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WELCOME TO THE STAFFKARYN HANSENASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLKaryn joins us as the newly appointed Assistant Director of Religious School, whereshe is new to the staff but a 16 year veteran of the Temple Sinai community. Karynis originally from Cleveland, Ohio where she met her husband, Andrew. Chloe (19)was born in Ohio, they moved to New Jersey and had Madison (17) and then landedin Colorado where they completed the trifecta with Cooper (16). They also have arescue pup, Ike, who likes to keep an eye on everyone.Karyn is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio with a degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. She also holdsa Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from Wright State University. Karyn’s career had her in DaytonPublic Schools for 5 years as a Speech Pathologist and then in Parma City Schools for 12 years as an ItinerantPreschool Special Ed Teacher.Karyn’s greatest joy has been raising her three children and participating in their education by volunteering asa room parent, Battle of the Books Coach and just about everything else she could find to stay involved in theschool environment and the growth and success of her kiddos – including teaching 1st grade and substitutingfor years at Sinai’s Religious School!Karyn joins us with excitement and a wonderful vision for an engaging, exciting and cohesive Religious Schoolcommunity that meets the needs of our children and families. Welcome, Karyn!LEAH GOLDBERGDIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMINGThe Springboard Fellowship took Leah to The University of Cincinnati Hillel, where she spent two years buildingrelationships with hundreds of Jewish students across campus, leading meaningful discussions, and organizinginnovative and educational programming for Jewish college students.Leah is delighted to be back working in the Jewish community and utilizing her previous experiences in the roleof Director of Programming here at Temple Sinai.Sinai news 6Leah Goldberg is thrilled to combine her passion for Jewish education andoutdoor adventure in her role as the Director of Programming at Temple Sinai.Originally from Boston, MA, Leah graduated from the University of Vermont in2018 with a B.S. in Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Hit by the “travel bug”earlyon, Leah worked for a student travel company based in Rome, Italy right out ofcollege, selling trips across Europe to study abroad participants. Her love forworking with college students propelled her to apply for Hillel’s SpringboardFellowship.

SINAI SPOTLIGHT:WOMEN’S PROGRAMMING IS TAKING OFF!WRITTEN BY: TERRI TILLISSMeet the two dynamic co-chairs of the newly revived women’s programming initiative that has launchedat Temple Sinai. These charismatic women, Melanie Salniker and Giulia (pronounced like Julia) BrighiDonato, along with their committee, have the goal of deepening the community among the women ofTemple Sinai. They believe that participating in enjoyable activities and sharing time together will helpcreate a stronger sense of community. Their vision is quite different from the "Sisterhood Organization"that some Temple Sinai members remember from the past when these women’s groups focused onsupporting the synagogue through traditional women’s roles such as cooking and planning events forchildren and families.In contrast, the new Temple Sinai initiative celebrates the community of women in their own rightand on their own terms! There is not yet an official name for this programming initiative but watch forannouncement of a new name soon. The goal is to provide a variety of activities on different days andtimes to be inclusive of the age groups and life-course of all the women of Temple Sinai. The focus is onfriendly inclusivity, and both Melanie and Giulia encourage ‘coming by yourself’ as that is the best way tomeet others. There is no need for ‘membership’ in the group. Come when you can!GETTING TO KNOW MELANIE SALNIKER:Melanie and her husband, Paul, have been Temple members for five years, aftermoving to Denver from Massachusetts. They specifically chose Denver becausethey saw it as a great place to raise their six year-old daughter, Maya. Melanie saysshe feels blessed to work full-time at Denver Jewish Day School where she teachesMath and works in the Learning Resource Center. She loves being a teacher, whichfollows her previous career as an attorney. She especially enjoys the interactionswith the community of teachers and students at DJDS.ALL ABOUT GIULIA BRIGHI DONATO:After growing up in Genova, Italy, Giulia came to the U.S. for college at Arizona StateUniversity where she met her husband, Aaron. Guilia attended graduate school tobecome a nurse practitioner and opened her own family practice one year ago- ApexFamily Practice in the Stroh Ranch area of Parker. The practice has grown quitesuccessfully in the past year. Giulia, Aaron and their three children (ages 12, 10 and5) live in Franktown. Like the Salnikers, they primarily chose Denver as a wonderfulplace to raise children. The Donato family has beenTemple Sinai members for 4 years.Melanie and Giulia encourage others to offer ideas for programming. They add that if you have a talent or haveaccess to an interesting activity, please let them know as they are fully open to suggestions. Temple Sinai thanksthese two busy women for their enthusiasm and their efforts in creating a close-knit community among TempleSinai women. They'd also like to share a special acknowledgment to Rabbi Susan Rheins for her leadership in thisre-birth of women’s programming at Temple Sinai.Sinai news 7To date, the FUN women’s programming events have included an evening of Israeli dancing and socializing, aconcert in Greenwood Village and a tour of the Highlands Mansion with lunch in Highlands Ranch.

HIGH HOLY DAYS 5783HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICESWe look forward to seeing you at Temple Sinai for the High Holy Days! The following pages contain helpfulinformation on tickets, services, and schedule. For more information, please visitwww.sinaidenver.org/high-holy-days. If you have any questions, please contact us at 303-759-1827.High Holy Days tickets will be mailed the week of September 12 to members in good standing. Therefore, alldues and tuition must be current as of July 1, 2022. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Lisa Thorner,Executive Director by calling the office or emailing to lisa@sinaidenver.org.PLEASE BRING YOUR TICKETS TO SERVICESAll members of Temple Sinai must present their ticketsto our ushers on the day of each service. For securitypurposes, tickets are required for admittance. If youmisplace your tickets, a photo ID will be required for entry.TEMPLE SINAI WELCOMES GUESTS TO OUR COMMUNITYThose not affiliated with our Temple may purchasetickets on the Temple Sinai website. Tickets prices forthis year are 180 per non-member for both servicesand 90 per non-member for either Rosh Hashanahor Yom Kippur services.Members of Temple Sinai may purchase guest ticketsfor 90 per person for both services or 45 per personfor either Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur services.HIGH HOLY DAYS USHERINGAll individuals are welcome to volunteer as an usher! Itis so rewarding to welcome and help our members asthey enter our services. It’s easy to do! We need helpwith greeting, handing out prayer books, and helpingguests to their seats. We ask that ushers please arrive 30minutes prior to the start of the service for which you arevolunteering. Ushers may save seats for themselves andtheir immediate family, in addition to receiving reservedparking. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin theyear with a mitzvah for the Temple and our members.Please sign up online for the services you would like tovolunteer ersSECURITYAs always, the Temple will be under constant policesurveillance and private security during this time. DenverPolice officers continually observe the premises andmonitor the various gathering places and worship spacesof the Temple. All bags will be checked when enteringthe building. We ask that you report any suspiciouspackages and/or individuals to any of the Police officers,private security, Temple Clergy or Staff. The safety andsecurity of our congregants and guests is always ourMembers of the Armed Services and college students highest priority.may receive complimentary tickets with a valid ID.Guests who are members of an out of town Reformcongregation may request seats at our services by havinga Courtesy Seat Request form or Letter of Reciprocity fortheir congregation sent to Temple Sinai. These requestsmust be received no later than September 19. Formscan be faxed to 303-759-2519 or emailed toLauren Bubis at lauren@sinaidenver.org.Sinai news 8LISTENING DEVICESIf you have a financial need, please contact Lisa ThornerTemple Sinai has Assisted Listening Devices for thosefor assistance with your High Holy Days service tickets.who are hard of hearing. If you would like to use one ofthese devices, please see a staff member or usher whenAll services will be streamed. You can view services onlineyou arrive for services and they will help get you or yourvia our website or on the Temple Sinai Facebook page.loved one situated.Once a service is finished, it will be available to watchagain from the beginning. Livestream on the acebook: https://www.facebook.com/SinaiDenver

PARKING FOR IN-PERSON SERVICESParking is available on the streets around our campus.For those who need handicapped parking, please callLauren Bubis at 303-759-1827. We will place you on our"reserved parking" list and provide you with a specialpass. A portion of our parking lot is available on a firstcome, first served basis.HIGH HOLY DAYS FOOD, DIAPER, AND CLOTHING DRIVETemple Sinai will once again be collecting non-perishablefood for the Weinberg Food Pantry. Please take home apaper bag on Rosh Hashanah and bring it back to Templeon Yom Kippur - filled with non-perishable food items.We also are collecting NEW children’s socks, underwear,and pajamas for SafeHouse battered women’s shelter.We will have containers for these items in the lobby.As we prepare for the New Year filled with health andhappiness, let us remember the wise words of Sir MosesMontefiore who said: "We are worth what we are willingto share with others.”MACHZORIM (HIGH HOLY DAYS PRAYER BOOKS)Temple Sinai will use our High Holy Days machzor,Mishkan HaNefesh. The Temple has a limited supplyof Machzorim, so we encourage you to purchase yourown set. If you would like to purchase a set from theTemple, the cost is 50. You can purchase your setonline: and-prayerbooks or by calling the Temple office.DONATIONS FOR DIGNITYLast year, Donations For Dignity and Jewish Family Service, together with the Jewish community, provided 80,000diapers and 6,000 months of period products for the JFS Weinberg Pantry!Donations For Dignity is honored to partner with the Jewish Family Service High Holiday Food Donation Drivefor the 2nd year. This year we are asking for financial support and/or donation of products to help bring thesecritically necessary hygiene products to the Weinberg Food Pantry.The JFS Weinberg Food Pantry needs the basic hygiene essentials including toilet paper, soap, shampoo,toothbrushes, toothpaste, diapers, wipes, and feminine hygiene products.Look for the Donations For Dignity pink barrels (at Temple Sinai!) to donate products or scan the QR code tofinancially donate.Your financial donation will be generously matched dollar for dollar up to 18,000 by the Cushman Neal Familyand their Donations For Dignity initiative.Sinai news 9Please join us in creating a Community Free From Need!

RABBI RICK RHEINSNO FEAR OF FAILUREIn the classic film “On the Waterfront,” Marlon Brando played Terry Malloy, a dockworker whogave up his dream of being a champion boxer. He cried "I coulda been a contender!" His anguishmoved us - it still touches us - because we have felt it too.Failure can feel like a life-sentence, a negative judgement on our self-esteem and worth. Butfailure is not an indictment of our character; failure is simply a part of life. In the Book of Proverbswe read:Seven times the righteous person falls and rises up again, while the wicked stumble andare stopped from one misfortune. (Proverbs 24:16)Failure is a common human experience. We try, we strive, we give it our best shot, and we do soknowing that not all of our efforts will be successful. And yet, we only really “fail” when we ignorethe lessons of that experience.JK Rowling is the extraordinarily successful author of the Harry Potter books, but she, too, is nostranger to failure. In the commencement address she gave at Harvard University in 2008, shelisted some of her greatest setbacks, but she did not dwell on her failures for pity. Rather, sheshared them as experiences that taught her valuable lessons. She said:Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned in no other way. I discoveredthat I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that Ihad friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies. . . You will never truly knowyourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the manwho is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; whostrives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effortwithout error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knowsgreat enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who atthe best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if hefails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those coldand timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.clergy 10Perhaps the greatest hurdle to overcoming the fear of failure is having to deal with the imaginedcomments of those who will mock us and gleefully point out our defeat. So let us heed thecomments of Teddy Roosevelt who said the following about those who have relentless commentsabout another’s failure:

As we enter the New Year 5783, we reflect on the times we have failed. At the Selichot service justbefore Rosh HaShanah and throughout Yom Kippur we recite litanies of failures: “Al Chet she’chatanul’fanekha, For the ways we have wronged You . . .” The purpose of the vidui, the confession of sinsand failures, is not to condemn or punish ourselves. The purpose of acknowledging our failuresis to learn from them.We have been through so much over the past few years. The global pandemic afflicted millions,forced us into isolation, caused widespread fear, wreaked havoc on relationships, destroyedbusinesses, strained careers, and suppressed students. And yet, we continue to get back up andbuild again. We have learned invaluable lessons about ourselves and our community. Numberone is that most of us refuse to quit. Failure and disappointment have not defeated us.Now is the time to renew our faith and strengthen the bonds with our people. Yes, this New Yearwill also have challenges. There still will be disappointments. But we are stronger now. We aremore determined than ever to taste the sweet blessings of God’s gift of life with a fresh senseof appreciation.Susan, Joshua, Sam, and Jakob join me in wishing you and your loved ones a sweet New Year5783 filled with God’s blessings of good health, happiness and prosperity.INTERESTED IN BECOMING JEWISH OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT JUDAISM?SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM COURSE!The Rocky Mountain Rabbis and Cantors (RMRC) offers a nationally renowned 28-week Introduction toJudaism (ITJ) course.This program is taught by Rabbis and Cantors from the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, andModern Orthodox movements. Many of you know that ITJ is a cornerstone of the Denver Jewish community’sconversion program. In fact, ours is one of the few in the country in which clergy from all the respectiveJewish movements participate. But ITJ is not just for those interested in converting to Judaism. A greatnumber of the ITJ students are Jews who simply want to take advantage of the fabulous classes in orderto discover or rediscover the richness of Jewish thought, practice and history.clergy 11There is a modest fee for the course, but some scholarships are available. If you are interested in takingthe class, please call either Rabbi Rick Rheins or Rabbi Jordy Callman at Temple Sinai.

PREPARING FOR THE JEWISH NEW YEARSELICHOT PROGRAM AND SERVICE:SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 7:00 PM AT TEMPLE SINAIThe New Year holds such promise and potential. Each of us has the opportunity to start fresh and bring the best ofour values and character to shine. The High Holy Days have proven over the past 3,500 years to be extraordinarilyimportant to help us reflect, repent, learn, and grow. The Selichot program and service (traditionally held onthe Saturday evening that is at least 3 days before Rosh HaShanah) help us to prepare ourselves emotionally,intellectually, and spiritually for a transformative experience during the High Holy Days.This year Selichot is on Saturday evening, September 17. The program will focus on the themes and message ofthe High Holy Days music. This will be a fabulous opportunity to hear our new Choir under the Directorship ofLeah Hamilton and our new Cantorial Soloist, Ruthie Lipshulch.After the program we will join together for a meaningful Selichot service which concludes with the sounding ofthe shofar and the dressing of our Torah scrolls in their High Holy Days white covers.The Selichot program and service are open to all and free to all. Please invite your friends to join us!2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE AND DISCUSSION!clergy 12TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 10:00 AMEach year, hundreds of Temple Sinai members and friends attend the wonderful 2nd Day Rosh HaShanahservice at Temple Sinai. It’s a warm, heimische gathering that is spiritual, friendly and meaningful.

TEMPLE SINAI CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICESSUNDAY, OCTOBER 2On the days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, many observe the tradition of visiting thegravesites of deceased loved ones. Since we have members buried at several different cemeteries,memorial services will be held as follows:Rose Hill Cemetery at 10:00 AM with Rabbi RheinsFairmount Cemetery, 10:00 AM with Rabbi CallmanMount Nebo Cemetery, 11:30 AM with Rabbi RheinsNo reservations are required for the memorial services.We have created memorial prayer booklets which will be available upon request for all who would like tovisit a gravesite at a different cemetery or who cannot make the services. Please call the Temple officeto request the booklets.YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN SUKKAH!It is easier (and less expensive) than ever for those interested in building their own sukkah. The SukkahProject produces very affordable kits for making a family sukkah AND it is owned and operated in GrandJunction, Colorado! These popular kits go up in about 2 hours and will provide a real sukkah for yourfamily and friends to enjoy throughout the Festival of Sukkot.It is a fun tradition to visit each other during Sukkot, to raise the etrog, shake the lulav, and share a mealin the splendor of a sukkah. For more information, visit www.sukkot.com or call 844-478-5568 between8 AM and 10 PM (except Shabbat: Friday sundown to Saturday sundown).clergy 13This is also a good time to order an etrog and lulav set. You can surf on the web for a set.

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and prosperous New Year! Sinai news 5. Sinai news 6 WELCOME TO THE STAFF KARYN HANSEN . Battle of the Books Coach and just about everything else she could find to stay involved in the school environment and the growth and success of her kiddos - including teaching 1st grade and substituting