November 2016 Tishrei/Cheshvan 5777

Shop till you drop at our 3rd Annual Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, November 20th from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Over fifty fabulous vendors will help you complete all of your holiday shopping in just one stop plus we have four amazing food trucks serving up delicious fare to keep you fueled up for the day. Don’t forget your raffle tickets; we have some incredible prizes this year!

Invite your neighbors, friends and family to join in the fun. This event is free and open to the public so come on out and help support community projects and programs sponsored by Temple Sinai.

Inside:

President’s Message………..2 Rabbi’s Message…………...3 Events……………………..4 Cantorial Soloist…………...5 Religious School…………...6 Sisterhood…………………7 Men’s Club……………….10 Tzedakah………………....14 Donations……………...... 15 Life Cycles………….16 & 17 Life Long Learning……….21

President’s Message Dear Congregants,

It is hard to believe that Temple Sinai will be celebrating its tenth anniversary next May. A lot of good things have happened since May 2007. Today, Temple Sinai is the most stable since it came into existence. This is due to a small group of people both past and present working very hard to get us to this point.

There is a very small staff and core of volunteers who are dedicated to Temple Sinai. Without them we would not exist. Why do some people work for the Temple and/or donate funds? Each individual has their own reason for volunteering or donating. I can only tell you why I do it.

When I retired in 2011, becoming President of a synagogue was the furthest thing from my mind. I am not a religious person and doubt that I will ever be. In fact, I only went to temple for High Holy Days. I have attended services at Temple Sinai more in the last year than in the past five decades. There is a spiritual side to Temple Sinai that keeps me coming back. When I leave a service, I feel better than when I entered. This was exemplified by the Rosh Hashana service this year.

So why do I spend 20-30 hours per week working for Temple Sinai? My passion for Temple Sinai is quite simple: the young people that are part of the Temple Sinai Family. It started with my grandchildren, Alek and Flora. They love Religious School and services at Temple Sinai and I wanted to help ensure that Temple Sinai would remain viable for them. That reason changed when they moved to Arizona in July. When I learned they were going to move, I had to rethink if I wanted to continue to be involved at Temple Sinai. It still comes down to young people. We don’t have as many young families as members as I would like to see, but the number is increasing.

We are doing the right things. Rabbi and Heather with Tot Shabbat, Friday Night Live and Shabbat After Dark. Sharon with the Religious School and Shenker Academy. Brian Williams who is the Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 770 and leader of the Junior High Youth Group, and Isaac Cohen, leader of the High School Youth Group. These people are providing programs and events that make young people want to be a part of Temple Sinai. These are some of the many programs and events your contributions support. Over time, we will have more young families as members.

I want to thank the Clergy, staff, officers and Board and the volunteers for all they do for Temple Sinai. They are a great group of people and enjoyable to work with.

I have told you about the Temple leadership. Now I will tell you what Temple Sinai needs from you, the Congregation. We need you to get involved, volunteer, attend events and donate money. If you cannot donate, please consider volunteering your time for a committee or event. Our members are out biggest asset.

L’shalom,

Les Sherman President

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I celebrated an anniversary last month. Not my wedding anniversary nor the anniversary Rabbi Malcolm Cohen [email protected] of my arrival in Las Vegas. Instead, I celebrated this anniversary with many of the Soloist Heather Klein British Jewish community, the 80th [email protected] anniversary of the Battle Of Cable Street. In Executive Committee 1936, a man called Oswald Mosley wanted Les Sherman, President to expand the reach of the British Union of [email protected] Ivan Lambert, 1st Vice President Happy Fascists. He had been to Italy, seen [email protected] Mussolini’s success and had decided to Marty Hagans, 2nd Vice President dress his British fascists in black shirts, [email protected] Anniversary! Ricki Greenspon Treasurer reminiscent of the Italian dictator’s minions. [email protected] Shel Kolner, Recording On October 4, 1936, the “Black Shirts” tried to march through the East End of Secretary [email protected] London, the Jewish neighborhood. The planned march had been preceded by months and years of anti-semitic abuse for local Jews, the fascists having been emboldened by Board of Trustees the success of their colleagues in Germany and Italy. Even though around 2-3,000 Isaac Cohen Stephanie Helms fascists turned out, there were around 20,000 anti-fascist demonstrators, Jews having Jack Kaufman been joined by local workers from many different religions and backgrounds. The Jay Kenyon anti-fascists built barricades in and around the East End on streets like Cable Street. Mordecai Labovitz Ilana Shapiro Where the Black Shirts tried to rush the Jews and their supporters, they were pushed Steve Weiner back by fists, clubs and even people throwing the contents of chamber pots from

Immediate Past President upper windows! Eventually the fascist march was abandoned, the anti-fascists’ slogan Julie Ann Littmann of “they shall not pass” having come to fruition.

Sisterhood Marge Nordell, President Why do I tell you this story? Partly, because of my Yom Kippur sermon this year [email protected] about “Passionate Pluralism”. In it, I explained that we usually engage those who disagree with us in the hope of fruitful dialogue. I have to say, though, the Jews of Men’s Club Les Gilbert, President London wear the history of the Battle of Cable Street like a badge of honor. With [email protected] fascists, with those who wish our disappearance and obliteration, you sometimes have to fight. The Black Shirts were not interested in dialogue and were responded to on Education Director Dr. Sharon Knafo that basis. The most important lesson, though, is that we still have to be on our guard [email protected] for fascists even if they do not helpfully wear black shirts to identify themselves.

Temple Staff Racism, prejudice and bigotry still rear their ugly heads around us. They should be Phil Scully, Executive Director given short shrift, in the name of the united heroes of Cable Street. [email protected]

Lori Dougherty, Controller L’shalom/To Peace [email protected] Rabbi Malcolm Cohen

Kim Israel, Executive Assistant And Shofar Editor [email protected]

Bailey Vreeland, Event Center Sales [email protected]

@templesinailv

November Events Calendar Every Friday Night Worship - Shabbat Service Worship at Tuesday, November 15 7:30pm Except First Friday (Friday Night Live 6:00pm) 6:30pm Kraft-Sussman Presentation

Every Saturday Morning Worship 9:00am Shabbat Study Group Wednesday, November 16 10:00am Shabbat Morning Service 5:30pm Social Action Committee Meeting

Every Sunday Thursday, November 17 9:30am Religious School 6:00pm Kollel Annual Banquet 6:00pm B'not Mitzvah Class Every Tuesday 6:30pm Men's Club Board Meeting 4:30pm Hebrew School/Confirmation

Every Wednesday Friday, November 18 6:00 pm Beginning Hebrew Class 6:15pm Tot Shabbat 6:00pm Cub Scouts Meeting 7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting Saturday, November 19 9:00am Holiday Bazaar Setup Every Thursday 10:00am Shabbat Morning Worship including the Bar 9:00 am New Pathways Cafe Mitzvah of Jonah Levin

Tuesday, November 1 Sunday, November 20 1:30pm Brandeis - Learn Something New 9:00am Global Day of Jewish Learning 6:00pm Ritual Committee Meeting 9:30am Holiday Bazaar 7:00pm Adult Live Education - Yiddishkeit & Politics 9:30am Social Action Committee/Religious School

Meetings Wednesday, November 2

9:15am Westside Newcomers Club Tuesday, November 22 7:00pm Holiday Bazaar Committee Meeting 6:15pm Temple Sinai Board Meeting

Sunday, November 6 Sunday, November 27 9:30am Pet Blessing Ceremony 9:30am NO Religious School - Thanksgiving Weekend 2:00pm Poker Tournament

Tuesday, November 29 Tuesday, November 8 7:00pm Book Club Meeting 12:00pm The Lunch Bunch Subscribe to our Friday, November 11 Google calendar 8:00pm Shabbat After Dark at www.templesinai Saturday, November 12 lv.org/calendar 10:00am Shabbat Morning Worship Including the B'nai to get updates on Mitzvah of of Jordana & Sofia Keleman your cell phone 7:00pm Men’s Club Israeli Kosher Wine Tasting or other mobile devices! Sunday, November 13 9:30am NO Religious School - Veteran's Day Weekend 10:00am Men's Club Breakfast 11:00am Sisterhood Board Meeting/General Meeting

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Cantorial Soloist Heather Klein I cannot believe it is November. My time at Temple Sinai has flown by. Last year I remember arriving right as the High Holy Days were just about to start, and watching as we were able to accomplish so much so quickly.

This year, it has been so ful- filling to know what we had ac- complished last year, and to see our continued growth and love of the new music as I watch the faces of our congregants sing and pray.

As we move on to other events in the year, I am excited to announce that, through the support of the Jewish Federation and a Centennial Year grant from the National JCC, we will host the 2nd Annual Yiddish Las Vegas. I am looking forward to putting together a committee and even more community involvement this year.

I also look forward to our continued collaboration with Can- tor Jessica Hutchings and Congregation Ner Tamid and their young adult group NextGen to create a Shabbat After Dark. Each month this young adult service for the under 40’s will rotate between our two synagogues. This month Shabbat After Dark will be back at Temple Sinai for Veteran’s Day weekend.

Speaking of collaborations, I am excited that our Junior Songbird Choir will continue popping up at Friday Night Live, and also will be singing in concerts with the JCC Valley Youth Choir, performing with them as a community. This will be a great chance for them to meet and perform with other children their age.

Lastly, as Sunday got into full swing after the High Holy Days, you may have heard a lot of the students calling me CS (Cantorial Soloist) Heather. This is one of the titles I prefer, as well as Soloist Heather or finally Heather. I will feel your “kavod” (respect) any way you say it.

Looking forward to December which will mean hot choco- late and sweaters, finally.

Warmly, CS Heather

Education Director Dr. Sharon Knafo

Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Student engagement is a chal- lenge for every educator, and the ability to engage tuned-out students is a developed skill even among seasoned teachers. Learning and growing these days involve more than just tradition- al instructional methods. Many teachers use collaborative research style, as different students research different aspects of a learned topic, and together, create a thorough and deep learning journey, where collaboration among subject areas is encouraged during this process. Examples for this educational shift can be teaching topics such as Water Cycle, Thanksgiving, Family Tree, or Hanukkah, and these topics can be researched historically, expressed with fine art, portrayed mathematically, and more. The interdisciplinary teaching intrigues various learners to be engaged in the learning process, while shar- ing what they learned with their peers. Project and research based learning is encouraged at our schools (both the Reli- gious School and the Shenker Academy), and we strive to intertwine math, ELA, social studies and fine arts, to create a vibrant learning environment.

Shabbat Shalom,

Dr. Sharon Knafo Education Director

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From Your Sisterhood We hope you all enjoyed your Holiday celebrations. The services at Temple Sinai were well attended and inspirational. Rabbi Cohen and Cantorial Soloist Heather Klein made the services so special. Our thanks to Les Gilbert for the terrific second day Rosh Hashanah services. With the assistance of the Rabbi and Heather, he did a masterful job of coordinating and organizing the service. The attendance was rewarding and those who attended truly enjoyed our first effort at second day services. We would also like to acknowledge Steve Weiner who brought this idea to our Temple Board and the thank the Board for their support.

Thank you to all those Sisterhood members who joined us for our "Paid Up Luncheon”. Approximately 75 women attended and had a lovely lunch and enjoyed a fun program. We need to thank all those who made this day possible: Eileen Bellsey-Levin, arranged for the food, the program, and made sure that our tables looked beautiful and coordinated the entire event. Thanks as well goes to Barbara Stallone, Nancy Pendelton and Karen Silber for serving our lunch, as well as to everyone who brought the delicious desserts.

On October 22nd Sisterhood provided gift bags to new Temple members at a lunch held at the Rabbi and his wife’s house. This is a new program that Sisterhood is attempting this year. If anyone would like to become a part of this committee, please let me know.

The Temple Holiday Bazaar will be held on November 20th and we would appreciate volunteers to man the table and help in the shop. This will be a great fundraiser for Sisterhood and a great opportunity to get to know other Sisterhood members better.

Our next Open Meeting will be on November 13th. Program information will be forthcoming.

We welcome all who are interested in becoming more involved with Sisterhood’s committees. We would love to hear from you. I am always available by email at [email protected] and usually in the gift shop on Fridays.

B’shalom

Marge Nordell

B’nai Mitzvah of Sofia & Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Levin Jordana Kelemen

I will be called to the Torah Sofia Jade Kelemen will be as a Bar Mitzvah on called to the Torah as a Bat November 19, 2016. I love Mitzvah on November 12, to play sports such as 2016. Sofia is a 7th grader at basketball, swimming, The Meadows School. Sofia skateboarding and is a driven student windsurfing. I also love to demonstrated by 2 years lift weights with my dad. In consecutive high honors addition, I am also very designation and membership passionate about guitar. I in the National Junior love to watch the FIFA Honors Society. She is a World Cup with my parents, motivated musician and only if Holland is playing. Speaking of Holland, I also plays flute, piccolo and tenor saxophone. Sofia speak Dutch pretty well. I am also a car guy and I love participates in 4 school bands and last year received the video games too. I also love martial arts. In fact, I started band Student of the Year Award. Sofia has committed to when I was six years old with Kung Fu and I am the service by volunteering at Three Square Food Bank and youngest black belt in 50 years. I now do Jiu Jitsu and I playing music to seniors at assisted living facilities. In her am the only blue belt under 15 years of age. free time, Sofia enjoys volleyball, cooking and shopping. She hopes to study nursing so she can continue to make a difference in peoples’ lives.

Jordana Pearl Kelemen will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on November 12, 2016. Jordana is a 9th grader at Arbor View High School. Jordana loves computers and is an avid gamer, competing in numerous competitions for her favorite game Minecraft.

In her free time, Jordana plays guitar and enjoys her love of artistic drawing. She has an active animation blog and Tot Shabbat over 500 followers. Jordana has always loved and had an affinity for animals. Her Mitzvah project allowed her to Friday, November 18th continue her love of animals by helping at local shelters. 6:15 PM to 6:45 PM Jordana wants to continue studying computer sciences and aspires to one day become a game designer. Bring your little ones, ages 1-5 for a lovely service just for kids (and their parents)!

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AT THE PARK ACROSS FROM THE TEMPLE

From Your Men’s Club

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Please Welcome Our New Members

Michelle & Erik Blank and Jared Blank Elizabeth & Benjamin Botnick Bonny & Harvey Cohen Andrew Franco and Stephen Franco Bernard Judis Loretta & Michael Gissing Toby Goldman & Michelle Branaugh and Jonah and Shira Goldman Lynette & Martin Greenbaum Tania & Malcolmn Kammar Todd Koren Rachel Lieberman Marsha & Mark Rosenfeld Alexandra & Damien Silver and Liza and Talia Silver Loren Levine & Tammy Sullivan and Hayden and Bryce Levine Miriam & Grant Seaman And Rose Seaman Rhonda Schwartz Liorah Stuchiner and Nairah, Safiah and Laylah Stuchiner

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Donations

General Donations Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Mr. and Mrs. Eliah Atlas IMO Jennie Leavitt Mr. and Mrs. Morton Berg IMO Irene Arial Levin Mr. and Mrs. Sid Blum IHO Howard Greenspon's Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Joel Karasik Mr. and Mrs. Sid Blum IHO Eileen Sherman's Birthday Mr. and Mrs. John Helms IHO Gail Schlossberg's Mr. and Mrs. Sid Blum IHO Marlene & Stan's Anniversary Birthday Ms. Sharon Golding Mr. and Mrs. John Helms Mr. Sanford Leff Ms. Elaine Schaffer IHO Amy & Stu Stein's 50th Mr. Curtis Bier Mr. Charles Wegner Anniversary Mr. David Kaplan Marion Diaz Marsha Genard and Vera Ginsburg IMO Roslyn Levitt Richard Greenberg Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Howard Greenspon IMO Irene Arial Levin Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bernstein Art Greenberg Wishing you Mr. and Mrs. Groner a speedy recovery Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Heller IMO Melvyn Williams Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bernstein IMO Irene Arial Levin Ms. Dorothy Klegerman IMO Irving Klegerman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sherman IHO Art & Roz Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Klein IHO Barbara Klein's Birthday

Mr. and Mrs. Shel Kolner IMO Irene Arial Levin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Levin

Ms. Elizabeth Meltzer Ellen Glaz for your Good Health Cantorial Soloist Fund Ms. Marge Nordell IMO Irene Arial Levin Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marcus IMO Lillian Lowenthal Ms. Marge Nordell IMO Lillian Lowenthal Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Olbur Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz IHO Barbara & Les Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz IHO Gale & Mort Labovitz Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sherman IMO Irene Arial Levin Ms. Vivian Yager IMO Shari Yarsike

Endowment Fund Ms. Myrna Brown Mr. Ronald Israel Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kaufman Dr. Neal and Jean Ross Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sample

Building Fund Mr. and Mrs. Martin Greenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kelemen

All donations received after the tenth of the month will be included in next month's publication

Birthdays Anniversaries

Marjorie Abelson 11/15 Todd Koren 11/26 Debra & Mitch Altman 11/29 8th Edmund Abrams 11/24 Mark Kosowsky 11/5 Eileen & Eliah Atlas 11/27 40th Sara Bagwin 11/13 Elyse Kraft 11/29 Karina & Eric Blank 11/8 2nd Jeffrey Ballin 11/7 Marilyn Landers 11/2 Teri & Daniel Cohen 11/16 14th Joseph Barishman 11/14 Karen Leader 11/7 Laura & Mickey Coleman 11/9 56th Elaine Berger 11/10 Eric Littmann 11/21 Suzanne & Andrew Feigenson 11/2 13th Irving Berliner 11/25 Denise Lynn 11/14 Janice & Steven Hoffman 11/15 52nd Max Berman 11/29 Harper Lyttle 11/18 Donna & Richard Hollander 11/9 33rd Eric Blank 11/10 Karen Mairs 11/28 Ann & Edward Jenner 11/7 62nd Michelle Branaugh 11/9 Steve Minkoff 11/21 Nancy & Gregory Koppe 11/2 14th Danielle Branton 11/8 Tal Minuskin 11/5 Marcia & Ivan Lambert 11/11 49th Bonny Cohen 11/16 Marge Nordell 11/23 Julie & Eric Littmann 11/7 23rd Harvey Cohen 11/20 Marnie Pariser 11/21 Robbyn & Andrew Paul 11/11 4th Laura Coleman 11/4 Robbyn Paul 11/11 Karly & Victor Perez 11/27 12th Lorraine Dasker 11/1 Harley Paul 11/24 Ryan & Adam Reisman 11/21 20th Matthiew De Castro 11/13 Talya Perez 11/22 Marsha & Mark Rosenfeld 11/1 46th Julia Dreitzer 11/29 Jillian Potashnick 11/9 Elaine & Shel Schaffer 11/13 61st Andrew Feigenson 11/7 Zachariah Rahaman 11/1 Laura & Larry Schneiderman 11/20 12th Phyllis Feinberg 11/14 Lauren Ritter 11/14 Karyn & Leslie Silber 11/21 34th Fay Fisher 11/21 Michael Rosenblum 11/23 Arlene & Marc Smith 11/18 43rd Mervyn Fleisher 11/12 Dina Rudaizky 11/30 Nancy & Irv Weinberger 11/8 24th Stephanie Forbes 11/10 Remy Schlossberg 11/3 Cheryl & Todd Wingate 11/25 21st Jake Friedlander 11/10 Dylan Schwartz 11/12 Sherry Friend 11/14 Samantha Schwartz 11/22 Rachel Gewelber-Williams 11/12 Francine Scott 11/14 Joseph Gewelber-Williams 11/27 Jay Segal 11/4 Les Gilbert 11/29 Marsha Seiden 11/13 Jocelyn Goldman 11/4 Joel Shinder 11/23 Lynette Greenbaum 11/24 EJ Shulman 11/18 Mark Greenberg 11/1 Matthew Smith 11/26 Scott Harris 11/15 Rachel Smith 11/26 Richard Hollander 11/23 Debra Spero 11/25 Sydney Israel 11/24 Sarah Stevens 11/23 Malcolmn Kammar 11/26 Jennifer Tenby 11/5 Ann Kaplan 11/23 Joshua Weinberger 11/1 Abbigail Klein 11/21 Vivian Yager 11/30 Joshua Knox 11/8 Tina Yan 11/8 Benjamin Koppe 11/14 Joe Zucker 11/15

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Yahrzeits

Harry Alter 11/19 Helen Levenberg 11/19 Bernice Barstack 11/4 Edna Lipman 11/2 Marc Barstack 11/6 Miriam Lipstein 11/18 Thelma Baum 11/10 Harriet Lyons 11/22 Morie Belgorod 11/5 Joseph Mann 11/15 Beth Berman 11/19 Jacki Marcus 11/25 Ben Bliman 11/6 Irving Medoff 11/8 Joseph Bloom 11/29 Stewart Metzger 11/25 Gary Branton 11/10 Max Narby 11/21 Mildred Braverman 11/18 Nathan Ort 11/25 Carolyn Brown 11/27 Rose Orzen 11/14 Leonard Copeland 11/4 Muriel Ostrowsky 11/4 Parilee Crum 11/14 Richard Pandukht 11/22 William Edmond 11/28 Martin Parness 11/7 Sheldon Factor 11/3 Nile Patterson 11/16 Patrice Finnerman 11/16 Hannah Pfeiffer 11/25 Abraham Flicop 11/17 Basia Pockey 11/13 Rebecca Glazerman 11/21 Boris Pockey 11/26 Zipora Goldberger 11/5 Florence Podolny 11/27 Rochelle Goldstein 11/3 Sidney Reiff 11/20 Roz Greenberg 11/15 Dorothy Rosen 11/18 Ruth Greenstein 11/6 Abraham Rudnick 11/19 Samuel Gursky 11/9 Ralph Schucker 11/22 Nanci Hartenstein 11/25 Flora Schuman 11/10 Louis Hirsch 11/10 Helen Seiden 11/24 Mark Isaacs 11/15 Charles Seiden 11/5 Renee Jaffe 11/27 Frances Shinder 11/7 Alexander Jenner 11/1 Howard Silber 11/4 Elizabeth Jesky 11/30 Herb Silverman 11/3 Dorothy Kaiser 11/17 George Snyder 11/26 Ruth Kamensky 11/26 Rachel Stenzel 11/26 Sidney Kantor 11/24 Patricia Twining 11/20 Fred Kesselman 11/20 Melissa Warholy 11/29 Ruth Kosser 11/11 Norton Weinberg 11/2 Irving Kublin 11/20 Leo Weinstein 11/9 Lawrence Kublin 11/11 Stuart Weissman 11/1 Oscar Lauren 11/17 Sheldon Wiener 11/22

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What’s ahead in our Torah?

Nov 4-5 Noach Life starts anew after the flood that spared only Noah and his family. The Noahide laws are listed. The Tower of Babel is built. Lastly, the ten genera- tions of Noah are listed, from Noah to Abram.

Nov 11-12 Lech-Lecha Abram heeds G-d’s call, and he, Sarai and lot head to Canaan. Famine strikes and they go to Egypt. Ishmael is born to Abram and Hagar. The covenant of the brit is established.

Nov 18-19 Vayera Abraham welcomes three visitors. He argues with G-d about Sodom and Gommorah. Abra- ham calls Sarah his sister (again!). Isaac is born; Ishmael and Hagar are sent away. The disturbing story of Isaac’s binding.

Nov 25-26 Chayei Sara Abraham purchases Sarah’s gravesite, the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Rebecca is cho- sen as Isaac’s wife. Abraham marries again, lives to 175 and is buried by his two sons in Machpelah.

Presented by the Temple Sinai Ritual Committee.

Join us for text study and worship every Saturday morning at 9:00AM.

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A Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving to all our Temple Friends!

Myron and Phyllis Bernstein

From your Ritual Committee

The Ritual Committee is your liaison to our clergy – Rabbi Malcolm Cohen and Soloist Heather Klein. If you have thoughts and feelings about Ritual mat- ters here at Temple Sinai – both positive and nega- tive – and you don’t feel comfortable speaking di- rectly to Rabbi or Heather, the Ritual Committee is the place where you will be heard. But if you do want to register a thought, you must ‘own’ your thought. That is, you cannot make an anonymous comment or complaint. We will respect your confidentiality, if you so choose, but we will need a way to get back you. Talk to any member of the Ritual Committee, our names are listed below. OR you can contact Les Gilbert, the Committee Chair, via e-mail at [email protected]

Ritual Committee members:

Stephanie Helms Shel Kolner Howard X Kramer Gale Labovitz Ivan Lambert Marge Nordell Rona Schwartz Amy Stein Lindsay Watt Thank you.

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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

Committees & Chairpersons

Caring - Laurie Kelman—[email protected] Education – Sharon Knafo – [email protected] Fundraising—Jack Klein—[email protected] Marketing & PR – Stephanie Helms – [email protected] Membership – Jeff Maren & Heith Bettelman – [email protected] Music – Heather Klein – [email protected] Programming—Jackie Kolner—[email protected] Retreat – Dale & Irwin Thall– [email protected] Ritual – Les Gilbert – [email protected] Senior Social—Myrna Brown—[email protected] Social Action – Robyn Roth – [email protected] Tzedakah – Shel Kolner – [email protected]

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