Membership Pledge 2024
Membership Pledge 2024
What an extraordinary year of ACCOMPLISHMENTS & CREATIVITY we’ve had at Temple Sinai, and it’s all thanks to OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY & SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS.
THANK YOU for making your 2024–25 MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE!
Consider HOW Temple Sinai MAKES A DIFFERENCE:
- We welcomed 48 new member households.
- Our Clergy are prominent leaders in the Pittsburgh Jewish community and continue to lead our congregation with warmth, knowledge, and compassion.
- Tot Shabbat attendance increased by 400% — bringing together many new
- families in the spirit of Shabbat and community.
- NextDOR enrollment continues to increase each year and has far surpassed pre-COVID levels.
- Our students have benefited from attending grade level retreats and leading Shabbat services.
- Teens have benefited from social justice experiences in Washington, D.C. where they lobbied legislators on Capitol Hill and the Deep South where they learned about Civil Rights history and racial justice.
- Young Adult (NextGEN) attendance and participation grew by 200%.
- Brotherhood and Women of Temple Sinai (WoTS) continue to sponsor monthly social,
- educational, and cultural events such as our Passover Fair, Women’s Seder, and Kugel Cook Off.
- Our vegetable garden volunteers grew more than 300 pounds of food which was donated to the JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry to help those who are food challenged.
- We created three new funds to support disability inclusion, the creative arts, and music.
- Volunteers continue to cook meals and treats for our Caring Freezer, Onegs, and Shabbat Dinners.
- Our Refugee Resettlement Committee has settled four families.
- Our Tikkun Olam team wrote the most letters in Pennsylvania Religious Action Committee’s (RAC-PA) campaign for gun violence prevention and were a leader in the group’s voter registration initiative.
- Our staff has completed training in CPR, “Run, Hide, Fight,” and “Stop the Bleed” and continues to make your security one of its highest priorities.
Considering HOW Temple Sinai MAKES A DIFFERENCE IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT WE ARE A MODEL SYNAGOGUE RECOGNIZED FOR our Clergy leadership, staff creativity and dedication, music, social action initiatives, disability and inclusivity awareness and actions, tot and young adult engagement, education, and much more!
Consider HOW your pledge MAKES A DIFFERENCE:
YOU PLAY A KEY ROLE in creating this vibrant and engaged congregation through your annual Pledge. Your continued support and participation are directly connected to our ability to offer an enriching synagogue life that truly embodies our mission of inspiration, innovation,
and inclusion.
In today’s dynamic world, Temple Sinai provides a safe and caring place for spiritual respite and social engagement. Your generous annual pledge ensures that Temple Sinai can continue to serve and uplift our congregational community.
Wed, June 11 2025
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An IMPORTANT NOTE for your 2024–25 Pledge:
Hourly security rates and the number of required security hours have increased by more than 25%. To help cover the increased cost of providing a safe and secure environment for our congregation, we are raising the Security Assessment to $150 per year. We appreciate your understanding and support of the continued safety and security of our Jewish home.
Contact Us
Temple Sinai
5505 Forbes Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Upcoming Events
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Wednesday ,
JunJune 11 , 2025Evening Meditation with Rhonda Rosen (online; onsite 1st Wed of month)
Wednesday, Jun 11th 6:00p to 7:30p
Members of this group have a full range of experience, from beginning meditators to those with a mature daily practice. We work on cultivating the skills of mindfulness, concentration, and absorption in silence. Contact Rhonda Rosen at rhonda.k.rosen@gmail.com for the Zoom link. -
Thursday ,
JunJune 12 , 2025Volunteering for EECM Dinner (offsite)
Thursday, Jun 12th 6:45p to 8:30p
Help us fulfill Tikkun Olam at the EECM Community House on the 2nd Thursday of each month. -
Friday ,
JunJune 13 , 2025Kabbalat Shabbat Service at Rodef Shalom Congregation (offsite)
Friday, Jun 13th 5:30p to 6:45p
We'll join our friends at Rodef Shalom to celebrate the retirement of Rabbi Sharyn Henry. -
Saturday ,
JunJune 14 , 2025Torah Study at Rodef Shalom Congregation (offsite)
Shabbat, Jun 14th 8:45a to 9:45a
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Saturday ,
JunJune 14 , 2025Shabbat Morning Musical Service in the Round at Rodef Shalom Congregation (offsite)
Shabbat, Jun 14th 10:00a to 11:00a
Shabbat Times
This week's Torah portion is Parashat B'haalot'cha
Shabbat, Jun 14 |
Fast of Tammuz
Sunday, Jul 13 |
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