Sinai Temple

Enjoy a meaningful, engaging, interactive Seder & four course dinner with Sinai Temple community and Clergy Led by Cantor Marcus Feldman and Rabbi Avi Taff 6:15 pm Start of Seder & Program, 7:20 pm Dinner PRICE TO ATTEND: Member Adult (Age 13 & over) $100 Member Child (Age 12 & Under) $50 Non-Member Adult (Age 13 & over) $150 Non- Member Child (Age 12 & Under) $70 (No refunds) For questions contact Judy Begin, 310.481.3222 or jbegin@sinaitemple.org Click HERE to register

Learn the liturgy of Shabbat, the history of the prayers, how to read Hebrew and how to read from the Torah. Join this class-no experience necessary and have an adult B’nai mitzvah at the conclusion of the year. When: Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm Where: In person at Sinai Temple (Instructor will teach via zoom). Zoom option for participants upon request. Cost: $360 Per Student Teacher: Rabbinic Intern Lilli Shvartsmann (with Participation from Sinai clergy) Lilli, a Los Angeles native, is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Beth El…

Learn the liturgy of Shabbat, the history of the prayers, how to read Hebrew and how to read from the Torah. Join this class-no experience necessary and have an adult B’nai mitzvah at the conclusion of the year. When: Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm Where: In person at Sinai Temple (Instructor will teach via zoom). Zoom option for participants upon request. Cost: $360 Per Student Teacher: Rabbinic Intern Lilli Shvartsmann (with Participation from Sinai clergy) Lilli, a Los Angeles native, is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Beth El…

Learn the liturgy of Shabbat, the history of the prayers, how to read Hebrew and how to read from the Torah. Join this class-no experience necessary and have an adult B’nai mitzvah at the conclusion of the year. When: Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm Where: In person at Sinai Temple (Instructor will teach via zoom). Zoom option for participants upon request. Cost: $360 Per Student Teacher: Rabbinic Intern Lilli Shvartsmann (with Participation from Sinai clergy) Lilli, a Los Angeles native, is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Beth El…

Join us on Thursday, May 4 at 5:00pm in Barad Hall at Sinai Temple as we bake, learn and celebrate this timeless Jewish tradition. Learn the art of challah baking and make your own challah to take home to enjoy for Shabbat. This event features Sara Aftergood, Rana Werber Lustyan, and Rabbi Nicole Guzik. Cost is $50 per person which includes dinner, supplies and an apron. Ages 10 and up are invited to join. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Every attendee must pre-purchase a ticket as space is limited! Please register here.

Join us as we honor KEEN athlete Michael "Mikey" Reyes, a dear KEEN member who passed away in 2022. In his honor, Sinai Temple families, in conjunction with KEEN members, will be walking to remember and celebrate his spirit and beautiful smile. Following the walk, we will have snacks and a mixer to meet and greet new friends and old.  Attendance is free but please bring a donation for our Mother's Day Bags to attend the event. This can include items such as 50 individualized packets of dried fruit, 50 tea bags, etc. To register for the event, please go here.

Once a month on a Wednesday night, ROCK OUT with other Sinai Temple families and members for a night of interactive learning. Dinner will always be included! For this ROCK WEDNESDAY, join us from 6-8pm to learn both Ashkenazi and Sfaradi recipes for Shavuot! We will have special guest Chef Danny Corsun of Culinary Judaics Academy. This event is completely free, but please register here. Donations are appreciated but not mandatory. Questions regarding the event, please email Rabbi Avi Taff at ataff@sinaitemple.org.

Learn the liturgy of Shabbat, the history of the prayers, how to read Hebrew and how to read from the Torah. Join this class-no experience necessary and have an adult B’nai mitzvah at the conclusion of the year. When: Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm Where: In person at Sinai Temple (Instructor will teach via zoom). Zoom option for participants upon request. Cost: $360 Per Student Teacher: Rabbinic Intern Lilli Shvartsmann (with Participation from Sinai clergy) Lilli, a Los Angeles native, is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Beth El…

Join Rabbi Nicole Guzik and the women of Sinai Temple in Elikann Hall on Wednesday, May 17 from 12pm-1pm for a special Torah study! Please bring your own light dairy lunch. While the talk is completely free, please register for the event here.

The Men's Club Presents: A discussion with Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner. Please come and join this powerful and touching discussion on how Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner grows his Judaism and saves a life! You’ll enjoy learning valuable lessons from his amazing experience. Learn more about the discussion HERE. All are welcome to join on May 17 at 6:30pm in the Kohn Chapel! Dinner is served after the discussion. While the event is completely free, a $18 donation is greatly appreciated and can be done here. Please register for the event, here. 

This is an original work by SFVMC's composer in residence, Sergio Barer. It describes the medieval clash of Christianity and Judaism, with the resulting persecution of the Jewish people. It explores the work of Theodore Herzl, the visionary who pursued the rebirth of a Jewish State in the Middle East, imagining it, describing it, and lobbying for it with the German Kaiser, the Turkish Sultan, and other leaders. Finally it details the story of the pioneers that settled in Israel from European and Arab countries to form a Jewish State, declaring its independence in 1948. This amazing performance features our…

Learn the liturgy of Shabbat, the history of the prayers, how to read Hebrew and how to read from the Torah. Join this class-no experience necessary and have an adult B’nai mitzvah at the conclusion of the year. When: Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm Where: In person at Sinai Temple (Instructor will teach via zoom). Zoom option for participants upon request. Cost: $360 Per Student Teacher: Rabbinic Intern Lilli Shvartsmann (with Participation from Sinai clergy) Lilli, a Los Angeles native, is a fourth year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lilli works as a rabbinic intern at Congregation Beth El…

Come join us on Thursday, May 25th from 7-9pm in the Kohn Chapel.   Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller recently celebrated his fortieth year of working with students and faculty as the Executive Director of the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA. He is currently Director Emeritus. Rabbi Seidler-Feller will lead a discussion that constitutes a personal effort at articulating a meaningful notion of God that is spiritually fulfilling, intellectually uncompromising and morally compelling. The search ranges across the Jewish tradition from the fundamentals of Biblical monotheism to Maimonides’ rationalism and onto Hasidic mysticism. The result is a contemporary notion…