What About God and the Exodus?

With Dr. Galit Dayan and Rabbi David Wolpe

Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm
at Sinai Temple

Join us for a lively debate between Dr. Galit Dayan, expert Egyptologist and Israeli Consul General’s wife, and Rabbi David Wolpe for views about archeology, the Bible and the Exodus.

Free of charge and open to the public

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

What About God as Chai Olamim,
Life of the World?
The Dynamic God You Already Love (But Didn't Know You Could)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
7:30pm at Sinai Temple

with Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and Vice President of American Jewish University

New scientific findings of the past century have changed our understanding of everything - the evolution of the cosmos and life, quantum weirdness and cosmic vastness. How do we bring what we know about the world to our love for god, torah, and the Jewish people? Let's look at torah through fresh eyes - to meet again the god we already know and love.

Dialogue with RABBI DAVID WOLPE and book signing
following the lecture.

Free of charge and open to the public.

For more information or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

What is Your Self-Worth?
with
Dr. Cheryl Saban
and
Rabbi David Wolpe

Wednesday, October 7 8:30 a.m.

Cheryl Saban, Ph.D., writes extensively about women, children, and social issues. Using her background in psychology, she devotes a great deal of attention to philanthropic endeavors that focus on pediatric health and research, education, relationships, and the empowerment of women. In addition to this book, she has written New Mother’s Survival Guide, Recipe for a Good Marriage, Recipe for Good Parenting, and several other works. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, two of their four children (when they’re not away at college), and her octogenarian parents. She receives regular doses of love and attention from her four grandchildren.

Free of charge and open to the public.

Light breakfast will be served.

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVP’s MANDATORY to park inside building!

TWO
OF THE
BESTSELLING SPIRITUAL AUTHORS
OF OUR TIME:
BOTH IN THE SAME WEEK,
BOTH AT SINAI TEMPLE!

Join us as we kick-off the year exploring…

What About God
   and the Things that Frighten Us?

with Rabbi Harold Kushner
bestselling author of
“When Bad Things Happen to Good People”

Tuesday, October 20
7:30 p.m.

There are a lot of things in the world that frighten us, but the more we let them frighten us, the less capable we become at dealing with them. Fear shrinks our souls and diminishes our judgment and our humanity. In his latest book, Rabbi Harold Kushner helps us find the resources within us and around us to cope with our fears.

Dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe and book signing following the lecture.

Admission is FREE of charge and open to the public
Rabbi Kushner’s new book, “Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World” will be sold at the DISCOUNTED price of
$20/Sinai Temple Members and $25/Non-Members

For more information, or to register, please contact
Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director,
at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.

RSVP’s appreciated, and MANDATORY to park inside building!

and then...

What About God
   and Having A Little Faith?

with Mitch Albom
bestselling author of
“Tuesdays with Morrie”
and
“The Five People You Meet in Heaven”

Saturday, October 24
7:00 p.m.

Mitch Albom will be speaking about the experiences behind his brand new book, "Have A Little Faith'' which chronicles his time searching for a eulogy for a dying rabbi, and helping a struggling Detroit pastor save his crumbling church.

Dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe and book signing following the lecture.

$20/Sinai Temple Members, $25/ Non-Members
Ticket includes one FREE copy of Mitch Albom’s new book, “Have A Little Faith”

For more information, or to register, please contact
Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director,
at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.

RSVP’s appreciated, and MANDATORY to park inside building!

Life as a Visitor: My journey from Iran to the US

Join Angella Nazarian and Rabbi Wolpe for this special occasion to hear insights about her new book, Life as a Visitor. (Insert Nazarian Photo)

Thursday, November 5, 2009 12-2pm

$18/members, $20/non-members for lecture and buffet lunch

Dialogue with Rabbi Wolpe and book signing following the lecture

Angella M. Nazarian teaches psychology in local universities and facilitates adult personal development seminars for women.  She has her M.A. in Organizational Psychology.  She is a member of the Los Angeles Writers Collective and her works have appeared in the MO+TH, New Millennium Writings literary publication, and The Huffington Post.  Life as a Visitor, her first book, is being published by Assouline Publishers and is due to be released on October 1, 2009.  She is also an avid traveler and photographer.

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.

RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

Sinai Temple Presents

The Abner and Roslyn Goldstine
Scholar-in-Residence Lecture Series

Professor Jehuda Reinharz, President and Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History and
Professor Shulamit Reinharz, Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology
Brandeis University

November 13-15, 2009

Friday, 9:00 pm (Following Friday Night Live Service): "Zionism in the 21st Century" with Shulamit Reinharz

Shabbat Luncheon, Noon (Following Services): "A University President's View of Israel on Campus" with Jehuda Reinharz

Sunday breakfast, 9:30 am: “How Zionism Saved My Father’s Life” with Shulamit and Jehuda Reinharz in dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe

Jehuda Reinharz was born in Israel, attended high school in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1961. He earned concurrent bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, a master’s degree in medieval Jewish history from Harvard and his doctorate in modern Jewish history from Brandeis University in 1972. Dr. Reinharz is the author of over one hundred articles and twenty-two books, including The Jew in the Modern World and a two-volume biography of Chaim Weizmann. His latest books are Glorious and Accursed Europe: The Jewish Experience, co-authored with Yaacov Shavit, Israel in the Middle East, co-edited with Itamar Rabinovich, and Darwin and His Kind, co-authored with Yaacov Shavit.

Shulamit Reinharz was born in Amsterdam right after the war and eventually grew up in New Jersey. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University. After teaching at the University of Michigan for ten years, she and her husband relocated to Boston where she became a professor of sociology and director of the Women’s Studies Program at Brandeis University. In that capacity, she created the first Jewish Women’s Studies M.A. program in the world. In 1997, Hadassah approached Shula to create the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the only such academic institute in the world. In 2001 she opened the Women’s Studies Research Center which she designed and for which she raised all the funds. The holder of the Jacob Potofsky Chair of Sociology, Professor Reinharz is the author or co-author of ten books including most recently, The JGirls’ Guide and the highly praised American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise.

TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM, CLICK HERE.
For more information, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or (310) 481-3243.
Registration is appreciated and MANDATORY for Saturday program and to park inside building!!

What About God and Parenting?

Raising Menschy Children
in a Culture of Excess

with Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Tuesday, December 1, 7:30pm
at Sinai Temple

Join Rabbi Leder as he addresses the challenge of raising children in a culture bombarding them with the message that to have more, means to be more and that their outer material lives are more important than their inner lives. In his book entitled, “More Money than God: Living a Rich Life without Losing Your Soul,” he reminds us that wisdom, family, friendship, fulfillment and ethics all take precedence over material goods. His practical and spiritual advice about money, materialism and raising menschy children with rich inner lives is priceless.

Dialogue with RABBI DAVID WOLPE and book signing following the lecture

Free of charge and open to the public

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

Our Sinai parenting programs have been made possible by a gift from
Shiva and Joseph Daneshgar

The Sinai Temple Israel Center Presents

American Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Middle East: Can It Work This Time?

with Martin Indyk, Lobbyist and Former United States Ambassador to Israel

Thursday, December 17, 7:30pm
at Sinai Temple

Join Martin Indyk as he speaks about his recently published book that is part memoir, part history and part analysis of American efforts to make peace in the Middle East. Due to his intimate involvement in President Bill Clinton's failed efforts to achieve a comprehensive end to the Arab-Israeli conflict in the 1990’s (as his Middle East Adviser in the National Security Council, as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, and twice as his Ambassador to Israel), he has a unique perspective on the renewed efforts at peacemaking undertaken by President Obama and his peace team.

Dialogue with RABBI DAVID WOLPE and book signing following the lecture.
$10/members and $15/non-members

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

Manners and Morals in Politics and Culture

Join us for this provocative conversation with a major voice on the cultural scene: the funny, wry, informative Maureen Dowd.

   
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sinai Temple

New York Times Op-ed columnist, Maureen Dowd, in conversation with Rabbi David Wolpe on politics, Washington manners and morals, the relationship of men and women, and how our culture is changing in the digital age.

Special introduction by our generous sponsor, Kirk Douglas.

Pricing and details to follow. For more information,
please contact Dahlia Greenbaum, Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.

What About God and The Children of Abraham?

With Imam Jihad Turk, Director of Religious Affairs at the Islamic Center of Southern California,
and Rabbi David Wolpe

Sunday, January 10, 9:00am – 11:00am
at Sinai Temple

Can Judaism and Islam come to terms with one another? Do these faiths share any views about the world, and will politics always come between them? Join Rabbi David Wolpe and Imam Jihad Turk for an honest, respectful and important conversation.

Free of charge and open to the public.
Light breakfast will be served.

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

This event was made possible by two friends, one Jewish and one Muslim, who are dedicated to spreading interfaith awareness:
Marjan Molayem & Afreh Khazai

Special Author Event

 
with
Jonah Lehrer and Rabbi David Wolpe
“Understanding Ourselves and the Science Behind the Decisions We Make”

Sponsored by Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library and the Chai Society of Sinai Temple

Science journalist Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, in conversation with Rabbi David Wolpe.   

When:  Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 pm

Where: Gold Hall, Sinai Temple

Cost: Free of charge

Contact: Barbara Goelman, 310-481-3217 bgoelman@sinaitemple.org for details or to RSVP.

God Sublime and Unsublime

With Leon Wieseltier,
Literary Editor of The New Republic

Tuesday, January 26, 7:30pm
at Sinai Temple

Leon Wieseltier has been the literary editor of The New Republic since 1983 and the bestselling author of Nuclear War Nuclear Peace, Against Identity, and Kaddish. His essays on Jewish thought, culture, and politics have appeared in many places around the globe.

Dialogue with RABBI DAVID WOLPE following the lecture.
$10/members and $15/non-members

For more information, or to register, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org or 310-481-3243.
RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!

The Rabbi Samuel N. Sherman Memorial Lecture

What About God and Science?
A Discussion on Reconciling Jewish Tradition
with Advancing Scientific Knowledge 

With Dr. Gerald Schroeder, bestselling author and scientist,	Professor Norbert M. Samuelson, Harold and Jean Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies, Arizona State University	and Rabbi David Wolpe

Thursday, February 11, 2010
7:30pm at Sinai Temple

 
Gerald Schroeder received his BS, MS and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include Genesis and the Big Bang and The Science of God.

Norbert M. Samuelson was elected Senior Fellow of the Metanexus Institute. His most recent book is Jewish Faith and Modern Science: On the Death and Rebirth of Jewish Philosophy.

For more information, please contact Dahlia Greenbaum,
Program Director, at dgreenbaum@sinaitemple.org
or 310-481-3243. 

RSVPs appreciated and MANDATORY to park inside building!