Making a Difference
My Experience on Temple Sinai’s Southern Border Trip
By Naomi Karp The headlines about the Southern border are dramatic: “Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Allowed in Temporarily” and “Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants” for example. ...
Annual Reports from 2024 Lipman Grant Recipients
The Davis Center awards annual social justice grants in honor of Rabbi Eugene J. Lipman who served as rabbi at Temple Sinai from 1961 until retiring in 1987. In awarding these social justice grants, we are focused on Jewish values for justice, equality, and a better...
Meadow Reproductive Health and Wellness: The Pinnacle of a Career in Reproductive Health
By Sara Imershein I have spent my life fighting for equality for women, and specifically for reproductive freedom. My first political action was in 1971, two years before Roe was decided. I organized my high school girlfriends to send a telegram to...
Lipman Grant Spotlight: DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
by Ilene Weinreich I was very pleased to learn that The Davis Center awarded DC Volunteer Lawyers Project (DCVLP) $1,500 from the Eugene Lipman Social Action Fund. Like most members of Temple Sinai, I feel a religious obligation to pursue justice and strive for a more...
DC Ballot Initiative 83: Improving DC Elections
by Nat Cohen One of the pillars of Temple Sinai’s social justice work is strengthening our democracy. The Get Out the Vote initiative of the Davis Center for Social Justice focuses on empowering voters of color and combatting voter suppression, particularly in...
What’s with the Green Bins? Temple Sinai is Composting!
By Robyn Miller-Tarnoff Next time you eat at the Temple, instead of tossing your leftover food, plate, fork and napkin in a garbage can, drop them in one of the new green composting bins - you’ll be doing a mitzvah! As part of our commitment to climate action and...
“If We Don’t Work, You Can’t Work”: The Pay Equity Fund
by Michelle Engelmann If we don’t workYou can’t workJustice for Early Education TeachersPay us what we deserve!Teachers create theFuture of the country!* *Seen on a protest sign at the Early Education...
Davis Center Supports First Faith-Based Gun Buyback in Montgomery County
by Steve Klitzman The Davis Center has donated $1000 to the first ever faith-based gun “buyback” in upper Montgomery County on April 20, 2024 in Germantown, MD. This section of the county has seen a recent uptick in gun violence. The buyback is being organized by the...
‘Don’t Get Sick. It’s Too Expensive’ – Temple Sinai campaigns to eliminate medical debt
by Nancy Liebermann, Member of Multiracial Sinai Committee "'Don't Get Sick. It's Too Expensive': Medical Debt is Putting More Americans in Financial Crisis" Such was the headline of a December 2023 article in The Guardian about America’s healthcare system. Temple...
GVP Group Presents “Gun Industry Accountability: Seeking Justice For All in Maryland”
by Steve Klitzman, Chair, Temple Sinai GVP Group The Gun Violence Prevention Group is holding its 21st GVP educational program on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 7 pm (in person and on Zoom) with Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase. The program is entitled "Gun Industry Accountability:...