September 2017 Elul 5777/ Tishrei 5778
High Holy Day Schedule S’lichot September 16 @ 10:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah September 20 @ 7:30 pm Rosh Hashanah September 21 @ 10:00am Yom Kippur Kol Nidre September 29 @ 7:30 pm Yom Kippur September 30 @ 10:00 am Erev Sukkot October 4 @ 6:00 pm Sukkot October 5 @ 10:00 am For a full schedule please see page 11.
Inside: President’s Message……….....2 Rabbi’s Message…….…...…...3 Events……………...….…….4 Cantorial Soloist……….…......5 Religious School……….…......5 Youth………………………..6 Sisterhood……….…...…...….7 Men’s Club…….….....…….....8 Tzedakah…….…….……......20 Donations…...….…................21 Life Cycles……...…...……....19 Life Long Learning….……....25
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Dear Congregants,
President’s Message
September is a very busy time for the staff and volunteers at Temple Sinai. We are getting ready for High Holy Days. This is a humungous task and we are well on our way to completion. You will notice a curtailment of events the week prior to High Holy Days and during the period from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur. This is necessary due to the fact that once we have set up the Event Center with chairs for High Holy Day services, it is a major task to remove them and set them up again. Our Youth and Community Engagement Coordinator Alex Weisz has been with us since the middle of July. Alex hit the ground running and has been going at 100 mph since. He is meeting with a number of our youth, as well as other individuals in and out of the Temple Sinai community. We are looking forward to some very interesting programs and events that Alex will create for our youth. As you drive around the building, please notice the new permanent shade structure that was installed on the East playground of Shenker Academy. In the past, we had temporary shade structures that were constantly being blown over by the wind. This new shade structure will eliminate this issue. The Open House for Temple Sinai Religious School was on August 6, 2017. It was a very successful event that resulted in a number of students registering for the 2017-2018 year. Registration for the fall semester at Shenker Academy began at the end of the spring semester and has carried through this summer. There are virtually waiting lists for all classes. This is due to the efforts of Dr. Sharon Knafo and his staff. Please begin to think about your Kol Nidre Appeal donation. A strong appeal is vital to the financial stability of the Temple. My wife Eileen and I wish all of you and your families a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. L’Shona Tova, Les Sherman President
Committees & Chairpersons Caring - Open Education – Sharon Knafo – eddirector@templesinailv.org Fundraising—Jack Klein—j.klein44@icloud.com Marketing & PR – Stephanie Helms – helms.stephanie@gmail.com Membership – Jeff Maren – jeffm@nvwestinsurance.com Music – Heather Klein – cantorialsoloist@templesinailv.org Programming—Jackie Kolner—zeeebrat@aol.com Retreat – Dale & Irwin Thall– itirwin@gmail.com Ritual – Les Gilbert – mrgilbertmath@hotmail.com Senior Social—Myrna Brown—myrnabrown@cox.net Social Action – Bob Levin & Eileen Bellsey-Levin – rmlevinnv@gmail.com Tzedakah – Richard Fogel –richardmfogel@gmail.com
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Rabbi Malcolm Cohen Rabbi@templesinailv.org Soloist Heather Klein cantorialsoloist@templesinailv.org Executive Committee Les Sherman, President LSherman1944@gmail.com Ilana Shapiro, 1st Vice President eyeshaps@gmail.com Marty Hagans, 2nd Vice President martyhagans@gmail.com Steve Weiner, Treasurer Treasurer@templesinailv.org Shel Kolner, Recording Secretary trushel@earthlink.net
What Job Do We Hire Religion For?
Last month our water heater broke. We asked around for a plumber and found one. He arrived the next day, put in a new heater and we were back up and running soon enough. We paid him and were satisfied with the job that we hired him to do. It is a similar situation with a roofer, an electrician, a midwife. They have one job, they do it, they get paid. There is direct satisfaction.
The situation is more complicated when it comes to religion. People pay to be part of religious institutions So what job are those groups being paid to do? The answer comes from Rabbi Irwin Kula at the National Jewish Center for Learning & Leadership. He suggests that we hire religion to do the following seven things:
Board of Trustees Isaac Cohen Vera Ginsburg Ricki Greenspon Stephanie Helms Jack Kaufman Jay Kenyon Ivan Lambert
1. Connection: we want to be in a relationship with other humans. 2. Personal growth: we want to develop our mind, body and soul. 3. Social transformation: making the world a better place. 4. Meaning: finding our purpose in life. 5. Common Space: carving out a place where strangers become friends. 6. Creativity: increasing our curiosity and imagination. 7. Accountability: holding ourselves and others responsible for being ethical.
Immediate Past President Julie Ann Littmann
Now you might not agree with all of these, but religion has to do some of them otherwise it is not doing the job it was hired for. We do not just become members of shuls so that the shul exists for its own sake, to keep the doors open and the lights on, but for something greater and grander.
Sisterhood Marge Nordell, President sisterhood@templesinailv.org Men’s Club Les Gilbert, President mrgilbertmath@hotmail.com Education Director Dr. Sharon Knafo eddirector@templesinailv.org Ales Weisz, Community & Youth Engagement Coordinator A_Weisz@templesinailv.org Temple Staff Phil Scully, Executive Director pscully@templesinailv.org Lori Dougherty, Controller controller@templesinailv.org Kim Israel, Executive Assistant and Shofar Editor school@templesinailv.org Melissa Sirkel, Admin Assistant receptionlv@templesinailv.org
So, we look forward to seeing you at Temple Sinai in this busy month ahead, not just for the sake of it, but so we can connect, grow and find meaning. L’shana tova u’metuka! Have a good and sweet year! Rabbi Malcolm Cohen, Sarah Stewart, Elijah & Rachel
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September Events Calendar Every Friday Night Worship - Shabbat Service Worship Thursday, September 14 at 7:30pm 6:00pm Choir Rehearsal - Dress Rehearsal 6:30pm Knights of Pythias Every Saturday Morning Worship 6:30pm Pots & Pans 9:00am Shabbat Study Group 10:00am Shabbat Morning Service Saturday, September 16 Every Tuesday 4:30pm B’nai Mitzvah & Confirmation Every Wednesday 10:00am Touring Through the Torah 6:30pm Choir Rehearsals 7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting Every Thursday 9:00am New Pathways Café 11:00am Jewish Study Class Every Friday 10:00am Torah Study Chavurah Every Saturday 8:30am Health & Wellness Class Every Sunday 9:00am Religious School (Except Sept. 3) Wednesday, September 6 10:30am Bereavement Meetings Thursday, September 7 6:30pm Men's Club Board Meeting Friday, September 8 6:00pm Friday Night Live Sunday, September 10 10:00am Men's Club Breakfast Tuesday, September 12 12:00pm The Lunch Bunch Wednesday, September 13 6:30pm Red Rock Democrats 7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting
8:00am Food for Kids Program 10:00pm S'lichot Program Sunday, September 17 11:00am Sisterhood Board Meeting 12:00pm Sisterhood Open Meeting w/Program Wednesday, September 20 7:30pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 21 10:00am Rosh Hashanah Morning 2:00pm Rosh Hashanah - Children's Service 3:45pm Rosh Hashanah - Tashlich Friday, September 22 10:00am Rosh Hashanah - 2nd Day 7:30pm Shabbat Worship Tuesday, September 26 6:15pm Temple Sinai Board Meeting Wednesday, September 27 10:30am Bereavement Meetings 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal - Dress Rehearsal
Friday, September 29 7:30pm Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre 7:30pm Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre - Teen Service Saturday, September 30 9:00am Torah Study 10:00am Yom Kippur Morning 1:00pm Yom Kippur - Study Session 3:30pm Yom Kippur Afternoon 5:00pm Yom Kippur Yizkor 6:00pm Yom Kippur Neilah
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Cantorial Soloist Heather Klein We are finally into Fall and I cannot be more excited to welcome the cooler weather, as we enter into September. Last month we began our Religious School and I am excited to bring the music I learned this summer to the ears of our students. This month brings the High Holy Days, and I could not be more excited to welcome Jason ManLaPaz as our pianist during the holidays as well as Friday Night Live and Friday nights. He is a wonderful addition to our musical team, and I am honored that he will be with us. Please make sure to say hello and make him feel welcome. Our High Holy Days choir has been working tirelessly all summer to be ready and I am so excited for you to hear and pray with them this year. As our programs begin again, I hope our Young Adults at Sinai will be excited to know that Shabbat After Dark is back and will begin at Congregation Ner Tamid on October 6th. In September Sinai Young Adults Committee have a program attached to our first Friday Night Live. So, SAVE THE DATE! Lastly, as this new year begins, I want to express how happy I am to have gotten to know so many of you, and been a part of so many Simcha’s this year. Now entering my 3rd year at Temple Sinai, I feel I have a better sense of the needs of our community and the greater Jewish community, and how I can be a partner through Temple Sinai to create positive change. Happy Fall, Heather
Dr. Sharon Knafo New Beginning We are very excited to start our 2017-18 school year, and I want thank everyone who attended the open house/orientation on August 6th.. Special thanks to the Temple Sinai Men’s Club, and to Les Gilbert, who sponsored the ice cream social. It is an honor to work with a team of professional teachers in the Religious School, and with the wonderful Madrichim (counselors) who support the Religious School every Sunday. We also welcome the 2017/8 Israeli emissary (Shinshinim), and an exchange student from the Leo Baek school in Haifa, Israel, who will support our Hebrew language sessions and programs on Sundays. This great team will be helping the teachers and the students with their classrooms, during programs, at holiday events, preparing our Sunday award ceremonies, supporting our Shabbat programs, joining our retreats, Tikkun Olams and above all, supporting each other to create a unique and enriching experience for almost 100 students every Sunday. I am excited to work again with Aimee Knox (PreK-K), Gail Dupre (2nd), Ira Yaniv (3rd), Ruti Gross (4th), Hedva Bank (5th), Limor Minuskin (6th), Alyson Sinai and Yael Ben Shimon (7th). We welcome our new teacher – Ms. Danica (1st) with best wishes for a wonderful beginning. We are excited to have another year of academics, Hebrew language, Choir with Cantorial Soloist Heather Klein, assemblies with Rabbi Cohen, Judaism, values, programs, Tikkun Olam projects, movie nights, get togethers and more. I am sure that the new Youth Director – Mr. Alex Weisz, will bring a new spirit and energy to our school through the Madrichim. Shabbat Shalom, Dr. Sharon R. Knafo Education Director
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Alex Weisz—Youth & Engagement Coordinator One of Judaism’s greatest sages, Hillel the Elder, taught that “you should never separate yourself from the community.” Wise words indeed. However, Hillel couldn’t have possibly anticipated the nature of Judaism in 2017. In this day and age, separating oneself from the community is often more complicated than people’s disinterest in Jewish life - rather, often it is because one struggles to find their place within the community. Due to the big-picture dilemmas that synagogues face worldwide, most of all low affiliation rates and declining synagogue membership, the need for a real, interactive and engaging community programming is more important than it has ever been. Though this battle is a widespread one, it requires mobilization on the local, grassroots level; fortunately, the solution is very simple: ensuring that our community is something to be a part of, rather than something to join. Joining something is often a byproduct of obligation or expectation, whereas being a part of something is effortless - it just happens and it feels right. The key here is for us to recognize that a community (especially a Jewish one) is never homogeneous - in reality, it is made up of many smaller communities, some larger than others, that comes together to create a beautifully diverse congregation like Temple Sinai. In my new position of Community & Youth Engagement Coordinator, my focus has been ensuring that our community’s diverse membership has the available infrastructure to find their part of the community that best fits their wants and needs. After all, simply joining something is a passive action; becoming a part of something is an active process that creates a much stronger bond - it is from the latter that Rabbi Hillel warns against leaving. Therefore it is our duty as a synagogue to ensure that all of the parts of our community are dynamic and engaging, and I am so excited that we are creating and re-committing ourselves to these critical spaces. For our children and teens, our newly re-chartered NFTY chapter will allow our young people to make Temple Sinai their home, giving them ownership by creating their own community of healthy and positive Jewish relationships with their peers through teen-planned events. When given the opportunity and resources, teens become incredible community organizers and lay-leaders simply by having fun together in a Jewish setting. Under Heather Klein’s phenomenal leadership, Temple Sinai’s new young adults group, Out the DOr, will be hosting fun events for young professionals. Finally, I have been working with a committed and insightful group of parents in our new Family Committee to advise me in the planning and coordination of family programming within Temple Sinai. While these groups are focused on specific demographics within our congregation, ultimately these many parts will come together to improve the whole. I am so excited about these up-and-coming programs, so please keep your eyes peeled for the many events that will be coming up! To paraphrase Elie Wiesel “a tree can grow on its own, but a Jew cannot” - let’s grow together. L’Shalom, Alex Weisz
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From Your Sisterhood August 20th, was a busy day for our Sisterhood. We began the day by having our first ever “Blow out Sale”. The attendance for our Open Meeting was fantastic and we had a wonderful program, “Happiness and the Keys to being Happy,” presented by Dr. Carol Altman Zaslowsky. A lovely lunch was served and we restarted the Secret Sister Program, which was so successful last year. We are off to a great start this year. Sisterhood is working hard on promoting our “Attic Sale”, which will be held at the Temple on October 22nd. We are counting on the Temple membership to assist in this effort by saving their gently-used merchandise. We will be collecting at the Temple from October 17th through the 20th. There will be diverse merchandise, including men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, as well as household items. We are planning outside advertising prior to the sale to attract the community to our sale. We would like to encourage the women of Temple Sinai to join and be a part of our Sisterhood. We are working to provide Temple Sinai, the Religious School and the Youth Group with needed resources, while having an enjoyable time doing it. B’Shalom, Marge
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Thank you to all who contributed to the school supply drive. The congregation’s generous donations will greatly assist Jewish Family Services students with their school work.
The next Social Action Committee project is collecting food items for the Jewish Family Services Food Bank. We will be handing out paper bags after services on Erev Rosh Hashanah (Sept 20th) and on the first day of Rosh Hashanah (Sept 21st). Please take as many bags as you can fill. We are asking that the bags be returned with non-perishable food items on Erev Yom Kippur (Sept 29th) or on Yom Kippur (Sept 30th). A list of the food items JFSA needs will be attached to each bag handed out and will also be available in the Temple lobby.
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CORY BERNSTEIN ON SEPT. 1 MYRON AND PHYLLIS BERNSTEIN
Next Tot Shabbat Friday, September 15th 6:15 PM to 6:45 PM Bring your little ones, ages 1-5 for a lovely service just for kids (and their parents)!
Please Welcome Our New Members Ari Adar Charlene & Jerold Bootzin Karen & Rene Colen Linda & Alan Ginsberg Justin Gideon & Ruti Gross-Gideon Barry Glusman Char Gundell & Albert Guerra Marilyn Hendel Lynn Hunsinger Courtney & Matthew Jordan & Wyatt & Audrey Joran Irene Sacks Kornfeld Randi & Stephen Leseten David Levy & Zoe Levy Clara & Jeffrey Martin Eileen & Marvin Minushkin Donna & James Schiel & Rachel Schiel Ester Tannenbaum
Beautiful Timeline Addition to the Library A beautiful and useful addition has been posted onto our Library wall. It is a "Brief Timeline of the Jewish People", from the birth of Abraham (1813 BCE) to the present day. The Timeline is the result of months of work by seven Temple Sinai scholars whose names are posted on the Timeline. Multiple sources for the information were used. Conflicting dates were resolved by the group members' deliberation. When did Masada fall to the Romans? When did the nation of Khazaria become a Jewish country? When was the Exodus? When did the Red Sea part? Expansion of some of the entries will be posted in a notebook already begun. It has been placed on our Library shelves in the "History" section. Temple Sinai members are encouraged to expand or comment on any of the Timeline entries by sending an email message to Dr. Jeffrey S. Kaiser at jeff@vfi-nevada.org containing all three of the following: 1) the Timeline date, 2) your comment (or expansion), and 3) your bibliographical or web source reference for your information. Appropriate comments will be included in the notebook.
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Announcing our 2018 Gala Save the date for our 2018 gala on March 10th honoring Laura Sussman and Wendy Kraft. New this year, attendees will be able to purchase their tickets on a four-month installment plan starting in October. We hope this will increase participation and we look forward to seeing many more congregants at this wonderful event.
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Tzedakah Committee The Temple Sinai Tzedakah Committee is asking for volunteers to help with various projects which will enhance the services we offer. If you can spare time for a monthly meeting and a few hours per month to manage a particular project, we need help and assistance. Please contact: Richard Fogel 909-489-4808 Richardmfogel@gmail.com Any support would be greatly appreciated.
List of Upcoming Senior Social Events October 28 - 7:00pm Movie Night “Keeping the Faith� November 18 - Oliver (at Summerlin Library) December 3 & 5 Maloof house tour Spring- Summer of 2018 February 17 - Meet and Greet April 21 - Movie night Summer event - Games day and Luncheon
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Bereavement Group The Bereavement Group will meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month at Temple Sinai 10:30 am - 12:00 noon. We strive to help those who have lost their loved ones to try to go on as well as possible making a new life by themselves while meeting new people in the group who are attempting to do the same thing. The facilitator for the group is my friend Debby Goldman. Debby volunteered and is doing a wonderful job. We also get together weekly for coffee at 10:00 am Saturday morning at Leones in Tivoli and also plan either lunch or dinner for anyone wanting to come usually on a weekly basis. Please call me with any questions you may have or if you know someone who might benefit from coming. You can give them my phone number. Myrna Brown 702-804-9910
Did You Know? Marcus Charles Illions (1865-1949) considered the world's greatest carousel carver, hand crafted the horses on Coney Island's merry-go-rounds. Before coming to the US, he created a Torah Ark, with a lion on each side of the Ten Commandments. It can be seen at the Skirball Cultural Center Museum in LA.
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Anniversaries Dara & Michael Goldsmith Kate Harris-Golodner & Nachum Golodner Rosalie & Richard Baker Shana & Jason Spindler Veronica & William Vinocur Lelia & Frank Friedlander Jill & Lee Goldberg Nancy & Richard Jacobs Elaine & Peter Lipman Erin & Alan Dickler Michelle & Isaac Cohen Sandra & Donald Marcus
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Natalie & David Rosenfield Cassidy & Matthew Winter Varda & Ilan Reizes Marlene & Stanford Heller Tina Yan & Jay Kenyon Limor & Tal Minuskin Sofia & Leonid Kupis Suzanne & Martin Myers Cheryl & Edward Goldenberg Jackie & Edward Braverman Donna & James Schiel Cindy & Wayne Pichler William & Lori Dougherty
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Birthdays Cory Bernstein Michael Tenby Brendan Rudnick Amanda Newman Stephen Weiner Rachel Feigenson Jacqueline Kolner Phyllis Feigenson Wendy Steinberg Sofia Kelemen Howard Kramer Ilana Shapiro Elyssa Feinberg Christopher Meyer Melanie Goldman Stephen Topol Gail Dupre Kayley Israel Owen Kline Jacalynne Kramer Michelle Blank Robert Leader
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Kaiten Liptak Rebecca Bagwin Robert Modugno Lon Jaffe Michael Goldsmith Liorah Stuchiner Jacob Birdsong Bruce Kesselman Todd Wingate Rachel Leader Shel Kolner Andrew Franco Ethan Cohen Noah Sirulnick Eileen Sherman Alyson Bettelman Zachary Kottler Evelyn Goldstein Irv Weinberger Rebekah Katz Judith Salz Paula Gelman Sunni Cinelli
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Sybil Stenzel Dominic Bembenek Alan Schlossberg PK Ritter Victoria Panossi Marlene Heller Regi Topol Lana Schwartz Sarah Israel Zena Glazerman Rickie Orzen Wayde King Joshua Carver Howard Greenspon Heather Postler Nathaniel Scott Marlee Rogow Dale Galsky Randi Leseten Gay Kegan Jacob Cohen Lelia Friedlander
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Edward Jenner Mordecai Labovitz Grant Seaman Maggie Sanders Esther Blum Robyn Roth Joseph Allan Samuel Allan Eileen Atlas Barbara Klein Dara Goldsmith Orrin Shearer Robert Addis Ian Flashner Miriam Seaman Cole Greenberg Jenni Steinberg Benjamin Steinberg Sandra Marcus Carole Pockey Justin Flashner Emma Kraft Serena Kase
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Donations
General Donations
Cantorial Soloist Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Eliah Atlas IMO Ninel Shipota Mr. and Mrs. Sid Blum IHO Howard and Ricki Greenspon's Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Stan Broselow IMO Dorothy Broselow Mr. and Mrs. Stan Broselow IHO Stanley Broselow's Birthday Paul DS Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Alper IMO Gail Schlossberg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Barnett Mr. and Mrs. William Dougherty Ms. Shirley Fisher IMO Barry Fisher, MD Ms. Delores Glick IHO Grandson's Bar Mitzvah Parker Abt Ms. Delores Glick IMO Pauline Messinger Ms. Roberta Glovin IMO Phillip Glovin Ms. Roberta Glovin IMO Augusta Glovin Ms. Bonnie Goldstein IHO Bonnie Goldstein's Birthday Mr. Mark Greenberg IMO Stanley Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Larry Harzstark IMO Shirley Harzstark Ms. Terri Hirschfield IMO David S. Hirschfield Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hoffman IMO Philip Sloan Mr. and Mrs. Rick Hollander IMO Gail Schlossberg Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Kaplan IMO annual memorials Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kirshenbaum IMO Joseph Kirschenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Kolner IHO Kim Israel's Bat Mitzvah Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Kolner IMO Paul Matt Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Kranen IMO Owen Glantz Mr. and Mrs. Scott Leader IMO Jacob Leader Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lober IMO Helen Lober Mrs. Cindy Lustgarten IMO Dr. Samuel H. Lustgarten Ms. Elizabeth Meltzer IHO of her aunt, Mrs. Phyllis Agrest Mr. and Mrs. Alan Nazer IMO Louis Hauben Ms. Marge Nordell IMO Iris Zirimsky Ms. Marge Nordell IMO Paul Matt Ms. Rhoda Ring In precious memory of Ronni Klein Dr. Steven and Mrs. Sanders IHO Steven Sander's birthday Mr. Jonathan Savar IMO Louis Savar Ms. Jan Shumow IMO Solomon Shumow Ms. Jan Shumow IMO Max Shumow Ms. Jan Shumow IHO of her Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stein IMO Miriam Stein Mr. and Mrs. Sol Steiner IMO Rose Tiras Ms. Ellie Sternquist IMO Beatrice Fishman Ms. Ellie Sternquist IMO Allan Fishman Ms. Esther Tannenbaum
Ms. Beverly S. Eisen IHO Ricki Greenspon's Bat Mitzvah Ms. Merle Mitzmacher IHO Linda Reiff's Bat Mitzvah Mr. and Mrs. Wil Metzger IHO Linda Reiff's Bat Mitzvah Ms. Judith Bernstein IHO Linda Reiff's Bat Mitzvah Mr. and Mrs. Shel Kolner IHO Ricki Greenspon's Bat Mitzvah Ms. Marilyn Landers IHO Ricki Greenspon's Bat Mitzvah Ms. Julie Postler IHO Ricki Greenspon's Bat Mitzvah
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Mr. and Mrs. Morton Berg IMO Paul Matt Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Ribas IMO Paul Matt Ms. Rickie Orzen for helping with Zena Glazerman Mr. and Mrs. Mark Snyder IMO Paul Matt Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weitman
Endowment Fund Mrs. Myrna Brown Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Les Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goldenberg Mr. and Mrs. Nachum Golodner Mr. Ronald Israel Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sample Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stein
Building Fund Mr. Ari Adar Mr. Michael Boote Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fiol Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Heller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Levin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zucker
Greenberg Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bernstein IHO Phyllis Bernstein's Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Art Greenberg IHO Phyllis Bernstein's Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Art Greenberg IMO Frank Lee's sister
All donations received after the tenth of the month will be included in next month's publication
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Yahrzeits Albert Barouh Henry Jacobs Norman Kaiser Robert Lyons Kim Gregory Edward Klein Harry Kranen Glenn Gelman Nancy Gallagher Elaine Pichler Isadore Steiner Max Mindell Anna Recthman Joseph Schian Hilda Eisen Terrence Kenny Marion Van Ments Marion Vanments Leonard Gelb Sol Klein Maurice Vosen Eleanor Baker Robert Glick Marvin Silver Janet Evins Sylvia Freeman Ida Lebowich Nancy Springberg Mordo Barouh Chaia Goldstein Nathan Levy Ida Weiner Samuel Galowitz Sam Klein Lillian Lowenthal
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David Levy Arlene Harris Jeffrey Kaiser Debra Spero Debbie Gregory Jacob Klein Elvin Kranen Paula Gelman Cory Bernstein Wayne Pichler Sol Steiner Marilyn Landers Jonathan Savar Elvin Kranen Barbara Berg Paula Gelman Julie Littmann Wendy Swartz Andi Scully Sandra Marcus Constance Fishman Richard Baker Jayme Glick Maris Everakes Shel Kolner Laurie Kelman Marilyn Landers Jerry Springberg David Levy Leon Goldstein Ellen Bodner Stephen Weiner Marsha Seiden Asher Rogow Zena Glazerman
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Isaac Yogel Gertrude Hannah Irene Levin Oscar Orzen Ruth Littmann Hermann Scherer Sol Stenzel Bertha Myers Bertha Hauben Marcia Israel Lois Dickler Eva Lieberman Zelda Duman Leah Miller Jack Weiner LeEtta Klein-Cooper Bela Miko Lawrence Scully Genesa Katchky Irene Schian Melvin Thall Sara Greenberg Doris (DeDe) Meyer Rachel Brody Anna Minushkin Shari Yarsike Mary Friedlander Andrew Rudd Sydney Rudd Joanna Kasky Roxanne Brian Irving Klegerman Irving Klegerman Isadore Tishler Meyer Meyerson
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Joan Shiff Stewart Stenzel Robert Levin Rickie Orzen Eric Littmann Harry Kelman Stewart Stenzel Martin Myers Joan Nazer Sydney Israel Alan Dickler Andi Scully Barry Duman Carl Miller Stephen Weiner Frances Copeland Paula Gelman Philip Scully Zena Glazerman Elvin Kranen Irwin Thall Arthur Greenberg Rhoda Ring Arlene Hassin Marvin Minushkin Vivian Yager Carin Bachant Linda Copeland Linda Copeland Donald Friend Myrna Brown Dorothy Klegerman Neal Klegerman Stewart Stenzel Barbara Stallone
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Lifelong Learning At Temple Sinai Temple Sinai is a warm and welcoming Reform Jewish community engaged in lifelong learning, social justice, and soulful worship. Lifelong Learning (Torah) – Wherever you find yourself, we want to help you get to the next stage of your Jewish journey. We offer formal and informal opportunities for learners to find genuine meaning and answers to keenly felt moral questions and personal issues within the Jewish tradition. You will notice that we have a wonderful range of events from stand-alone events to three-session mini-courses to a two-year in- depth study. For this congregation, the social experience of learning is extremely important alongside the content of our study. We hope that you will deepen your connections to our heritage and each other as you move to the next stage of your journey. For more information on specific classes, please visit www.templesinailv.org.
L’shalom/To Peace Rabbi Malcolm Cohen
What’s ahead in our Torah? September 1-2 Ki Tetzei
Moses reviews civil and criminal, family, property, animal laws. We are to remember the heinous acts of Amalek!
September 8-9 Ki Tavo
We are commanded to tithe ten percent for the Levites, widows, strangers and orphans in our midst.
September 15-16 Nitzavim-Vayeilech
A double portion that reminds us of G-d’s anger if we fail to follow his mitzvot. Joshua prepares to take over as Moses near death.
September 22-23 Ha’azinu
Moses’ final song, a love poem to G-d. He ascends Mt Nebo to see the land he cannot enter.
September 29-30 Yom Kippur
In the morning, we re-tell the story of Cain and Abel. In the afternoon, a story of forgiveness as Joseph and his brothers bury their father Jacob.
Presented by the Temple Sinai Ritual Committee. Join us for
Shabbat worship every Friday night. Study & worship every Saturday 9:00AM
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