TEMPLE SINAI THE NEWSLETTER OF RENO’S REFORM CONGREGATION
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SENTINEL
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Volume 36, No. 10 — July 2010 • Tammuz/Av 5770
INSIDE: From the Rabbi’s Study . . . . . .2 From Sinai’s Board President . .3 Yahrzeits: In Loving Memory . .4 Donations to Sinai. . . . . . . . . . .5 Specific/General Needs . . . . . .5 Tisha b’Av . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Temple Sinai Family . . . . . . . . .6 So-Long, But Not Goodbye from Patty Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Religious School & Youth . . . . .7 The Sentinel is GOING GREEN. .8 Sinai Sisterhood / Men’s Club . . .9 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Northern NV Diaper Bank . . . Insert Holocaust & Breast Cancer . . Insert
FROM THE RABBI’S STUDY – RABBI TERI APPLEBY
The Sentinel Goes Green… What’s Next? THE SENTINEL GOES GREEN
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f you receive (and read) Temple Sinai’s weekly e-mails, then you know that the Sentinel is now available on-line, and we are offering you the option of receiving the Sentinel on-line rather than a hard copy in the mail. In fact, if we have an e-mail address for you, you will no longer receive a hard copy of the Sentinel unless we hear otherwise from you by August 1. The reasons for this development are twofold: first, to reduce the amount of paper we use (some might say “waste”) by mailing out almost 500 hard copies of the Sentinel every month. We want to become better stewards of the planet and further reduce our carbon footprint. We have already demonstrated our commitment to “going green” by the use of solar panels, energy-saving light bulbs, recycling, and other green details of our building’s design and features. And second, by going digital, we will be more responsible stewards of the Temple’s finances. For those of you who have seen the full-color on-line version, I think
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y you’ll agree that the improved aaesthetics of the Sentinel significcantly enhance the reading experrience. If you are interested in the dettailed standards for green buildiings, check out the Leadership in E Energy and Environmental Design ((LEED) Green Building Rating System developed by U.S. Green Building Council (see: www.usgbc.org/leed.)
TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA The improvements and innovations we’ve made to the Sentinel, website, and the weekly e-mail reflect our desire to improve and increase avenues of communication between Temple Sinai’s leadership and its membership. However, all of these are one-way communications: from us to you. But there is a whole world of social media out there that can expand our one-way communications and add two-way communications. If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard the names of a variety of social media—Facebook, Twitter, blogs, podcasts—but don’t really have a clue about what they are and how to use them. (For a one-hour tutorial video, check out the following link: http://lounge.verticalresponse.com/ group/socialmedia.) At the URJ Biennial in Toronto last November, URJ President Rabbi Eric Yoffie (in his Shabbat morning sermon) urged congregations to make the transition from one-way to twoway communications and suggested congregational blogs (I wrote about
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The goal of the kehilat hesed is to create a more caring and responsive community: to transform our casual associations into loving and sacred relationships.
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Let us know if you can help with any of the following: Deliver a meal to a neighbor Give a neighbor a ride to a Temple event Give a neighbor a ride to an appointment Run an errand for a neighbor Call or visit someone who is home-bound Knit a shawl for someone who is ill Offer a place at your holiday table
Let us know what your needs are and please call: • • • • • •
If there has been a death in your family If you or a family member is ill If you need a ride to the Temple If you need an errand done If you are home-bound If you are the caregiver for a family member with special needs • If you would like to be hosted for a Shabbat or holiday dinner
this in my February Sentinel article). With the veil of mystery surrounding social media lifted just this much, I was inspired (and had the courage) to attend a social media workshop at the CCAR Convention in San Francisco last March. What I am beginning to understand from both of these exposures to the world of social media, is that social media has the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our communications with one another; to provide new avenues for networking and for Jewish journeys; to deepen our sense of community; to allow for immediate responses to each other’s questions and needs; and to give us a better way to reach out to our members who live in outlying areas or are homebound. I’m not sure if we are ready to make the plunge—but I would like to set up a task force (a combination of knowledgeable, tech-savvy people and those interested in deepening our connection to one another) in order to investigate what social media can do for us. If you’re interested, please let me know. There will be some challenges. Some of the ones I anticipate are monitoring and privacy issues; loss of the live, human, in-person connection; and how to use social media without excluding those of our members who can’t access or are uncomfortable with the internet. L’shalom, Rabbi Appleby
The Rabbi Wants To Know... Do you have college age children away from home? We would like to keep in touch with them. Let Rabbi Appleby know at 747-5508 or RabbiTempleSinai@ pyramid.net.
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we are excited about how they will transform the mood, especially during High Holy Day services. We’d love to expand this to include some part of the sanctuary windows as well, so if you are interested in supporting this, please let me know. We are also in need of a new memorial plaque board. The 54-space board will cost $2,600, and a donor contributing the full amount will be recognized by name on the plaque. Please contact me if you are interested in this sponsorship. I also want to thank those of you who donated toward the Israeli photography exhibit scheduled for later this year at the Nevada Museum of Art. As a result, Temple Sinai will be highlighted as a major sponsor. Enjoy your summer, and I look forward to seeing you soon. Shalom, Jake
WANTED!!
High Holy Day Torah Chanters and Choir Singers
If you love to sing, please join the High Holy Day Choir (there will be ample rehearsal time)
Contact: Gerry Willis at GWillis@sbcglobal.net
If your are interested in chanting Torah... Rosh HaShanah or Yom Kippur morning (special High HolyDay Melodies) Yom Kippur Afternoon (Shabbat melody) please let Rabbi Appleby know ASAP. CDs with the melodies will be provided to you by the end of July.
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ow, in a marriage or relattionship, such a sstatement is a sure sign of trouble. The talkee (the person to whom the statement is made) typically takes one of two stances: make a quick excuse such as there’s a fire that needs to be put out, run away and defer the discussion to a later time, which usually only emboldens the talker and may result in some shouting; or drop everything, sit down and face it as maturely as possible. Well, congregants, we need to talk, and like in any relationship you have two choices, put this Sentinel down (or if on line, surf to another page) and refuse to listen, or read on. I hope you will read on, because the information is important. Temple Sinai finished the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009 in reasonable shape considering the broader economic conditions around us. We had about $94,000 in cash in the bank, and we ended with an operating gain of about $13,000. As we started the current year that ended on June 30, 2010, we had membership dues commitments from about 153 members; however, as the year ended on June 30, only about 136 had met their commitments. (I am using end of May numbers and then estimating to the end of June, 2010, since the end of June financial report was not available at the time this was written.) At least ten member families who pledged at the start of the year had paid nothing into early 2010. By the end of May 2010, we had significantly eaten into our cash, which stood at about $41,000, and we were seeing an operating deficit of about $28,000. Thus, we are closing the 2009-2010 fiscal year in far weaker condition than we started. This is a serious matter. Although our membership count has remained
about the same (currently 148 family units), we are receiving less from our members. If this past year’s pattern continues, we risk being in serious financial trouble this time next year. The services we provide, from, if you’ll pardon my frankness, brit milah at your son’s eighth day through funeral services in our Hebrew cemetery, come at a cost. We risk not being able to support a full-time Rabbi and deliver the services you expect. This is not a picture any of us wish to see. I have spoken many times over the last several years about the importance of your support. I’d like to go back and write a few of my funnier columns, but I couldn’t even consider that as I thought about our current situation. Although some of our other income sources have been stable over this past year, it is important that we try our best to maintain a level of membership dues that ensures our survival. We have always expected dues to account for the majority of our operating income. If each family paid the recommended $105 per month, we would be in fine shape. However, we realize that some of our members simply cannot afford to pay this level of support. For those of you who elect to pay less, please review your financial priorities and consider upping your commitment as best you can. We also recognize that many of our families are doing relatively well while others may not be, and I hope that those of you in this camp can make additional contributions where you can. The Board is doing its part to trim costs, and our budgeted expenses for 2010-2011 are expected to be at least $17,000 below last year’s. Please strive to make your support of Temple Sinai a financial priority this year! On a brighter note, literally, please join me in thanking Temple Sinai member Heidi Loeb for donating stained glass panels for the six windows above the platform in the Social Hall. The beautiful designs, presented to the Board at our June meeting, will be in place by the end of August, and
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KADDISH TO BEE SAID JULY 2 Herman S. Brown n father-in-law of ne Beatrice Brown, June 27 Roslyn Gingold old, mother of Jeff Gingold, 7) 15 Tammuz (June 27)
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Phebe Reusch, June 27 Mary Birnbach grandmother of Peggy Levine, June 28 Harry Matles grandfather of Steve Matles, June 29 Jack Smolensky grandfather of Michael Weinzweig, 17 Tammuz (June 29) Bernard S. Borrus father of Debra McKean, June 30 Mary Eiseman grandmother of Sandra Medvin, z"l, June 30 Nan M. Goldwater, June 30 Bess Kaplan sister of Mary Garfinkle, z"l, June 30 David Loeb father of Heidi Loeb, June 30 David Stein uncle of Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer, June 30 Louis Medvin father of Michael Medvin, July 1 Link Johnson father of Sydney Johnson, July 2
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Irving S. Chyet father of Leonard Chyet, July 3
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JULY 9 M Marcia Borrus Gu Guinn mother of Debra Mc McKean, July 4 Ke Kenny Cardaci nephew of M Marilyn Rappaport, July 4 Iren Irene Freeman, July 4 Betty Kaye grandmother of Linda Duffié, Duffié, July 4 Sam Salmirs great uncle of Barbara Pratt, July 6 Simon Tropp father of Richard Tropp, July 6 Martin Zwelling uncle of Sandra Medvin, z"l, July 6 Dorene Lee Barnett wife of Monroe Barnett, July 7 John Jacob Filtzer, July 8 Jack Jackson father of Julia Rubin, July 8 Bill Metz, July 8 Herman Berger, July 9 Stanley Gertler father of Alan Gertler, July 9
KADDISH TO BE SAID JULY 16 Helen Baim mother of Marcia Fine, July 11 Wayne Albert Goldwater, July 11 Hyman M. Blumberg, 3 Av (July 14) David Frankel father of Enid Matteson, July 14 David Genzel, July 14 Gary Eugene Cooper uncle of Barbara Pratt, July 15 Esther B. Horwitz, July 15 Mary Hargrave mother of Julia Rubin, July 16
KADDISH TO BE SAID JULY 23 Aaron Abraham Isaac father of Esther Isaac, July 18 Harold Saper step-father of Gary Schumer, July 18 Bettie Stillpass, July 18 Phyllis Kaplan sister of Mary Garfinkle, z"l, July 20 Marks Noman in the Virginia City Cemetery, July 20 Abraham Pomeranz father of Gary Pomeranz, July 20 Rose Finkelstein grandmother of Alison Lasher, July 24
KADDISH TO BE SAID JULY 30 Sadie Strauss Davis grandmother of Nancy Podewils, July 25 Justin Machen friend of Paul Gafni, July 26 John Premenko grandfather of Ann Ezgar, July 26 Jeannette Medvin aunt of Michael Medvin, July 28 William I. Spector, M.D. partner of Patricia Blanchard, July 28 John Brogdon friend of Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer, July 30 Annette Lewis Leo mother of Jonathan Leo, 19 Av (July 30) Ida Lukin, July 30 Samson Margolis grandfather of Jacob Margolis, July 31
We thank those who support Temple Sinai.
Community Education Fund (for the NMA Israeli Exhibit) Gail Ferrell & Michael Wilkin, Douglas & Saundra Goodman, and Bennett Kottler & Valerie Weinstein
General Fund Debra McKean in memory of her father, Bernard Borrus, her mother Marcia Borrus, and her brother, Scott Borrus Jules & Shirley Rutkovitz in memory of Annette Rutkovitz, sister-in-law of Jules Jeff Gingold & Jane Townley in memory of Roslyn Gingold Heidi Loeb in memory of David S. Loeb Chris Stanton & Laura Ashkin in memory of Julius Ashkin Howard Gordon and Mindi, Sarah, and Harrison Brenner in memory of Carol Gordon, wife of Howard, mother of Mindi, and grandmother of Sarah and Harrison
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Steven & Julia Rubin in honor of the birth of Rabbi Appleby and Jon Leo's granddaughter Don & Adrienne Mannis in memory of Spencer Grist
Please Consider Making A Donation Specific Needs New Large Memorial Plaque for the Sanctuary: $2,600 needed. Make donation to Ritual Fund. Anyone who donates the full amount will have his name on the plaque. We are running out of space. Large projector screen: $250. Make donation to FF&I Fund. We have the projector; now we need the screen.
General Needs Capital-Maintenance Fund: Building and grounds maintenance Cemetery Fund: Maintenance of cemetery FF&I Fund: Furnishings, fixtures and interior improvements General Fund: General operating expenses Music Fund: Events, equipment, musicians New Building Fund: Servicing our newbuilding loan Religious School Fund: General school needs Ritual Fund: Sanctuary and religious supplies Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: Directly supports Rabbi’s tzedakah efforts
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eeking donations of paintings, artifacts, and wall hangings, in excellent condition, to beautify our Temple. Please do NOT bring items to Temple Sinai, but instead contact Amy Currier first at currierdworkin@yahoo.com or 348-7819. Amy and the Board of Trustees will make decisions on what will be displayed. Thanks for your help.
The New Temple Sinai Book Exchange
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o you have hardcover or paper back books in GOOD condition that you have finished reading? The Temple library now has room for a book exchange. Please bring in your gently-read books and pick up books you'd like to read. Look for the "Book Exchange" sign on the shelves. PLEASE—don't "clean out" your closets—bring in contemporary, popular, or classic books that our Temple members might enjoy.
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he Haftarah readings for the three Shabbats prior to Tisha b’Av (July 20) are known as the Haftarot of Affliction or Retribution. Their purpose is to warn us of the serious consequences of our sins. The Haftarah readings for the seven weeks between Tisha b’Av and Rosh HaShanah are known as the Haftarot of Consolation; their purpose is to comfort us as we approach the High Holy Days.
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uring the heat and dryness of the summer comes the holy day of Tisha b’Av (July 20 on the secular calendar). It is a solemn day on which we mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples and the burning of the city of Jerusalem. It is traditional to fast and to read the Book of Lamentations. Tisha b’Av also affords us the opportunity to reflect on our own personal losses and grief. On both the communal and the personal levels, Tisha b’Av reminds us that out of disaster comes renewal.
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Donations to Sinai
Dennis & Amelia Dworkin in memory of Joe Dworkin, father of Dennis
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משׁפחה של סיני MISPACHAH SHEL SEENAI TEMPLE SINAI FAMILY
Thanks ~ Todah Thanks to our June Oneg sponsors: the Temple Sinai Board and Linda Duffié. Thanks to our June greeters: Temple Board members Adrienne Tropp, Julia Rubin, Marsha Cohen, Marynne Aaronson, Doug Goodman, and Temple Board president Jake Margolis. Thanks to the Temple Sinai Youth Group for conducting Shabbat Services on June 11. At Tot Shabbat Service on June 18, thanks to Bennett Kottler for providing the music and to Judy Schumer for organizing the potluck.
Our Condolences to... Jules Rutkovitz on the death of his sister-in-law Annette Rutkovitz on June 7.
Refuah Sheleimah “Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery” to: Charlotte Soifer (mother of Rabbi Myra), Herb Pevney, Rabbi David Novak (friend of Rabbi Teri and Jon), Eunice Merkin (mother of Joe Merkin), Sophie Gold (step-mother of Adrienne Tropp), and Barbara Benjamin (grandmother of Michelle Ramirez), Dave Levine, and Alison Lasher.
Birthdays Jun 28: Ellen Holland and Stephen Myerson Jun 29: Dawn Frohlich Jun 30: Steve Mehler Jul 1: Ariela Flagg Jul 2: Noah Blanck Jul 9: Kim Grist Jul 13: Jacob Margolis Jul 15: Shirley Rutkovitz Jul 19: Miles Greiner Jul 20: Laura Ashkin Jul 20: Alan Gertler and Hannah Zeltzer Jul 21: Barbara Thompson Jul 23: Ranger Heslop and Reiss Jensen Jul 24: Janice Bonds Jul 26: Trevor Bonds, Julia Rubin, and Leah Zucker Jul 27: Amelia Dworkin
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Jun 27: Richard & Bonnie Schoen Jun 29: Jeff & Sharrone Blanck Jul 1: Dennis & Amelia Dworkin Jul 4: Michael & Barbara Pasquale Jul 11: Jules & Shirley Rutkovitz Jul 19: Kurt & Dawn Frohlich Jul 21: Monica & Gerry Jensen Jul 25: Bennett Kottler & Valerie Weinstein Jul 28: Rina Schumer & William Povolny
So-Long, But Not Goodbye from Patty Dickens
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ear Temple Sinai family, Yes, it's true. I have decided to pass the honored torch of conducting the High Holy Day Choir to the willing and able hands of Gerry Willis. Here's a bit of the history of that treasured musical journey: Louis Dickens—along with his niece, Ethel Jaffe, friend Mary Garfinkle and others—was an enthusiastic choir member when I met him in the late 60's. When I moved back to Reno in 1979, I joined the choir under Milton Gumbert's leadership. Shelley Lescott was our wonderful lead soprano and 12-year-old Andrei Hobson our youngest member (for a while his younger brother, Josh, joined us). Yes, I had the pleasure of watching Andrei progress from boy soprano to high school tenor to adult baritone. When Milton passed away, Sam Cantor took the helm. After Sam passed away, it was my turn. When Myra arrived as our first full-time rabbi, I was still conducting the choir and playing the organ as we sang from the small upstairs balcony area. Myra recalls looking up at my heavily pregnant profile when I was carrying my second son, Aaron—and four years later—Kenny. And what a great acoustic phenomenon that balcony was! Folks couldn't believe there were so few of us from the full sound they heard. So it seems that I've been a part of the Temple Sinai music scene for a few decades. As I write this, I have just retired after almost 38 years of teaching elementary public school music. That includes 30+ years in the Washoe County School District, of which the last 20 years were at Westergard Elementary School, which opened in 1989. It will be strange not starting the next school year and, at the same time, coordinating the annual High Holiday choir practices. I feel so blessed to have been able to work with Myra, Andre, Leslie Krochmal, Alan Kass, Carol Pevny, Deborah Achtenberg, Rabbi Elizabeth Webb-Beyer, Sheldon Chanes, Natalie Sera, Phil Shalitt, Gail Ferrell, Karen Abrams, Margie Newman, Margaret Hellsworth, Viktoria Hertling, Ayla Gafni, Van Vinikow, Mike Medvin and, more recently, Andi Kaylor, Carol Fineberg, Gerry Willis, Jon Leo and our wonderful new Rabbi Teri Appleby. They, and you, such dedicated congregants, have been my family for so long; I plan to continue seeing you all, but now by looking up at the Bima, not down from it. I know that you will give Rabbi Teri, Jon, Gerry and the new and returning choir members your full support and appreciation, as you have always done for me. Cheers, Shalom, and L'Chaim Patty Dickens (SAVE THE DATE: Patty will be honored at Services on Friday, August 27)
Schedule Upcoming B’nei Mitzvah Now! Our current schedule is as follows:
B'nei Mitzvah must be scheduled at least eight months in advance. Call the Rabbi at 747-5508 to reserve your date.
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Call for New Students Do you know someone who has young children ready to come to Religious School? Temple Sinai’s Religious School is open to all, and we are always happy to accept new students. Feel free to call me or Mike (747-5508) in the Temple office for more information. Shalom, Tracy Bartlett, Religious School Director Email: luvzjrz@aol.com (H) 972-1396 or (C) 848-3559
are always invited. The classes teach about Shabbat and seasonal Jewish holidays through stories, songs, games, simple prayers, and food. To join the class, or for further information, contact Judy Schumer at garyjudy2@sbcglobal.net.
Temple Sinai Youth Group open to all Jewish Youth ages 12-18 For more information and to be placed on the Youth Group email list, please contact: Youth Group Advisor Steven Rubin (at renorubins@yahoo.com or 829-8104) or Tracy Bartlett (Religious School Director at luvjrz@aol.com or 972-1396).
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he Temple Sinai Youth Group has wrapped up its Spring 2010 Season. Those who attended the Pizza Party and Roller Skate Get-Together on May 23 enjoyed themselves. On June 11, the group gathered for a delicious lasagna Shabbat dinner, prepared by Marilyn Rappaport. Then, members participated in Shabbat Services and finally, helped eat most of the Oneg. The Temple Sinai Youth Group will resume activities this fall. Please contact Steve Rubin (renorubins@yahoo.com and 829-8104) or Tracy Bartlett (luvzjrz@aol.com and 972-1396) if you know a teenager interested in joining other Jewish youth for activities.
orah for Tots, Temple Sinai's program for the very young, will resume in October. All children ages 2-5 are welcome, Temple membership is not required, there is no fee, and siblings
Thanks to all who have donated to the Religious School either by way of our Non-Fundraiser Fundraiser, or by other means. With your support our Religious School is flourishing.
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August 21, 2010 – Jacob Greiner October 16, 2010 – Ethan Labowe October 23, 2010 – Dennis Dworkin October 30, 2010 – John Eisenberg November 13, 2010 – Hannah Margolis November 20, 2010 – Ikaika Flagg January 15, 2011 – Jacob Stites May 14, 2011 – Jessica & Daniel Fuchs June 18, 2011 – Matthew McKean July 2, 2011 – Noah Blanck
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emple Sinai’s Religious School had a good year. The children learned about Jewish holidays, tzedakah, life cycle events and so much more. Our beginning Hebrew students learned not only the Aleph Bet and but also how to read some basic words. More advanced students practiced reading and learned prayers; some even learned how to hold a brief conversation in Hebrew. Each year our teachers expand on what the students learned in prior years and enrich students’ knowledge with arts and crafts projects and other activities. If you have ideas
or suggestions for program activities, please feel free to contact me.
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Monthly Shabbat Morning Services (the FIRST Shabbat every month)
July 3, 2010: 10:30am Shabbat Service 12 noon Dairy Potluck Lunch August 7, 2010: 9am Torah & Bagels 10:30am Shabbat Service 12 noon Dairy Potluck Lunch
A special screening for the
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July 25th at 2pm at the UNR Knowledge Center, Room 124 Sponsored by Temple Beth Or, Temple Sinai, Temple Emanu El, and UNR Hillel
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n furtherance of the Jewish tradition of "Tikkun Olam" “Thanks for (to repair the world), the Sentinel, your Temple Sinai going green on monthly newsletter, is going the Sentinel! I've green... and going digital! We been meaning to have a completely new and suggest that for improved interactive weba long time, glad based way to view and experience the monthly Sentinel. to see that it's And don't worry... if you need happening…” to keep a copy on hand for easy reference, you can still Lisa Guzmán print out individual pages, or the entire issue, (you may, for example, want to print the calendar page to post on your refrigerator). To view this new on-line version, go to www.TempleSinai-Reno.com. There is a display on the main page. This innovation will help Temple Sinai to not only be good stewards of our planet (by making the Sentinel virtually carbon neutral), but also to be good stewards of our finances. If you would like to CONTINUE having a hard copy mailed to you, YOU MUST reply to this email or call the Temple office at 775-747-5508 and let us know. If we do not hear from you by August 1, we will assume that you are happy to move on to the "digital only" version of the Sentinel. As soon as each issue becomes available, an email will be sent out to all our subscribers letting them know it is ready for viewing. Also, a full year of archived issues can always be accessed from our website at www. TempleSinai-Reno.com/AboutUs/TemplefBulletin/.
ADVERTISERS: The Sentinel is now in color and more beautiful than ever before and has never been easier to access. Our advertisers, who have always enjoyed having their ads displayed in our monthly issues, will now have them displayed in COLOR. In addition, your ads are now on our website AND in our WEEKLY emails. Never before has it been a better time to show your support of Temple Sinai by placing an ad in our newsletter. To place your ad, call the Temple office at 775-747-5508 or email Temple.Sinai@pyramid.net.
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Committee Chairs: Lox Smith’s Les Cohen Membership Mike Medvin Speakers Jeff Gingold Special Projects Rod Sloan Youth Activities John Louie Shalom, and see you at the meetings, Dave Levine, Men’s Club President
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isterhood has nothing to report this month, but watch this column next month for the exciting activities that are being planned. Also, check the weekly emails for news about Bunco and Mahjong. Sisterhood is open to all. No membership dues required. For additional information about Sisterhood, call Marsha Cohen at 851-1724 or email her at marshacohen@charter.net.
REMINDER:
Temple Sinai Book Club
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he Temple Sinai Book Club is on vacation for the summer and will resume in late September. More detailed information about the books selected for the fall and hosts will be in the August Sentinel or from Judy Schumer at garyjudy2@sbcglobal.net.
Monthly Board Meeting 7pm Wednesday, July 14. All Temple members are welcome to attend.
Folk Dancing at Sinai ISRAELI
Folk lk Dancing: 7pm Every Tuesday Night & 7pm Every 3rd Saturday Monthly. (Open to all; 1st time FREE, $5 regular, $3 for students.)
INTERNATIONAL Folk Dancing:
7pm Every Thursday Night. (Open to all; $2 for the public and $1 for Temple Sinai Members.) Check the calendar to confirm all dates and times.
Cleaning Up? If you are ttaking ki g ttrash h outt and d it does not fit into the dumpster, DO NOT leave it on the ground beside the dumpster. Please leave a note for our Administrative Assistant and arrangements will be made to have the dumpster emptied.
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By Board action, on recommendation of the Ritual Committee, pork and shellfish may not be served at Temple Sinai. This includes any products containing either pork or shellfish; so, do check, carefully, the contents of what you might be serving at Onegs, meetings, receptions, etc. Also be careful to remember those possible “common” foods that are indeed included in these restrictions (pepperoni pizza is one good example!).
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n Sunday, June 13, we heard from Master Gardner Don Kurzman, who spoke to a record setting audience. Too bad we couldn’t move the meeting to my yard, but he gave all of us some great ideas. Next year we might do this again, but in April to get our yards ready for planting. All though we don’t have any formal plans for speakers in July and August, we are discussing some ideas depending on our numbers available. September we will kick off the new year with fantastic speaker, and musician, Stephanie Sant' Ambrogio, who is Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola, at University of Nevada, Reno and Artistic Director, Cactus Pear Music Festival. Our future plans call for an attorney speaking on “Wills, Trusts, Probate, etc.” and maybe one to speak on the Nevada Constitution. All plans for speakers/activities are wide open; just email me (Dave Levine at sinaimensclub@sbcglobal.net) or Jeff Gingold (gingoldjn@gbis.com) with your ideas.
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Men’s Club
Here is the report of our Nominating Committee, with voting to take place at the July meeting. Any volunteers or additional nominations, please email me.
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Calling Oneg Hosts: 2010 Oneg Hosting Calendar now available for sign-ups... Oneg means “delight/pleasure.” It is for the delight of the host and the pleasure of congregation. The host to share his/her delight for the special occasion/event and the congregation to enjoy the pleasure of interaction with others.
Dave Levine, EA, MGFC Dave Maddy, EA Julie Freemyer, EA William Harrison, Esq. Tori Warren, CPA
For your personal appointment, call:
775-329-3443 Please sign up for a date or two. There are four easy ways to sign up: 1. Stop by Temple Sinai office to sign up 2. Sign up on Temple Sinai kitchen door Oneg sign up sheet 3. Call the office at 747-5508 4. Email Temple.Sinai@pyramid.net If you are unable to host an Oneg, please consider a donation to sponsor one. Just send your donation to Temple Sinai with a note that it is for the Oneg Fund and if the donation is in honor or memory of someone or of an occasion. Thank you to all our Oneg hosts. The congregation certainly enjoys all Onegs.
JULY 2010
Temple Sinai Breast Cancer Support Line
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Julia Rubin, Sinai member, a nurse, and herself living with breast cancer. 829-8104 or renorubins@sbcglobal.net. Confidentiality honored. Go to www.thebreastcancersite.com to donate a free mammorgram a day to an under-privileged woman. Go to www.armyofwomen.org to join a movement to bring women and researchers together to eradicate breast cancer.
The Temple Sinai Sentinel is published monthly. Temple Sinai is a Reform Congregation affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Temple Sinai is located at: 3405 Gulling Road, Reno NV 89503. This issue is: Volume 36, No. 10 • July 2010
LU’ACH
JULY 2010
CALENDAR
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
July 2010
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Sunday, July 25 – “Blessed Is The Match” Film at UNR (see page 8 for details)
Rabbi Teri Appleby
Jun 27
28
29
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Fast Day Tammuz
4
5
9am Men’s Club - TBA
11
1 Av
12
Rosh Chodesh Av Sentinel Deadline
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19 Erev Tisha b’Av
25 2pm “Blessed Is The Match” - Film at UNR
6 6:30pm Sisterhood Mahjong Night 7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night
Independence Day
13
Tisha b’Av
20
27 7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night
Noon Talmud 7pm Ritual Committee Meeting - Tentative
14
21 Noon Talmud 5pm Adult Hebrew II
6:30pm Sisterhood Mahjong Night 7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night
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7
Noon Talmud 7pm Temple Sinai Board Meeting
7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night
Jul 1 7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night
Noon Talmud
7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night
SATURDAY
Save the Date:
Tammuz/Av 5770
Temple Sinai is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism 3405 GULLING ROAD • RENO, NEVADA 89503 (775) 747-5508 Fax (775) 747-1911 E-mail: temple.sinai@pyramid.net, web page: www.templesinai-reno.com
15 Tammuz
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לוח
28 Noon Talmud 5pm Adult Hebrew II
8 7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night
15 7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night
22 7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night
29 7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night
2 7pm Family Shabbat with services conducted by Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer 8:13pm Candle lighting
9 7:30pm Shabbat Services with services conducted by Jeff Gingold 8:11pm Candle lighting
16 7:30pm Shabbat Services with services conducted by Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer. 8:08pm Candle lighting
23 7:30pm Shabbat Services 8:03pm Candle lighting
30 7:30pm Shabbat Services 7:57pm Candle lighting
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Torah Portion: Pinchas Num. 25:10-30:1 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service Noon Potluck Dairy Lunch 9:42pm Havdalah (72 min)
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Torah Portion: Matot - Masei Num. 30:2-36:13 7pm Monthly Israeli Folk Dance Night 9:40pm Havdalah (72 min)
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Shabbat Chazon Torah Portion: Devarim Deut. 1:1-3:22 9:37pm Havdalah (72 min)
Shabbat Nachamu
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Torah Portion: Va’etchanan Deut. 3:23-7:11 9:32pm Havdalah (72 min)
20 Av
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Torah Portion: Ekev Deut. 7:12-11:25 9:26pm Havdalah (72 min)
Temple Sinai 3405 Gulling Road Reno, Nevada 89503 (775) 747-5508
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
Rabbi Teri Appleby (775) 747-5508 • E-Mail: RabbiTempleSinai@pyramid.net President Jake Margolis (775) 827-1068 • E-Mail: Jake.Margolis@sbcglobal.net Treasurer Ken Roberts (775) 622-3115 • E-Mail: kenmar74@gmail.com Religious School Director Tracy Bartlett (775) 972-1396 (h) • E-mail: luvzjrz@aol.com Temple Sinai Fax (775) 747-1911 • Web Page: www.TempleSinai-Reno.com • Email: Temple.Sinai@pyramid.net Rabbi Myra Soifer, Emerita (775) 747-6330 • E-Mail: myrabbireno@yahoo.com
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Help Every Washoe County Child Have Clean Diapers
Please Donate to the Northern Nevada Diaper Bank Diapers Will be Collected at Temple Sinai Beginning June 1, 2010
x Disposable diapers cost up to $100 per month at any age x Some families live on less than $400 per month x Proper sanitation of cloth diapers is impossible for families living in shelters or motels. x One in four children in Nevada lives in poverty x Day care centers will not take infants without an adequate supply of disposable diapers x A mother who cannot afford diapers cannot put her child in care, so she cannot work
Many families in our community cannot afford to buy diapers for their infants Some families have to choose between food and diapers
TOGETHER WE CAN HELP! Donations of diapers are being collected and will be distributed to families in need in our community by the
Northern Nevada Diaper Bank, the only weekly source of free diapers in this community 775-348-9565
info@waccs.org
NNDB is a service of Women & Children’s Center of the Sierra, dedicated to empowering the most vulnerable members of this community to lead independent, normalized and stable lives.
Sponsored by: Robert F. Banks Foundation Reno Rodeo Foundation WalMart Kietzke Lane Diapers.com Sunlight Tree Care