Weekly Message from the Board President

Let’s have a picnic!  It’s time for the annual Mt. Sinai 4^th of July picnic.  We’ll be holding it in the back yard of the Synagogue this Friday, starting at 11:30 AM.  We’ll be cooking up hot dogs and we’ll bring soft drinks.  Please bring something to share.  We’re looking forward to a wide variety of salads and desserts.  Oh… one thing… please bring your own serving spoon.  The Synagogue will also provide plates, silverware, and napkins, but we may not have enough serving spoons.

The picnic will start at 11:30 but we could also use some volunteers to come early to help set up tables and chairs, and the tents we use for shade.  If you can help, please come around 9 AM.

We hit a bump in the road in our water filtration project. There’s a lot of background but bear with us. The story begins about two years ago, when water backed up into the kitchen.  We discovered that tree roots had grown through the pipes leading into the sewer.  We replaced the pipes, but there’s more to the story. There is an underground river running underneath the Synagogue.  We’ve been using a sump pump to move the water out to the sewer system.  The underground river is polluted, so the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality wanted it cleaned before it reached the sewer system.  They paid to install a filtration system.  The system was tested and turned on the first time last week.  However, two days after it was turned on, it failed, and flooded our basement.  The DEQ sent crews out and stopped the flooding, but we still have cleanup to do, and then DEQ will fix the problem.  So this very long process still has a ways to go.

The search for a new religious leader is underway.  Our search committee met for the first time last week and is making very good progress.

Want to see a movie, for free?  Our congregation has been invited to the Wyoming International Film Festival to see a screening of the movie, “Anna and the Egyptian Doctor.”

Here’s more about it:

This powerful film tells the story of Dr. Mohamed Helmy, an Arab physician who posed as a Nazi sympathizer to rescue a Jewish girl during the Holocaust. Dr. Helmy is the only Arab recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations” by the Israeli government—an honor his family initially declined. Now, 80 years later, Anna’s descendant is seeking to ensure his courageous actions are formally honored.

You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzWDu9iSiIE&ab_channel=WyomingInternationalFilmFestival

Screening Details:

Date: July 11

Time: 9:45 AM

Location: Laramie County Community College – Pathfinder Building, 1400 E College Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82007

We have tickets reserved under the Mt. Sinai Congregation name, so tell them you are with Mt. Sinai, and they’ll let you in.

Also coming up, Warrie and Sherri Means are hosting a house concert on Sunday, July 13 at their home in Laramie.  It’s called the Mad Maker Song Circle and features Maya de Vitry, and their daughter Shelby Means and her husband Joel Timmons.  Shelby won a Grammy award for her performance with the band Molly Tuttle, and she and Joel have performed at the Synagogue.  Tickets are $25, and $20 for students. Please contact Warrie Means at [email protected] or 307-760-5010 to reserve your seat for an evening of exceptional acoustic music. Details will be emailed if you plan to attend.

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Az men shloft mit hint, shteyt men oyf mit fley.      
If you sleep with dogs, you get up with fleas.   

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