Vote Mercaz Slate #6 in the upcoming World Zionist Congress. Deadline is March 11th, 2020. For more information about the WZC click here. For more information about Mercaz click here. But most importantly, click here to sign up to vote. Its only $5 for those 25 and under and $7.50 for those over 25. Remember the more votes the Conservative movement gets, the more say we have over the distribution of crucial funds to our sister organizations in Israel. Shabbat Shalom. Rabbi B

Midbar Kodesh Temple will be dedicating “Lev Shalem” the new siddur that will be used at Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat Services. The new prayer book, made available by Jack Mayer, will be dedicated in memory of his wife Irma Mayer, mother to Midbar’s Susan Tecktiel on February 7 and 8. Jack said that “in dedicating this prayer book, I hope to perpetuate the memory of my dear wife, Irma Mayer for many years to come. Irma was extremely involved in Judaism whether

Midbar Kodesh Temple is pleased to dedicate a Torah presented on loan to the synagogue by Paul S. Pariser. Paul is the father of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Alan D. Pariser and his wife Sondra L. Pariser, and grandfather to their children, former Midbar ECC students Staci Mia Pariser & Aroura Rubi Pariser. The dedication will take place on Saturday morning, January 25 at 9:00 a.m. The Torah was written in memory of P aul's parents Michael “Mickey” Pariser and Dora Ethel Pari

VOTE MERCAZ! The World Zionist Congress elects the officers and decides on the policies of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The first Zionist Congress was organized by Theodor Herzl in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland and it has been convened regularly ever since. Since the establishment of Israel, the Congress has always taken place there, and now convenes every five years. This is the ONLY political arena in Israel where Diaspora Jewry has a seat and the only place where Isr

"Educated” is a memoir of nonfiction by Tara Westover which tells the life story of one of 7 children raised by Mormon survivalists in the mountains of Idaho. It is an account of the process of self-discovery and a struggle for self-invention. Because Tara and her six siblings worked at their father’s junkyard from a young age, none of them received proper homeschooling. She had to teach herself algebra and trigonometry and self-studied for the ACT, doing well enough to ga

This is an exciting week in the world of Jewish learning. This past Sunday January 5, 2020 saw the start of the 14th cycle of Daf Yomi, studying a page a day of Talmud, until its completion. The Talmud consists of dozens of tractates that total 2,711 pages. It takes seven and a half years to complete each cycle. Daf Yomi started back in 1923 as a project promoted by Rabbi Meir Shapiro the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chochmei Lublin in Poland. Rabbi Shapiro saw it as a way of uni

Midbar Kodesh Temple member and past President, Howard Baron, MD, FAAP is the 2020 Medical Honoree at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation inaugural Courage Ball to be held in mid January. Dr. Baron has served on the clinical medical advisory council for the Arizona-Nevada chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation for over 15 years, and serves on the local Las Vegas board, helping organize educational programming for local GI specialists, as well as participating in fundrai