Weekly Message from the Board President

The search is on!  Last week, the search committee gave final approval to the wording of our ad seeking a new religious leader.  We placed the ad on numerous online job boards and almost immediately got a response.   One was from a man in South Dakota with a good background, but the gentleman was not ordained.  We asked him to look into becoming ordained before moving forward.  Another was from a Rabbi at a congregation in the west, and a third was from a factory worker in Laramie.  We suspect that the applicant’s information was sent to us because it was geographically close to Cheyenne, and may have been done so without the applicant’s knowledge.  In any case, we have a very solid applicant so far, and that’s in less than a week.

In the meantime, our lay leaders are leading services and that is going smoothly.  We anticipate having a new religious leader in place by the end of June, so we have a good start.  By the way, we are using the term “religious leader” instead of Rabbi, because we may find a cantor who can lead our community.  We did that once before.  Uri Neil was a cantor and led our community for 18 years in the late 1900’s and early 2000’s.  He was excellent and we miss him (he has since passed away).

Rabbi Joe Black is going to be leading Friday night services for us on Friday, July 18.  He’s the very recently retired Rabbi from Temple Emanuel, the largest Synagogue in Denver.  We’ll begin the evening with a Shabbat Shalom Dinner (see how we did that?) in his honor at the Synagogue, starting at 6 PM.  Then we’ll move into the sanctuary at 7 for the service.  The service will in person and on Zoom, per normal. Here’s the Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84687533228. Meeting ID: 846 8753 3228

Our congregation has been invited to the screening of a new movie.  It’s called “Anna and the Egyptian Doctor” and will be shown at Laramie County Community College this Friday at 9:45 AM in the Pathfinder Building on campus.  The movie tells the story of an Arab doctor who rescued a Jewish girl during the Holocaust.  Let them know at the door you are from Mt. Sinai.

We mentioned this last week, but it’s also coming up.  Sherri and Warrie Means are hosting a House concert at their home in Laramie on Sunday.  It will feature their daughter, Grammy award winning (wow… we can say that!) Shelby Means, her husband Joel Timmons, and  Maya de Vitry.  Tickets are $25, and $20 for students. Please contact Warrie Means at [email protected] or 307-760-5010 for details.

We had a great time at the 4^th of July picnic last Friday.    Lots of people showed up (thank you Noah Make for grilling the hot dogs).  Rabbi Halfon came and it was great to see him.  He said he is pursuing some exciting opportunities in several locations.  We wish him well in his search.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Hodeve a volf vi lang, kukt er alts in vald arayn.     
No matter how long you tame a wolf, he will still look to the woods.       

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