Weekly Message from the Board President

The King has been dethroned!  Noam Mantaka, the Mt. Sinai King of the Kugels for the past four years, lost his title at Saturday’s Kugel Cookoff.  It was a close race, but he was beat out by Phyllis Bloomberg.  Noam’s submission was a Kugel of Gold.  But the winner went to Phyllis’ vegan Lokshen Kugel with Dried Cherries and Pistachios.  It wasn’t an easy contest.  She also had to defeat Jeff Weinstein’s Apple Noodle Kugel and her second entry, a vegan Potato Kugel.  Honorable Mention goes to Leo Wolfson, who submitted his very first Kugel to the contest, a potato Kugel.  Unfortunately, Mother Nature (in the form of frozen pipes) delayed his entry until after the Cookoff had ended.  It made for a wonderful dessert to the um, desserts…  Anyway, Phyllis has earned bragging rights for the next year.  Here’s some photos of the entries.

Our thanks to Rabbinical Student Saul Kaye.  He was our Scholar in Residence this past weekend, leading services Friday night and Saturday.  He also treated us to a concert during the Kugel Cookoff.

Rabbi Evette Lutman is coming to Cheyenne to serve as our Scholar in Residence the weekend of February 13 and 14.  Rabbi Lutman came to Cheyenne before and led services four years ago.  She is not a candidate for our open Religious Leader position.  She is going to lead services Friday night and Saturday morning, then teach a class in the afternoon followed by a Havdalah service.

If you are noticing a pattern here, you are correct.  The Ritual and Liturgy Committee is trying to bring in a Scholar in Residence every month while we continue our search for a new religious leader.  It has been great to see the different perspectives and ideas for services from the people who have led services so far, and we’re looking forward to  Rabbi Lutman and others still to come.

Valentine’s Day is coming up and we do have a few boxes of See’s Candy available.  There are seven different types of candy, and they would make an excellent Valentine’s Day treat.

We also want to remind you that we have several large desks available.  They can be yours for free… all you have to do is come to the Synagogue and pick them up.  (Bring help… they are heavy).  They were being used by the library, but that space is now being taken up by books.  Our Synagogue library is getting very large, and we’re happy to see the growth.  However, our building is not growing… so we do need to make space.

Speaking of the library, we now have a new Mt. Sinai librarian.  Last week, the Board of Directors officially named Phyllis Bloomberg our librarian.  She succeeds the late Dorothy Feldman, who created and led our library for decades.  Congratulations, Phyllis! 

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

A kats vos myauket ken keyn mayz nit khapn.
A meowing cat catches no mice.     

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

Community Partner with Family Promise of Cheyenne

January Birthdays

1              Chanie Mendelsohn

2              Jacob Westover

5              William Lucero

11           Stephanie White

12           Laurie Lerner

15           Steve Lerner

16           Zalman Mendelsohn

22           Thomas Silliman

25           Donna Pepper

26           Jacob Means

26           David Young

27           Erin Brown

28           Leo Wolfson

29           Howard Rodack