Special Events

2008/5769 Calendar

Bea’s Dance class: Sunday at 1:30 p.m

See’s Candy Sale

The Sisterhood’s annual See’s Candy Sale is underway! We are offering the usual favorites and some new choices for Chanukah. Many of the selections are now Kosher – Dairy. We continue to keep our prices as low as possible, which makes this delicious candy also quite the bargain.

Orders will be available for pick up at the Synagogue beginning Sunday, November 30. Pick up hours will be Sunday through Thursday from 10 AM to 4 PM. For those unable to come to the Synagogue, orders can be delivered.

As usual, additional candy will be available to sample and purchase during the above pick up hours. The Gift Shop will also be open during much of the sale. The Annual Gift Shop Open House will be on Sunday, November 30 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Watch for more information on this special event!

This is the Sisterhood’s big fundraiser, and we appreciate the assistance of everyone – men, women, and children! If you would are available to help out during the pick up days, please contact any Sisterhood member or call the office.

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS by Rosalyn Wallach Baker: Please keep your donations coming for the Stained Glass Window in the Tree of Life design to honor Uri Neil. We are close in collections to start the process for this artwork in the small Sanctuary. To date we have commitments for the purchase of six of the eleven Women of the Bible windows to be installed in the Community Hall. Watkins Stained Glass Windows of Denver, Co. has started the project with EVE. They expect installation to take place within the next two months. The next four windows are for the Pasternack Family. Watkins indicates they should be completed and installed within the next six months. Watkins has indicated they have the project on their calendar to complete all of the window installations during 2008. Please let us know if your family is interested in the purchase of one of the windows.

CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE by Rosalyn Wallach Baker: On September 24th, a letter with a questionnaire was mailed to approximately 125 former members of Mt Sinai who are now living throughout the United States. The response has been overwhelming and very exciting, especially for Roslyne Kaufman who has been getting calls from friends she hasn’t spoken to in several decades. This 100th Mt Sinai Synagogue Anniversary Book is to include all members of Mt Sinai up to 2010. We urge current members to complete the family questionnaire in this Kehilah or contact the office to obtain additional copies. Anyone interested in working on this committee is welcomed.

WYOMING ARTS COUNCIL by Rosalyn Wallach Baker: Put on your dancing shoes and have some fun with Bea Montross and her toe stepping smoothies. The Board of Directors has approved and supports a new project for Mt Sinai. To help us retain certain aspects of our heritage, The Wyoming Arts Council is offering Mt Sinai a grant to teach Jewish dances such as the hora, the sher, the Baroiges tanz, the Patch tanz, etc., to members of our Congregation. Naturally, adults and teenagers are welcomed. The ideal class will be somewhere between 20 to 30 dancers. A separate class for younger children is possible if we have enough interest. We are looking at Sunday classes for about 1 1/2 hours. Please respond ASAP to either Bea Montross at 778-8618 or call the office at Mt Sinai to reserve a spot.

Historical Marker – The first Permanent Jewish Synagogue in Wyoming was erected in 1915 by Cheyenne’s Mt. Sinai Congregation.  German Jewish merchants came to Cheyenne starting in 1867, organized but were unable to build a Synagogue.  After 1900, with the arrival of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe it became possible to both organize and build.  This Synagogue was replaced by one at 2610 Pioneer which was dedicated in 1949. 

Jewish settlement in Wyoming has been called the furthermost reaches of the Jewish Diaspora since it represented settlement far removed from the limitations that had been placed on Judaism in Germany and Russia.  Jewish participation in the life of Cheyenne and Wyoming has made the slogan “The Equality State” more meaningful.