We Build Community through Good Works and Good Times

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 (cooking and serving meals at the Purim carnival and religious school picnic, entertaining at local retirement communities). Those members who are so inclined produce and lead one Shabbat service every year.

 
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
January 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:00pm	Temple Sinai Tin Pan Alley Sing-Along: Second Hand Rose, Names and Ethnicity, contact: Phil Rubin or Laurie Leiber
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:30pm	Bowling Extravaganza, Alameda Bowl, contact: Bob Morrison
February 2012
Thursday, February 1, 2012, 7:30pm	First meeting of those interested in writing the Brotherhood Shabbat service scheduled for May 11th, contact: Bob Unger
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood meeting at the home of Dick Cohen
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00pm	Tin Pan Alley Sing-along with and at St Marks: Cole Porter, contact: Phil Rubin or Laurie Leiber
March 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7:30pm	Second meeting of those interested in writing the Brotherhood Shabbat service scheduled for May 11th, contact: Bob Unger
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood meeting at the home of Gerry Nelson
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 10:00am	Purim Carnival, we purchase, prepare and distribute the food, contact: Bart Schenone
Monday, March 12, 2012, 7:30pm	Poetry reading, Richard Silberg, contact: Phil Rubin
April 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 7:30pm	Third meeting of those interested in writing the Brotherhood Shabbat service scheduled for May 11th, contact: Bob Unger
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood meeting at the home of Barry Dubin
Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood Speakers Series, contact: Bart Schenone
Friday, April 27, & Saturday, April 28, 2012	Shabbat-O-Rama, Brotherhood role to be determined
May 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012	Poker tournament fund raiser with Temple Isaiah
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:00pm	Rehearsal in the Sanctuary for the Brotherhood Shabbat service, contact: Bob Unger
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood meeting at the home of Dan Crouch
Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood Shabbat, contact: Bob Unger
Sunday, May 20, 2012	Temple Sinai Mitzvah Day: we have agreed to remove the detritus from the machsors
Friday, May 25, 2012, 7:30pm	Confirmation service, we help to hand out Bibles to the confirmands.
June 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012	Last day to reserve tickets for Jewish Heritage Night at the A's, contact: Greg Gordon
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:00pm	Brotherhood annual dinner meeting at Monaghan's Restaurant
Tuesday, June 19, 2012	Oakland A's Jewish Heritage Night vs Dodgers, free parking night, contact: Greg Gordon
September 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012, 7:30am	Jack Wieinstein Memorial Golf Scramble, Tilden Park Golf Course, Berkeley
December 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 7:30pm	Brotherhood meeting at the home of Paul Johnson

Poets of Tin Pan Alley

Sing-along Concert

Sunday, January 22, 2012
2:00pm
Temple Sinai Sanctuary

Second Hand Rose

Ethnic Identity and Assimilation through Music and Names

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

• Speaker's series: Bob Unger reported that he had contacted the ADL and their Associate Director, Nancy Appel, has agreed to speak on the subject of the current state of antisemitism in the United States.

• Retirement Symposium: Mike Levy and Glenn Oleon reported that they had met with the WoTS representatives and began planning for the event. They agreed to hold the Symposium on Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010.

• The Brotherhood agreed to co-sponsor a program titled “Paths to Peace” to be presented at the Temple on Sunday afternoon, March 14, 2010.

• Bob Morrison reported that the planning has begun for our annual Bowling Extravaganza on January 28, 2010, to be held at the Alameda Bowl.

• Phil Rubin reported that the next Poetry Reading will be on March 4, 2010, in the sanctuary. Featured readers will be Mark Taksa, Rose Black and Richard Silberg.

• The Brotherhood endorsed Phil Rubin's proposal that we consider spearheading, sponsoring and organizing a Passover Fair prior to Pesach in 2011 when the temple facilities will be back on line.

• Bob Morrison agreed to organize our annual dinner on June 10, 2010.

• The 5th Annual Jack Weinstein Memorial Golf Scramble will take place on Sunday, October 10, 2010, at the Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek.

 
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. Smile and greet congregants and guests coming to services. "Shabbat shalom" is a nice thing to say. Give out appropriate prayer books and the announcement sheet. Hearing devices should be available on the yarmulke box. If anyone needs the lift, call a custodian. Don't wait for anyone to ask for help. On the other hand, don't force yourself on someone who says "no thank you." Remain in the lobby until about five minutes into the service for late comers. 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