Temple Sinai’s Campus Expansion Project

What a blessing to be a part of a community filled with such foresight and dedication! May our new building be a pillar of holiness, an honor to our past, and a commitment to our future."  - Rabbi Andrea Berlin
The Temple plays a vital role in our lives and is critical for the Jewish community. We have always been impressed with the generosity of the early Temple members who sacrificed to create this Temple for us. Now it’s our turn. As we’ve grown, our facilities haven’t kept up with our needs. It is imperative for all of us to give generously to make this dream of an urban Oakland Jewish campus real. 
Rich and Robin Edwards

Our generous donors:

A list donors by level as of August 2007:

Safir – Sapphire   $1MM and over

Mathilde Albers

Shoham – Lapis   $500,000 – $999,999

Anonymous (2)
Barbara Bass and Gerson Bakar
Robin and Richard Edwards
Family of Marco and Ruth Goodman

Zahav – Gold   $250,000 – $499,999

Robert Fischer

Kesef – Silver   $100,000 – $249,999

Anonymous (2)
Audrey Adler
Linda and Michael Baker
Howard Bloom
Nancy Klehr and Jon Eager
Cathy and Mark Glazier
Janet and Murray Gordon

 

Harpham Fund
Florence and Leo Helzel
Robin Reiner and Fred Isaac
Beth and Fred Karren
Joan and Roger Mann
Jessica Pers and Robert Stein

Nehoshet – Bronze   $75,000 – $99,999

Anonymous
Allison, Lindenstein and Kaplan Family:(James Allison and Margaret Lindenstein, Stephen Allison, and Sylvia Allison Kaplan)
Arnold Family:(Lois Arnold, Wendy and Fred Pomerantz, Paula and Stephen Arnold)
Claudia and Victor Felson
Ilona Frieden and Mark Jacobson
Barbara and Robert Morrison
Carol and James Zeitlin

Shayat – Marble   $50,000 – $74,999

Anonymous (3)
Sue and Ronald Bachman
Melissa and Wayne Batavia
Ronnie Caplane
Felicia Hsin Liu and John Citron

 

Paul Issac
Tillie Molho
Carol Bieri and Joel Sanders
Cindy and Steve Snow
 

Even – Jerusalem Stone $25,000 – $49,999

Anonymous
Dena Belzer and Charles Adams
Linda Burnett and Ruth Adar
Natalie Gubb and David Arpi
Lois and Jack Clauson
Joan and Clarence Coleman
Valerie and Scott Corvin
Dori and Barry Dubin
Marcy Bergman and David Durham
Danielle and Glenn Elkins
Flora and Robert Feldman
Sherry and Joseph Felson
Barbara and Andy Fremder
Jennifer and Abe Friedman
Arlene and Jack Garfinkle
Hanna Levenson and Larry Ginsburg
Reba and Morris Ginsburg
Sandra and Barry Goldstein
Bette and Arthur Gordon
Leslie Paine and Herbert Holman
Beth and Joseph Hurwich
Denise and Neil Jacobson
Cynthia Bolton-Karasik and Michael Karasik
Jan and Randall Kessler
Sara and Thomas Klein
Sallie and Elec (ל–ז) Koenigsberg
Leslie and Michael Koved
Diane and Peter Laub

 

Amelia and Edgar Guy Lemmon
Susan Solomon and Moses Libitzky
Elaine and Ward Lindenmayer
Maryjane and Steve Lowenthal
Sheila Sosnow and Richard Nagler
Carla Koren and Neal Parish
Caroline and Ronald Peters
Karen Tiedemann and Geoffrey Piller
Marsha and Lawrence Rabkin
Martha and Stanley Ross
Gail and Daniel Rubinfeld
Arlene and Lawrence Saidman
Sue Ann Levin Schiff and Robert Schiff
Dagmar and Gilbert Serota
Libby and Franklin Silver
Eve and Hal Simkover (ל–ז)
*Temple Sinai Senior Staff & Families:
*Rabbi Steven and Leona Chester
*Rabbi Jacqueline and Jonathan
  Mates-Muchin
*Rabbi Andrea and Jonathan Berlin
*Rabbi Samuel and Judith Broude
*Cantor Ilene Keys and David
  Bobrowsky
*Paul and Laura Geduldig
*Sue Bojdak and Family
*Melanie Sandberg
Ilene Levinson and Rem Van Tijen
Pearl Wolffs

Erez – Cedar      $10,000 – $24,999

Anonymous (13)
Rubi and Elliot Abrams
Pauline Fox and David Alexander
Ellen and Robert Ansel
Judy and Martin Aufhauser
Elaine and William Bachrach
Linda Dubins and David Baer
Rose Belzer
Estelle Baum and Donald Calvo
Ruthy and Maureen Bennett
Jessica and Michael Berg
Cheryl and Randall Berger
Helle Vistisen and David Berger
Bonnie Volk and Jonathan Blatteis
Dale and Stephen Block
Marvis and Howard Brodke
Carole and David Brodsly
Helen Bulwik
Rachel Richman and Jim Chanin
Amy Lyons and Adam Cohen
Janine Bloch and Thomas Dewit
Melissa Heller and Steven Douglas
Cheryl and Matthew Eccles
Beth Eiselman
Cheryl and Stephen Eiselman
Joanne and Roland Elefant
Lori and Douglas Elefant
Judith Levin and Barry Epstein
Nadyne and Philip Epstein
Myra and Jerry Feiger
Fleishhaker Foundation
Sherri Richards and Thomas Flynn
Leonore and Carl Foorman
Inge Frankel
Marilyn and Wilbert Fountain
Dava and Donald Freed
Deana and Harvey Freedman
Paul Friedman
Henrietta and Victor Garfinkle
Mark Fickes and Bill Gentry
Lucy Harris and Thomas Gold
Elisabeth and Stephen Goodman
Frances and Aaron Greenberg
Eleanor Grunbaum
Lisa Norris and Arnie Gutlaizer
Cherie and Marc Hallert
Ruth and Marc Halpern

 

Anne and Fred Herskowitz
Hallie and Gilbert Holtzman
Rachel Koretsky and Steven Horowitz
Jackie and Bruce Horwitz
Marjorie Isaac
Annie and Jason Kantor
Anne Schmitz and Aaron Kaufmann
Cathy Kobel
Geoff Kotin and Barbara Beach Kotin
Lynn Simon and Dan Lachman
Judith and Stanley Lubman
Ellen and Alan Marks
Nancy Toder and Daniel McClosky
Susie and Mickey Neuwelt
Ricki and Glenn Oleon
Georgia Cassel and Peter Pervere
Barbara and Joel Richmon
Carole and Norman Robinow
Katie and Amnon Rodan
Margaret and Richard Roisman
Fonda Karelitz and Mark Rosen
Helen and Lawrence Rosenberg
Allyce Kimerling and Frances Rotolo
Lillian and Harold Rubenstein
Gail and Ronald Rubenstein
Laurie Leiber and Philip Rubin
Robert and Eileen Ruby
Ilana Debare and Sam Schuchat
Sandie Margulies and Bart Schenone
Mark Schisler (ל–ז)
Fritzi and Edgar Schoen
Lisbeth and Douglas Schwab
Doreen Ludemann and Clifford Shapiro
Rebecca and David Silbert
Dana Cohen and Jeff Simon
Ellen and Gary Sirbu
Marlene Johnson and Helen Smiler
Dawn Kepler and Mark Snyder
Valerie Sopher
Elizabeth and Art Spander
Esther Saidman and David Thorne
Lora Thielbar and Robert Unger
Dorothy and Frederick Weiss
Jocelyn and Ronald Weiss
Sam & Miriam Whitman (ל–ז)
Anne Bakar and Yossie Zadik
Kathy Saunders and Gary Zimmerman

Sheteem – Acacia      $5,000 – $9,999

Anonymous (27)
Ida and Myles Abbott
Jennifer and Jason Alderman
Amy and Barry Arberton
Jodi and Gary Beasley
Jennifer Colosimo and Robert Belzer
Evelyn Benas
Allison and Josh Bernstein
Elaine and Herman (ל–ז) Binger
Aviva and Michael Black
Deborah and Gregory Blackburn
Miriam and Leon Bloomberg
Lorin Blum
Ruth Singer and Dan Bodner
Shelley Gordon and Richard Burge
Amy Schoenblum and Jonathan Carey
Jane and Richard Cohen
Ruth Eis
Louise and Jacob Epstein
Jennifer and Jonathan Ettinger
Nina and Daniel Fendel
Judy Rosloff and Stewart Florsheim
Susan and Gary Forman
Barbara and David Frey
Laurel Bray-Hanin and Scott Hanin
Lois Horwitz
Shelley and Robert Hubner

 

Jerome and Burt Kaufman
Lilly and Christopher Krenn
Jane and Arthur Lande
Kerri and Mark Lubin
Rona Bar-Din and Theodore Levin
Lisa Herrinton and Dekun Li
Pat Macholl
Beth Wolinsky and Robert Meghnagi
Andrea Bronzo and Edwin Munich
Marcy Kates and David Oppenheimer
Charlotte and Steven Oppenheimer
Cindy Koenigsberg and Harry Patsch
Susan Rosenthal and Howie Perlin
Mary Triest and Charles Ross
Raine Rude
Sharon Chabon and Robert Schoen
Helene Schwartz
Theodora and Bruce Schwab
William Shelton
Herbert Simon
Marilyn Teplow
Jamie Woolf and Burke Treidler
The Van Broek Family: Alexander van Broek, Marsha van Broek, Max van Broek and Julia van Broek
Audrey and David Wagman
Meg Zweiback and Zack Wasserman
Sarah and Matthew Weisman
 

Alon – Oak      $4,999 and Under

Anonymous (19)
Howard and Anita Backer
Leslie Steinbock and Charles Bendes
Stuart and Donna Buttlaire
Isabel and David Bradshaw
John Blanchard and Janice Childs
Naomi Rudinow Cohen and Stanley Cohen
Natalie and Daniel Crouch
Rena Rickles and Glen Dahlbacka
Shirley and David Darwish
Susan and Robert Deutsch
Carrie and Adam Dove
Hal Eisenberg
Maxine and Marcos Eisenberg
Diane Flynn and Alan Fox
Dana Fox
Marilyn and Herbert Friedman
Natasha Hyman and Richard Gallagher
Doris Goldman
Sara Goodman
Valerie Ackerman and Michael Greenberg
Reesa Tansey and Gary Greenfield
Cecille and Alex Gunst
Marilyn and Manfred Haase
Sharon Testa-Harker and Jim Harker
Harriette Hart
Mary Heller
Barbara Plog and Michael Horowitz
Eileen and Kenneth Housfeld
Carolyn and Ron Hutton
Ruth Jaffe
Adeline and Stanley Kahn
Edie Kaplan
Ruth and Stephen Kass
Elizabeth Keir
Linda Benson and Susan Krauss
Julie Drassinower and Eddie Kwong
CeCe and Richard Langs
Tamar Larsen
Judith Stern and Robert Lettieri
Ruth and Maurice Levitch
Diane and Stanley Lichtenstein
Annette and Paul Lipkin
Betty Anne and Herman Lipow
Pamela and Robert Majteles
Anne Steinberg Margolis and Don Margolis

 

Peggy and Damien Martin
Susan and Ralph McKinnon
Greg Murphy and Susan Medak
Mitchell and Lai-Ming Meyer
Diana and Adam Miller
Sarah Carnochan and Michael Myers
Diane Flinn and Andrew Nadler
Felice Newman and Constance Clare-Newman
Henrietta (ל–ז) and Warner Oberndoerfer
Barrie Bulmore and Michael Ornstil
Julie and Charles Palley
Karen Tanner and Randy Perrin
Wendy Spander and David Peterkofsky
Joanne and Geoff Robb
Deanne and David Raskin
Susan and Michael Rancer
Miriam Rokeach
Lisa Bagnatori and Andrew Ross
Mark and Esther Rubke
Kay and Jeff Rubin
Muriel and Irving Schnayer
Ruth Schneider
Michael Semler
Sheryle Bolton and Stephen Shane
Melanie and Brandon Shulman
Stanton Silver (ל–ז)
Nancy and Howard Slavitt
John Solomon and Lois Wachner-Solomon
Joan and Victor Sonenberg
Joan Steber
Natalie and Herbert Stein
Lisa Sherman and Neil Stollman
Michele Stone
Sandra and Jack Summerfield
Andrea and Andy Tenenbaum
Shirley and Robert Warwick
Susan Goldsmith and Joseph Waxman
Natalie Weinstein
Kenna Nicole and Andre Welmond
Reba Whitgob
Barbara and Stephen Whitgob
Hannah Raiden-Wright and Bart Wright
Suzanne and Dean Wolf
Alisa and Brent Wrinkle
Margery Zelles
Fran Burgess and Sandor Zirulnik
 ל–ז = Deceased