by Davis Center Contributor | May 1, 2024 | Making a Difference
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...
by Davis Center Contributor | Apr 25, 2024 | Making a Difference
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...
by Davis Center Contributor | Apr 25, 2024 | Green Team, Making a Difference
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...
by Davis Center Contributor | Apr 11, 2024 | Making a Difference, Uncategorized
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 Rally on April 5 Mayor Bowser’s proposed budget completely wipes...
by Davis Center Contributor | Mar 28, 2024 | Gun Violence Prevention, Making a Difference
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...
by Davis Center Contributor | Dec 20, 2023 | Making a Difference
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...