Emily and Ron Ventura have been members of Midbar Kodesh Temple for 3 years. Ron is the Broker of Allison James Estates & Homes for Nevada and is a Las Vegas native. Emily, who came to Las Vegas with AIPAC 13 years ago, enjoys being a stay-at-home parent to 5 year old Zach and 2 year old Cole. They have been active in the Jewish community, and now with Midbar Kodesh. Zach just graduated from the ECC, and Cole attends full time. Emily says that they joined Midbar Kodesh Templ

Myra Slotnick Berkovits, a graduate of Loyola University-Chicago, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where she taught at risk children for 14 years. Myra came to Las Vegas with her husband and two young children. She worked with Manpower, eventually buying a restaurant reservation service that made lunch and dinner reservations for most attendees at a variety of conventions. After a divorce, Myra went back to UNLV to take classes. She became licensed to teach element

Camp Shemesh, a Summer program for children 18 months to 5 years old at Midbar Kodesh Temple, started in full swing earlier this month as children returned to the building for the first time since March, when the synagogue building and school closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now back, the parents, preschool staff and students are working under special protocols to stay safe and healthy. The children busy themselves in the vegetable garden which will eventually house

Becky and Jeff Lewis spend a lot of time around Midbar Kodesh Temple, as they have 2 active young daughters who are graduates of the ECC and are currently enrolled in MKT's Religious School. During the summers, Olive and Ella were among the free spirits enrolled in Camp Shemesh. Becky, arrived in Las Vegas with her Atlantic City, New Jersey family in 1986. Jeff, who says he has no other memory except Las Vegas, came with his family in 1979 from Los Angeles. Becky is the dau

Join Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel in the Zoom Room on June 21 at 10 a.m. as author Julie Zuckerman joins us to discuss THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, her moving and engrossing debut of a novel-in-stories. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, tells the story of the awkward but endearing Jeremiah Gerstler—the son of Jewish immigrants, brilliant political science professor, husband and father. Spanning eight decades and interwoven with the Jewish experience of the 20th century, Julie Zuckerman charts Jeremi

What Can I Do? This is a question I have been asking myself for the last week. As I have watched many in the country rise up to the systemic racism and injustice in many of our police forces, judicial systems, prison systems, housing systems and more. What can I do? The very first thing that I must do is recognize and admit to myself that these problems actually exist. Many continue to insist that they do not. But we can not offer sympathy to the family of George Floyd an

Midbar Kodesh Temple members Kent and Janet Wellish are proud to announce the recent graduation of their daughter, Eve, from the George Washington University. She graduates with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Urban Development and a minor in Geography. Eve attended religious school and celebrated her bat mitzvah at Midbar Kodesh Temple. She was an active member in MKT USY. During her time at GW, Eve served as a congressional intern wit