Calendar
Upcoming Events
What’s Happening at Temple Sinai? Well, quite a bit!
You’ll find our upcoming events for the month in the calendar and below, and underneath the calendar are events with detail.
Click right on the event within the calendar to see details.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington. It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners. The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.
We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up. Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Security Awareness & Preparedness with CJP
Join us for an essential security training session to keep you informed and prepared. Learn best practices, safety protocols, and response strategies to enhance security.
Dinner will be provided.
About CJP:
Temple Sinai, in collaboration with Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), is committed to building a highly engaged, interconnected Jewish community. CJP invests in the care and well-being of our community, the stability and growth of our local organizations, and in research, innovation, and collaborations that make a meaningful impact locally, in Israel, and beyond.
As part of this work, CJP created the Communal Security Initiative (CSI) to provide no-cost, professional security advice, services, and resources to meet the safety and security needs of the community through educating, engaging, and empowering them. CSI also encourages other faith-based organizations to attend our training programs.
Featured Trainings: BeAware and De-Escalating Training
This 90-minute session offers a comprehensive training program developed specifically for faith-based institutions.
BeAware Situational Awareness Training improves situational awareness and provides the foundation for security training — benefiting personal and organizational security. Participants learn to recognize suspicious or potentially dangerous behavior and learn what actions to take — whether in synagogue, at school, or in everyday situations.
Topics covered:
Enhancing situational awareness
Identifying safety and security threats
Recognizing and reporting suspicious activity
Learning how to be an active participant in the safety of your community
De-escalation Training equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and techniques to defuse or reduce tension, hostility, or conflict and increase personal safety. This training is beneficial to volunteer greeters, synagogue staff, school staff, and anyone in a public-facing role.
Topics covered:
Identifying the initial indicators of escalating behaviors, both verbal and non-verbal
Demonstrating de-escalation best practices to include active listening, empathizing, verbal diffusion, de-escalation phrases, non-confrontational body language, and facial expressions
Developing techniques to manage personal emotions in challenging situations to maintain composure and clear thinking
Understanding how cultural and mental health sensitivity can help de-escalation efforts
This session includes a PowerPoint presentation, videos, and practice scenarios to reinforce central concepts.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Serve Dinner at Relay For Life with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah for a very special mitzvah. The Relay For Life is a fundraising event put on by the American Cancer Society to unite in the fight against cancer. One vital element of this event is a free dinner for Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers. Please join Chaverim & Knitzvah as they work with the Relay For Life Event Leadership Team to serve dinner to these heroes.
The dinner is being donated and provided by Papa Franks. Volunteers are needed to serve the meal and to bake cookies and cupcakes for dessert. Help setting up and cleaning up is also needed. The dinner begins at 5pm and ends at 6pm when the Survivors and Caregivers will lead the first lap of the Relay For Life event. Please come help out and then stay for the rest of the evening! There will be food, entertainment and moving ceremonies throughout the night.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington. It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners. The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.
We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up. Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Jewish Communities of Vermont Summit
Join Jewish Communities of Vermont (JCVT) for the 2026 Statewide Summit, a joyful statewide gathering bringing people together from across Vermont for a day of learning, creativity, and connection. Set against the beauty of Stowe, this will be our first in-person statewide Summit since 2019—and we’re excited to gather once again for a vibrant day rooted in Jewish culture, ideas, and community.
The Summit takes place at Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa and offers a full conference-style day designed for all ages and backgrounds. Explore engaging workshops, visit the artisans hall, enjoy a catered lunch, and wind down the day together with a campfire kumzitz (community singalong).
Our workshop lineup offers something for every interest—from Schtick! Why the Yiddish language is so funny, to the history of Jews in Vermont, the Jewish story behind the Great American Songbook, and explorations of earth-based Judaism and the rhythms of the Jewish calendar. You’ll also find sessions on Jewish creativity, interfaith family life, and Courageous Conversations, a space to explore diverse perspectives on Israel.
Families are warmly welcome, with children’s programming and activities throughout the day, making the Summit a place for everyone—from curious learners to lifelong community builders.
Come connect, learn, sing, and celebrate Jewish life in Vermont with friends old and new. We can’t wait to gather with you.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning. In person only this week.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington. It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners. The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.
We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up. Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Torah Study w/ Special Guest Yael Kanarek
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study - In Person Only
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Special Purim Torah Study- The Book of Esther
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington. It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners. The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.
We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up. Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Zoom Only Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
No Knitzvah Group
Knitzvah has been canceled today due to illness. Please join us next week!
Torah Study
Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.
POSTPONED Cook and Serve at Hope Lodge with Chaverim and Knitzvah
Join Chaverim and Knitzvah once a month in preparing a meal for 12-15 guests at the Hope Lodge in Burlington. It is a place where cancer patients and their families can stay while they undergo treatment if they live more than an hour away from the hospital. The stay is free to them and includes nightly communal dinners. The Hope Lodge increases access to vital health care as well as providing a community for support. It really is a special place that provides so much in a really challenging time.
We arrive at the Lodge at 5pm so that we can serve dinner at 6pm. Volunteers are encouraged to eat with the guests as well and then help with clean up. Everything usually wraps up around 7pm.
Would you like to help bring light and cheer to those in our community who need support? To sign up, please email deborah.leopold@templesinaivt.org.
Zoom only Torah Study
This Week on ZOOM ONLY. Join our engaging crew of learners. Wrestle with the texts of Torah and Hebrew Bible through the lens of our modern lives, using traditional and modern insights to probe layers of meaning.
Knitzvah Group
Please join us if you knit or crochet or want to learn.
Please BYOY--bring your yarn as well as your favorite beverage! We'll be knitting for charity as well as working on our own projects.