Current Events at Temple Sinai

EVENT UPDATE

THE GOLF INVITATIONAL CHARITY EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

Atty Garfinkel-Berry, CCC, MA, MBA
Hillel Director / Multi-Campus Coordinator

Dear Community Friends,

When I came to this organization (Hillel of Northern Nevada) a little more than 2 years ago, we had 34 regularly engage students and around 50 students total on our list. Over the past 2 years, I have worked hard to identify the student and intersectional Jewish community, to focus on engaging Jewish students in a way that meets their cultural and socio-religious needs and allows them to focus on their studies, and to be a representative force at the various institutions we serve.

We have taught leadership skills, ethics, introduction to Jewish culture and history, introduction to Hebrew, basic Jewish thought, bias training, adulting classes, study skills, inter-cultural communication, and even some basic budgeting and cooking classes.

We have taken students to the synagogues and cooked them food. We have built intercultural and interfaith connections, and we have focused on the dignity owed every human being. We now serve hundreds of students between Reno and Elko, but we are at–and exceeding–capacity based on our current funding model.

That’s why events like our graduation gala and our weekend golf fundraiser are so critically important to not only our ability to serve more students but to our nonprofit’s very survival.

This year we have the privilege of being able to host a beautiful Graduation Gala at the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa on Saturday, May 18th, where we are thrilled to honor Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen for her service not only to the Jewish community but also to the state.

Individual tickets for this event are $180, a table purchase is $1,400, and named sponsorship of a graduate’s table is $1,800. As a registered 501(c)3, ticket sales are considered a donation and tax deductible.

Help us earn the funds we need to be able to serve the students and help us honor the graduating class of 2019 as they embark on their lives and integrate everything they learned during their college years, both inside and outside the classroom.

I personally hope to see you, my neighbors and friends, at the Gala interacting with graduating students, their parents, and the Nevada legislators in attendance. If you cannot make it to one of our events, please consider making a donation to our Hillel, and sharing the information about our upcoming events with those who may be interested.

Tickets may be purchased at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hillel-of-northern-nevada-graduation-gala-tickets-61133398641

Or, attend the entire weekend of programming:

THE GOLF EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Warmest regards,
Atty

Summer Shabbat Dinner and
“The Last Resort” Film Screening

Friday, June 28, 2019
5:30 – 9:00 pm
$95 General
$85 NV Museum of Art Members

In collaboration with Blend Catering, chez louie will prepare a special Israeli-inspired Shabbat menu, served family style. Guests will dine in the Nightingale Sky Room, following a screening of the award-winning film The Last Resort, a celebration of some of Miami’s greatest visual artists and a stunning testament to its all but forgotten Jewish retirement community.

Film Starts at 5:30 pm in the Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater. Dinner will begin at 7 pm in the Nightingale Sky Room. Advanced reservations are required. Please register by June 20.

Seating for dinner is open and service will be family style. To request group seating, please call or email Heidi Loeb at (775) 398-7235.

Tickets to dinner include admission to the film and pricing is inclusive of gratuity.

About “The Last Resort”:

Long before Art Deco was a movement and prior to the arrival of the youth culture of MTV and Miami Vice, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Intrigued by the small apartments, low-cost of living, sunny weather, and thriving cultural life, they came in the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast’s brutal winters. In The Last Resort, viewers embark on a journey to the iconic Miami Beach of yesterday through the lens of young photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe, resulting in one of the most fascinating photographic documentations of a community ever caught on film.

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