Masks are not required in the Synagogue but are available for anyone who wants to wear one.  No one will be turned away or prevented from entering the Synagogue to pray and worship.  

Weekly Message from the Board President

Hail and farewell, Dorothy Feldman.  On Saturday, Dorothy left Cheyenne.  She moved to Arkansas to be closer to family.  Dorothy grew up in Cheyenne.  She got married to her beloved Joe, in the old Synagogue that was built back in 1910.  She said the current building wasn’t ready when her wedding was scheduled, so it took place in our old Synagogue.

Dorothy was heavily involved in all aspects of our Synagogue life.  But she also had a great impact in the larger Wyoming community.  At a celebration in her honor a few years ago, stories were told of Dorothy’s meetings with governors and other politicians, as well as clergy and community leaders.

In the 1990’s, Dorothy’s husband Joe passed away.  Dorothy decided to donate Joe’s collection of Jewish-related books to the Synagogue, and created the Mt. Sinai Library.  She, along with good friend Tim Solon, operated and grew the library until Covid.  It became the largest collection of Judaica in the state of Wyoming.

Dorothy Feldman leaves a lasting legacy at Mt. Sinai, Cheyenne, and Wyoming.  We will miss her, and wish her all the best in her new home.

Speaking of the library, a special shoutout to Noam, Aviv, and Talia Mantaka, David Lucero, Carol Fischer, Phyllis Bloomberg, Laurie Lerner, Tikvah McKinnon, James Peebles, and Dave Lerner (yes, me).  They came to the Synagogue on Sunday and spent hours moving bookshelves and box after box of books.  The library had been moved to the lobby when the social hall was painted.  We now have our lobby back, but it will be awhile before the books are all put back on the shelves in order.  It was a lot of hard work, but we had a good crew and everything went smoothly.

One of our matriarchs was honored during First Saturday Shabbat services over the weekend.  Lila Gallensky was called to the Torah, and later celebrated during a delicious lunch of blintzes.  Lila’s in her ninth decade, but you wouldn’t know it from the energy she continues to pour into Sisterhood and Mt. Sinai.  We can’t thank her enough for all she has done for the Synagogue, but Saturday’s service was a start.

Tomorrow night, Tuesday, February 7, is our Tu B’Shvat Seder.  Rabbi Halfon will be leading.  It’s very different from a Passover Seder.  Fruit and nuts will be served, for example.  It will be in person at the Synagogue starting at 7.  You can also tune in on Zoom, starting at 6:30.  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81434101294  Meeting ID: 814 3410 1294

Then on Thursday, we’re all going out to dinner at Bejo’s.  It’s the Asian restaurant on 17^th Street near Central.  Let’s meet at 6:30 PM.  This is our Shalom dinner, so please invite anyone you wish.  Everyone pays for their own meal, and we get together for fun and great conversation.

Two Synagogue related dinners in one week?  Yeah, we can do that.

A special shoutout to our own celebrity – Noam Mantaka.  We learned this week that a Wyoming Tribune Eagle story about Noam and his food truck – Noam’s Table, won second place in the National Newspaper Association Foundation’s Best Business Feature Story (Daily Division).  Congratulations to Will Carpenter, who wrote the story, and to Noam, for being such an excellent subject.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Er klert vi di velt dreyt zikh.         
He’s contemplating the rotation of the earth.   

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

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February Birthdays

3             Courtney Schlisserman

5              Allison Baca

12          Susan Mervis

13           Samuel Moldo

15           Sherri Means

               Steve Weinstein

14           Rayette Reece

19           Jonathan Savelle

23           Liam Linn

27          Judy Brown