2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
[email protected]

 

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Shabbat Services

Please join us for Shabbat services every Friday evening at 7 PM.  Shabbat Services are also held on select Saturdays at 10 AM.  Friday night and scheduled Saturday morning services are announced on our website, Facebook page, and our weekly newsletter. 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, January 14 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Introduction to Judaism class, “Deeper Judaism” on Zoom.  Class begins at 7.  Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM.  Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83666626920.  Meeting ID: 836 6662 6920

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Wednesday, January 15 – 6:30 PM – Board Meeting via Zoom.

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Thursday, January 16 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday. Led by Rabbi Halfon.

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Friday, January 17 – 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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Sunday, January 19 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing. New dancers are welcome. This is a great time to join!

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Monday, January 20 – Annual MLK March.  Gather at the Historic Depot at 11:45 AM and begin marching to the Capital at 12:00 PM. Please see the attached flyer.

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Monday, January 20 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Jason Bloomberg is the moderator.  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, January 21 – 7 to 8:30 PM – Introduction to Judaism class, “Deeper Judaism” on Zoom.  Class begins at 7.  Zoom call starts at 6:30 PM.  Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83666626920.  Meeting ID: 836 6662 6920

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Wednesday, January 22 – 6:30 PM – Shalom Dinner at The Office Bar & Grill, 1600 E Pershing Blvd. 

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Thursday, January 23 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday. Led by Rabbi Halfon.

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Friday, January 24 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Halfon, in person and via Zoom. Annual Debbie Friedman Memorial Shabbat.  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, January 26 – 1 to 4 PM – Annual Kugel Cook Off and City Creek Band Concert.

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Monday, January 27 – 5:30 PM – Bibles and Beer in person at Uncle Charlie’s and via Zoom. Jason Bloomberg is the moderator.  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 statewide Hadassah Book Group will be on Sunday, March 2 at 4 PM at Wendy Berelson’s house in Laramie.  We have picked Alice Hoffman’s new novel When We Flew Away.  From Amazon: “Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding.”

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SOCIAL ACTION EVENTS

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Sunday, January 19 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Cheyenne City Wide Celebration Program, 4 PM, Second Baptist Church, 2408 Snyder Avenue, Cheyenne, WY.  Please see attached flyer.

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Monday, January 20 – Annual March/Gathering.  Please see the attached flyer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Weekly Message from the Board President

 

Food, glorious food.  If it seems like we’re always focused on food at the Synagogue… it’s because we are.  We have two food-related events coming up.

Coming up first, the first Shalom Dinner of 2025.  It will take place a week from Wednesday, on January 22, at 6:30 P.M.  Let’s all meet at the Office Restaurant on Pershing Blvd.  We’ll eat, we’ll talk, we’ll shmooze, and we’ll have a good time.

Then on Sunday, January 26, we’ll be holding our annual Kugel Cookoff and a free concert at the same time.  It all starts at 1 PM, when the City Creek Band takes the stage in the Mt. Sinai Social Hall.  The City Creek Band is headed by Daniel Hillshafer, who was a member of our congregation until he moved away.  The City Creek Band offered a performance as part of a charity auction for CASA of Laramie County.  Dr. Jason and Phyllis Bloomberg won the auction and donated the performance to the Synagogue.

Here’s a clip of the band:

https://www.facebook.com/100063640473690/videos/6932695276855132

 

The plan is for the band to perform for an hour.  Then our Kugel bakers will bring out their creations, and we’ll sit down to eat, and vote on the best.  The winner gets bragging rights for the next year as the best Kugel baker at Mt. Sinai (and maybe the world).  Then the band will perform a second set to finish off the afternoon.  It will be a fun event, and it’s coming up on the 26th.

Rick Padilla has been hard at work preparing a grant application to FEMA to improve security at the Synagogue.  He got numerous bids for various projects, including improving the doors, locks, and cameras, and paying for security for the next year.  The grant request, for $200,000, was submitted last week.  Keep your fingers crossed – we hope we get it!  There are other grant opportunities coming up and we’ll be going for those if we don’t get this one.

Rabbi Halfon will be focusing his service on the late Debbie Friedman on Friday, January 24.  Friedman wrote music to a lot of Jewish prayers.  Perhaps her most famous was the tune we use for the Mi Shebeirach.  Rabbi Halfon will be singing a lot of her melodies during the service.

Last week, we presented some Jewish Mother jokes sent to us by Denise Bendori.  Here’s a second set:

  1. What did the Jewish Mother ATM say to her customer?
  2. You never write, you never call and you only visit me when you need money.

 

  1. What are the two most important things a Jewish Mother needs to know about sex and marriage?
  2. Who is having sex? And why aren’t they married already?

 

  1. What is a genius?
  2. An average student with a Jewish Mother.

 

  1. Who asked the princess seven times to get married?
  2. Her Jewish Mother.

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.

 

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

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