to ensure that the lesson which emerges from the learning is one that will be relevant in some way to the lives of participants.  Study that leads to relevant and realizable applications of Jewish wisdom is one way to show that Judaism remains a living, dynamic, contemporary and vital expression of our values each and every day of our...Read more...

Temple Sinai members are in India with Rabbi Brad Levenberg.  Follow their experience on this blog, Rabbi Brad's Facebook here, and our Facebook Page here.

Day 11

Our Last Day in India

It’s hard to believe that the trip is coming to an end. Our group visited the Gateway to India and the Caves of Elephanta, two marvelous sites with a fascinating historical juxtaposition, before splitting up...Read more...