Temple Sinai Duplicate Bridge Club

Temple Sinai is home to one of the largest, busiest and friendliest Duplicate Bridge Clubs in the area.  Our Directors, Roberta Birdt and Vince Falletta, run duplicate games every day except Shabbat and Jewish holidays, and offer regular classes at the beginner and intermediate levels, and occasional seminars on advanced topics. 

All Temple Sinai Duplicate Games are ACBL-sanctioned, Open, Stratified Pairs, and non-smoking.   The second Sunday of each month is a Swiss Team game.  On Monday and Friday, when there are enough tables, we run a "Fast Game" section (27 boards in the same time as the other sections play 24; please do NOT ask to play in this section if you are a beginner, are new to duplicate, or like to take lots of time to think about your play).

Game times: Monday-Thursday at 12:30 PM, Friday at 12:15 PM, Sunday at 1 PM, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 PM.  Your daytime entry fee of $8 includes a great light lunch, so come early!  On Sunday, the Big Brunch starts at noon — and Bloody Marys are included!   Entry fee for Tuesday night is still only $5 and for the Sunday "Big Brunch", it is $8.

Click this link for more information: Website for the Bridge Club

Email for the Bridge Club: vinsro@aol.com

Special phone number for the Bridge Club (561) 276-8071: for reservations, if you need a partner or a team - message machine, no call-back (unless we think it needs one).

  Shabbat Dinners

At Temple Sinai we truly enjoy getting together for Shabbat Dinners preceding our Friday night services. There are usually at least two Shabbat Dinners during the year. Themes for these dinners range from an informal Blue Jeans Barbecue to a traditional served meal where we honor and gently roast a deserving member. These dinners are well-attended by all factions of our congregation. Non-members are also encouraged to come, as we feel they can truly get an understanding of The Magic of Temple Sinai by sitting down to a Shabbat meal with us.

Often Shabbat Dinners are scheduled for the same night as our monthly intergenerational service, which features our religious school children and their families.

Dinners can be attended by advance reservation only. Flyers for upcoming dinners are available in the Information Center in our our lobby, in the Tablet (our monthly newsletter), on this website, or by calling the Temple office at 561-276-6161. Please come join us.

Tot Shabbat

The Tot Shabbat Community Invites Tots, siblings, family and friends!

Join us for a short interactive Shabbat experience the first Saturday of each month at 10 AM through May. We'll celebrate the day of rest. Songs, stories and being blessed. Activities, fun! A light lunch.  As one of the Tot-Shabbat bunch we can hardly wait to see you! Tot Shabbat is coming soon. Enjoying friends, invite one too.

Cantor's Concert

Each year on a Sunday afternoon, our Cantor puts on a "Cantor's Concert" in Finkelstein Hall at Temple Sinai.  All proceeds benefit the Temple.  This is a fantastic opportunity to hear our beloved, multi-talented singer perform in the venue of popular music, jazz, rock, Yiddish music, classical or opera.  It's a fabulously fun afternoon for all of us!

  Annual Dinner Dance & Silent Auction   

One of the social highlights of the year for Temple Sinai members and friends is the Annual Dinner Dance and Silent Auction. 

Click here to see the details of this year's Dinner Dance, honoring Congressman Robert Wexler, on Saturday evening, February 16, 2008.

Click on links below to Become a Dinner Dance Sponsor:

• Dinner Dance Sponsorship Proposal
• Journal Ad Form
• Silent Auction Request Letter

 To pay online, click here

  Entertainment

Temple Sinai Entertainment is FABULOUS!   These events are sponsored by the Brotherhood.  Click on a link for more information.

Shows are finished for this year.  Stay tuned!

Tickets are $16 per show and a discount is offered for 3 or more shows.  Tickets are available at Friday night Onegs, from the Temple Office, or from Dick Herman.  Brotherhood members are entitled to a 50% discount per show.

Singles and Mingles Dance

• First and Third Wednesdays, 8 - 10:30 PM
• Free Dance Lessons 7:30 - 8 PM
• Coffee and Cake Served at 9 PM
• Held in Temple Sinai Ballroom
• Hosted by the Brotherhood

Click on this link to read about our Daily Pre-School for children Aged 2 through Pre-K.

This year we added a new Special Event - a Pre-School Talent Show, open to our community.

Musical Mommy & Me

This is our "Pre-Pre-School" - we start 'em young!  A daytime play group for tots and their parents.  Click here for flyer.

Rosh Chodesh

It is written in the Talmud that “All who greet the new moon in its time are as if they greeted the face of the Shekhinah.” Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Friends, Join us for the Sisterhood Sacred Circle Rosh Chodesh New Moon Celebrations. Join us the first Wednesday of each month.

This group is led by Sheila Firestone and various members who wish to share their knowledge and insights into Jewish Women and their needs.  There is no fee to Sisterhood members except for special events.  You can become a member of Sisterhood for $25.00 a year (for one year even if not a Temple Member).   Guest fee is $5.00 per meeting.   Please join us.  For more information call Sheila Firestone (561)391-4826 or sheilasong@mac.com, or Delores Cowen sisterhood@templesinaipbc.org.

Would you like to learn the once-secret Israeli army commando training technique, Krav Maga? Taught by member Rich Felsher who is Israeli certified as a Krav Maga Instructor.

First Lesson Free.  Most Tuesday and Thursday's at 7:30 PM. Contact the Temple Office for reservations or email Rich richfelsher@comcast.net

Click here for current flyer with description and schedule.

Click here to see an article in the Palm Beach Jewish Journal South on Krav Maga at Temple Sinai.

   Diet Masters

Diet Masters is an ongoing program available at Temple Sinai every Friday at 10:30 A.M. Visitors are welcome for one introductory meeting. Diet Masters originated in Palm Beach County in 1971 and is not a national company. Members relate to the informative and enjoyable way the meetings are conducted, and are successful in their weight loss and management. Feature stories describing the Diet Masters plan and how simple it is to follow have appeared in the Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald and most recently, the Palm Beach Post. Each meeting includes a private weigh-in, encouragement and hints about diet friendly foods in their supermarkets that keep members up to date with the newest trends.

Diet Masters does not sell products. The fee is $77 for 10 weeks and only $72 for the next 10 week session if members rejoin on the 11th week. They also have the option of paying weekly, with an initial fee of $29, which includes registration and the first weeks fee, and $8 a week thereafter. There is no charge during vacations, hospitalization or religious holidays. A free maintenance program is also available. For information call Louise Lawhon, director of Diet Masters: 561-585-0373

Trim Club

The Trim Weight Control Program, a nutritionally based, nationally recognized weight loss program, is being made available at Temple Sinai. The class, which last approximately one hour, meets every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Anyone may visit a class without obligation.

The Trim Program has received Consumer Guide's highest rating for safety and effectiveness, and has been featured in numerous national media such as Woman's Day Magazine and on the NBC Today Show. The Trim Program involves no menu planning, no calorie counting, no measuring foods, no pills or supplements, no special foods or carb counting. The Trim Program, for use by both men and women, is tailored to each individual, and takes into account medical and other special needs.

The Program includes the weekly Class sessions, use of the unique Trim Menu Plans, and other specially designed Trim materials. Fees for the Trim Program are : Initial 6 weeks, $97.50; Each additional 6 weeks, $69.50; "Slim" Maintenance Program Fee, $55.00. For more than 40 years, the Trim Program has helped thousands to successfully lose weight. This is an on-going Program here at Temple Sinai. For further information about the Trim Program contact the local Trim Program Office at 561-842-9411.

Travel    

We took a Community trip to Israel in June 2006.  Click on this link to see a report from the organizer, Michelle, which appeared in the Tablet.   Click on this link to see a photo gallery from those provided by Marj Aaron.