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from the Rabbi’s study...
“Wherever you live it is probably Egypt...”
With those words (and a few more that
follow), Michael Walzer brings to an end his
powerful book, Exodus and Revolution.
Walzer’s point is that, for Israel and indeed
for much of the world, “Egypt” is not so
much a place on the globe as it is a place in
our minds. Egypt is the broken, imperfect,
unredeemed world in which we find
ourselves right now: “the world as it is.”
Among the many great gifts ancient Israel
gave the world was a way of seeing history
as something more than an endless,
meaningless compilation of individual and
communal suffering. The imperfect world,
the “Egypt of our lives,” exists in a dynamic
tension with something better, even perfect.
Our tradition calls it “The Promised Land.”
We dream of our arrival there, and year after
year we sit at our Seder tables and speak the
words which ought to be heard, most of all,
as a prayer: “Next Year in Jerusalem!”
And we know, as Walzer knows, that “the
way to the land is through the wilderness.”
There is no easy path, no magic solution,
that will suddenly transform this world as it
is into “the world as it should be.” It is hard
work, this business of transforming,
perfecting, and repairing our world. When
all is said and done, as Walzer has it, “There
is no way to get from here to there except
Number 620
by joining together and marching.”
It is with these themes of transformation in
mind that I reflect on a very busy month in
and around Temple Mount Sinai. April and
May are always “busy season,” by virtue of
the round of holidays. This year, some other
events, both internal to Temple and relating
to our public life, conspire to make it an even
busier time. I hope to see you at some or all
of the following events:
• Most significantly, Passover begins April
18-19. Our communal Seder is on the
evening of April 19, beginning at 6 pm. A
reservation form is on page 23 of this issue of
“Messages.” Please be with us as we
celebrate our freedom together.
• Temple Mount Sinai’s Annual Meeting
is a week earlier, on Tuesday evening,
April 12. In addition to the usual,
important work of electing officers and
trustees, and accepting reports from
Temple’s leadership, we may well have
the chance to be involved in the
transformative work of adding another
Rabbi to our staff. More information
about the annual meeting may be found
on pages eighteen and nineteen of this
bulletin.
• On Wednesday, April 13, Border
(Continued on page 4)
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Worship Schedule April 2011

April 1-2 April 19
Parashat Tazria Passover
Friday, April 1 Tuesday, April 19
Candlelighting, 7:07 pm Festival Morning Service, 10:30 am
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm
April 22-23
Saturday, April 2 Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Pesach
Torah Study, 9:30 am Friday, April 22
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Candlelighting, 7:21 pm
Havdalah at B’nai Zion, 8:30 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Havdalah, 8:38 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, April 23
April 8-9 Torah Study, 9:30 am
Parashat Metzora Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Friday, April 8 Havdalah, 8:52 pm
Candlelighting, 7:12 pm
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm April 24-25
Seventh Day of Pesach
Saturday, April 9 Sunday, April 24
Torah Study, 9:30 am Festival Evening Service, 6:15 pm
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Havdalah, 8:43 pm Monday, April 25
Festival Morning Service, 10:30 am

April 15-16
Parashat Achrei Mot April 29-30
Friday, April 15 Parashat Kedoshim
Candlelighting, 7:17 pm Friday, April 29
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Candlelighting, 7:26 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm
Saturday, April 16
Torah Study, 9:30 am Saturday, April 30
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Torah Study, 9:30 am
Havdalah, 8:47 pm Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
Havdalah, 8:57 pm
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April Birthdays
April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22
Laurie Davis Julian Bernat Marty Klein Evan Blackburn
Orit Eylon Ryan Miner
April 2 Bob Goldfarb April 23
Ali Gluck Shelly Gopin April 16 Oren Belkin
Michael Goldman Taylor Crossland* Elisa Lerer*
Rena Marcus April 9 Lee Schweitzer
Adele Siegel Aaron McCoy April 24
Stuart Shiloff April 17 James Keller
April 3 Joe Feldberg Lloyd Krapin
Brent Harris April 10 Linda Miner
Bud Ramenofsky Mike Batkin April 25
Rachel Weinstein Roee Belkin April 18 Joanne Farley
Sue Zaltz* Callie Blumenfeld* Sydney Goltz* Idell Rothstein
Thomas Krapin Etta Mae Scherr*
April 4 April 11 Nancy Laster*
Scott Blumenfeld Edi Brannon Mark Schrier April 27
Martha Schlusselberg Lory Goldberg* Arlene Ellenburg
Stephanie Shapiro April 19
Wendy Siegel April 12 Bill Berry April 28
Larry Anenberg Alexander Christiansen Barbara Behne
April 5 Brent Mobbs Helen Goldberg
Dick Fass Bob Nitzburg Julia Lerer April 29
David Westermann David Rothbardt Noam Belkin*
April 6 Bill Spier Lila Bowman*
Peggy Feinberg April 13 Susan Schecter*
Jeryl Marcus Alan Karp* April 20
Elaine Krasne* April 30
April 7 April 14 Max Schwartz Jordan Horn
Erline Gordon* Donna Leffman
Peggy Kovan April 21
Jessica Gopin
Ellen Hirsch

April Anniversaries
April 1 April 8 April 25
Josh & Jenny Meyer Steve & Ann Lauterbach Alejandro Restrepo & Michelle
Tony & Julie Mullen Assael
April 12
April 2 William & Cynthia Bass April 30
Fred & Ada Marcus Bob & Claire Jacobs
April 20
April 5 Michael & Melanie Alkov *Special 5 or 10 year Birthday or
Jim & Carol Parker Mike & Debby Robalin* Anniversary

April 6 April 22
Joey Taylor & Michele Alderete- Eddie & Laurie Knipp
Taylor
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from the Rabbi’s Study, continued

(Continued from page 1) ticket includes dinner catered by
Interfaith’s Issues Forum will bring Cappetto’s and served by any of a number
together those running for City Council to of local “celebrities,” and a chance to win
represent Downtown and the West Side. an iPad 2! Passover celebrates, among
They will answer questions and speak to other things, the ancient but ever-new
their commitment to forge a working story of our migration. How fortunate we
relationship with the coalition of are to have this opportunity to offer our
organizations that comprise Border support to people fleeing persecution and
Interfaith. The event will be held at St. indeed slavery, in our own day.
Jude’s Catholic Church (4006 Hidden • Finally, I draw your attention to the facing
Way, in the neighborhood that sits at the page. If printer and USPS cooperate, you’ll
northeast corner of Doniphan and receive this before Alan Morinis’s April 1
Sunland Park), beginning at 6:30 pm. Our -3 visit to El Paso. I encourage you to join
involvement in Border Interfaith is one of us for that as well, as we explore the
the ways we can be involved in the life of Mussar Tradition — itself a vehicle for
our city, which may have a “wilderness” transforming the inner world of our
climate, but need not be parched for minds from “Egypt” to “Promised Land.”
justice and harmony!
In so many ways — as individuals, as a
• On Thursday, April 7, I will have the Temple community, as members of the
honor of serving you…dinner! I hope that Jewish people, and as human beings — we
many Temple members will come out to can transform our lives and our worlds. Let
support Las Americas Immigrant us make this season of springtime a moment
Advocacy Center, an organization which of great tikkun.
provides free and low-cost legal aid to
May your Passover be joyful, and liberating,
immigrants. The event is at St. Pius X
Catholic Church (Clark @ Geronimo, just Rabbi Bach
south of the freeway). Your forty-dollar

Mazel Tov! Congratulations…

...to Julian Borschow for his over 50 years of service to the Jewish community.
...to John and Bita Mobbs in honor of their son, Brent, becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
...to Rabbi Larry and Alanna Bach on the birth of their niece, Edith Leona White. Parents are
Camille Frost and John White
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Scholar-in-Residence Alan Morinis

April 1-3, 2011
Temple Mount Sinai is fortunate to welcome a
distinguished author and scholar to El Paso April
1-3. Alan Morinis has done perhaps more than
any other person to introduce the traditional
Jewish path of Mussar (“soul-work”) to a wide and
diverse audience.
Alan is an anthropologist, filmmaker, writer, and
student of spiritual traditions. He is an active
interpreter of the teachings and practices of the
Mussar tradition and regularly gives lectures and
workshops. Born and raised in a culturally Jewish
but non-observant home, he studied anthropology
at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. His
doctoral thesis was published by Oxford
University Press as Pilgrimage in the Hindu
Tradition.
Mussar, and Why Should I Care?"
• at a Shabbat Dinner (following the Kabbalat
Shabbat Service), his topic will be, "Climbing
Jacob's Ladder: My Path to Mussar."
• at Torah Study on Saturday morning at 9:30,
Alan will teach: “Torah through a Mussar Lens
on the Parashah.”
• at a Kiddush Luncheon following our Shabbat
Morning Service, the topic will be,
"Discovering your personal spiritual
curriculum: Paths of the Righteous: A Mussar
Text."
• on Sunday morning at 10 am, Alan’s topic will
be "Every Day, Holy Day: How to Practice
Mussar."

Alan has written books and produced feature films,

All of Alan’s talks
television dramas and documentaries and has
are free and open to
taught at several universities. Although he took a
the public. There is a
deep journey into Hindu and Buddhist thought
nominal cost
and practice, for the past decade the nearly-lost
associated with the
Jewish spiritual discipline of Mussar has been his
Friday night dinner -
passion, a journey recorded in the book Climbing
$10/adults (over 13),
Jacob’s Ladder (Broadway 2002). His guide to
$6/children (ages 6-
Mussar practice, entitled Everyday Holiness: The
12), free (ages 5 &
Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, was published in
under) which
May 2007, and a follow-up work designed for
precedes the
journaling and practice, Every Day, Holy Day, was
“Climbing Jacob’s
published in August 2010. All of these books are
Ladder” talk. Please
for sale at Temple. He lives in Vancouver, BC, with
call Elisa at Temple
his wife of over 30 years, Bev Spring.
to RSVP. Each talk stands on its own, but the
Alan will speak at Temple Mount Sinai on Friday whole is most definitely greater than the sum of its
evening, Saturday morning and afternoon, and parts, so plan on attending several sessions, or all
Sunday morning. A Saturday evening program of them!
will be held as well (time and location TBD). The
topics of his talks are as follows: Questions? Call Temple Mount Sinai (532-5959)
• at our Kabbalat Shabbat Service (6:15 pm, and speak with Rabbi Bach.
Friday, April 1), Alan will speak on "What is
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Improv Workshop
The Improv Workshop has been meeting on Monday nights from 7 to
9 pm in Zielonka Hall.
The main goals of this group are to have fun, to build our skills of
listening, teamwork, imagination and spontaneity, to learn to be in
the moment, and to gain confidence with movement. Through
improv games, movement-based exercises, and scene work, they will
build toward creating—for themselves—longer improvised theatrical
experiences that will be powerful, funny, honest, and compelling. It
is not necessary to be a clever or funny person to join this group—it
is really about learning to trust others.
David Novick is leading the group. He brings a lot of experience
from attending many workshops, performing with ComedySportz in
Portland, Oregon, and leading team-building improv workshops
here in El Paso.
No experience is necessary to join! The group will be open to all
Temple members over Bar/Bat Mitzvah age. If you’re interested (or
just want to ask questions), please contact David at novick@utep.edu.

Lunch and Learn — Tuesday, April 12

Our Lunch and Learn session this month will be on Tuesday , April 12. Rabbi
Bach will offer a “Passover Potpourri,” with thoughts about the upcoming
holiday and ideas for enlivening your seders.
All are welcome to the session, which begins with a buffet lunch at 11:45 am.
Rabbi Bach begins teaching at about noon, and we wrap up at 1 pm. The cost
is $10 for lunch. Your reservation helps us plan and shop efficiently, so please
let us know if you’ll be coming by calling the Temple office by Friday, April 8.
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Growing in Body, Heart, and Spirit

Each week, we offer opportunities for growth in body, mind and heart. Not so much
“classes” as “opportunities for practice,” our yoga, meditation, and text study are at the
core of our adult learning and growth. There’s great benefit from attending regularly,
but drop-ins are always welcome!
• Meditation, Tuesdays at 6 pm. We continue to have a good turnout for our weekly
meditation “sits”. These sessions take place every Tuesday evening at 6 pm in
Krupp Chapel. Rabbi Bach is joined by co-facilitators Mary McIntyre and Nancy
Schwartz. All three have some experience meditating. They share a commitment to
a regular meditation practice, and recognize that a group environment provides sup-
port for that practice. Please consider joining us as we sit, focus and reflect. For
more information, call Mary at 915-490-7359.
• Yoga Practice, Wednesdays at 11:30 am. Take a much needed break in your day for
one hour of yoga on Wednesdays at 11:30 am. Inspired by the teachings of Anusara
yoga, Susan Jaffee will lead you through a life-affirming, heart-oriented practice.
This hour yoga session is suitable for yoga students of all levels. Please wear com-
fortable clothing and bring your own mat and yoga props (belt, block and yoga
blankets).
• The Weekly Portion as a Vehicle for Spiritual Growth, Saturdays at 9:30 am. Every
Saturday at 9:30 am, a diverse and lively group of participants gathers to study the
weekly Torah portion through the lens of Hasidic spirituality. Rabbi Bach typically
brings a text from one of the classics of Hasidic Torah commentary, in Hebrew and
in translation, which serves as the starting point for our conversation. We conclude
in time for the 10:30 am Shabbat morning service. Bagels and coffee are provided,
and all are welcome.

Adult Hebrew, Wednesdays at 6 pm

Adult Hebrew — 6 pm, Wednesdays. The Adult Hebrew class continues to meet in the
Zork Library at Temple on Wednesday evenings from 6 pm to 7 pm. The students are
progressing nicely with their reading and understanding of Hebrew and the weekly
Torah portions. If you are interested in learning with us, please join us on Wednesday
evenings. If you have any questions, feel free to call Ed Solomon at 525-4616.
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Las Americas Spaghetti Dinner

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center will be hosting its 12th annual Celebrity Waiter
Spaghetti Dinner, catered by Capetto’s, on Thursday, April 7 at 6 pm in the Parish Hall at St.
Pius X Catholic Church. This fundraising dinner is crucial to help Las Americas continue
with its mission and it is usually tons of fun too.
More than 300 people are expected to spend the evening being served by a roster of local
celebrities. This year, tickets are $40 ($400 for a table of 10) and each ticket includes a $5
raffle ticket for an iPad. More raffle tickets are also available for sale. Rabbi Bach has tickets
for sale, and will be happy to be your server that evening!
Las Americas depends entirely on private grants, donations and fundraising events to
sustain itself. With these funds, we offer legal services to the most vulnerable among
deserving immigrants, including abandoned children, battered women and refugees. Every
time we win an asylum case, every time we obtain a green card for a victim of domestic
violence or reunite a child with her parents, we owe it to our supporters in the community.

YAMS—Young Adult professionals of Mount Sinai

It is the beginning of Spring and with the beautiful weather comes a new round of monthly
YAMS events. We have a lot of exciting activities in store and we hope that we can encour-
age you to join us. Remember...we are very happy to take event suggestions at any time.
April Event! Torah and Tacos!
Join the YAMS and Sh’liach Kehillah Ed Solomon as we discuss the story of Passover over
delicious burritos (yes...I know...it's called Torah and Tacos...but burritos just doesn't have
the same alliteration appeal!)
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Burritos Crisostomo (5658 N Mesa St) -- bring money to buy lunch, or just bring
your hungry mind.
RSVP to Danielle by April 8th at dscher82@gmail.com or 305-979-4766.

Congregation Mount Sinai Cemetery

Just a reminder, our Cemetery hours are Sunday through Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and closed on
Saturday.
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Southwest Jewish Arts Festival

Temple Beth El of Las Cruces is looking for artists for a juried art show, the Southwest
Jewish Arts Festival, to be held on Sunday, June 12, 2011 from 3 to 7 pm at Temple Beth
El. The show is open to Jewish artists from New Mexico and the El Paso area. The
mediums are painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, fiber arts and jewelry. Entry
forms are located at the Temple website, www.tbelc.org . You can also call the Temple at
575-524-3380. Submissions are free and must be postmarked no later than Friday, April
16 , 2011. Submissions can be mailed to: Temple Beth El, 3980 Sonoma Springs Ave, Las
Cruces, NM 88011.
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Fitzgerald at 575-647-1808 or
publicity@tbelc.org.

January 2012 trip to Israel

Have you been to Israel and always wanted to return? Have you yet to visit Israel and
long to make a first trip? Would you like to “experience” Jewish history in many of the
places where it was made? Would you like to meet the modern-day peoples of Israel?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Temple Mt. Sinai invites you to join
us on our journey to Israel, January 1 – January 13, 2012.
We have designed an itinerary that focuses on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the wondrous
Arava and Negev, and Eilat. The trip also includes an optional day-trip to the exquisite
Nabatean city of Petra in Jordan.
The price for the land portion of this trip (excluding Petra) is $2450 per person (double
occupancy rate) for TMS members, and $2550 for non-members. Group air travel is
available from El Paso to Tel Aviv on Delta Airlines
for approximately $1400.
If this opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Israel ex-
cites you, please attend our next trip meeting on
Sunday, April 10 at 8pm, at Temple Mt. Sinai.
For an itinerary and registration form, or to ask any
questions, please contact Alanna Bach at 328-6062 or
abach@templemountsinai.com.
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MSTY/mini-MSTY
On March 12, MSTY hosted a lock-in at Temple with BETY, the Las Cruces Youth
Group. The 8th graders from both Temples were also invited. The lock-in was a
huge success—there were a total of 17 kids in attendance. Thank you to Greta
Duran for helping out that night by staying at Temple to supervise.
This month, 14 MSTYites will be joining the rest of the youth groups in the NFTY
Southwest region for Spring Kallah in Phoenix, AZ. We will be choosing a new
NFTY-SW board, and two of our own are running for board positions, Kaylen
Duran and Melanie Shapiro. Good luck to both of them.
Mini-MSTY will be holding their annual Chocolate Seder right before Passover. If
any parent would like to host this event please contact Stacy Berry at 241-6627 or
sapurvin97@yahoo.com.

Gesher
The next Gesher get together will be Sunday, April 10 at 10 am. We will be learning all about Passover.

Men of Reform Judaism

Wow, what a way to March into spring!! MRJ hopes everyone had a wonderful Pu-
rim Festival, and enjoyed our guest speaker David Crowder last month. We aren't
slowing down either! Coming soon is the end of year BBQ for the Religious School,
so get ready to get fired up! Most importantly it's time to get your kids to summer
camp. Summer camp, truly is a lifelong-learning experience, and one no child
should miss out. We’re glad to have been a part of this year’s campership effort.
A special thank you to all the men behind the scenes that helped make Purim spe-
cial, and thanks to John Eger, and Michael Alkov for their assistance with our guest
speaker David Crowder. Thank you all for your support, comments and ques-
tions. If you have any questions contact Scott Feldt by e-mail at,
scott.feldt@sbcglobal.net, or 915-526-8478. Thanks to everyone who continues to
make Temple a great place to be!
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Women of Reform Judaism

Members of Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) at Temple Mount Sinai enjoyed two
wonderful events in March: Mochas and a Movie on March 1st at The Percolator, fol-
lowed by our Shabbat Fundraiser on March 4th and we’re looking forward to two more
exciting get-togethers in April!
Mochas and a Movie was a chance for a small group of members to meet somewhere
they wouldn’t necessarily go on a normal day (downtown!) for a nosh and the movie
“Only Human,” a quirky Jewish family comedy set in Spain. The main character is
Jewish and she brings home her Palestinian boyfriend to meet the family! The movie
was very funny and we all had a wonderful time watching and discussing the movie
afterwards. The theater at the Percolator was a great spot to watch the movie and the
food was delicious!
Our Shabbat dinner fundraiser was a fun experiment in new ways to raise money for
WRJ. We sold twelve meals – there was a chicken dinner option and a vegetarian op-
tion. All menus included: salad, fresh challah, roasted potatoes, and lemon
cake. Thank you to all of the women who participated in the preparation and distribu-
tion of the meals!
Get together with your sisters next at our first Tuesday event on April 5, when we will
be doing a service project for the children at the Sara McKnight Transitional Living
Center (a project of the YWCA El Paso del Norte). We are scheduled to do a pottery
project from 6-8 pm with them while their mothers attend a parenting class. RSVP for
the event by calling Amissa Burton at 915-449-8877.
We also look forward to seeing you on Thursday, April 14 for a private tour of the ex-
hibit Common Language: Punctuating the Landscape by Suzi Davidoff (a WRJ member)
and Rachelle Thiewe. The tour will begin at 6 pm at the El Paso Museum of Art, fol-
lowed by a no-host dinner at the Oasis Cafe. The exhibit is composed of large-scale
photographs on aluminum as well as video projections. The project began when the
artists received a joint-residency at Fiskars Village, an artist's cooperative in Finland,
and continued upon their return to El Paso. All components directly reference numer-
ous, site-specific installations created by the artists that responded to the natural land-
scape and architectural/ historic structures by incorporating foreign objects/materials
into both the lush, green, forested Finnish landscape and the arid topography of the
Chihuahuan desert.
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Religious School Cultural Celebration—March 6

“Thank You” For Helping Us Reach Our $1,200 Goal For “Packages
From Home”
Beginning in February and culminating March 6th, the day of the event,
our Pre-Kinder through sixth grade students are given an opportunity to
learn about, research, practice and create displays representing a cultural
aspect of Judaism. Because being Jewish is a part of our entire life,
students get to spend time learning about Jews in America, Jewish
authors, artists, and musicians/composers, Jewish folkdance and Jewish
foods.
On March 6th, we all united - students, parents, grandparents, faculty,
board members and other members of our community, to learn from our
students, admire student’s informative displays, enjoy listening to our
little ones sing, and marvel at our second grade students’ ability to dance
to Hatikvah.
Also during this time, we joined together to show our support of Israel
by adopting an Israeli defense Unit. This year we adopted Duchifat
(Special Forces) Unit (with forty soldiers). We reached our goal of raising
$1,200 for forty “Packages From Home” by raising money via two
fundraising lunches (Religious School Mitzvah Day and Cultural
Celebration), Tzedakah money donated by our students from February
13 through March 6th, money raised from our Wednesday Hebrew Snack
Shack, and a generous donation of $100 by a special TMS member.
To learn more about our “Packages from Home” Tzedakah Project,
please visit www.apackagefromhome.org/adoptaunit.html.
The success of this event is due to many dedicated and supportive
people; the baked goods were donated by Tina Wolfe, Carly Robalin,
Angela Feldt and Amissa Burton, the time and hard work preparing food
prior to the event by Monica Escobar, Leah and Ali Gluck, Sam Goldfarb,
the Levins (Shana, Gabe, and Carly), the Feldts (Angela, Scott and
Renaye), and our kitchen help David Wolfe, Jamie Papa, and Simon Bir.
Enjoy the pictures on the preceding page. They were taken during the
Cultural Celebration.
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Jewish Women’s Retreat—Finding Balance

Dates: May 20-22, 2011
Location: Sacramento, New Mexico
Join your El Paso friends for a Jewish Women’s Retreat
in the beautiful Sacramento Mountains, Friday, May
20 through Sunday, May 22. Take this opportunity to
remove yourself from the pressures of everyday life in
El Paso and focus on friendship, Judaism, and per-
sonal growth.
The retreat theme is “Finding Balance.” Our pro-
gramming will be a mixture of prayer, adventure, and
relationship building. We will stay in hotel-style ac-
commodations at the Sacramento Methodist Assembly Retreat Center.
Cantor Robbi Sherwin from Austin will be our spiritual leader for the retreat. Cantor Robbi
will lead us in Shabbat blessings, prayer services, a song session, and inspirational discus-
sions.
This retreat is sponsored in part by the TMS Women of Reform Judaism along with Terren and Maria Klein.
Registration forms are available by contacting Alanna Bach at abach@elp.rr.com or 328-6062.

Let’s Get Moving

The Healthy Schools/Healthy Choices Program of the El Paso Jewish Federation is happy to sponsor Com-
munity Play Dates for the Jewish community this spring!
Our first two gatherings were a big success. In February we met at Coates Park and in March we met at
the Mission Hills Park. Children and adults enjoyed exercising, talking, and snacking on healthy food.
Join us in April and May as we continue to “Get Moving”. On the fourth Sunday of these months we will
meet to walk, jog, ride bikes, and hike. Healthy Schools/Healthy Choices will provide a snack and offer a
short presentation on safe and successful ways to “get moving” at each play date.
All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Mark your calendars for 2-4 pm on the following Sundays:
Sunday, April 27 – Levee Bike/Walking Trail
Take Gomez Road (east) off Upper Valley, park at the playground. We will head
to the path together.
Sunday, May 29 – Dino Prints and Fossil Hike
A hike at the base of Mt. Cristo Rey led by Eric Kappus, a UTEP grad student.
We will meet at the State Line Restaurant on Sunland Park and then carpool over
to the trail-head.
For more information or to volunteer to help, please contact Alanna Bach at 328-
6062 or abach@elp.rr.com.
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Leaves and Stones on the Temple’s Tree of Life

Do you know that you can honor or remember a loved one with a leaf or
a stone on the Tree of Life? This beautiful work of art is displayed on the
wall in the foyer at Temple just outside the Sanctuary.
For a minimum donation of $300 for a leaf or $3,000 for a stone, the brass
will be engraved according to your instructions and will remain on the
Tree of Life forever. Your donation becomes part of the Foundation Trust
and benefits Temple Mount Sinai in perpetuity.
For more information, contact Sally Parke at the Temple office at 532-
5959.

Albertson’s Cash-Back Fundraiser

Please remember to use your key tag each time you shop for gro-
ceries at Albertsons. All you need to do is have the card scanned
when you check out. Temple will earn 1% of your shopping total
each time you scan the card, at no additional cost to you. If you
need additional key tags, they are available in the Temple office.

Assistive listening devices are available at the entrance to our chapel and
sanctuary. Please ask a greeter for assistance.
If you have inadvertently left Temple with one of these devices, please
return it as soon as possible. These headsets are programmed to be used
only in our Sanctuary and Chapel, and many of them have disappeared,
meaning that they are not available for congregants who use them at
services. If you find you have one of these (perhaps in that drawer with all
the yarmulkes!), please return it to the Temple office so that it may be put
back into service.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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From the Healing Resource Center

Grief Digest is a publication purchased by the Jo Ann Music can soothe the spirit and nurture the heart.
Rothbardt Petersen Healing Resource Center. There are All types of music can be healing—rock & roll, clas-
many wonderful articles to read and explore. If you sical, blues, folk. Do you play an instrument or
would like more information, contact Susan Jaffee at 532 sing? Allow yourself the time to try these activities
-5959 or sjaffee@templemountsinai.com. again soon. What music reminds you of the person
who died? At first, listening to this special music
may be too painful. But later you may find that
Reprinted with permission from Grief Digest, Center-
ing Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, 402.553.1200. playing music that reminds you of the person who
died helps you keep her memory alive in your
heart.
Nurturing Yourself, The Emotional Realm
By Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Draw a “grief map.”
The death of someone you love may have stirred
Emotions reflect that you have special needs that up all kinds of thoughts and feelings inside you.
require support from both outside yourself and in- These emotions may seem overwhelming or even
side yourself. Becoming familiar with the terrain of “crazy.” Rest assured that you’re not crazy, you’re
these emotions and practicing self-care guidelines grieving. Your thoughts and feelings—no matter
can and will help you authentically mourn and heal how scary or strange they seem to you—are normal
in small doses over time. The important thing to and necessary.
remember is that we honor our emotions when we Sometimes, corralling all your varied thoughts and
give attention to them. Following are just a few
feelings in one place can make them feel more man-
ideas to help you care for your emotional self dur-
ageable. You could write about them, but you can
ing your journey through grief. also draw them out in diagram form. Make a large
circle at the center of your map and label it GRIEF.
Reach out and touch. This circle represents your thoughts and feelings
since the death. Now draw lines radiating out of
For many people, physical contact with another
this circle and label each line with a thought or feel-
human being is healing. It has been recognized
ing that has contributed to your grief. For example,
since ancient times as having transformative, heal-
you might write ANGER in a bubble at the end of
ing powers. Have you hugged anyone lately?
one line. Next to the word anger, jot down notes
Held someone’s hand? Put your arm around an-
about why you feel mad. Your grief map needn’t
other human being? Hug someone you feel safe
look pretty or follow any certain rules. The most
with. Kiss your children or a friend’s baby. Walk
important thing is the process of creating it. When
arm in arm with a neighbor. You might also appre-
you’re finished, explain it to someone who cares
ciate massage therapy. Try a session and see how it
about you.
feels for you.

Schedule something that gives you pleasure each

Listen to the music.
and every day.
Music can be very healing to mourners because it
Often mourners need something to look forward to,
helps us access our feelings, both happy and sad.
(Continued on page 17)
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a reason to get out of bed each morning. It’s hard learn to love life again.
to look forward to each day when you know you First, now that the person you loved is gone, what
will be experiencing pain and sadness. To counter- do you want? What do you want to do with your
balance your normal and necessary mourning, each time? Where do you want to live? With whom do
and every day plan—in advance—something you you want to socialize? Whom do you want to be
enjoy. Reading, baking, going for a walk, having near? These are big questions that may take some
lunch with a friend, gardening, playing computer time for you to answer.
games—do whatever brings you enjoyment.
Second, what is wanted of you? Who needs you?
Your mind is the intellectual ability to think, to ab- Who depends upon you? What skills and experi-
sorb information, make decisions and reason logi- ence can you bring to others? What are you good
cally. Without doubt, you have special needs in the at? Why did God put you here on this earth? While
cognitive realm of your grief experience. Just as considering what you want is important, it alone
your body and emotions let you know you have does not a complete life make.
experienced being “torn apart,” your mind has also,
Asking yourself these questions on a daily basis
in effect, been torn apart.
may help you focus on the here-and-now. What do
Thinking normally after the death of someone pre- I want from my life today? What is wanted of me
cious to you would be very unlikely. Don’t be sur- today? Living in the moment will help you better
prised if you struggle with short-term memory cope with your grief.
problems, have trouble making even simple deci-
sions, and think you may be “going crazy.” Essen-
tially, your mind is in a state of disorientation and Make a list of goals.
confusion. As C.S. Lewis noted after the death of While you should not set a particular time and
his wife, “At times if feels like being mildly drunk, course for your healing, it may help you to have
or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket made other life goals for the coming year. Make a
between the world and me. I find it hard to take in list of short-term goals for the next three months.
what anyone says.” Perhaps some of the goals could have to do with
Early in your grief, you may find it helpful to allow mourning activities (e.g., making a memory book
yourself to “suspend” all thought and purposeful- or writing thank-you notes to people who helped at
ness for a time. Allow yourself just to be. Your the time of death).
mind needs time to catch up with and process your Also make a list of long-term goals for the next
new reality. In the meantime, don’t expect too year. Be both realistic and compassionate with
much of your intellectual powers. yourself as you consider what’s feasible and feels
Your cognitive powers are quite remarkable. Will- good and what will only add to much stress to your
ing yourself to think something can in fact help life. Keep in mind that, because of your grief, you
make that something come to be. Think about your may feel more fatigued than usual. Don’t over
desired reality and make it happen. Following are commit, thereby setting yourself up for failure.
just a few ideas to help you care for your cognitive Try to include at least one or two “just for fun”
self during your journey through grief. What ideas goals in your list. For example, you might want to
can you think of? take a photography class or learn to tie fly fishing
flies.
Ask yourself two questions: What do I want?
What is wanted of me? Avoid making any major changes in your life for
at least two years.
The answers to these two questions may help you
not only survive the coming months and years, but (Continued on page 18)
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(Continued from page 17)
While it can be helpful to have goals to help you
look to a brighter future, it’s a mistake to march too
boldly ahead. Sometimes, in an effort to obliterate
the pain and “move forward,” mourners make rash
decisions shortly after the death. Some move to a
new home or city. Some quit their jobs. Some break
ties with people in their life or take on new relation-
ships too quickly. Typically these changes are soon
regretted. They often end up compounding feelings
of loss and complicating healing as well as creating
staggering new headaches. (For example, more than
half of all remarriages within the first two years of
widowhood end in divorce.)
for example. In these cases, know that you are do-
ing what you must and trust that everything will
work out.
Count your blessings
You may not be feeling very good about your life
right now. You may feel that you are unlucky. You
may feel you are destined to be unhappy. You may
feel that the universe is conspiring against you.
That’s OK. There is, indeed, a time for every pur-
pose under heaven—including self-doubt. Indeed,
self-doubt is as normal a part of grief as anger or
sadness.

If at all possible, avoid making drastic changes for at
least two years after the death. You cannot run
away from the pain, so don’t make things worse by
trying to. Instead, give yourself at least a full 24
months to consider any other major changes in your
life.
Of course, sometimes you may be forced to make a
significant change in your life soon after the death.
Financial realities may force you to sell your house,
Still, you are blessed. Your life has purpose and
meaning, even without the presence of the person
who died. It will just take you some time to think
and feel this through for yourself.
Think of all you have to be thankful for. This is not
to deny the hurt, for the hurt needs to take prece-
dence right now. But it may help to consider the
things that make your life worth living, too.

Slate of Officers for Election at Annual Meeting

At Temple Mount Sinai’s Annual Congregational Meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the
following names are in nomination for officers and trustees:

Shari Schwartz, President

Tommy Goldfarb, President Elect
Greta Duran, Vice President
Lori Gaman, Vice President
Jack Heydemann, Vice President
David Leffman, Vice President
David Novick, Secretary
David Kern, Immediate Past President

Board Trustees: Rick Amstater, Bill Carvajal, Cindy Graff Cohen, Susie Goldman, Arthur
Leeser, Hal Marcus, Susan May, Josh Meyer, Debby Robalin, Danielle Scher, Mark Schrier,
Jane Snow, Maria Klein WRJ Representative, Scott Feldt MRJ Representative and Ellen
Goodman Sh’lichim Representative.
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Changes to the Temple By-laws

This year the Bylaws Committee addressed The second issue that was addressed by the
several issues that had arisen since last year’s Bylaws Committee involves building and
revisions. grounds. It had come to the attention of the
The first issue relates to the MSTY (Mount Board of Trustees that Temple is often the
Sinai Temple Youth) involvement with the recipient of donations and other property for
Temple Board of Trustees. In the past, MSTY which Temple had no formal mechanism to
was treated in the same manner as the Men handle placement of such items and their
of Reform Judaism and Women of Reform use. Additionally, as the recipients of a fed-
Judaism, in that all three groups had a voting eral grant, Temple is in the process of going
member on the Board of Trustees. After through some physical changes relating to
some reflection, it was decided that having security which could have an impact on how
the MSTY representatives present at the things look at Temple. To address these mat-
Board of Trustees meeting was both benefi- ters, the Building, Grounds and Personalty
cial to the Trustees and the members of the Committee portion of the Bylaws was
group. However, as a voting member of the amended to include duties relating to such
Board of Trustees, it was equally inappropri- matters as aesthetics and to permit those
ate to have a situation where a MSTY mem- functions to be added as a subcommittee.
ber was required to vote on Temple issues In addition, a proposed clarification of the
which require a level of sophistication which quorum requirements for Membership Vot-
exceeds that available to MSTY members. As ing will be presented.
a result, the Board of Trustees proposes that Copies of the full changes to the Bylaws are
MSTY be removed as a voting member of the available at the Temple office for review.
Board of Trustees under Section 4.1.1 of the You may email concerns, comments, or ques-
Bylaws and be inserted as a non-voting tions to Dleffman@eplawyers.com
member of the Board of Trustees under Sec-
tion 4.1.2.

Board of Trustees Installation

Shabbat Service & Installation of Board of Trustees
with Shabbat Dinner following
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 6:15 pm

If you will be joining us for dinner, please

RSVP by April 25 to sharielp@gmail.com or 581-5132
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Tributes from February 13 to March 12

Amelia G. Krohn Basic Judaism Ethel Oppenheimer Flower Fund in memory of Jean Craige Bach by
Collection in memory of Anne Ovsay Weiss by Simon & Grace Bir
in honor of Bob Goodman's Special Arthur Weiss
Birthday by Gershon & Barbara in memory of Benjamin Weinberg Friedman/Bloom/Rothstein
Ettinger by Carol Molloy Outdoor Chapel
in memory of Irving Schecter by in memory of Fred Davidoff by in honor of Julian Borschow for his
Amelia Krohn Joyce Davidoff & Bert Davidoff 50 years of service to the Federation
in memory of Herbert Given by by Phil & Ann Rothstein
Campership Fund Marty & Bonnie Colton speedy recovery to Paulette
in honor of Bob & Jane Rosen's new in memory of Ethel Oppenheimer & Newberger by Phil & Ann Rothstein
granddaughter by Steve & Marlene Edwin Moye by Jeanne Moye &
Golden Betty Morgan General Donations Fund
in honor of Jay Mendeloff's Special in memory of Lee Mason by Jim & in appreciation of Temple Mount
Birthday by Ed & Lory Carol Parker Sinai by Douglas Waters, Azucena
Oppenheimer Monzon
in memory of Maria Rodriguez by
in memory of Fran Zimet by Bob & Gloria Crohn in honor of Jay Mendeloff's Special
Sara Shiloff, Isabel Schnadig, Birthday by Dorothy Borschow
in memory of Maurice Solomon by
Charlotte Roth
Edward & Helene Solomon in memory of Fran Zimet by Gail
in memory of Irving Schecter by Ed Gooley, Tibor & Ann Schaechner,
in memory of Nardo Goodman by
& Lory Oppenheimer, Larry Bill & Anne Spier, David & Edith
Jim Levy, Liz Goodman-Levy &
Steinman & Cass Haecker Faust
Leah Olivia Levy
in memory of Philip Lewin by Isabel in memory of Irving Schecter by Bill
in memory of Stella Herman by
Schnadig & Marcia Dahlberg, Judith Sutton,
Valerie Barnett
in memory of Shirley Schecter by Ed Bob & Edi Brannon, Morton &
in memory of Terry Goldfarb
& Lory Oppenheimer Leanore Mendelsohn
Walker by Bob & Shirley Goldfarb
speedy recovery to Bob Shiloff by in memory of Marta Blumenthal &
Abe & Annette Goldberg Albert Mathias by Sister Blumenthal
Floyd Fierman Religious School
Fund in memory of Mollie Oliver by
Caring Community Fund Isabel Schnadig
in honor of Helaine Bach, Hannah
in memory of Irving Schecter by Blumenfeld, Lydia Duran, Leah
Abe & Annette Goldberg Pearlman & Rebecca Shapiro, all Krasne Discretionary Fund
medalists El Paso National History in honor of Frank Kamoroff's
Day competition by Susie Novick Special Birthday by Marty & Bonnie
Cemetery Fund
in honor of Simon Bir's Special Colton
in memory of Edythe Fierman by
Birthday by Ruth Braun, Lyndon & in honor of Bob & Jane Rosen on the
Tibor & Ann Schaechner
Randee Mansfield birth of their new granddaughter,
in memory of Anna E. Rosenberg by Sophie Willow by Marty & Bonnie
Choir Fund Ruth Braun Colton
in honor of Fifi Heller-Kaim's in memory of Fran Zimet by in memory of Fran Zimet by Marty
Special Birthday by Ruth Braun Gershon & Barbara Ettinger & Bonnie Colton
(Continued on page 21)
April 2011/Adar II-Nisan, 5771
in memory of Irving Schecter by
Marty & Bonnie Colton
in memory of Shirley Schecter by
Marty & Bonnie Colton
speedy recovery to Jan & Chet
Frame by Marty & Bonnie Colton
speedy recovery to Leonard Starr by in memory of Irving Schecter by
Marty & Bonnie Colton
speedy recovery to Loree Furman
by Marty & Bonnie Colton
speedy recovery to Paulette
Newberger by Marty & Bonnie
Colton
L.A. Goodman Book Fund
in memory of Nardo Goodman by
Tripper & Doris Goodman
Landscape Special Projects Fund
in honor of Julian Borschow's
Special Birthday by Norma
Levenson
MAZON Fund
in memory of Irving Schecter by
Charlie & Sue Zaltz
in memory of Shirley Schecter by
Charlie & Sue Zaltz
Nathan Goldman Zadie Fund
in memory of Nathan Goldman by
Estelle Goldman, Merton & Laura
Goldman
Paul Borschow Meditation Garden in memory of Elizabeth (Betty)
in honor of Julian Borschow's Clark Rosenthal by Jorge Ibarra &
Special Birthday by Ruth Braun Lee Rosenthal
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Plaque a Prayer Book in memory of Galina Kreinovich by
in memory of Irving Schecter by Vladik Kreinovich & Olga
Gershon & Barbara Ettinger, Buddy Kosheleva
Schwartz in memory of Joe Krasne by Bud &
Charlotte Ramenofsky
Prayer Book Fund in memory of Hyman Ramenofsky
by Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky
Frank Ratti in memory of Melvyn Witkoff by Jo
Witkoff
in memory of Nardo Goodman by
Rabbi Bach's Discretionary Fund
Eleanor Goodman
in appreciation of Rabbi Larry Bach
in memory of Norman Stone by
by Gail Gooley
Annette Stone
in honor of Justin Elliot Saxe's Bar
Mitzvah by John & Kristine Shecter
Zork Memorial Library Fund
in memory of Beatrice Schwartz by
Molly Rosen in honor of Jay Mendeloff's Special
Birthday by Ben & Ruth Taber
in memory of Irving Schecter by
Lois Agee
in memory of Michael Levy by John
& Kristine Shecter
in memory of Reba Swiff by Tibor &
Ann Schaechner
Ruth Kahn/Andrew Kahn Rose
Garden Fund
in honor of Stuart Kahn's Special
Birthday by Abe & Annette
Goldberg
in memory of Melvyn Witkoff by Jo
Witkoff
Special Oneg or Kiddush
in memory of Charles Fruithandler
by Ross & Linda Fruithandler
in memory of Evelyn & Neal
Axelrod & Iris Sauermilch by
Wendy Axelrod
in memory of Francis & Corinne
Grosse by Carina Ramirez
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Yahrzeits for April 2011

April 1-2, 2011 Ann H. Reinhardt Glen Chicofsky Paul May
Bobby Abramson Isidore Rosen Barbara Cole George Michael, Sr.
Dorothy Blumkin Laura Rosenberg James Cole Haisie Nieto
Harry M. Brettler Greta Roth Laura Cole Charlie Press
James H. Daross Florence B. Rothbardt Lawrence Cole Robert E. Rosenberg
Sandford Feldblum Lynnette Rae Forbes Charles Sandler
Matilda A. Shanblum
Rosalie Goldstein Ernestine Schoor
Mary Lee Finger David Terk
Grace E. Henning Clara Simon
Charles Given Henry Weiller Estelle M. Jacobs Dorothy Stern
John N. Groesbeeck Madeline Kahn
Irving L. Herman April 15-16, 2011 Samuel Kovan May 6-7, 2011
Lydia Imber Israel Becker Flossye I. Kranzthor Louis Axelrod
Richard Jacobs Rachel Bir Frederick O. Kranzthor Sol Berg
Morton Andrew Jaffe David Bleiberg Leonard Kratzer Helen Borschow
Lillian Lazovick Edna C. Brand Rose Goodman Leeser Marvin Citterman
Evelyn Leff Mary Broghamer Gloria Levy Rae Dichter
Frances Catalano Hana E. Lewis Ann Bergman Eisen
Harold Mann
Sandy Cherno Lillian Lipson Leah Ackerman Glass
Larry Gene Metcalf Laure Coblenz
Lawrence Meyer Ethel Litt Ruth Jacobs Goldberg
Rebecca Feldberg Herbert Pittle Ruth Heydemann
Sadie Miller Helen Rosenberg Finkelstein Kurt Poehlmann Josefina Kaim
Alice T. Purvin Gertrude Fisher Carl Rosenbaum Elias G. Krupp
Lawrence Reedman Nathan D. Frazin Joseph Rosenwasser Gerald Leeser
Kathryn Rosenbaum Sarah Gerofsky Lena Rudner Irene Lerner
Abe Scherotter Milton S. Goldman Aaron Segal Harold Levy
Jack Schwartz Emanuel D. Herskowitz Raymond Siegel Lilla Moye
Ben Shanblum Robert Hughes Rose Weiss Mario Nevarez
Sidney Stern Adele B. Kohlman Marcus Wildstein William Oppenheim
Marian Warsowe Leon Kotosky Minnie Wolfe Judith Marjorie Loewe
Itia Kozakish Poehlmann
Anne Ovsay Weiss
David Oscar Leeser April 29-30, 2011 J.B. Robbins
Dorothy Krupp Wolfson
William L. Lindenthal Anne Barnett William Rosing
Rose I. Lipson Arthur Blaugrund Susan Levin Rothschild
April 8-9, 2011 Belle K. Mann Oscar J. Cohen Judith Rubin
Francis Eisner Barjansky Jerrold J. Marcus Hildigard Dalkhe Hedwig Mathias Schwartz
Max Borschow Mamie Marcus Florence De Renzis Rosalie Silberg
Dorothy Carter Fannie Medoff Silvia Drexler Sarah Silberman
David Cohen Clara Nagler Dolores Duran Dorothy Simon
Amelia Delgado Rose Potashkin Dara Feinberg Ida Spivack
Grace D. Fagelman Jack Press Marc Frank Louis Steinzig
Linda Falcon Lloyd Z. Purvin Pyrle Fridner Adelaide Weinstein
Sylvia Friedman Agnes K. Schaechner Sam Glazer
Jimmy Given Arnie Washer William Halkin
Heidi Bona Weiss Harold Harris
Buena Ventura Gonzalez
Janet Susan Weiss Viola Heil
Consuelo Hughes
Melvyn R. Witkoff Jules Jaffe
Evelyn Jaffee Henrietta Wolf Stanley Harris Jaffe
Abraham Karsch Zelda Zennziper Richard Jaffee
Erna Schiff Krakauer
Charlotte ""Tee Tee"" Given
Jeanette Lait April 22-23, 2011 Kenyon
Irving Levine Jeannie Solomon Adler Selma Kreitman
Jean Loew Hal Anenberg George Lakehomer
Tillie Kress Podus Hattie Barnett Norman Lakehomer
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Staff
Rabbi ............................................................... Larry Bach
Rabbi Emeritus ............................................... Ken Weiss
Temple Mount Sinai is the
Administrator ................................................ Sally Parke
Administrative Assistant ....................Buddy Schwartz
Reform Jewish congregation
Religious School Director................................ Grace Bir
Outreach Director ........................................Susan Jaffee
serving El Paso, Texas.
Youth Advisor ............................................... Stacy Berry
Rabbi’s Assistant ........................................... Elisa Gluck We are a congregation of
Building Manager .............................. Frank Hernandez
House Keeping ......................................Ramona Pinales supportive, caring and
Accompanist ........................................... Linda McClain
diverse people with a rich
Officers
David Kern ................................................................. President history.
Shari Schwartz ................................................. President-Elect
Marian Daross ....................................................Vice President
Greta Duran........................................................Vice President
Temple is a place for prayer,
Ellen Goodman ..................................................Vice President
David Leffman ...................................................Vice President ritual, spirituality, education,
Jon Sonnen ..........................................................Vice President
Stephanie Calvo ..........................................................Secretary wholeness and healing, social
Marcia Dahlberg ............................ Immediate Past President
action and celebration.
Trustees
Rick Amstater, Joyce Davidoff, Join us as we explore,
Scott Feldt, Lori Gaman, Susie Goldman,
Jack Heydemann, Maria Klein, Hal Marcus,
Susan May, David Novick, Debby Robalin,
through these elements of
Phil Rothstein, Mark Schrier, Jane Snow
sacred living, the richness of
Jewish faith and tradition.