Weekly Message from our Board President

Rabbi Delcau was interviewed in a local Jewish publication, and the story is great.  As you know, Rabbi Delcau joined Mt. Sinai in June.  At roughly the same time, the two Synagogues in Ft. Collins also welcomed new Rabbis.  Rabbi Julia Spiegel became the Rabbi at the Har Shalom Center for Jewish Living and Rabbi Natalie Fields is now the Rabbi at Temple Or Hadash.

An organization called JewishColorado works with congregations and communities around Colorado and includes Mt. Sinai in its activities.  Dr. Julie Lieber, the Chief Jewish Life and Engagement Officer at JEWISHcolorado, interviewed all three new Rabbis for an article in their monthly newsletter.  Rabbi Delcau had a lot of nice things to say about Mt. Sinai and Cheyenne’s Jewish community.

Here’s a brief excerpt:

“I believe Cheyenne can become the next great Jewish community along the Front Range. My vision is to create meaningful Judaism that sustains itself throughout Southern Wyoming while welcoming families seeking a warm and loving community. My wife Kelly, our Rebbetzin, and our daughter Lili are an important part of that vision. Together, we hope to build relationships, celebrate Jewish life, and create a sense of belonging across generations.”

You can read the full article here: https://www.jewishcolorado.org/new-rabbis-reinvigorate-northern-colorado/.

By the way, we learned that Rabbi Delcau has a nickname – “Rabbi D.”  He says he was given that nickname when he worked at Temple Emanuel in Denver (Morris Gardner, who loves to give people nicknames, missed this one).

The second session of “The Rebbetzin’s Table” is tomorrow night.  Come to the Synagogue at 7 PM for a lively discussion about the Torah and other topics, led by Rebbetzin Kelly Delcau.  It will also be available on Zoom.

The final class in our program of “The Jewish World: Remarkable People, Places, and Stories from our Past” is this Thursday.  The topic of Thursday’s class is “From Volozhin to New York: The Remarkable Journey of Sender Jarmulowsky.”  Sender Jarmulowsky was a Russian Jewish immigrant who founded a bank in the lower East Side of New York, and helped immigrants buy steamship tickets for their relatives back in Europe.  The class will be taught by Rabbi Delcau.  Please RSVP to [email protected] if you plan to attend in person or by Zoom.

Preorders for the See’s Candy Sale are coming in.  We just put up a sign in front of the Synagogue advertising it.  Order from our website, and you’ll be able to pay for and pick up the candy after Thanksgiving.  Take a drive past the Synagogue this week – you won’t miss our new sign.  Here’s a note from Phyllis Bloomberg about the sale:

“The See’s Candy Sale will begin on Sunday, November 29.  You can place your pre-order now on our website and we will set your candy aside so that you can be sure to get what you want.”

Our plan is to use that space to advertise other events around the year.  The first sign looks great – thanks to PBR Printing for making it for us.

Congregations in Northern Colorado and southern Wyoming will be holding a Virtual Menorah Lighting on Tuesday, December 8 at 6 PM.  It will be on Zoom, so you’ll be able to log in from home and participate.  We’ll have details, including the information about logging in, as we get closer.

Our services and many of our events are on Zoom.  We change the Zoom links frequently for security reasons (to avoid “zoom-bombing”).  If you’d like to get the links, please email [email protected] and we’ll add you to the mailing list.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Shpiln di griln, tantsn di vantsn.       
When the crickets play, the bedbugs dance.   

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

Community Partner with Family Promise of Cheyenne

November Birthdays

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

29           Lila Gallensky