Our Virtual Religious School will continue on Sunday morning - thanks to all of the familes that joined us for our programming last week. It was wonderful to see so many of our families at our Religious School service, our Yom Hashoah observance and in the Zoom classrooms for each of our classes. Thank you parents for your support.
We'd love to hear from you about our Virtual Jewish Learning. If you have any comments, feedback or questions, please share with me at Ron@SinaiDenver.org . This is all new and we are working hard to provide opportunities for learning and connection. Our teachers have been amazing in their efforts to maintain connections with your children.
With the office currently closed, the best way to contact me is via email - Ron@SinaiDenver.org. Please feel free to reach out. I wish everyone safety and health.
L'Shalom,
Ron Leff, RJE Director of Education
ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY Yom Haatzmaut is celebrated on Wednesday, April 29.
Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, four new holidays have been added to the Jewish calendar – Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day), and Yom Y’rushalayim (Jerusalem Day, which celebrates the reunification of the city in 1967). In Israel, these days are observed as national holidays; around the world, they are observed in various ways by Jewish communities.
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) established the day that precedes Yom Haatzmaut as Yom HaZikaron, a day to memorialize soldiers who lost their lives fighting in the War of Independence and subsequent battles, as well as a day to remember civilian victims of terrorism. The official State name given to the day is Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma'arakhot Yisrael ul'Nifge'ei Pe'ulot HaEivah (יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לַחֲלָלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעוּלוֹת הָאֵיבָה) which means "Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism" and was enacted into law in 1963.
Yom Haatzmaut marks the anniversary of the establishment of the modern state of Israel. It is observed on or near the 5th of the Hebrew month of Iyar on the Jewish calendar, this year on Wednesday, April 29.
Temple Sinai Religious School
Virtual Israel Celebration
Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:00 a.m. Watch for More Information!
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