Weekly Message from the Board President

It’s time for more food.  Does it seem like we focus on food a lot?  Probably because we do.  We don’t have a slogan for the Yiddish Food Festival, but if we did, it might be “You shouldn’t go away hungry…”.  We didn’t have a Shalom Dinner in April because we all got together for the Passover Seder.  And we skipped it in May because we were busy preparing all of the food for the Yiddish Food Festival.  So we’re going to make up for lost time.

Let’s meet for dinner this Wednesday, June 25, at the Tres Amigos Restaurant on West Lincolnway.  The last time we were there was a little over a year ago and they have always been great to us.  Our reservation is set for 6:30 PM Wednesday.  If you are new to us, we generally get together for dinner at local restaurants about once a month.  Everyone pays their own way.  The Shalom Dinner is open to everyone.  You don’t have to be a member or Jewish.  We’ll see you Wednesday at 6:30.

Welcome Taylor Robinson and the kids!  Taylor and her three kids were officially welcomed as our newest members of the Mt. Sinai Congregation.  We’re delighted to have the entire Robinson family join our Mt. Sinai family.

We bid a fond farewell to Rabbi Halfon last Friday night.  We had a Shabbat Dinner in the social hall (thank you, Sisterhood!) and then the Rabbi led his final service with us.  Rabbi Halfon said he is staying in town for several weeks and will be available if anyone would like to talk with him.  He plans on selling or giving away his furniture and books once he has a new job (and he has several exciting possibilities).

We held our Town Hall Zoom meeting last week and had a great turnout.  Roughly half the congregation showed up to discuss what they would like to see in a religious leader.  The point was made that Uri Neil, a cantor, served our congregation for 18 years and was wonderful.  So we’re not going to limit ourselves to only a Rabbi. 

There were great suggestions and ideas on the kind of person we would want to lead our community.  Among them, that the person should be able to read directly from the Torah, be a Torah scholar, and who will represent us to the larger community.  The feeling was that someone who was Orthodox might not be a good fit for us, but there were no limitations beyond that.

We formed a search committee, and it will begin meeting this Thursday.  If you would like to join the committee, please let us know.

On to other things… our Tot Shabbat service is this Friday.  Bring the kiddos to the Synagogue at 6:30 PM for a special service just for them.  It will be followed by our regular service at 7, and the regular service will also be on Zoom.

Back to food for a moment (we can never stay away… that explains a lot of our calories).  We’ll be holding our annual Fourth of July picnic in the back yard of the Synagogue on Friday, July 4, starting at 11:30.  We’ll provide hot dogs and soft drinks, but please bring something to share.

One last question… is it time for dinner?

Here’s our Yiddish Phrase of the Week:

Az men antloyft far fayer bagegnt men dos vaser. 
Run away from fire and you get water.          

Shalom,

Dave Lerner
President
Mt. Sinai Board of Directors

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