A Series of SINAI Stories

You have filtered our blog to view “A Season of SINAI Stories,” a compilation of stories released in 2021 in celebration of our 40th year. It is a collection of perspectives from parents, grandparents, alumni, and others whose lives have been impacted by SINAI since its inception in 1982. Enjoy these stories, or filter by a different topic of your choice.

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SINAI Schools

Family of Caring at Teaneck is celebrating a second year of a successful partnership with SINAI Schools’ Vocational Preparedness Program, providing students with meaningful workplace experiences while supporting the day-to-day...

Arielle Greenbaum Saposh
SINAI Schools

Arielle Greenbaum Saposh will become managing director of SINAI Schools, effective September 1, 2026. Saposh will succeed Sam Fishman, who will transition to a part-time role as strategic advisor and...

Rabbi Yehuda Minchenberg
Jewish Link

When I was a child, one of my favorite books was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I so much enjoyed reading how the metamorphosis process works in a...

SINAI Schools
Jewish Link

In a speech at this year’s SINAI Dinner, SINAI Alum Ezra Grauberd spoke movingly about how the educators and therapists at SINAI Schools offered him exactly what he needed when...

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Esther and Jacob Schlanger
Former SINAI Parents

Tamar wanted a fairy tale wedding.  The beautiful flowing white dress, the big wedding cake, the simcha dancing.  A shiny part of that dream was a stretch limo to take...

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Jill Friedbauer
SINAI Parent

Our weekly parenting group meeting was rolling along as it usually did—chit-chat, joking, complaining, noshing—when my phone rang, and I immediately excused myself to speak in private.  It was our...

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Gaby Gotesman
Ma'ayanot High School student

If I told you that my friend FaceTimes me when she’s bored and fills me in on her day, you might think she’s like any other phone-loving teenager. If I...

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Zev Rand
SINAI Maor Alumnus

There are some kids who struggle in a class or two, but are able to get the extra help they need to stay in a mainstream Jewish Day School. For...

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Leah Commer
SINAI Teacher

For as long as I can remember, I knew my brother wasn’t like other kids his age. There was something very special but different about him. Avi is only 20...

Advice to Past Me: An Alumnus' Story
Judah Lazar Gross
SINAI Maor Alumnus

I have a lot of advice for Past Me, but if we’re playing the time-travel game, I’m going to be practical: invest in Zoom.  Go to Notre Dame before the...

As Someone Who Never Attended SINAI
Tzvi Solomon
Alumnus of TABC

My parents did not send me to Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC) for high school because TABC hosted a SINAI school.  But the life lessons that I learned from...

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Stephen Flatow
SINAI Grandparent

Growing up we are taught that if one is good, two is even better. A double portion of dessert, two-for-one ticket prices, two scoops of ice cream—you get the message....