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SUMMARY:Davis Center Docs: Screening of "Credible Fear"
DESCRIPTION:The Davis Center for Social Justice at Temple Sinai is proud to present the latest in our Davis Center Docs series. \nPlease join us for a sneak preview of several scenes from “Credible Fear”\, a work-in-progress documentary about immigrant rights directed by local DC filmmaker Gabrielle Ewing. Through one woman’s harrowing personal account of escaping brutal gang violence in Guatemala\, “Credible Fear” reveals a complex\, rarely seen portrait of the ongoing immigration crisis in the US and explores how the asylum process consistently fails the people it was designed to protect. \nA panel discussion and Q & A will follow this advance screening. Panelists include: \n\nGabrielle Ewing\, documentary filmmaker and director of “Credible Fear”\,\nAmy C. Roma\, Partner\, Hogan Lovells\, attorney featured in “Credible Fear”\,\nSarah Pierce\, Director of Social Policy at Third Way\,\nYael Schacher\, Director for the Americas and Europe\, Refugees International\, and\nModerated by Royce Murray\, Former Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy at the Department of Homeland Security.\n\nYou don’t want to miss this incredibly moving and timely event! \nNote: this event is recommended for age 18+ due to the sensitivity and nature of the material. \nPlease register in advance
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/credible-fear-film-screening/
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SUMMARY:Tu B'Shvat Seder
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Tu BiSh’vat\, the Jewish “New Year for Trees\,” with a meaningful evening honoring nature and spiritual growth. Cantor Rhodes will lead a Tu BiSh’vat Seder followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner and an opportunity to hear from guest speaker Mike Tidwell\, Executive Director\, Chesapeake Climate Action Network. \n6:00 to 6:30: 30-minute Seder led by Cantor Rhodes \n\nTu B’Shvat is the Jewish “New Year for Trees.” This holiday celebrates nature’s beauty\, calls us to our responsibility to care for the earth\, and open the journey into our own spiritual growth. During the seder\, we eat symbolic fruits and nuts\, each representing aspects of the natural and spiritual world: fruits with inedible peels (protection and physicality)\, fruits with edible peels (balance of inner and outer worlds)\, nuts (spiritual potential)\, and dried fruits (wisdom and life’s cycles). We offer blessings of gratitude for the earth’s abundance\, reflecting on our connection to creation and our duty to nurture it. As we share this meal\, we renew our appreciation for nature’s gifts and commit to planting seeds of kindness\, growth\, and environmental stewardship.\n\n6:30 to 7:00: Potluck dinner \n\nAttendees are asked to bring a vegetarian side dish or dessert\, according to the first letter of the attendee’s last name. (A-P bring side dish; Q-Z bring dessert)\n\n7:00 to 7:30: Guest speaker\, Mike Tidwell\, Executive Director\, Chesapeake Climate Action Network \n\nTidwell is a journalist\, author\, and climate activist living in Takoma Park\, MD. His most recent book is an exploration of global warming’s impact in his own front yard\, called The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A story of Climate and Hope on One American Street (St. Martin’s Press\, March 2025).\n\nPlease register in advance
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/tu-bshvat-seder-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260210T100000
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SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: DC Diaper Bank
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer alongside your fellow congregants while repacking and bundling diapers for the DC Diaper Bank’s clients.  You will meet at the DC Diaper Bank warehouse (8860 Monard Drive). \nRegister
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-dc-diaper-bank/2026-02-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T133000
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SUMMARY:Jews Against ICE Action
DESCRIPTION:Please join Rabbi Goldstein for an upcoming Jewish-led action that will make visible the powerful Jewish opposition to ICE’s cruel and destructive immigration enforcement system. \nICE is killing civilians\, separating families\, kidnapping students\, and racially profiling and targeting vulnerable communities. As Jews\, we know in our bones and through our moral teachings\, that this cruelty and injustice must stop.  \nLocation: Outside ICE Headquarters\, 500 12th St SW\, Washington\, DC \nTemple Sinai is proud to support this action alongside our friends at T’ruah\, Bend the Arc\, and other cosponsors listed here. Show up to learn\, pray\, and act together. Over 100 Jewish clergy\, leaders of our communities\, are coming together from across the country to lead this event. And – we need your help to make it a success! Please bring a shofar if you have one!  \nLearn more here \nLet us know if you plan to attend!
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/jews-against-ice-action/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T183000
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SUMMARY:Repro / TSWRJ Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:The Davis Center’s Reproductive Health & Rights Group and Temple Sinai Women of Reform Judaism will join together in celebrating Repro/TSWRJ Shabbat on February 13th at 6:30 pm\, honoring the Jewish value of reproductive freedom. \nWe are delighted to welcome Allison Tombros Korman\, Founder and Executive Director of the Red Tent Fund as our guest speaker. The Red Tent Fund is a national abortion fund rooted in the Jewish teachings that affirm the right to abortion for all. \nAt the service we will honor TSWRJ leaders and Temple members who provide\, advocate for\, educating about\, and protest for abortion and reproductive health care. \nDuring the Oneg following services\, attendees will be encouraged to write postcards to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy\, Jr. in response to the Administration’s recent actions targeting medication abortion and access to mifepristone. Attendees will also have the opportunity to create handwritten encouragement cards that will accompany the care items we are donating to abortion patients at CARE Reproductive Health Care. (Learn more about the project here\, under “Fundraising”.) \nCelebrate TSWRJ/Repro Shabbat in song by joining the pop-up choir! No prior music training necessary- just come sing with us. We will meet at 6pm to rehearse and will sing during the service that evening. To RSVP\, please email Gail Sell.
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/repro-tswrj-shabbat/
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SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: A Wider Circle
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer at A Wider Circle (9159 Brookville Road in Silver Spring) on the third Thursday of each month\, 10 am – 12 pm with your fellow members – all congregants are invited to join. Lunch is not included in this program but those interested in going to Parkway Deli afterwards are more than welcome! \nIf you have questions\, please contact Jim Jaffe or Ed Cohen. \nRegister
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/a-wider-circle/2026-02-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
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SUMMARY:Antisemitism on College Campuses: The Current State
DESCRIPTION:Please join Temple Sinai’s Antisemitism Working Group for a thoughtful and timely discussion on antisemitism on college campuses\, featuring Washington Post religion reporter Michelle Boorstein\, GW political science professor and former provost Forrest Maltzman\, and attorney Baruch Weiss. The conversation will be moderated by Mike Abramowitz. \nThis promises to be a thought-provoking evening. We hope you can join us in person on February 19 from 7pm to 8:30pm and stay for some snacks and beer at 8:30pm! Please email Pam Kurland with questions. \nPlease register in advance \nNote: This program is in-person only and will not be recorded. \n 
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/antisemitism-on-college-campuses-the-current-state/
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SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: So Others Might Eat
DESCRIPTION:Join other Temple Sinai volunteers in serving breakfast at So Others Might Eat (71 O Street\, NW) on the 4th Sunday of the month from 6:30am – 9:30am – all congregants are invited to join! Please register at least a week in advance. We have a limited number of volunteer slots and they sometimes fill up. *Once signed up\, you will receive instructions for how to register as a volunteer with SOME. \n​If you have questions\, please contact Wendy Kahn at wlkahn44@gmail.com. \nREGISTER
URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-so-others-might-eat/2026-02-22/
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