Weekly Message from the Board President

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is always a special time at Mt. Sinai. Not only because of the holiday, which is wonderful, but also because it means the official start of the See’s Candy Sale.

On Sunday, November 30, we’ll be in the Synagogue from 10 AM to 4 PM with a full selection of tasty See’s Candy. Come on in to shop. You can also order online from our website and then pay for and pick up your order on Sunday. This is a fundraiser for Sisterhood, but the prices are as low or lower than you’ll find anywhere else. A box or two of See’s Candy can make a great gift this time of year. It’s a super easy way to do your holiday shopping.

Torah Thursday is moving… to Tuesdays! The new Torah Tuesday will be led by Jeff Weinstein while we’re between religious leaders. Come to the Synagogue on Tuesday at noon. Bring your lunch and your curiosity about Torah.

We’ve opened up Wifi in the Synagogue to guests. You can now connect with your phone, laptop, or other devices. Jason Bloomberg set it up for us (thanks, Jason!). Here’s a note from him about it:

Mt. Sinai now offers high speed wireless Internet access while you are at the Synagogue.

Use: Mt. Sinai MESH – Guest

The password is: 613Mitzvot!

Please note that by logging on to this WiFi you are consenting to your device being scanned for malware and your data volume usage monitored. If malware is found on your device, you may be automatically blocked from accessing the WiFi until you resolve the issue. The same is true for excessive data usage typically from when a device becomes a “zombie” being exploited for crypto currency data mining. Some websites might not be accessible from our WiFi due to being “blacklisted” for security issues. That is constantly being reassessed by our security software. We do not edit the blocked websites list.

The Board of Directors met last week and set the dates for several upcoming events. Our annual Hanukah Party will be Sunday, December 21. We’ll put candles into the menorahs at 5 PM, and light them all together at 5:30. It’s really an amazing sight to see a long table filled with menorahs, and all the candles burning brightly.

The Kugel Cookoff will take place January 24th at 5:30 PM. We’ll be combining it with a concert, the way we did last year. Our performer is Saul Kaye, and he will also be leading services as a Scholar in Residence that weekend. We’ll have more on him and the weekend as we get closer.

And the Yiddish Food Festival will be Sunday, June 7.

The Board also decided to honor the late Dorothy Feldman. Dorothy was a lifetime member of Mt. Sinai and passed away a few weeks ago at 100 years old. Her legacy is everywhere you look in our building, but her labor of love was the Synagogue library. The library is named after Dorothy’s late husband, Joe. The Board of Directors decided to name the collection after Dorothy. So it is the Joseph Feldman Library, and the books are the Dorothy Feldman collection. We hope she would have been pleased with the naming.

A quick reminder – Rabbi Jack Shlachter will be our Scholar in Residence December 5 and 6. He will be leading services Friday night and Saturday morning, teaching a class Saturday afternoon, and then lead a Havdalah service after that.

Our annual meeting is Sunday, December 7. It begins with a brunch at 10 AM, followed by the meeting itself at noon. We’ll review the budget, elect new members to the Board, and hear from various committees about what they’ve been working on during the past year.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Az a ganef hot nit vos tsu ganvenen, ganvet er dos hitl fun zikh arop.
If a thief has nothing to steal, he steals the hat off his own head.

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