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September 13, 2022
Briana Monkarsh Benaron is the Director of the Atid Young Professionals Division at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. Briana oversees programming and engagement efforts to cultivate Jewish community for young adults. Briana holds her Master’s in Education and Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine and serves on the board of Hillel at The George Washington University. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Briana grew up attending Camp Ramah in Ojai, CA and was bat mitzvahed at Sinai Temple. To connect with Briana or learn more about Atid young professional programming, please reach out to Briana here.
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September 7, 2022
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August 10, 2022
הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד Hineh ma tov umah na’im shevet achim gad yachad How good and pleasing it is to sit together in community Support Us Today Annual Appeal Giving In 1906, a group of Jewish families founded Sinai Temple as “a place to pray in a way that reflected their beliefs [especially] communal prayer.”1 Thanks to your generous support, our founders’ vision lives on today and Sinai Temple can accomplish its holy mission of creating and sustaining a community. We are bound together by our faith in God, commitment to the values of the…
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August 8, 2022
CHOOSE A FUND CATEGORY BELOW FOR A LIST OF FUNDS: Programming & Operations Clergy Sinai Akiba Academy Programming & Operations GENERAL FUND Sinai Temple plays a vital spiritual, educational and social role in the collective lives of our members. The General Fund enables the synagogue to provide a variety of programs to the community and ensures optimal functionality of the organization. MEMORIAL FUND Gifts to the Memorial Fund are made in memory of a loved one’s passing, usually on the occasion of a yahrzeit, and go to support the general operating budget, in addition to the maintenance of our memorial…
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July 20, 2022
Mayrav Gaslin is a communications strategist and content consultant, working primarily in the health care industry. She hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. Mayrav is also a tireless volunteer, particularly for Sinai Temple and SAA. She is a former Executive Board member of Sinai Temple and has served many volunteer roles at SAA, including being a “Room Mom” since the stone ages (give or take a few years). She currently serves as School Board Vice Chair and Chair of the Board Development Committee.
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July 18, 2022
Shanaz “Shan” Farahi and her husband Judah joined Sinai Temple in 2007. Her sons, Benjamin and Ilan, attended the Religious School and celebrated their B’nai Mitzvah at Sinai Temple. Shan was actively involved in the Religious School and since 2018 has served on the Executive Board of Sisterhood. As a graduate from the University of Southern California with a Business degree, she works in the real estate industry focusing on sales and property management. Shan presently serves as Co-President of Sisterhood with Cici Hallegua.
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July 7, 2022
David Kekst grew up in the New York and Connecticut suburbs of New York City, where he attended a Jewish day school through 8th grade. He moved into Manhattan for high school and went on to earn a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 and a law degree from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1994. After practicing white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation with a boutique Manhattan law firm, David and his wife moved to Los Angeles in 1997. They became members of Sinai Temple almost immediately thereafter and sent all three of…
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July 1, 2022
Rabbi Avi Taff joins the Sinai Temple community after having served the Valley Beth Shalom community for the last 13 years. Before becoming a Rabbi, Avi served as a paratrooper in the Israeli Army, worked as Youth Educator at Krieger-Schechter Day School in Baltimore, Maryland, as Director of the Special Needs Vocational Program at Camp Ramah in California, and directed a Jewish summer day camp for children with special needs. Avi has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Judaic Studies from the University of Arizona and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2011. Upon…
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June 28, 2022
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March 25, 2022
RITUAL PREPARATIONS FOR PASSOVER: KASHRUT, SELLING HAMETZ, AND THE FAST OF THE FIRST BORN Ritual Preparations for Passover The regulations and traditions regarding how to prepare your home for Passover are complex. Thankfully, there is plenty of helpful information available for free online. With ever-evolving technologies and new food products, it’s important to read an up-to-date guide from a trustworthy source. We recommend this one from the Rabbinical Assembly. They have also created this document focusing on issues of particular relevance for the current year. The day before Passover is a traditional fast day for firstborn Jews, commemorating how they…
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