Temple Sinai Night at the Theater: Back by Popular Demand!

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Temple Sinai presents a special entertaining evening you will not want to miss, Night at the Theater. Amazing husband-and-wife team mezzo-soprano Sarah Nordin and bass-baritone Tyler Putnam will offer opera arias, duets mixed with classic musical theater songs and American standards. Sarah performed and toured with the Metropolitan Opera company. Tyler performed with The Santa […]

$54

Gulf Gate Library Hands on Hanukkah Celebration

Gulf Gate Library 7112 Curtiss Avenue, Sarasota

Temple Sinai is hosting a week of Hands on Hanukkah and invites the community to come and join the fun as we start the celebration of Hanukkah with Laura Freedman, Director of Early Childhood Education at The Gan at Temple Sinai. This Hands on Hanukkah event will include story time, crafts, potato latkes and games […]

Free

Temple Sinai Hosts Hands on Hanukkah

University Town Center 140 University Town Center Drive first floor in front of Macy's, Sarasota

The mall at UTC first floor in front of Macy’s Celebrate Hanukkah with crafts, dreidel playing, Dunkin Donuts treats, raffle/giveaways, photos with Daveed Dreidel and Hannah Hanukkiah, a performance by The Players Centre for Performing Arts and candle lighting by Temple Sinai’s JQuest students. For information, visit templesinai-sarasota.org.

Free

Temple Sinai Hands on Hanukkah Community Event

Centennial Park Venice 200 W. Venice Avenue at the center gazebo, Venice

Centennial Park, 200 W. Venice Avenue, Venice, FL 34285 (at the center gazebo) Temple Sinai celebrates Hanukkah with crafts, dreidel playing, Dunkin Donuts treats, raffle/giveaways, photos with Daveed Dreidel and Hannah Hanukkiah, performances by Laurel Nokomis Middle School and Venice High School Orchestras, and a candle lighting ceremony. For information, visit templesinai-sarasota.org.

Free

Temple Sinai Hands on Hanukkah Service with Scholar-in-Residence Speaker and Dinner

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Hands on Hanukkah celebrations conclude at Temple Sinai’s Erev Shabbat service led by Chazzan Cliff Abramson and Student Rabbi Bethany Leinweber. Combined with the Hanukkah festivities, an experiential and engaging Scholar-in-Residence weekend begins, featuring Pamela Schuller, internationally known professional stand-up comedian and disability and mental health advocate who will give a keynote address following a […]

Temple Sinai’s Program: The Eight Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: Their Lives and Legacies Presented by Judge Judith Barzilay

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

There have been eight Jewish Supreme Court Justices. In this 4-part Temple Sinai series held Sunday, January 7-28, Judge Judy Barzilay will reveal stories and histories about their lives, paths to court, legal influence and important cases, starting with The Pioneers Justice Louis D. Brandeis appointed in 1916 and Benjamin N. Cardozo appointed in 1932. […]

Temple Sinai’s Program: The Eight Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: Their Lives and Legacies Presented by Judge Judith Barzilay

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Judge Judy Barzilay will reveal stories and histories about eight Jewish Supreme Court Justices, their paths to court, legal influence and important cases. Week two will focus on The Enigma of Felix Frankfurter. Justice Frankfurter was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, a significant advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and […]

Mending the Broken: Tikkun Olam meets Kintsugi Presented by Instructor/Artist Ellen Goldberg

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Temple Sinai’s two-part workshop presented by Artist Ellen Goldberg demonstrates Tikkun Olam, Hebrew for "repairing the world," embodying Jewish traditions' of repurposing old items, solving problems through design, and creating beauty. Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending, shares a similar mission. Both align with mitzvot, particularly Hiddur Mitzvah, which beautifies ritual objects. Participants address throw-away […]

Temple Sinai’s Program: The Eight Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: Their Lives and Legacies Presented by Judge Judith Barzilay

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Judge Judy Barzilay will tell the story about The Twin Tragedies of Arthur J. Goldberg and Abe Fortas in week three of this 4-part series about the eight Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court. Judge Barzilay will disclose how President Lyndon B. Johnson manipulated Justice Goldberg and Justice Fortas, and she will provide details about […]

Mending the Broken: Tikkun Olam meets Kintsugi Presented by Instructor/Artist Ellen Goldberg

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

Wednesday, January 24, 1:00 p.m. 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road (enter only from Proctor Road), Sarasota, FL 34231 Temple Sinai’s two-part workshop presented by Artist Ellen Goldberg demonstrates Tikkun Olam, Hebrew for "repairing the world," embodying Jewish traditions' of repurposing old items, solving problems through design, and creating beauty. Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending, […]

Temple Sinai’s Program: The Eight Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: Their Lives and Legacies Presented by Judge Judith Barzilay

Temple Sinai 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL, Sarasota, FL, United States

The Temple Sinai series about the eight Jewish Supreme Court Justices concludes with The Moderns in week four. Judge Judy Barzilay will discuss the lives and influences on the court of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993-2020), Stephen Breyer (1994-2022) and Elena Kagan (2010--). This powerful segment will focus on the legacies being written about these recent […]