2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
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Shabbat Services
Please join us for Shabbat services every Friday evening at 7 PM. Shabbat Services are also held on the first Saturday of every month at 10 AM, when we honor someone special in our Congregation. Our services are in person and online through Zoom. At the conclusion of services, enjoy our Oneg Shabbat.
Shabbat Services are led by Rabbi Moshe Halfon and lay leaders.
Coming Up
Tuesday, March 19 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Modern Hebrew for Beginners Class. This is a 12 week class taught by Matani Ravenna, via Zoom only this week. Please register at [email protected]. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204213079 Meeting ID: 872 0421 3079
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Wednesday, March 20 – 6:30 PM – Board Meeting via Zoom.
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Thursday, March 21 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday with Rabbi Halfon, In person at the Synagogue. Topics will include weekly Torah portions, stories, laws, commentary, and your requests!.Friday, March 22 – 7 to 8:15 PM – Women’s Erev Shabbat service in person and via Zoom. We’ll open the Zoom meeting at 6:30 so people can chat. Services begin at 7:00. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84687533228. Meeting ID: 846 8753 3228.
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Sunday, March 24 – 12 noon to 2:30 PM – Purim Party! Please see the flyer.
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Sunday, March 24 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. New dancers are welcome.
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Monday, March 25 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. For now Paul Everett and Jason Bloomberg will be serving as moderators since Rodger McDaniel is no longer able to participate until September 2024. Please email [email protected] if you want to be added to the list of those sent the Zoom link each week.
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Tuesday, March 26 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Modern Hebrew for Beginners Class. This is a 12 week class taught by Matani Ravenna, in person and via. Please register at [email protected]. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204213079 Meeting ID: 872 0421 3079
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Thursday, March 28 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday with Rabbi Halfon, In person at the Synagogue. Topics will include weekly Torah portions, stories, laws, commentary, and your requests! – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday with Rabbi Halfon, In person at the Synagogue. Topics will include weekly Torah portions, stories, laws, commentary, and your requests!
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Thursday, March 28 – 6:30 PM – Shalom Dinner at L’Osteria Mondello, 1507 Stillwater Ave.
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Friday, March 29 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service in person and via Zoom. We’ll open the Zoom meeting at 6:30 so people can chat. Services begin at 7:00. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84687533228. Meeting ID: 846 8753 3228.
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Monday, April 1 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. For now Paul Everett and Jason Bloomberg will be serving as moderators since Rodger McDaniel is no longer able to participate until September 2024. Please email [email protected] if you want to be added to the list of those sent the Zoom link each week.
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SAVE THE DATE
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The next Hadassah book group discussion will be Estelle Nadel’s The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival. It is a graphic novel and was released in January. We will meet in person or via zoom on April 28 at 4:00 p.m. at Wendy Berelson’s residence; further details and link will follow.
Estelle sadly passed away in December unexpectedly. Many of us, over the past dozen years or so, had the privilege of meeting and visiting with her in Laramie as she spoke at the University of Wyoming to packed crowds or sang with the Colorado Hebrew Chorale. It will be an honour to celebrate Estelle over this labour of love.Here is what Amazon has to say: “A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl’s fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother’s love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable.Born to a Jewish family in a small Polish village, Estelle Nadel―then known as Enia Feld―was just seven years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Once a vibrant child with a song for every occasion, Estelle would eventually lose her voice as, over the next five years, she would survive the deaths of their mother, father, their eldest brother and sister, and countless others.A child at the mercy of her neighbors during a terrifying time in history, The Girl Who Sang is an enthralling first-hand account of Estelle’s fight for survival during World War II. She would weather loss, betrayal, near-execution, and spend two years away from the warmth of the sun―all before the age of eleven. And once the war was over, Estelle would walk barefoot across European borders and find remnants of home in an Austrian displaced persons camp before finally crossing the Atlantic to arrive in New York City―a young woman carrying the unseen scars of war.Beautifully rendered in bright hues with expressive, emotional characters, debut illustrator Sammy Savos masterfully brings Estelle’s story of survival during the Holocaust to a whole new generation of readers. The Girl Who Sang is perfect for fans of March, Maus, and Anne Frank’s Diary.”
Weekly Message from the Board President
Change of plans. We originally were going to hold our next Shalom Dinner, on Thursday, March 28, at Bejo’s Restaurant in downtown Cheyenne. One of our members is celebrating a birthday that day, and wanted to share it with everyone at the Shalom Dinner. He asked that we hold the dinner at one of his favorite restaurants – Mondello’s, on Stillwater off of Dell Range Blvd. Mondello’s is known for its pizza, but they normally don’t offer it in their formal restaurant. The pizza is a highlight of the casual area in the front. However, to celebrate the birthday and welcome Mt. Sinai, the owner says that pizza will be offered to us in the formal restaurant.
So, after all that, we are going to meet at Mondello’s Restaurant on Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 PM. You can order off the regular menu or have a pizza in any variety you wish. And we won’t be surprised if a chorus of “Happy Birthday” breaks out.
The Women’s Shabbat service is coming up this Friday. The women in our congregation will be leading the service, but it is open to everyone. We’re looking forward to it, since we think the women’s voices may sound a little better than the croaking sounds some of us men make. It will be Friday, March 22.
Two days later, on Sunday, March 24, come to the Synagogue for our annual Purim Party. There will be songs, costumes, and lots of tasty hamantaschen to munch on. Sisterhood made a lot of the tasty treats, and for some reason turned down offers from taste testers. They may have worried about how many hamantaschen the taste testers wanted to taste. The Purim Party starts at noon with activities for the kids.
We’re already making plans for the Yiddish Food Festival. The Klezmer band we had last year, the Klez Dispensers, will be returning to Mt. Sinai. The very popular potato knishes will be making a comeback, along with the cabbage rolls, rugelach, kosher hot dogs, and lots of tasty pastries.
Our sponsor letters have gone out to everyone in the Congregation. The Yiddish Food Festival is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and sponsors are a big, if not the biggest, part of that. The names of the sponsors are prominently displayed on signs around the Social Hall where hundreds of people can see them. Please consider becoming a sponsor. As you know, money is always tight at the Synagogue, and the Festival is one of the ways we try to ease the crunch. Sponsorship are $250.
The Mt. Sinai Trust has unveiled a brand new brochure. We’re going to be adding it to our website, and will do a mass mailing of it later in the year. It looks very sharp. The Mt. Sinai Endowment also has a new brochure – it was unveiled in the fall.
Both brochures are available now at the Synagogue, next to the box that holds yarmulkes near the entrance to the large sanctuary. Pick them up next time you’re in the building.
Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:
Af zayne reyd men meg boyen a kloyster.
On all his talk you could build a church.
Shalom,
Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors
Donations to Israel
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From Temple Emanuel: JEWISHcolorado donors have stepped forward to offer a dollar-for-dollar match up to $200,000 for donations to the Israel Emergency Fund. All emergency dollars will go to support efforts on the ground in Israel, aiding victims of terror, addressing trauma issues, and assisting with emergency medical and infrastructure needs. The match was launched by Barry and Gay Curtiss-Lusher from a shelter in a Tel Aviv Hotel and JEWISHcolorado Board Chair Ben Lusher and his wife Nicole.
March Birthdays
2 Sharon Pucillo
3 Marshall Brown
5 Denise Bendori
7 Stanley Sandick
9 David Silver
Daniel Hillshafer
14 Max da Veiga
21 Sihaya Reid
26 Esme Reid
28 Jason Bloomberg
28 Rich Menkin
28 Morris Gardner