Where Every Heart Has a Home
The largest Reform synagogue on Long Island, Temple Sinai of Roslyn offers a warm, welcoming and nurturing home to all Jewish families and interfaith households who seek a meaningful and enduring connection to Judaism.
Our hearts are broken as we watch in real-time the devastation caused by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. Our prayers are with all those who have been affected. We pray as well for the first responders who are working tirelessly to help those in need and to get the fires under control as soon as possible.
Temple Sinai is a community that responds to crises and helps those in need whenever possible. We are actively in touch with organizations that are providing emergency relief and serving as distribution centers, as well as local synagogues in the LA area.
We know there will be much work to do in the coming days, weeks, and months to help support these communities as they recover and, hopefully, rebuild. Here are a few things you can do to help:
Financial Support: you can help by donating to the following organizations responding directly to the crisis.
Jewish Federation of LA Wildfire Crisis Relief
https://www.jewishla.org/wildfire-crisis-relief/
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation
https://supportlafd.org/donate/ways-to-give.html
Pasadena Humane Animal Resource Center
https://pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon-fire-update/
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Wildfire Relief Fund
https://www.wbtla.org/fire/donate
Donations of items: Keep an eye out for more information from our Social Action Committee this week for instructions on how to provide those in need with toiletries, hygiene kits, clothes, masks, and more.
May the Source of Peace spread over California a Sukkat Shlomecha, a canopy of peace and healing.
Temple Sinai has always been staunchly Zionist, and we will amass our congregation’s strength and generosity to support Israel in her time of need. Therefore, we are raising important and necessary funds for Magen David Adom, which provides ambulances and other emergency vehicles, trains and dispatches EMT’s and paramedics, works closely with all Israeli hospitals, collects and provides blood, and more. Last weekend, Hamas stole two of MDA’s ambulances, and our hope is to raise the funds to replace them. Again, all tzedakah raised will go to this urgent and holy cause. An ambulance costs over $125,000. We are hoping to raise the funds to purchase two ambulances, or to cover whatever needs MDA finds most urgent. The Bloomberg Foundation has offered to match all our contributions, so please be as generous as you can as quickly as you can. You can donate to MDA campaign by clicking here.
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