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 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 Zoom. 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!

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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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Sunday, March 31 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing.  New dancers are welcome.

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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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Tuesday, April 2 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Modern Hebrew for Beginners Class.  This is a 12 week class taught by Matani Ravenna, in person and via Zoom. Please register at [email protected]. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204213079 Meeting ID: 872 0421 3079

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Thursday, April 4  – 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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Friday, April 5 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Halfon, 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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Saturday, April 6 – 10 AM to 12 noon –  Shabbat service led by Rabbi Halfon (the Zoom call begins at 9:30). Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89143353884. Meeting ID: 891 4335 3884

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Sunday, April 7 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing.  New dancers are welcome.

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Monday, April 8 – 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 honor to celebrate Estelle over this labor 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 MarchMaus, and Anne Frank’s Diary.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Message from the Board President

 

March 28 is a pretty popular day for birthdays in our community.  We have three people celebrating their birthdays on Thursday – Rich Menkin, Morris Gardner, and Jason Bloomberg.  We’ll sing Happy Birthday at our Shalom Dinner for all three (though we’re not planning on singing it three times…)

The Shalom Dinner is at 6:30 PM this Thursday at Mondello’s Restaurant on Stillwater, off of Dell Range.  We’ll be eating in the back, in the sit-down portion of the restaurant.  We’ll be able to order pizza in addition to their regular dinner menu (which normally doesn’t include pizza, but they are making an exception for us).  So this could turn out to be a very economical meal, if you split a pizza with other folks.

We have some news following the Board of Directors meeting last week.  The Passover Seder will be on Monday, April 22nd.  The menu and ticket prices are going to be the same as last year. Invitations to the Seder are being mailed this week.  You can also fill out our form here. Everybody’s welcome, so please come!

In the past, we’ve held a Chametz party when Passover ends, to continue the celebration, but this time with bread that we couldn’t eat during the holidays (which generally means pizza).  That’s been scheduled for Wednesday, May 1.

The Yom Hashoah observance has been set for Monday night, May 6.

We have created new signs for the Yiddish Food Festival.  They are already printed and in the Synagogue, and will go up in front of the building and in city parks.  They are just part of our plans to advertise the Festival.  Also, the Klez Dispensers, the klezmer band that has performed in the past at the Festival, will be returning of this year’s event.  They enjoy playing at Mt. Sinai and do a great job.

The Board of Directors also talked about preliminary plans for an umbrella organization that could serve Jews throughout Wyoming.  It’s in the very earliest stages of planning.  One of the ideas is to have a website that lists all of the congregations in the state, including when they hold services, and the type of services (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, etc.)  We’re reaching out to other congregations to see if they would be interested in doing something together.

We usually honor someone in our Synagogue for our First Saturday Shabbat service.  We are still holding Shabbat services on April 6, but there will not be an honoree this month.  So come for the service and the Oneg, and enjoy!

A special shoutout to Courtney Schlisserman.  She did an outstanding job of leading our Friday night Women’s Shabbat service.  Courtney stepped up in the last minute, but you would never know it. The service ran very smoothly and she was great.  Thank you, Courtney.

Jason Bloomberg sent us a note about a proposal to dedicate a chair in the small sanctuary in honor of Tim Solon.  Most of the chairs dedicated have been in our large sanctuary.  Here’s the note:

At the morning Shabbat service where Father Tim Solon, a retired Episcopalian Priest was honored, the idea was presented to dedicate a chair in the small sanctuary next to the one in honor of Dorothy Feldman in honor of Tim.  He is the only person thus far who is an “Honorary Member” of Mt. Sinai Congregation.  Although not Jewish, he has been a genuine friend of this community for decades and has shown extraordinary support for this community in multiple ways. 

In the 1970’s when The Cheyenne Ministerial Association, now known as the Cheyenne Interfaith Council was considering admitting Mt. Sinai Congregation as a member organization he spoke up forcefully in support even while other member churches opposed admission of “a non-Christian organization.”  Ultimately, due in large part to Father Tim Solon’s efforts, Mt. Sinai was admitted. 

Years later, for more than a decade when Dorothy Feldman needed help getting to and from the Synagogue, it was Tim who rearranged his personal schedule to facilitate her transportation.  Without his help, our community would not have had her participation in the Synagogue library, where Tim assisted, or her presence at services, where Tim accompanied her.  Given his extraordinary dedication and service to our community, it is only fitting and proper that a chair be dedicated in the small sanctuary next to Dorothy Feldman in his honor while he is still among us. For those who want to contribute to underwriting that chair, they can make a donation to the Mt. Sinai Endowment in honor of Tim Solon Chair in Small Sanctuary.  While the total cost of sponsorship is $1,000, those who wish to honor Tim Solon with this chair should give whatever amount they are comfortable giving, the balance is already pledged to be covered, 

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Es shitn zikh perl fun zayn moyl.      
Pearls flow from his mouth.

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

 

Donations to Israel

If you would like to send money to Israel, here are some options:

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From Hadassah:  If you would like to donate to Hadassah during Israel’s time of great need the link is below. Hadassah Medical Organization acted swiftly after the assault by Hamas and is treating many of the injured as well as deploying emergency measures to protect and heal the people of Israel.  https://hadassah.gospringboard.com/secure/israelatwar?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Crisis+Email+Gaza+Attack+100823&utm_id=101878&sfmc_id=60158851
 
From Rabbi Halfon: I urge you support the Sheba Medical Center’s on the ground in Israel, by donating HERE.https://give.afsmc.org/give/525518/#!/donation/checkout
 

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

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