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Temple Sinai (Denver)

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Status
  
Active

Opened
  
1996

Affiliation
  
Reform Judaism

Website
  
sinaidenver.org

Phone
  
+1 303-759-1827

Architect
  
Curtis W. Fentress

Temple Sinai (Denver)

Location
  
3509 South Glencoe Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Leadership
  
Rabbi Richard S. Rheins Chazzan Bryan Zive Rabbi Keren Gorban Acting Executive Director Amy Becker President Neil Culbertson

Address
  
3509 S Glencoe St, Denver, CO 80237, USA

Similar
  
Temple Emanuel, Rocky Mountains, The Mizel Museum, Temple Israel Museum, Congregation B'nai Torah

Profiles

Temple Sinai is a Reform synagogue located at 3509 South Glencoe in Denver, Colorado.

Contents

History

It was started in 1967 by Rabbi Raymond A. Zwerin, who had been ordained three years prior at the Hebrew Union College.

The workbook Tzedakah, Gemilut Chasadim, and Ahavah: A Manual for World Repair (1990), by Joel Lurie Grishaver and Beth Huppin, was piloted at the synagogue.

In September 1995, more than 650 members of the synagogue spent a day removing graffiti in Denver, painting buildings, cooking pastries, repairing toys, scraping walls, and potting plants, in an effort to fulfill a mitzvah.

Services

It is a full-functioning synagogue with a religious school catering to preschoolers through confirmation students. Services are held every Friday night, Saturday morning, and on holidays. The synagogue has a pre-school.

Building

The synagogue has a large multicolored mural of children at play. The current building was built in 1996. In 2003, a meditation garden was constructed in 2003.

Recognition

In 2011, Temple Sinai received a $21,000 grant from the Rose Community Foundation for the integration of special-needs children into its religious school.

The temple's maintenance manual was featured in The Temple Management Manual (2003), by the National Association of Temple Administrators (U.S.), Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

References

Temple Sinai (Denver) Wikipedia