About Temple Sinai

Located in the historical district of downtown Saratoga Springs New York, Temple Sinai is a progressive Reform synagogue that began in the early 1960's as a study group of a dozen families. Their love of learning nurtured a growing cadre of interested individuals and, in 1965, Temple Sinai was established as Saratoga's Reform synagogue. Since that time, the congregation has grown to include more than 170 families and individual members representing a diversity of life styles, professions and religious observances as well as an ever-widening geographic locale. Our congregation combines the benefits of both smaller and larger synagogues with its friendly, warm atmosphere, and programs that seek to meet the needs of the members as well as of the larger Jewish community. Our rabbis, Linda Motzkin and Jonathan Rubenstein serve not only as our spiritual leaders but are both skilled teachers and counselors and are active in local community and interfaith efforts.

Our Temple Sinai web site has been developed to highlight key elements of the Temple Sinai community including our religious school, adult religious education, social activities and other current information for current and future temple members as well as for visitors. To supplement our web site (as well as our monthly bulletin and e-mail announcements), The Temple Sinai Chronicle has been created to include timely comments and articles from the temple leadership and the rabbis, announcements and articles from committees, and interactive comments with the congregation.