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We encourage every adult member of the congregation to join Temple Sinai's Brotherhood, one of the many ways to become involved in the Sinai community. While some members take pleasure in our social activities (the softball team, occasional poker or bowling, the annual golf tournament), others help us perform mitzvot for the Temple and the wider community (painting the religious school classrooms, spearheading the turkey drive to feed the homeless, entertaining at local retirement communities). Those members who are so inclined produce and lead one Shabbat service every year.

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100% of our dues are returned to the Temple and the Jewish community in the form of Kiddush cups for the B'nei Mitzvah, Bibles and Israel scholarships for the confirmands, camperships to Swig and Newman and whatever else our membership chooses to support. We sponsor and serve food at the Purim carnival and the end-of-year religious school picnic.

Open meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm at members' homes. The location is published well in advance in the Temple Bulletin and is listed below. Please come join us and share your energy, talent and ideas.


Upcoming Brotherhood Events

When

What

Every Sunday, 10:00am

Walk around Lake Merritt, come rain or come shine: contact Bob Schoen

August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 7:15pm

Jewish Heritage Night at Giants Stadium, contact: Bob Unger

September 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at the home of Bart Schenone

October 2010

Sunday, October 3, 2010,

Dedication of the new Temple Campus

Sunday, October 10, 2010, 7:30am

Fifth Annual Jack Weinstein Memorial Golf Scramble, Boundary Oak Golf Course, Walnut Creek, contact: Phil Rubin

Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at the home of Bob Morrison

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:30pm

Speakers' Series, Frances Dinkelspiel, Jews in early San Francisco, Chapel

Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3:30pm

Brotherhood's Tin Pan Alley Singers, Rhoda Goldman Plaza, San Francisco, contact Phil Rubin

November 2010

Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at the home of Mike Levy

Thursday, November 18, 2010, 7:30pm

Poetry Reading, Chapel, David Meltzer and Richard Silberg

December 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

January 2011

Thursday, January 13, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7:30pm

Tin Pan alley Sing-along/Concert, Chapel, contact: Phil Rubin

Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 6:00pm

Final rehearsal for Brotherhood Shabbat Service, Sanctuary

Thursday, January 27, 2011, 7:30pm

Bowling Extravaganza, off site, contact: Bob Morrison

Friday, January 28, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood Shabbat Service, Sanctuary, contact: Bob Unger

February 2011

Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

March 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

Sunday, March 20, 2011, 10:00am

Purim Carnival, Stern Hall: we purchase, prepare and serve the food: bagels, hot dogs, etc.

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:30pm

Poetry Reading, Chapel

April 2011

Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, 2011

Shabbat-O-Rama

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 9:00am - 3:00pm

Blood Drive, contact: Larry Kluger

Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at the home of Paul Johnson, 242 Glenwood Glade, Oakland

Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7:30pm

Speakers Series, Chapel

May 2011

Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

Sunday, May 22, 2011, 10:30am

Religious School picnic: we purchase, prepare and serve the food: Grills, charcoal, fuel, hamburgers, hot dogs, something vegi to grill, macaroni salad, potato salad, utensils, plates etc.

June 2011

Friday, June 3, 2011, 7:30pm

Confirmation service, we help to hand out Bibles to the confirmands.

Thursday, June 9, 2011, 7:30pm

Brotherhood meeting at a location yet to be determined

 

Poets of Tin Pan Alley

Sing-along Concert

Saturday, January 22, 2011
7:30pm
Temple Sinai Chapel

Tin Pan Alley Shuffles Off to Buffalo

Songs of Dance and Journeys to Exotic Places

Sing-along with songs from the golden age of Tin Pan Alley; Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and many more.

We provide the words and the music and project the lyrics onto a screen.

Magnificent piano accompaniment and helpful song leaders keep us all on key.

Temple Sinai is on 28th Street, one block west of Broadway, just north of downtown Oakland.

This event is a Brotherhood fund raiser and is open to the entire community.
Purchase tickets at the door--$12.50 general admission, $6.00 under 30 or over 80

Questions: Call Phil Rubin or Laurie Leiber at (510) 547-8080.

 

Highlights of a recent meeting

December, 2009

 
Be a Shabbat Greeter (Usher)

As part of our support of the Temple's access committee, we have provided a simple means for members to sign up as greeters (or ushers) for Shabbat services. We hope to get from two to four ushers for each service. If you have never ushered, you may wish to pick a day that someone else has already chosen; consider it our apprenticeship program. Provide your e-mail address when you sign up and we will do our best to notify you as your big day approaches.

General Guidelines for Ushers at Temple Sinai - February 2006

Thank you for volunteering to be an usher at our services. The ushers are the face of Temple Sinai.

  1. Smile and greet congregants and guests coming to services. "Shabbat shalom" is a nice thing to say.

  2. Give out appropriate prayer books and the announcement sheet.
  3. Hearing devices should be available on the yarmulke box. If anyone needs the lift, call a custodian.
  4. Don't wait for anyone to ask for help. On the other hand, don't force yourself on someone who says "no thank you."
  5. Remain in the lobby until about five minutes into the service for late comers.
  6. Sign up!

 

Temple Sinai Brotherhood, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland, CA 94609



Officers (5768-5770) - through June, 2010

Office

Who

e-mail

President

Bart Schenone

bschenone(at)aol.com

Treasurer

Bob Morrison

Rlmlarry(at)aol.com

Softball captains

Barry Dubin
Mark Rubke

bdubin(at)cwclaw.com
markerubke(at)comcast.net

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