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SINAI Schools Celebrates Annual Dinner

School debuts documentary and announces it will establish first Jewish
therapeutic day school in the US for students with mental health challenges.

SINAI Dinner honoree Abigail Hepner Gross accepts a work of art created by a SINAI student at the 2025 Benefit Dinner from SINAI Managing Director Sam Fishman.

(Courtesy of SINAI Schools) SINAI Schools held its annual campaign and benefit dinner on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Teaneck’s Marriott Glenpointe Hotel. The event honored Avi and Aviva Vogel, Abigail Hepner Gross, and Community Partner Award recipient Bear Givers, accepted by Joseph Sprung, Michele Mirman and Diane Lempert.

2025 SINAI Dinner honorees (l-r) Avi and Aviva Vogel, Abigail Hepner Gross, and Bear Givers’ Joseph Sprung, Michele Mirman and Diane Lempert.

A highlight of the evening was the premiere of SINAI’s feature documentary “Beautiful Boys,” which tells the story of two brothers, each with their own unique strengths and challenges.

View videos and additional photos from the dinner at www.sinaidinner.org.

SINAI President Tzvi Solomon, center, with members of SINAI’s new Chazon Society, a community of individuals 40 and under who are passionate about empowering children to reach their full potential as productive and confident members of the Jewish community.

At the dinner, SINAI’s leadership announced plans to establish Adir Academy, the first Jewish therapeutic day school in the U.S. for students with mental health challenges. Learn more about Adir Academy at adiracademy.org.

(l-r) SINAI’s Leo Brandstatter z”l Dean Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Rothwachs presenting artwork made by SINAI students to the 2025 SINAI Community Partner Award recipients Joseph Sprung, Diane Lempert and Michele Mirman of Bear Givers.

 

Avi and Aviva Vogel, center, display the artwork SINAI students created for them, flanked by (l-r) SINAI Past President Moshe Weinberger, SINAI President Tzvi Solomon, and Chairman of the Board of SINAI, Rabbi Mark Karasick.
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