Weekly Message from the Board President

Let’s get spicy (including very mild spice…)  Our Shalom Dinner is this Wednesday, November 12, at 6:30 PM at the Spice Zone Indian Restaurant, 600 West 19^th Street (at 19^th and O’Neil).  You can choose your level of spice, from none (looking at you, Morris Gardner) to very spicy (your choice, Jason Bloomberg).  If you are new to our community, you’re invited.  Just about every month we all go out to dinner at a local restaurant.  Everyone pays for their own meal, and we just hang out together.  It’s a great way to get to know us and make new friends.

We said farewell to Dorothy Feldman yesterday.  Our beloved matriarch passed away last week at 100 years old.  She was born and raised in Cheyenne and grew up in the Jewish community.  You can see her obituary here: https://www.schradercares.com/obituaries/dorothy-feldman  Heather McLoud, Dorothy’s granddaughter, read a very moving eulogy about Dorothy.  We asked her if we could share it with you.  Please click here to read it.

We have a very interesting and exciting schedule coming up.  Every month for the next three months, we will be hosting a Scholar in Residence weekend.  That means we bring in a religious scholar.  They lead our Friday night service and a Saturday morning service.  They will also teach a class Saturday afternoon, followed by a Havdalah service to end Shabbat.

Two of the upcoming scholars are interested in serving our community as our next religious leader, so their weekends will be a great opportunity for you to meet them, and for them to get to know us.

First up is Cantor Adina Ackerman.  Cantor Adina and her husband Glenn are moving to Cheyenne.  It’s a process, which they hope to have completed by June.  Cantor Adina already led a Friday night service over the summer, and did a Torah service as part of it.  She will be our Scholar in Residence on November 21 and 22.  She will lead Friday night services starting at 7 PM, then Saturday morning services at 10 AM followed by lunch at noon.  Cantor Adina will lead an Adult Study Hour at 4:00 PM.  There will be a light dinner at 5, followed by Havdalah service at 5:30. She invites kids to come in their pjs, and says everyone is welcome.  The services and study hour will also be on Zoom.

Rabbi Jack Shlachter helped lead our High Holy Day services back in 2013 and has stayed in touch ever since.  He will be leading services and teaching the weekend of December 5-6.

And in January, Rabbi Saul Kaye will be coming the weekend of January 23-24.  Rabbi Kaye is also adding a Jewish Blues concert immediately following the Havdalah service.  So he will lead Friday night, Saturday morning, teach a class, lead Havdalah, and then hold a concert.

Cantor Adina and Rabbi Shlachter are both possible religious leaders for us.  So please meet them and let members of the Board of Directors know your thoughts.

We have our annual congregation meeting on Sunday, December 7^th at the Synagogue.  That would be a great time to give us your feedback and opinions.

This is a tough time for many people, because of the uncertainty about SNAP benefits, and furloughs and layoffs.  Mt. Sinai is holding a food drive this week.  Please bring non-perishable items to the Synagogue.  We’ll bring them to Needs, Inc. for distribution.

Food donations can be dropped off at the Synagogue during services.

• Food donations can be dropped during the Sisterhood meeting on 11/16 (noon to 1 PM).
• Food donations can be dropped during dancing next Sundays from 3 to 4:30.
• Food donations can be dropped off on Tuesday, 11/11 and Thursday, 11/13 between 1:15 PM and 3:45 PM.

Please contact Phyllis or Stephanie to make arrangements for additional drop-off times.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Velkhn ganef tshepet men nit?
Dem vos ganvet dem afikoymen.

What thief do you not apprehend?
The one who steals the afikoman. 

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

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November Birthdays

3              Jared Miller

4              Julie Breen

7              Ya’el McLoud

11            Alan Wolf

11           Aviv Mantaka

11           Chayale Mendelsohn

19           Dennis Fisher

25           Therese McKinnon

25           Stephanie Ehrlich

26           James Peebles

26           Devorah Leah Mendelsohn

27           Phyllis Bloomberg

27           Nolan Rap

29           Lila Gallensky