Weekly Message from the Board President

Whew!  We made it through another Cheyenne Frontier Days!  While most of our Synagogue activities were put on hold (the parades set up in our neighborhood, so it was tough to get to the Synagogue on parade days), we are still moving forward.

Our search committee met yesterday and is scheduling interviews with our candidates.  The committee will then meet and select finalists.  The finalists will be invited to come to Cheyenne in person to lead services and meet our congregation.  They will also be asked to lead Torah Thursday over Zoom.  You are invited to attend, of course, and we’ll record the Torah Thursdays and add them to our YouTube channel if you want to watch them later.

We want you to have plenty of opportunities to see our candidates, meet them, and talk with them.

About a year ago, we held our Shalom Dinner at the Good Friends Chinese Restaurant on East Lincolnway.  While we usually have Chinese food for our Shalom Dinner on Christmas Eve, it’s okay to enjoy the cuisine more than once a year.  So let’s all meet at Good Friends Restaurant on Wednesday, August 6 at 6:30 PM.

That will be after our search committee has finished its interviews, so we’ll be able to give you our reactions to the candidates.  You’ll get the “inside scoop” on who the committee may be recommending to the Board of Directors (the Board will make the final decision on bringing candidates to Cheyenne, and eventually who to hire to serve as our Religious Leader).

Penny Wolin, Wyoming-born Jewish author and photographer, is holding a series of Town Hall meetings around the state of Wyoming to discuss Jewish culture and answer question about Judaism.  The meetings tie in with her new book, Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry.  The book highlights 70 photographers who are descended from Jews or are Jewish.  There are photos of each photographer, along with interviews and descriptions.

Wolin does not have a meeting scheduled for Cheyenne, but she does have them in other parts of the state.  Here’s the schedule:

JULY 28         Riverton Public Library                                  6:30 pm

JULY 29         Lander Public Library                                    6:30 pm

AUGUST 4    Casper, Natrona County Library            6:00 pm

AUGUST 5    Evanston, Uinta Public Library                5:30 pm

Wolin has donated copies of her book to libraries around the state, including the Laramie County Public Library.  It’s a fascinating “coffee table” type book with insights into each photographer.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

A dokter tor men nit vintshn a gut yor.
Never wish a doctor a good year. 

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

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July Birthdays

6              Martha Silver

12           Dave Lerner

15           Andrea Moldo

15           Ryder Lucero

16           Georgia Young

20           Freyja McLoud 

20           Cara Johnson

21           Emily Altman

25           Samuel Altman

22           Susan Feldman

27           Matani Ravenna