FIRST HEBREW CONGREGATION OF OAKLAND TEMPLE SINAI Dear Friends, I am thrilled and humbled by your election of me as the senior rabbi of Temple Sinai. Thank you for your confidence in me and for all of your support. I am so proud to lead this community, and am very excited to be at this point in the life of our synagogue. Thanks to the members of the search committee, who had challenges and scrutiny that not all search committees face. Thank you for all your time, your hard work, for reaching out to all members of the community to ensure everyone who wanted had a voice, and for your integrity through this process. I am grateful to you for all that you have done for us as a community. Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin Cantor Ilene Keys Rabbi Yoni Regev Rabbis emeriti Samuel G. Broude Steven A. Chester Executive Director Paul Geduldig Education Director Sue Bojdak Preschool Director Ellen Lefkowitz Thanks to the Executive Committee and the Board. Through their leadership, the Board and the Executive Committee got us through this transition period in a very careful and thoughtful way. Thank you so much for your dedication and commitment to this community. Board of Trustees A special thank you to our Congregational President, Mike Baker. Thank you, Mike, for your wisdom and your patience and for the way in which you have led our community these past few years. Vice President John Tamor Citron Thanks as well to the Professional Team, whose creativity and talent are beyond measure. I feel so fortunate to look into the future with all of you at my side. We have an amazing partnership. Working together as professionals, as lay leadership and as members of the community gives us strength to reach for our collective Jewish ideals and values. That strength enables us to care for and support each other within the community. That strength enables us to demonstrate our dedication to the world around us through social justice work. And, that strength enables our commitment to learning and to Jewish tradition. It is those values that originally gave rise to the First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland 140 years ago. It is those values that have enabled us to flourish so that, today, we are the largest Jewish community in the East Bay. And, it is those values that will make us grow and thrive as an institution and as a community for many, many years to come. Temple Sinai is a special place. I feel blessed to be a part of this community every day. And, it is a great honor to be your senior rabbi. Thank you. Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin Temple Sinai 2808 Summit Street Oakland, California 94609 Telephone (510) 451-3263 Fax (510) 465-0603 www.oaklandsinai.org Email [email protected] President Michael Baker Parliamentarian Geoff Piller Vice President Louise Epstein Vice President Dan Fendel Vice President Matti Fromson Vice President Seth Rosen Treasurer Lucy Harris Secretary Jenny Ettinger Jennifer Alderman Barbara Barza Jon Braslaw Jonathan Carey Robert Einspruch Amy Jo Goldfarb Steve Goldstein Neil Jacobson Moss Kardener Liana Katz-Savell Terry D. Kramer CeCe Langs Linsey Morrison Zell Nathanson Glenn Oleon Debra Schoenberg Helena Weiss-Duman