Temple Sinai is a

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located at 3509 South Glencoe in

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History

It was started in 1967 by Rabbi Raymond A. Zwerin, who had been ordained three years prior at the

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. The workbook ''Tzedakah, Gemilut Chasadim, and Ahavah: A Manual for World Repair'' (1990), by Joel Lurie Grishaver and Beth Huppin, was piloted at the synagogue. In September 1995, more than 650 members of the synagogue spent a day removing graffiti in Denver, painting buildings, cooking pastries, repairing toys, scraping walls, and potting plants, in an effort to fulfill a ''

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Services

It is a full-functioning synagogue with a religious school catering to preschoolers through confirmation students. Services are held every Friday night, Saturday morning, and on holidays. The synagogue has a pre-school.

Building

The synagogue has a large multicolored mural of children at play. The current building was built in 1984. In 2003, a meditation garden was constructed in 2003.

Recognition

In 2011, Temple Sinai received a $21,000 grant from the Rose Community Foundation for the integration of special-needs children into its religious school. The temple's maintenance manual was featured in ''The Temple Management Manual'' (2003), by the National Association of Temple Administrators (U.S.),

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