Temple Sinai Sentinel - July 2010 Issue

TEMPLE SINAI affiliated with the Union for Reform JudaismTHE NEWSLETTER OF RENO’S REFORM CONGREGATION

Volume 36, No. 10 — July 2010 • Tammuz/Av 5770(To sponsor a Sentinel call the Temple offi ce at 775-747-5508.)

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INSIDE:

From the Rabbi’s Study . . . . . .2From Sinai’s Board President . .3Yahrzeits: In Loving Memory . .4Donations to Sinai . . . . . . . . . . .5Specifi c/General Needs . . . . . .5Tisha b’Av . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Temple Sinai Family . . . . . . . . .6So-Long, But Not Goodbye from

Patty Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . .6Religious School & Youth . . . . .7The Sentinel is GOING GREEN . .8Sinai Sisterhood / Men’s Club . . .9Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Northern NV Diaper Bank . . . InsertHolocaust & Breast Cancer . . Insert

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CARING COMMUNITY KEHILAT HESED sxj ,kveTh e goal of the kehilat hesed is to create a more caring and responsive community:

to transform our casual associations into loving and sacred relationships.

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 Off er 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 needsIf you would like to be hosted for a • Shabbat or holiday dinner

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.

The Sentinel

Goes Green…

What’s Next?

THE SENTINEL GOES GREEN

If you receive (and read) Temple Sinai’s weekly e-mails, then you know that the Sentinel is now

available on-line, and we are off ering you the option of receiving the Senti-nel 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 develop-ment are twofold: fi rst, 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 com-mitment to “going green” by the use of solar panels, energy-saving light bulbs, recycling, and other green de-tails of our building’s design and fea-tures. And second, by going digital, we will be more responsible stewards of the Temple’s fi nances.

For those of you who have seen the full-color on-line version, I think

you’ll agree that the improved aesthetics of the Sentinel signifi -cantly enhance the reading expe-rience.

If you are interested in the de-tailed standards for green build-ings, check out the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Sys-

tem developed by U.S. Green Building Council (see: www.usgbc.org/leed.)

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA

The improvements and innova-tions we’ve made to the Sentinel, website, and the weekly e-mail refl ect 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 ex-pand 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 Yoffi e (in his Shabbat morning ser-mon) urged congregations to make the transition from one-way to two-way communications and suggested congregational blogs (I wrote about

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 under-stand from both of these exposures to the world of social media, is that social media has the potential to improve the effi ciency and eff ective-ness 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 outly-ing 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 me-dia 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

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We Need to Talk

Now, in a marriage or rela-

tionship, such a statement 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 fi re that needs to be put out, run away and defer the discussion to a later time, which usually only em-boldens 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 Sentineldown (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 fi nished the fi scal 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 op-erating gain of about $13,000. As we started the current year that ended on June 30, 2010, we had member-ship 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 fi nancial report was not available at the time this was written.) At least ten member fami-lies who pledged at the start of the year had paid nothing into early 2010. By the end of May 2010, we had sig-nifi cantly eaten into our cash, which stood at about $41,000, and we were seeing an operating defi cit of about $28,000. Thus, we are closing the 2009-2010 fi scal year in far weaker condition than we started.

This is a serious matter. Although our membership count has remained

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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 fi nancial trouble this time next year. The services we provide, from, if you’ll pardon my frankness, brit mi-lah at your son’s eighth day through funeral services in our Hebrew cem-etery, come at a cost. We risk not be-ing 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 im-portance 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 in-come 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 fam-ily paid the recommended $105 per month, we would be in fi ne shape. However, we realize that some of our members simply cannot aff ord to pay this level of support. For those of you who elect to pay less, please review your fi nancial 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 ex-penses 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 fi nancial 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 win-dows 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

we are excited about how they will transform the mood, especially dur-ing 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 spon-sorship. 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 [email protected]

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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Roslyn Gingold

mother of Jeff Gingold,

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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 Garfi nkle, 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

Irving S. Chyet father of Leonard Chyet,

July 3

KADDISH TO BE SAID

JULY 9Marcia Borrus

Guinn mother of Debra

McKean, July 4

Kenny Cardaci nephew

of Marilyn Rappaport, July 4

Irene Freeman, July 4

Betty Kaye grandmother of

Linda Duffi é, 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,

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KADDISH TO BE SAID

JULY 16Helen 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 23Aaron 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 Garfi nkle,

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 30Sadie 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

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Donations to Sinai

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

Please Consider Making A Donation

Specifi c NeedsNew 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 NeedsCapital-Maintenance Fund: Building and

grounds maintenanceCemetery Fund: Maintenance of cemeteryFF&I Fund: Furnishings, fi xtures and

interior improvementsGeneral Fund: General operating expensesMusic Fund: Events, equipment, musiciansNew Building Fund: Servicing our new-

building loanReligious School Fund: General school

needsRitual Fund: Sanctuary and religious suppliesRabbi’s Discretionary Fund: Directly

supports Rabbi’s tzedakah eff orts

Sinai Seeking Judaica

Art

Seeking donations of paint-ings, artifacts, and wall hangings, in excellent con-

dition, to beautify our Temple. Please do NOT bring items to Temple Sinai, but instead contact Amy Currier fi rst at [email protected] 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

Do you have hardcover or paper back books in GOOD condition that

you have fi nished 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.

Dennis & Amelia Dworkin in memory of Joe Dworkin, father of Dennis

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

TISHA B’AV

During 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 aff ords us the opportunity to refl ect on our own personal losses and grief. On both the com-munal and the personal levels, Tisha b’Av reminds us that out of disaster comes renewal.

SPECIAL HAFTAROT

The Haftarah readings for the three Shabbats prior to Tisha b’Av (July 20) are known as the Haftarot of Affl iction 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 Consola-tion; their purpose is to comfort us as we approach the High Holy Days.

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Thanks to our June Oneg sponsors: the Temple Sinai Board and Linda Duffi é.

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 MyersonJun 29: Dawn FrohlichJun 30: Steve MehlerJul 1: Ariela FlaggJul 2: Noah BlanckJul 9: Kim GristJul 13: Jacob MargolisJul 15: Shirley RutkovitzJul 19: Miles GreinerJul 20: Laura AshkinJul 20: Alan Gertler and Hannah ZeltzerJul 21: Barbara ThompsonJul 23: Ranger Heslop and Reiss JensenJul 24: Janice BondsJul 26: Trevor Bonds, Julia Rubin, and Leah ZuckerJul 27: Amelia Dworkin

AnniversariesJun 27: Richard & Bonnie SchoenJun 29: Jeff & Sharrone BlanckJul 1: Dennis & Amelia DworkinJul 4: Michael & Barbara PasqualeJul 11: Jules & Shirley RutkovitzJul 19: Kurt & Dawn FrohlichJul 21: Monica & Gerry JensenJul 25: Bennett Kottler & Valerie WeinsteinJul 28: Rina Schumer & William Povolny

So-Long, But Not Goodbye from Patty Dickens

Dear 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 Jaff e, friend Mary Garfi nkle 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 fi rst 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 heav-ily pregnant profi le 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 pub-lic 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, Shel-don 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'ChaimPatty Dickens

(SAVE THE DATE: Patty will be honored at Services on Friday, August 27)

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Torah for Tots

Torah 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 re-quired, there is no fee, and siblings

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 Schumerat [email protected].

Religious School News

Temple Sinai’s Religious School had a good year. The children

learned about Jewish holi-days, 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 read-ing and learned prayers; some even learned how to hold a brief conversa-tion in Hebrew.

Each year our teachers expand on what the students learned in prior years and enrich students’ knowl-edge with arts and crafts projects and other activities. If you have ideas

or suggestions for program activities, please feel free to contact me.

Todah Rabah

Thanks to all who have donated to the Religious School either by

way of our Non-Fundraiser Fund-raiser, or by other means. With your support our Religious School is fl ourishing.

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 offi ce for more information.

Shalom,Tracy Bartlett, Religious School DirectorEmail: [email protected](H) 972-1396 or (C) 848-3559

Schedule UpcomingB’nei Mitzvah Now!Our current schedule is

as follows: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

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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HTemple SinaiTemple SinaiYouth GroupYouth Group open to all Jewish open to all Jewish Youth ages 12-18Youth ages 12-18

For more information and to be placed on the Youth Group email list, please contact: Youth Group Ad-visor Steven Rubin (at [email protected] or

829-8104) or Tracy Bartlett (Religious School Director at [email protected] or 972-1396).

Youth Group

The 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 fi nally, helped eat most of the Oneg.

The Temple Sinai Youth Group will resume activities this fall. Please contact Steve Rubin ([email protected] and 829-8104) or Tracy Bartlett ([email protected] and 972-1396) if you know a teenager interested in joining other Jewish youth for activities.

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Monthly Monthly ShabbatShabbat Morning ServicesMorning Services

(the FIRST Shabbat every month)

July 3, 2010:10:30am Shabbat Service

12 noon Dairy Potluck LunchAugust 7, 2010:

9am Torah & Bagels10:30am Shabbat Service

12 noon Dairy Potluck Lunch

Complete details are on the Temple lobby table and on our website at

www.TempleSinai-Reno.com/events

A special screening for the

RENO JEWISH COMMUNITY

July 25th at 2pmat the UNR Knowledge Center, Room 124

Sponsored by Temple Beth Or, Temple Sinai, Temple Emanu El, and UNR Hillel

The Sentinel is… GOING GREEN!

In furtherance of the Jewish tradition of "Tikkun Olam" (to repair the world), the

Sentinel, your Temple Sinai monthly newsletter, is going green... and going digital! We have a completely new and improved interactive web-based way to view and expe-rience the monthly Sentinel. And don't worry... if you need to keep a copy on hand for easy reference, you can still 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 vir-tually carbon neutral), but also to be good stewards of our fi nances.

If you would like to CONTINUE having a hard copy mailed to you, YOU MUST reply to this email or call the Temple offi ce 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/.

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On 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 Vio-la, at University of Nevada, Reno and Artistic Director, Cactus Pear Music Festival.

Our future plans call for an attor-ney speaking on “Wills, Trusts, Pro-bate, etc.” and maybe one to speak on the Nevada Constitution. All plans for speakers/activities are wide open; just email me (Dave Levine at [email protected]) or Jeff Gingold ([email protected]) with your ideas.

Men’s ClubMen’s Club

7pm Wednesday, July 14. All Temple members are

welcome to attend.

.7pm Wednesday, July 14אחותיות סיניAll Temple members are

MonthlyMonthlyBoard MeetingBoard Meeting

Temple Sinai Temple Sinai Book Club Book Club

The 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 [email protected].

Sinai Sinai Sisterhood Sisterhood

Sisterhood has nothing to report this month, but watch this col-umn next month for the excit-

ing activities that are being planned. Also, check the weekly emails for news about Bunco and Mahjong.

Sisterhood is open to all. No mem-bership dues required. For additional information about Sisterhood, call Marsha Cohen at 851-1724 or email her at [email protected].

Here is the report of our Nomi-nating Committee, with voting to take place at the July meeting. Any volunteers or additional nominations, please email me.

Club Offi cers:

President Dave LevineV. President Mike MedvinTreasurer John LouieSecretary Mark Rosenberg

Committee Chairs:

Lox Smith’s Les CohenMembership Mike MedvinSpeakers Jeff GingoldSpecial Projects Rod SloanYouth Activities John Louie

Shalom,and see you at the meetings,Dave Levine,Men’s Club President

ISRAELIFolk Dancing:

7pm Every Tuesday Night &7pm Every 3rd Saturday Monthly.

(Open to all; 1st time FREE, $5 regular, $3 for students.)

INTERNATIONALFolk Dancing:

7pm Every Thursday Night.(Open to all; $2 for the public and

$1 for Temple Sinai Members.)

Check the calendar to confi rmall dates and times.

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If you are taking trash out and it does not fi t 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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Cleaning Up?Cleaning Up?

REMINDER: By Board action, on recommendation of the Ritual Committee, pork and shellfi sh may not be served at Temple Sinai. This includes any products containing either pork or shellfi sh; 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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Temple Sinai Breast Cancer Support LineJulia Rubin, Sinai member, a nurse, and herself living with breast cancer. 829-8104 or [email protected]. Confi dentiality honored. Go to www.thebreastcancersite.com to donate a free mammorgram a day to an under-privileged woman. Go to www.armyofwomen.orgto join a movement to bring women and researchers together to eradicate breast cancer.

Th e Temple Sinai Sentinel is published monthly. Temple Sinai is a Reform Congregation affi liated with the Union for Reform Judaism.Temple Sinai is located at: 3405 Gulling Road, Reno NV 89503. Th is issue is: Volume 36, No. 10 • July 2010

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.

Please sign up for a date or two. Th ere are four easy ways to sign up:

1. Stop by Temple Sinai offi ce to sign up2. Sign up on Temple Sinai kitchen door

Oneg sign up sheet3. Call the offi ce at 747-55084. Email [email protected]

If you are unable to host an Oneg, please con-sider 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 congre-gation certainly enjoys all Onegs.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

15 Tammuz Jun 27 28 29 30 Jul 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 1 Av 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 20 Av 31

July 2010 Tammuz/Av 5770Temple Sinai is affi liated with the Union for Reform Judaism

3405 GULLING ROAD • RENO, NEVADA 89503(775) 747-5508 Fax (775) 747-1911

E-mail: [email protected], web page: www.templesinai-reno.comRabbi Teri Appleby

Torah Portion: Pinchas Num. 25:10-30:1

10:30am ShabbatMorning Service

Noon Potluck Dairy Lunch 9:42pm Havdalah (72 min)

Torah Portion: Matot - Masei Num. 30:2-36:13

7pm Monthly IsraeliFolk Dance Night

9:40pm Havdalah (72 min)

Shabbat Chazon

Torah Portion: Devarim Deut. 1:1-3:22


Shabbat Nachamu

Torah Portion: Va’etchanan Deut. 3:23-7:11


Torah Portion: Ekev Deut. 7:12-11:25


7pm Family Shabbat with services conducted by

Rabbi Emerita Myra Soifer8:13pm Candle lighting

7:30pm Shabbat Services with services conducted by

Jeff Gingold8:11pm Candle lighting

7:30pm Shabbat Services with services conducted by Rabbi Emerita Myra

Soifer.8:08pm Candle lighting

7:30pm Shabbat Services 8:03pm Candle lighting

7:30pm Shabbat Services 7:57pm Candle lighting

7pm Reno International Folk Dance Night





Noon Talmud

Noon Talmud 7pm Ritual Committee Meeting - Tentative

Noon Talmud 7pm Temple Sinai Board

Meeting

Noon Talmud 5pm Adult Hebrew II

Noon Talmud 5pm Adult Hebrew II

Fast Day Tammuz

7pm Reno Israeli Folk Dance Night

6:30pm Sisterhood Mahjong Night 7pm Reno Israeli

Folk Dance Night

7pm Reno IsraeliFolk Dance Night

Tisha b’Av

6:30pm SisterhoodMahjong Night 7pm Reno Israeli

Folk Dance Night

7pm Reno IsraeliFolk Dance Night

Rosh Chodesh Av

Sentinel Deadline

Erev Tisha b’Av

Independence Day

9am Men’s Club - TBA

2pm “Blessed Is The Match” - Film at UNR

Save the Date:Sunday, July 25 – “Blessed Is

The Match” Film at UNR (see page 8 for details)

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Rabbi Teri Appleby (775) 747-5508 • E-Mail: [email protected] Jake Margolis (775) 827-1068 • E-Mail: [email protected] Ken Roberts (775) 622-3115 • E-Mail: [email protected] School Director Tracy Bartlett (775) 972-1396 (h) • E-mail: [email protected] Sinai Fax (775) 747-1911 • Web Page: www.TempleSinai-Reno.com • Email: [email protected] Myra Soifer, Emerita (775) 747-6330 • E-Mail: [email protected]

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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

Disposable diapers cost up to $100 per month at any age Some families live on less than $400 per month Proper sanitation of cloth diapers is impossible for families living

in shelters or motels. One in four children in Nevada lives in poverty Day care centers will not take infants without an adequate

supply of disposable diapers 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 [email protected]

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Robert F. Banks Foundation Reno Rodeo Foundation

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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.

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