2610 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
(307) 634 - 3052
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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, April 22 –7 to 8:30 PM – Hebrew for Beginners. Class #1 of 12 classes. In person and via Zoom. Zoom info:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87048954137. Meeting ID: 870 4895 4137.
Thursday, April 24 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday.
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Thursday, April 24 – 6:45 to 8:30 PM – Yom HaShoah Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day featuring the movie, “God on Trial”.
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Friday, April 25 – 6 PM – Chametz party
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Friday, April 25 – 7 PM – Erev Shabbat service 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, April 27 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing.
Monday, April 28 – 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, April 29 –7 to 8:30 PM – Hebrew for Beginners. Class #2 of 12 classes. In person and via Zoom.Thursday, May 1 – 12 noon to 1 PM – Torah Thursday.
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Thursday, May 1 – 6:45 – 8:30 PM -Yom HaAtzmaut – Israel Independence Day, featuring the movie “Walk on Water.”
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Friday, May 2 – 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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Saturday, May 3 – 10 to 11:30 AM – Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Halfon.
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Sunday, May 4 – 3 to 4:30 PM – Israeli Dancing.
Monday, May 5 – 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
We have chosen for our next Hadassah Book Group read Francine Klagsbrun’s Henrietta Szold Hadassah and the Zionist Dream. We will meet in person and via Zoom on Sunday, June 22nd at 4:00 p.m. at Wendy Berelson’s residence. Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with Hadassah, Szold used a combined ethical and pragmatic approach aimed at improving the lives of both Jews and Arabs. She later moved to Mandate Palestine to help shape education, health, and social services there. The pinnacle of her career came in her seventies, when she took on the task of directing the Youth Aliyah program, which rescued thousands of young people from the Nazis and resettled them in Palestine.
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SOCIAL ACTION
Family Promise is rolling out an exciting new program called Just Neighbors. This program is designed to provide additional support to and interaction with families being housed through Family Promise. Keep an eye on this section for more information in upcoming weeks on how Mt. Sinai (and you!) can get involved.
Weekly Message from the Board President
If the only Hebrew word you know is Shalom, we have a solution. Israeli-born Matani Ravenna is teaching a class in Modern Hebrew for Beginner Adults, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22nd. It’s a great way to start learning the language, and you’ll pick up enough to really make a difference if you travel to Israel.
The class will run Tuesday nights from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM for the next 12 weeks. It will meet at Mt. Sinai but will also be available on Zoom. Click here to join the class: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87048954137. Meeting ID: 870 4895 4137.
The cost is $150 for Mt. Sinai members, and $300 for non-members. If you can’t afford the class but still want to take it, please reach out to the Synagogue office at [email protected].
Rabbi Halfon has a note about some other upcoming events:
This coming Thursday April 24 is Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day – “Yom HaShoah veGevruah.” For years, Mt. Sinai has held a commemorative service on this day, often with speakers. This year, we will screen the televmovie God on Trial, a 2008 British play in which a group of Jewish prisoners in the Auschwitz death camp put God on trial in absentia for breaking the covenant with them by permitting such a genocide. In the process, they also relate their distinct stories to each other. The telemovie is based on “The Trial of God” by Elie Wiesel and features several British and American actors. It won several awards and is regarded as among the top 50 Holocaust movies. While it is neither violent nor manipulative, it challenging to watch. Present-day visitors to Auschwitz tour the camp, and ask survivors among them if such a “trial” actually took place. According to Wiesel, it did. We warmly invite you to this thought-provoking film. (Should you miss it, it is available to buy, or on Youtube.)
2) The following Thursday, May 1, 2025 we will commemorate Israel Independence Day by screening the 2004 award-winning movie Walk on Water (103 minutes, mostly English with some German, Hebrew and Arabic) starring Lior Ashkenazi as Eyal, a hardened but weary Mossad agent, along with German actors Knut Berger and Caroline Peters. This powerful film manages to be a spy thriller, a look at both modern Israel and Germany and their relationship; and an examination of guilt, grief, responsibility, and prejudices of all kinds. Yet it also features some light-hearted interludes – just like life. (no more spoilers!)
The film’s title refers to the question many Christian visitors to Israel ask: “how did Jesus walk on the water?” This theme seems to emerge as but one of the many symbols in the film for hope in the face of violence and hatred. If possible, we will include some light refreshments.
Then on Friday, April 25th, we’ll be holding our annual Chametz Party. It’s when we welcome back Chametz to our diet after taking a break from it during Passover. We’ll be serving Pizza, Beer, and Soft Drinks at the Synagogue, starting at 6 PM. While there will be some pizzas provided, please feel free to bring your own favorite meatless pizza, or favorite beer to enjoy and share. This is a “dairy” meal so please no meat.”
At 7, we’ll all move into the small sanctuary for our regular Shabbat services. So come for the dinner, and stay for services!
Now that we’re past Passover, cooking for the Yiddish Food Festival will begin in earnest. Cooking will take place Wednesdays after work (say, 5:30 or so) and Sunday mornings at 10. Please contact Jeff Weinstein at 307-421-7189 for details. Rumor has it that the people who show up to help cook have a lot of fun and really enjoy getting to know each other and working together.
Our thanks to Rick Padilla for getting new work done on the Synagogue roof. Several leaky spots were repaired by Inman Roofing. We also have new sinks installed in the Synagogue kitchen.
That brings us to a reminder about our fundraiser for the building and security funds. Roof and other repairs are expensive, so we are trying to replenish the building fund with your help. Please donate what you can. The good news is that anything you donate, up to $500 per month, will be matched by Phyllis and Jason Bloomberg. So your donation will go twice as far.
Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:
Er ken oystrinken a yardn!
He could drink up the Jordan River!
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 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.
April Birthdays
1 Nathan Weinstein
Gayle Wagner
3 Daniel Solish
4 Warren “Zeev” Osher
6 Sally Nolan
9 Cecilia Linn
24 Carol Fischer
24 Tori Rosenthal
29 Barbara Karz-Wagman