COVID Update: Masks are required for everyone in the Temple building. We strongly urge everyone eligible for COVID vaccines to be vaccinated immediately as the best way to protect everyone's health. For our Chanukah Dinner on December 3, proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID test will be required for everyone. See the COVID-19 Update page for more information on the pandemic and the congregation's response.

Kosher Senior Café
Temple Sinai is a host site for Jewish Collaborative Services of Rhode Island's Kosher Senior Café. The program, offers kosher meals and socializing for older adults and those with physical disabilities. Meals are served at Temple Sinai each Friday. ​Reservations are required two days in advance for meals, and there is a suggested donation of $3 per meal. There is no charge for scheduled social activities. Check out the JCS website for a link to a monthly calendar of programs and menus. To make a reservation, contact Neal Drobnis at neal@jfsri.org or 401-421-4111, ext. 107. 

Raymond Buttero Zoom Concerts
​​Temple Sinai's keyboard accompanist Raymond Buttero offers piano concerts on Zoom on Fridays at 3PM.

Shabbat Evening Service
Our Shabbat services are every Friday night at 6PM in the Sanctuary. Join us in song, prayer and reflection in-person or on Zoom.

Shabbat Morning Breakfast & Torah Study
For more than forty years, Temple Sinai has had a weekly breakfast and Torah study on Shabbat morning. Every Saturday at 9:30 AM, a crew of volunteers prepare and serve the scrambled eggs, french toast and creamy oatmeal for all comers. Then, we really get cooking with study of the weekly Torah portion led by Rabbi Goldwasser or others in our community. Join us in-person or on Zoom.

Religious School
Our Religious School for grades K-7 is meeting in person on Sunday mornings, starting at 9:30 AM. Our focus is on creating fun and meaningful experiences for our students that help them feel connected to and included in Jewish learning, culture, history and wisdom. Starting in 3rd grade, we give our students basic instruction in Hebrew to participate in Jewish worship. Our next meeting is Sunday, December 12.

Sandwiches at Sinai
It's back! We are making sandwiches for the hungry once a month again! On Sunday, December 12, at 10AM, join us to make sandwiches and brown-bag meals for Project Hand Up, a West Warwick organization that distributes meals to low-income families and individuals who are food insecure. Join us for an hour of fun as we assemble sandwiches and make a difference against hunger. Contact Elaine Land to let her know you are coming and if you would like to volunteer to purchase supplies (paid by the Temple) or coordinate one of our monthly events.

People of the Book
Let’s start the New Year right with a 2022 Temple Sinai Book Group! We will meet one Sunday a month from January-December to discuss books suggested by our group members. Any book is welcomed, so long as the linking theme is Jewish. Examples might include Defending Britta Stein, Aimée and Jaguar, The Book of Separation, As a Driven Leaf, A Horse Walks into a Bar, Suddenly, A Knock on the Door, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Let it Be Morning, Night, The Notorious RBG, My Promised Land and so on and on! We will initially meet over Zoom for an hour, but as the weather warms, we can move outside to the Temple Sinai garden with refreshments. There will be a meet-and-greet on Zoom on December 19 at 7:00 PM to select the year’s books and plan our schedule.

Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil
Join us at the Rhode Island State House on January 4 at 3PM with members of Rhode Island faith communities for the first 2022 session of the General Assembly to remind our elected officials of their responsibility to those living in poverty. Every year, our Vigil provides inspiration and encouragement to our elected officials that together we can improve the lives of all Rhode Islanders and reduce poverty in our state. At the Vigil, you will hear the Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty's platform for legislative action for the 2022 calendar year as well as a powerful lineup of speakers from faith leaders to legislators.

Click here for recordings of past events

Worship

The best way for you to get to know us is to attend a Shabbat service on any Friday night or Saturday morning. Our worship is joyful, spiritual, and musical. Check our calendar for service times. Our Friday services are often followed by an Oneg reception. We celebrate lifecycle events like b'nei mitzvah with excitement and fun. Our holidays are a time of meaning and broad participation. We're saving a seat for you.

Learning

All of us, children and adults, learn in education programs centered on Judaism as a personal living experience. Your child can enter our Religious School as early as Kindergarten. Our students celebrate become b'nei mitzvah at age 13. Tenth graders learn in our Confirmation class. Come to our breakfast and lively adult Torah study before the morning service every Saturday morning.

Community

As a newcomer to Temple Sinai, you will be warmly welcomed. Our Sisterhood and Brotherhood sponsor congregational gatherings, like the Onegs that follow many evening services. You are welcome to join our volunteer chorus, Shireinu, which sings at Shabbat services on special occasions. 

Clergy

In 2014, the congregation welcomed Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser. Rabbi Jeff is our spiritual leader, our counselor, and our friend. Cantor Deborah Johnson joined us in 2016. Her beautiful voice and exuberance fill our sanctuary with joy.

Social Action

We make the wisdom of Judaism relevant to the world today by taking action on current issues. We encourage you to join our "Prayer is Not Enough" network to receive action alerts on issues in Rhode Island and the world.

Membership

Judaism is not a spectator sport. To be a Jew is to be part of a Jewish community. When you join Temple Sinai you become part of a warm and vibrant community – and you become a member of our Temple family.