Isra-el: Struggling with Purpose – An Educational Framework

By Leor Sinai | April 21, 2025

Key aspects of this new framework include: The article frames this approach as “new-old” – drawing from ancient traditions and…

A Passover Letter: From Sinai to Zion

By Leor Sinai | April 6, 2025

As we prepare for this year’s Passover Seder, we reflect on the profound journey from slavery to freedom that defines…

Am Yisrael Chai: It’s not a slogan, it is a way of life

By Leor Sinai | December 25, 2024

I remember growing up as a kid in Brooklyn singing the Am Yisrael Chai chant, we’d sing it with great…

Tikun Israel precedes Tikun Olam

By Leor Sinai | October 14, 2024

A New-Old Approach At this very moment Am Yisrael finds itself at an intersection of existential proportions. October 7th, 2023…

Feel the Shofar Blast!

By Leor Sinai | August 26, 2010 |

In the midst of the month of ELUL, the month preceding the High Holy Days; it is during this month that the voice of the Jewish People – Kol Am Yisrael – is heard. Our People’s voice is heard every morning of the month after Shacharit/morning services – through the blasting of the Shofar –…

My Jewish Lens – Milwaukee! Check out the interview…

By Leor Sinai | May 12, 2010 |

World Zionist Congress – Delegate Press Release

By Leor Sinai | April 8, 2010 |

Rabbi Leor Sinai of New York City is one of 145 American Jewish representatives who are traveling to Israel to attend the quadrennial World Zionist Congress.

By Leor Sinai | March 25, 2010 |

Scholar in residence – Congregation Shaarei Kodesh

And you shall tell the story…

By Leor Sinai | March 25, 2010 |

There are three essential mitzvoth of Passover: the removal of Chametz (made from one of five types of grains – wheat, barley, spelt, rye, & oats – mixed with water), eating Matzah, and telling the story of our ancestor’s liberation.  Of the three mitzvoth, ‘telling the story of our ancestor’s liberation’, may seem unnecessary –…

THE JEWISH LENS HIRES RABBI LEOR SINAI AS FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

By Leor Sinai | September 16, 2009 |

The Jewish Lens announced today the hiring of Rabbi Leor J. Sinai as its first Executive Director. The Jewish Lens is a non-profit educational organization that uses the photography of Zion Ozeri as a stimulus for exploring Jewish values, identity, and tradition. The ground-breaking curriculum program has been taught in more than 100 educational institutions…