Midbar Kodesh Temple News

Arnold and Linda Hinden moved from Long Island, New York to Henderson, Nevada in 2004. Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Arnold began a 2nd career as a TSA officer and Linda continued her teaching career which she began in NYC as an elementary school educator. In New York, Arnold was a small business owner. Both are currently retired and loving the leisure time! The Hindens have two adult children. Their son, Darryl, lives in Overland Park, Kansas and their daughter, Stephanie, li

Kathleen and Arte Nathan, who have lived in Las Vegas since 1987, have been participating at Midbar Kodesh Temple with their children and grandchildren for several years, becoming members in 2020. The Nathans grew up in Utica, New York, lived in Schenectady, New York and moved to Las Vegas from Atlantic City. Kathleen has been a visual artist for 50 years. She taught photography and worked as an Artistic Director for a public television station. Since moving to Las Vegas, she

Back in 1965 during the height of the civil rights protests in the south, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel did something few other rabbis at the time were willing to do. Heschel went down to Alabama and joined arm and arm with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King to march for equality. When he returned home someone asked him if he found time to pray when he was down there. He famously answered, “I prayed with my feet.” This week in honor of MLK day and the upcoming inauguration of Joseph

Laura and Jeremy Pyzer, who live in Boulder City, have belonged to Midbar Kodesh Temple for almost a decade. Laura, who was raised in Phelan, a small city in Southern California, has been in Las Vegas since 1999 and Jeremy, raised outside of San Francisco in Fremont, California, has been in Las Vegas since 1995. Laura has worked in Marketing and Advertising at both MGM Resorts and Caesars, until opening up her own agency 8 years ago. She is CEO and Owner of PyTown Marketing

Have you ever gone to someone’s home and been asked to remove your shoes before coming in? Have you visited a mosque or Buddhist temple where prayer is recited without shoes? What’s wrong with shoes? Why are we being asked to take them off? In Judaism, we find the exact opposite. We are taught that one may not pray without shoes. In fact, the only time we are supposed to officially remove our shoes is when we are mourners in a Shiva house. It is all that more perplexing then

Gillee and Stacy Sherman with their daughters Emily (15), Sara (12) and Hannah (8) joined Midbar Kodesh Temple in June 2019. After spending their lives in California, growing up in the Los Angeles area, they were all ready for a change. The family escaped the Valley area and relocated to Henderson. Once settled, the Shermans opened up Guerilla Soccer Las Vegas, a new indoor facility that provides an innovative range of training arenas designed to improve performance for every