Weekly Message from the Board President

Happy Almost 100^th Birthday, Dorothy Feldman!  Dorothy is the matriarch of Mt. Sinai Congregation.  She was a lifelong member of the Synagogue.  Dorothy is the last surviving person to get married in the original Cheyenne Synagogue, which was built back in 1910.  The cornerstone for our current building was laid in 1949.  Dorothy said the new building wasn’t ready yet when she got married, so she and her husband Joe were one of the last couples to be born in the old building.

The original Synagogue was located at the corner of 20^th and Pioneer Avenue, where the county government building is now.  A plaque commemorates the location of Wyoming’s first and oldest Synagogue.  We have a scale model of the building in our lobby.  Dorothy describes it as hot during the summer and crowded.

When Dorothy’s beloved husband Joe passed away, she donated his collection of Judaica and Jewish related books to the Synagogue.  Dorothy and Tim Solon then spent several decades building it into the largest collection of Judaica along the Front Range.  The Mt. Sinai Library is one of our crowning jewels and a tremendous achievement.  It has grown considerably and has always been available to the public.

A couple of years ago, Dorothy moved to Arkansas to be closer to her daughter.  She turns 100 years old in a few weeks and we would like to ask you to help her celebrate.  We would like to fill Dorothy’s mailbox with birthday cards from people at Mt. Sinai.  Please send your cards to her daughter – Miriam Ross, at  1212 Carter Avenue, Berryville, AR 72616-5014.  The Synagogue means a lot to Dorothy.  This would be a great way to show her how much we are thinking of her and care for her.

Our local music star just received another accolade.  Shelby Means, the daughter of Sherri and Warrie Means, and a Grammy winner, was the headliner over the weekend at the Snow Train Festival in Laramie.  Here’s an article about her, including a video of her performing with Molly Tuttle.  https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/09/21/grammy-winner-shelby-means-headlines-laramie-music-fest-in-homecoming/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=5ITIuNhODxj-F7p8pZPpt7I5Uj4CkpuDaGUjo9rf111x2CdT-fhicfAJbOddWJMi.UXPtrV.

The Mt. Sinai Cookbooks are going to be available in the Synagogue Gift Shop. The cookbooks contain dozens of recipes from current and former members of our congregation, as well as photos and tidbits about our history and community. They are $25, and this is a fundraiser for Sisterhood. You can also buy them directly from our website. Here’s the link… https://www.mtsinaicheyenne.org/cookbooks.

Happy New Year!  Rosh Hashanah services are tonight at 7:00 PM.  They will be led by Rabbi Joe Black, the recently retired Rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Denver.  We are grateful and very excited that he will be leading our High Holy Day services.  Services on Tuesday begin at 9:30 AM.

Both services will also be available on Zoom.  Please contact the Synagogue office at [email protected] if you would like to be added to the mailing list.  The Zoom links change frequently for security reasons.  Every Friday we send out an email with the links for that weekend and upcoming holidays.

To help you get into the mood for tonight’s services, here’s the group Six13 with a Rosh Hashanah take on Macklemore’s Can’t Hold Us:

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Tsulib ambitsye geyt men fun gan-eydn in gehenem.
Because of ambition people go from paradise to hell. 

 Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

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