Midbar Kodesh Temple News

Over the years the United Nations has exhibited an unhealthy obsession with just one of its 193- member nations, namely Israel. Since its inception in 2006 the UN Human Rights council has passed 45 resolutions singling out Israel, 5 just this past May. The UN Security council passed 131 resolutions against Israel just between 1967 and 1989, and more since. Despite its clear bias against Israel, I have always agreed with the position that it is better to have a seat at the t

Sam Broth, son of Midbar Kodesh Temple's Andrea and Mitchell Broth, graduated top of his class with advanced honors from Coronado High School. Sam was active in band all four years. He was a section leader one year and in his senior year was the drum major. Sam won the President's Bronze Volunteer Service Award for participating in over 100 hours of community service for Martin Miracles, a non-profit organization helping children transform their disabilities into abilities

As a Jewish community, we are far from monolithic on any subject or topic. We have Jews representing every spectrum of politics, religion, Israel and culture. Even issues of social policy divide our community, sometimes violently. So, when an issue other than anti-Semitism comes along that seems to unite EVERYONE, you know it must be something important. Immigration policy in the United States is one of those issues that creates a divide not only in our country, but among

Hello Midbar Kodesh Temple! We are Skyler, Quinn, Jordyn, and Kyle Brinkmann. Kyle and I are both born and raised Vegas Kids. We got married in 2009 and Kyle joined the military as a Medic with the Special Forces. When we got out he served for Charleston, SC as a Firefighter. The main goal after the military was to always move back home to be closer to family. Luckily for us, he landed a job with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue as a Fire Fighter/ Paramedic this year. Skyler is a Mo

How do we want to be remembered? During our lifetimes too few of us use this simple question as our guiding principal in life. But the fact is each day, each moment, our legacy is being etched before our eyes. What we say, how we act, the way we live our lives gets imprinted on the minds of our loved ones, our friends and our colleagues. The beauty of life is that most of us have a choice about how we will be remembered. We can take actions today that will set the tone fo

The adult bar and bat mitzvah experience comes in many shapes and sizes and fills the spiritual needs of different people at different times in their lives, but almost always, the group class builds community and shared experience, and like the traditional 13 year old b'nei mitzvah, builds memories to last a life time. At Midbar Kodesh Temple this year's class is no different. The current journey began eight months ago for three different women, coming from different backgrou

Gillian Lelchuk, granddaughter to Midbar Kodesh congregants Al & Ruth Lelchuk, earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Writing Seminars and Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University with a minor in the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. She finished with a GPA of 3.56. She has decided to stay in Baltimore to pursue a career in theater. She will be directing "Black Dog," an original play by Rachel Linton, for Charm City Fringe Festival this fall. While at Johns Hopkins Gil

Hailey Renee Singer-Rebolledo, daughter of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Mari Singer and Francisco Rebolledo, and sister of Rebecca, recently graduated from UNLV, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Hailey completed the rigorous program in 4 years. As a full time student, Hailey also completed an Accounting Internship with a local tax firm. Hailey plans to spend the summer working and traveling before moving on to the upcoming fall semester where she plan