Donations

Congregation Sinai embodies the values of being inclusive, innovative, intentional, and intimate. Our congregation is a welcoming and inclusive community, where people from all backgrounds can feel at home.

Sinai is more than a synagogue—it is a sanctuary of connection, resilience, and purpose. Here, we celebrate life’s blessings, support one another during difficult times, and find meaning through our shared traditions. Sinai is a community rooted in kindness, learning, and belonging, offering a space where every individual can feel seen, supported, and inspired.

This vibrant community exists because of your dedication, generosity and investment in the enduring value of preserving and strengthening our sacred home.  By making a donation to Sinai, you are preserving a legacy and investing in a future where Sinai remains a beacon of hope and inspiration. Your generosity sustains a sacred space where individuals and families can celebrate, find comfort, and deepen their ties to Jewish tradition and to one another.

SINAI FUND DESCRIPTIONS

Sinai Supports Israel

Congregation Sinai Operating Fund
The Sinai Operating Fund is the account that is our sustaining fund for all regular activities, programs, staff, utilities, and the like.

Andy Brickman Museum & Ritual Fund
Supports the purchase of museum pieces and ritual on display or for use in in our building

Barbara Eiseman Memorial Fund
Allows adult congregants to attend programs for personal and spiritual growth

Floral & Oneg Fund
Provides funding to defray the costs of Bima Flowers & Shabbat Onegs

Builders and Founders Appeal
Sinai's annual fundraising campaign

Building Fund
Supports the maintenance and upkeep of the synagogue’s building and grounds

B & A Roth Family Youth Judaic Enrichment Fund
Provides Judaic enrichment for the youth of Congregation Sinai - ages 0 - 21.  Examples include, but are not limited to, assistance with religious school fees, camp fees, youth group kallot, trips to Israel, etc.

Cantor's Discretionary Fund
Supports a variety of local, national and international tzedakah projects, including assistance to individuals in need

Congregation Sinai Endowment at Jewish Community Foundation
Supports future plans and needs of Congregation Sinai

Dick Kaeppel Family Education Scholarship & Program Fund
Provides family educational programs for Congregation Sinai members.  Examples of use includes, but not limited to: family education programming, family weekend retreats, family education camp or kallot, family trips to Israel.

Helen Z. and Erwin E. Grossmann Adult Learning Endowment Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation
Underwrites the cost of major adult learning programs

Ilene Wasserman Memorial Chesed (Caring Community) Fund
Supports the efforts of the Chesed (Caring Community) Committee caring for congregants in times of joy and hardship

Jacob Fine and Family Library and Technology Fund
Donations buy new books,  other library materials, and technology for Congregation Sinai’s library

Joe & Shirley Aaron Music Fund
Donations go towards the purchase of music for Congregation Sinai’s use

Ketten/Miringoff Simcha (Celebrations) Fund
Provides funds to maintain the congregation’s kitchen

L'Dor Va Dor Fund (From Generation to Generation)
The Fund will be used exclusively to recognize, encourage and develop congregants in future leadership roles within Sinai and the Jewish Community at large.

Landscape Fund
Donations are used towards the maintenance of the grounds of the temple.

Lieberman Memorial Arts Fund
Funds are used  to purchase, maintain, and support the arts for Congregation Sinai

Michael J. and Suzanne M. Shapiro Chesed Fund at Jewish Community Foundation
Provides support to honor the memory of a loved one, the purchase of soup making supplies for the sick and needy, and supplies for Mishloach Manot during Purim and other celebrations or programs.

Passport to Israel Fund
Contributions support educational youth trips to Israel

Prayer Book Fund
Donations go towards the purchase of prayer books, Torah Commentaries and Haggodot

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Supports a variety of local, national and international tzedakah projects, including assistance to individuals in need

Rabbi Jay Brickman Adult Education Fund
Supports Adult Education programs

Robert Grant Marks Youth Fund
Provides scholarships for teens to attend Israel programs, Jewish camps, NFTY and other youth conclaves and Affirmation trips

Sponsor Bima Flowers
Kabbalat Shabbat services begin at 6:00pm every Friday.  Placing fresh flowers on the Bima is a way to honor or remember a loved one.  For a donation of $80, Congregation will place fresh flowers on the Bima (September – June) on a Shabbat of your choosing.

Sponsor a Shabbat Oneg
The cost to sponsor a weekly Shabbat Oneg is $125.  Your sponsorship of this important gathering allows us to continue to be the warm and welcoming community that you have come to love.  You can sponsor an Oneg in memory of a loved one on their Yahrzeit, in celebration of an anniversary or birthday, or for any other reason that has meaning for you.

Tzedakah and Social Justice Fund
Contributions help fund local projects for the Milwaukee community