SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S PASSOVER SEDER
THANKS TO KVVU-TV FOX5 for its news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid’s Passover Seder – the LARGEST in the Las Vegas Valley – in its Saturday, April 12, 10:00 p.m. newscast and its Sunday, April 13, 7:00 a.m. newscast. Cantor Jessica Hutchings talked about how the Congregation is praying for the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza during Passover, a holiday that celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Biblical Egypt.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025
FRONT PAGE – The Modern Pharaohs Of Deception
PAGE 6 – From Being Plagued To Building Peace
PAGE 7 – CNT Sisterhood’s Women’s Health Conference To Offer Health Experts, Breakout Sessions, Lunch To Community
PAGE 8 – Dr. Loren (Larry) Rothstein Celebrates 80th Anniversary Of His Bar Mitzvah With Second Ceremony At CNT
PAGE 10 – CNT Member Kane Celebrates Mezuzah ‘House Call’ From Rabbi Akselrad
PAGE 19 – Short-Superheroes, Pint-Sized Princesses Attend Congregation Ner Tamid’s Purim Tot Shabbat
PAGE 20 – CNT Senior Schmoozers’ Stage Purim Spiel For Their Purim Bash
PAGE 21 – Congregation Ner Tamid Sisterhood Welcomes Spring With A Tea Party
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Religious School Stages “A Very Wicked Purim Spiel” And Carnival
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Host Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration On April 27
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
CNT’S DR. LOREN (LARRY) ROTHSTEIN CELEBRATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BAR MITZVAH
THANKS TO KVVU-TV FOX5’s Jaclyn Schultz for wishing Dr. Loren (Larry) Rothstein a big on-air MAZEL TOV for celebrating the 80th Anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah at Congregation New Tamid. On the Saturday, April 5, FOX5 News at 10:00 p.m., Schultz broadcast a beautiful story about Larry that showcased the Temple and his family – five children, seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings officiated the special ceremony.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025
ABC13 KTNV (ABC)
CNT’S DR. LOREN (LARRY) ROTHSTEIN CELEBRATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BAR MITZVAH
THANKS TO ABC13 KTNV (ABC) for showcasing Dr. Loren (Larry) Rothstein’s 80th Anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah at Congregation New Tamid on Saturday, April 5.
CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings officiated the special ceremony.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025
FRONT PAGE – America’s Got Talent’s Peter Antoniou To Emcee Rabbi Sanford Akselrad’s Retirement Gala
PAGE 10 – CNT Rabbi Akselrad’s ‘Compelling Conversations’ Focuses On The War In Gaza With Author/ Journalist Yardena Schwartz
PAGE 16 – Register Now For Congregation Ner Tamid’s Spring Jewish Adult Education Zoom Classes
PAGE 20 – CNT’S Rabbi Olshein To Offer Zoom Session On The World Zionist Congress Election
PAGE 20 – ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast Focuses On The Election, Lithuania, Los Angeles, Vices, and The Seven Deadly Sins
PAGE 20 – Explore The World With CNT Plascove’s ‘From Vegas With Love Travel’
PAGE 21 – Congregation New Tamid To Host Passover Seder At Henderson Temple
PAGE 23 – CNT’s MENSch Club Hosts Fundraising Souper Bowl On Eve of NFL Super Bowl
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
DEDICATION MARKS JEWISH GRAVES
THANKS TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL’s reporter Bryan Horwath and photographer L.E. Baskow for their FRONT PAGE ARTICLE and photos about the community-wide “Everyone Has a Name” Mitzvah Project that took place on Tuesday, March 11, at Woodlawn Cemetery at 4:00 p.m.
Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, who’s also the President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern Nevada and Co-chair of the Community Indigent Burial Committee, helped spearhead the “Everyone Has a Name” Mitzvah Project that became a multi-agency effort to fund and dedicate headstones for Jewish people who died without family to provide for them or the financial ability to afford their own funeral costs.
Rabbi Akselrad turned to Jewish Nevada to help fundraise to buy the headstones.
“A fund has been created to last as an ongoing program,” Stefanie Tuzman, President and CEO of Jewish Nevada, said. “We currently have enough to cover the cost of graves for the next few years.”
The need for headstones is a direct result of the local Indigent Burial Program that started as a partnership between King David/ Palm Mortuaries, Bunker’s, Jewish Family Service Agency (JFSA), Temple Beth Sholom, and Clark County Social Services Programs.
On Tuesday, the local Jewish community mobilized to mark the graves of 54 indigent Jews who are buried in Las Vegas, and Rabbis and Cantors from across the Clark County Jewish community presided over the ceremony and school children from Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School placed painted stones on the new headstones.
The Review-Journal featured photos of CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings, Rabbi Cookie Lea Olshein, Family and Education Director Hayley Wizig, and Members Kelly, Etta and Mimi Bumgarner, Temple Beth Sholom’s Rabbi Felipe Goodman and Music Director DJ Sinai, Jay Poster, General Manager, King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery, Dr. Ken Moskowitz, President & CEO, JFSA, and Marla Letizia, Past Chair of the Board of Jewish Nevada.
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO KVVU-TV FOX5 for its TV news coverage of the community-wide “Everyone Has a Name” Mitzvah Project that took place on Tuesday, March 11, at Woodlawn Cemetery at 4:00 p.m. Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, who’s also the President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern Nevada and Co-chair of the Community Indigent Burial Committee, helped spearhead the “Everyone Has a Name” Mitzvah Project that became a multi-agency effort to fund and dedicate headstones for Jewish people who died without family to provide for them or the financial ability to afford their own funeral costs.
Rabbi Akselrad turned to Jewish Nevada to help fundraise to buy the headstones.
“A fund has been created to last as an ongoing program,” Stefanie Tuzman, President and CEO of Jewish Nevada, said. “We currently have enough to cover the cost of graves for the next few years.”
The need for headstones is a direct result of the local Indigent Burial Program that started as a partnership between King David/ Palm Mortuaries, Bunker’s, Jewish Family Service Agency (JFSA), Temple Beth Sholom, and Clark County Social Services Programs.
On Tuesday, the local Jewish community mobilized to mark the graves of 54 indigent Jews who are buried in Las Vegas, and Rabbis and Cantors from across the Clark County Jewish community presided over the ceremony and school children from Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School placed painted stones on the new headstones.
FOX5 featured Rabbi Akselrad and Jewish Nevada’s Stefanie Tuzman in multiple newscasts on Tuesday night.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025
FRONT PAGE – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates 2024 New Members, Congregant Of The Year Michelle Blank
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Its 2025 Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class
PAGE 10 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In March
PAGE 15 – “Everyone Has A Name” – Jewish Community To Dedicate Headstones For Indigent Jews
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Produce A “Wicked” Purim Spiel And Carnival
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Organized Community-Wide ‘Chesed Drive’ For Los Angeles Fire Victims
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid ECEC’s Infant Room Is Growing
PAGE 24 – Renowned Author/ Journalist Yardena Schwartz To Talk About The Arab-Israeli Conflict At Congregation Ner Tamid, UNLV
PAGE 26 – For Such A Time As This
PAGE 27 – Las Vegas PRSA Honors Congregation Ner Tamid With 10 Awards
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025
FRONT PAGE – Michelle Blank Chosen As Congregation Ner Tamid’s 2024 Congregant Of The Year
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In January, February
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Musicians Perform At ‘Viva Oy Vegas!’
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘NextGen’ Places Third In Trivia Challenge
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Olshein Continues ‘Jewish Views On’ Zoom Series; Introduces Shalom Hartman Institute Classes
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Akselrad Shares ‘The Miracle Of Chanukah;’ Temple Members Celebrate The Holiday
PAGE 23 – WWDBTV, News 3, Review-Journal, CCTV, Las Vegas Weekly, 8 News Now All Feature CNT In The News
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Clergy To Moderate Screenings At Jewish Nevada’s International Film Festival
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
RABBI: ‘ANYTHING THAT WILL STOP THE CARNAGE’
THANKS TO The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Jason Bracelin for featuring Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad in his article “Rabbi: ‘Anything That Will Stop The Carnage’” on page 2 of the Thursday, January 16, edition. Rabbi Akselrad talked about his trip to Israel after the terrorist attacks on October 7 and the credibility of the recent cease fire deal.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
LAS VEGAS DONATIONS ARRIVE FOR FIRE VICTIMS
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) anchor John Huck for giving Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” wall-to-wall coverage all week long. FOX5 broadcast 16 news segments about CNT including this final news package on Thursday, January 16, when CNT’s trucks arrived at the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in Los Angeles bringing 75,000 lbs. of donations to those in need.
Thanks John for spreading the word!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
OUR TRUCKS ARRIVED!!! Thanks to FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for its TV news coverage of Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” On Thursday, January 16, FOX5 broadcast multiple news segments showcasing CNT trucks delivering 75,000 lbs. of supplies to the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in Los Angeles. FOX5 Anchor John Huck included stories about Congregation Ner Tamid in the station’s 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. broadcasts.
And a big thank you to Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Cantor Jessica Hutchings, Gary Bordman, the CEO/ Owner of Amusement Exhibit & Event Services, who donated the three trucks that transported all of CNT’s collected donations, CNT’s volunteer drivers who are members of the Veterans Social Club of Las Vegas, Rachel’s Kitchen’s Debbie Roxarzade who organized a collection drive and donated a huge amount of supplies to CNT’s Chesed drive, and to all the volunteers at Congregation Ner Tamid.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) lead anchor John Huck for covering Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” in Los Angeles. During his Thursday, January 16, 9:00 a.m. LIVE SHOT he talked about CNT’s donation drive and how he was going to be there when our three trucks pull into the Anderson Munger Family YMCA. Once there, volunteers will unload the 75,000 lbs. of supplies the Temple was able to collect. Huck will talk to CNT’s Volunteer drivers, members of the Veterans Social Club of Las Vegas, and volunteers at the YMCA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Kevin Cannon for taking so many great photos, on Wednesday, January 15, of Congregation Ner Tamid’s volunteers who helped sort, move and load 75,000 lbs. of supplies for CNT’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” His photos were featured on the FRONT PAGE of the paper’s Nevada section Thursday, January 16. Thanks to all our volunteers, including students from Apogee Henderson, who pitched in!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL’S “7 @ 7”
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “7 @ 7” for covering Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” on Wednesday, January 15. Multimedia journalist Aniea Collins interviewed CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings and Rachel’s Kitchen’s Debbie Roxarzade. The restaurant chain also organized a collection drive and donated a huge amount of supplies to CNT’s Chesed drive to be brought to Los Angeles on Thursday, January 16. Thanks to the contributions from Rachel’s Kitchen, Gary Bordman, the CEO/ Owner of Amusement Exhibit & Event Services who donated the three trucks that are being used to transport all of CNT’s collected donations, said he believed CNT collected nearly 75,000 lbs. of supplies!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
JEWISH TEMPLE SENDS AID TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRE EVACUEES
THANKS TO NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for its TV news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” on Wednesday, January 15. Cantor Jessica Hutchings told NEWS 3 why the Temple also asked the community to donate Teddy bears to the relief effort.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
THANKS TO NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for its LIVE coverage of Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” on Wednesday, January 15. NEWS 3 aired a LIVE shot from CNT’s Gary and Lynn Kantor Hall and showcased Members of CNT’s MENSch Club hard at work.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for its TV news coverage of Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” On Wednesday, January 15, FOX5 broadcast multiple news segments showcasing CNT volunteers loading three trucks worth of supplies for those in need in Los Angeles in its 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. newscasts. Gary Bordman, the CEO/ Owner of Amusement Exhibit & Event Services. who donated the three trucks that are being used to transport all of CNT’s collected donations, said he believed CNT collected nearly 75,000 lbs. of supplies! Special thanks to Rachel’s Kitchen. The restaurant chain delivered an enormous amount of donations on Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
JEWISH TEMPLE COLLECTED THOUSANDS DONATIONS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS
THANKS TO KVVU-TV FOX5 for its TV news coverage of Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” Before CNT volunteers loaded the truck, FOX 5 ran this news segment about CNT’s donation drive on Tuesday, January 14.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
VOLUNTEERS WITH HENDERSON JEWISH ORGANIZATION LOAD UP TRUCKS BOUND FOR LOS ANGELES
THANKS TO 8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS) for its TV news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” 8 NEWS NOW’s Joshua Peguero led the station’s Wednesday, January 15, 12:00 p.m. newscast with a live shot from the Temple and an interview with Cantor Jessica Hutchings.
8 NEWS NOW also interviewed Gary Bordman, the CEO/ Owner of Amusement Exhibit & Event Services, who donated the three trucks that were used to transport all of CNT’s collected donations, and Rachel’s Kitchen owner Debbie Roxardaze. The restaurant chain generously donated an enormous amount of disaster relief supplies to CNT’s Chesed donation drive on Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
LAS VEGAS VALLEY JEWISH TEMPLE CONTINUES DRIVE LOS ANGELES WILDFIRE VICTIMS
BIG THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for publicizing Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” Anchor/ reporter Mike Allen’s news segment aired Monday, January 13, and you may recognize a few of the people he interviewed!!! CNT’s donation drive is now over, and volunteers will start loading the truck(s) on Wednesday, January 15, at 12:00 p.m., in preparation for its trip to the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in Los Angeles on Thursday.
CNT will still accept donations of $25 gift card to Walmart and Target through Friday and they will be sent to two Jewish Congregations in Los Angeles: Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and Kehillat Israel Pacific Palisades.
CNT thanks the community for its generosity!
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for publicizing Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” On Monday, January 13, anchor/ reporter Mike Allen broadcast a LIVE SHOT inside the Temple’s Gary and Lynn Kantor Hall and interviewed Cantor Jessica Hutchings who talked about the generosity of the local Jewish community amid the piles and stacks of donations.
For more information.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024
THE LAS
VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
BEATLES SHABBAT: HUNDREDS UNITE IN HENDERSON TO SING HELP L.A. FIRE VICTIMS
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s reporter Akiya Dillon and photographer Madeline Carter for attending Congregation Ner Tamid’s Beatles Shabbat and publicizing the Temple’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” The article was featured on the FRONT PAGE of the Nevada Section on Saturday, January 11.
For more information.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024
ABC13 KTNV (ABC)
HERE ARE LAS VEGAS BUSINESSES HELPING LA FIRE VICTIMS WITH DONATION DRIVES
THANKS TO ABC13 KTNV (ABC) for broadcasting LIVE from Congregation Ner Tamid during Beatles Shabbat on Friday, January 10, to publicize the Temple’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” CNT’s Social Action Committee VP Becky Guidry was interviewed about the initiative.
For more information.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
CONGREGATION NER TAMID ORGANIZES DONATION DRIVE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for publicizing Congregation Ner Tamid’s “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief” on Friday, January 10.
For more information.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024
FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
JEWISH COMMUNITY IN LAS VEGAS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WILDFIRES
THANKS TO FOX5 KVVU-TV (FOX) Assignment Manager Mark Rosenberg for featuring Cantor Jessica Hutchings on Thursday, January 9, to talk about Congregation Ner Tamid’s community-wide “Chesed Drive For Los Angeles Wildfire Crisis Relief.” In response to the wildfires in Los Angeles and the displacement of tens of thousands of Jewish residents from their homes, Congregation Ner Tamid, the largest Reform Jewish Temple in Nevada, collected donations to be sent to multiple Jewish and Interfaith relief organizations in the Los Angeles area. Community members brought donations to the Temple, at 55 N. Valle Verde Dr., in Henderson.
For more information.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
“HOW THE LAS VEGAS JEWISH COMMUNITY IS CELEBRATING HANUKKAH AMIDST HAMAS ATTACKS 1 YEAR LATER”
THANKS TO KLAS-TV 8 NEWS NOW for its TV news segment featuring Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Congregation Ner Tamid. Reporter Mary Jane Belleza’s “How the Las Vegas Jewish community is celebrating Hanukkah amidst Hamas attacks 1 year later” showcases Rabbi Akselrad who talks about the rise in antisemitism after the October 7th attacks on Israel and how Hanukkah is the “first recorded fight for religious freedom.”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate Josephs’ Bat Mitzvah In December
PAGE 10 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Noah Shabbat, Petting Zoo A ‘Multisensory Experience’
PAGE 14 – CNT Member Jennifer Neeman Receives Statewide ‘Apple Award’
PAGE 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Golf Tournament A Hole In One
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar Showcased 40+ Vendors, Latkes, Kugel
PAGE 23 – ‘All You Need Is Love’ At Congregation Ner Tamid’s Beatles Shabbat
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate The Festival Of Lights With Menorah Lightings, Music, Latkes
PAGE 25 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Sisterhood Celebrates Sukkot In The Sukkah
PAGE 26 – Congregation Ner Tamid Goes To Argentina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024
THANKS TO LAS VEGAS WEEKLY for featuring Congregation Ner Tamid in its Cover Story “Unity in Celebration” in its Thursday, December 19, 2024, issue. Rabbi Sanford Akselrad was quoted extensively on Page 24 and there were two photos featuring Cantor Jessica Hutchings and CNT’s Junior Cantors and CNT Board and MENSch Club Member Brian Pence preparing latkes. Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor and Reporter Brock Radke also mentions CNT’s Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar and our Shir Shabbat with the Shabbatones on Friday, December 20, at 6:15 p.m.
Make sure to pick up a copy!!!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024
CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CCTV
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S Rabbi Sanford Akselrad had the honor of giving the Invocation at the final Clark County Commission Meeting for 2024 on Tuesday, December 17. At the meeting, the Commissioners remembered fallen LVMPD Officer Colton Pulsipher and thanked Commissioner Ross Miller for his service. This was his final Clark County Commission meeting representing District C in the NW Las Vegas Valley.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024
THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
COOKING UP HOLIDAY TREATS
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal photographer Chase Stevens for featuring the MENSch Club frying latkes for CNT’s Hanukkah And Holiday Bazaar on the front page of the NEVADA section in the paper’s Monday, December 9, edition.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
SYNAGOGUE HOSTS EARLY HANUKKAH BAZAAR TO SUPPORT YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS
THANKS TO NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for its news segment about CNT’s Hanukkah And Holiday Bazaar. Both CNT Sisterhood president Michelle Blank and the MENSch Club’s Rich Greenis were featured in the Sunday, December 8, story. Thanks to W. Russell Tennyson and Photographer Jadon Lamphear for also posting story “Synagogue hosts early Hanukkah bazaar to support youth scholarships,” and eight photos on the News 3 website.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024
WWDBTV’S “THE GIFT OF GIVING” TV SHOW
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S Cantor Jessica Hutchings appeared on WWDBTV’s “The Gift Of Giving” TV show hosted by Stephen Murray on Wednesday, November 13. The show focused on what faith-based organizations are accomplishing in the community, and Cantor Hutchings was joined by Dr. Gary Wall who was representing Mountain View Presbyterian Church in Summerlin.
Cantor Hutchings highlighted CNT’s upcoming Sisterhood Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, December 8, and the Shir Shabbat with The Shabbatones Service and Latke Dinner on Friday, December 20. WWDBTV is a streaming television station in Las Vegas serving a worldwide digital market via multiple platforms such as Roku, YouTube, and its website.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2024
FRONT PAGE – New Dog Brings New Life For Local Spiritual Leader
PAGE 7 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘NextGen’ Provides Jewish Young Adults With Connection, Community
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrated Kanter-Villareal’s Bat Mitzvah In October
PAGE 17 – Congregation Ner Tamid Gives Back To The Community Through Mitzvah Day, Blood Drive
PAGE 18 – ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast Focuses On Jewish High Holy Days, Forgiveness, Prayer
PAGE 22 – Jewish Artistic Director Pereth Brings Drama To Las Vegas
PAGE 23 – Rabbi Akselrad’s Final High Holy Days Sermons At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 23 – CNT’s Tribe To Explore Jewish L.A.
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Olshein To Offer Jewish Adult Education Zoom Classes This Fall
PAGE 34 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School Students Walk Against Hate, Learn About The High Holy Days; Engage In ‘Whole School Curriculum’
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024
NEWS3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
HENDERSON CONCERT RAISES FUNDS FOR SUPPORTING HOMELESS COMMUNITY
THANKS TO Las Vegas NBC News affiliate NEWS3 KSNV-TV for running a news segment about Urban Voices Project Performance Ensemble (UVPPE) performing a live concert at Congregation Ner Tamid. The story on the station’s evening news featured Leeav Sofer, the co-founder and artistic director of the band, and CNT’s Senior Schmoozers who enjoyed dinner and a show at the Temple. UVPPE in Los Angeles amplifies artistic expression through the healing power of music to improve well-being, strengthen social networks, and inspire individuals marginalized by homelessness to be their own best advocates. Rooted in Skid Row through music and community, UVPPE creates a comprehensive, holistic system for engaging individuals coping with the conditions of homelessness.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024
FRONT PAGE – Chef Alon Shaya To Host Holocaust Museum Fundraiser In Las Vegas This November
PAGE 2 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Chavurahs Enjoy Dinners, Movies
PAGE 3 – Infant Room At CNT’s Preschool Filling Up With Cute Kiddos
PAGE 10 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s MENSch Club Shovel Sand, Stripe Parking Lot For The Temple
PAGE 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s MENSch Club To Host 1st Annual Golf Tournament
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Snadowsky Earns Accreditation In Public Relations
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Clergy To Participate In Interfaith Forums
PAGE 20 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Latest ‘Compelling Conversations’ Features JCC Krakow CEO Ornstein
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings Rocks The House For Greatest Hits Shabbat
PAGE 23 – ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast: Agreeing To Disagree This Election Season
PAGE 23 – Las Vegas Review-Journal, Fox5, 8 News Now Include Congregation Ner Tamid In Local News Coverage
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Present Urban Voices Project Performance Ensemble In Concert
PAGE 23 – Urban Voices Project Ad
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2024
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
THANKS TO KLAS 8 NEWS NOW (CBS) for joining Congregation Ner Tamid during Kol Nidre Family Services on Friday, October 11. CNT’s Junior Cantors gathered around to watch Cantor Jessica Hutchings give an interview about Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the year. Also on Friday, News3 KSNV (NBC) announced Congregation Ner Tamid’s High Holy Days Service schedule on its news broadcasts.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2024
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS PREPARE FOR FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HAMAS ATTACKS
THANKS TO The Las Vegas Review Journal’s Jason Bracelin for his FRONT PAGE article featuring Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings. The article focuses on their trips to Israel in the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attacks a year ago and the “Marking One Year” community commemoration at Midbar Kodesh on Monday, October 7, at 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
‘NO PLACE FOR HATE IN THE SILVER STATE’: ADL HOSTS WALK AGAINST HATE
THANKS TO The Las Vegas Review Journal’s Katie Futterman for covering ADL’s Walk Against Hate on Sunday, September 29. She interviewed Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings, her sister Alana Weinberg, who is credited for bringing the ADL Walk Against Hate to Las Vegas in 2017, and CNT Member and ADL Regional Director Jolie Brislin. Photos in the article feature CNT Members as well.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
PAGE 17 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In September
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Issues High Holy Days Ticket Offer For New Las Vegas Residents
PAGE 23 – Preparing For The New Year
PAGE 23 – High Holy Days Ad
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX5 Assignment Manager Mark Rosenberg for sending a TV crew to Congregation Ner Tamid’s Violins of Hope Shabbat on Friday, September 20. The news segment was broadcast on the 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. news. Proceeds from the event benefitted JFSA programs and services.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
LAS VEGAS JEWISH COMMUNITY MOURNS DEATH OF HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING OCT. 7 ATTACKS
THANKS TO 8 News Now KLAS-TV (CBS) for featuring Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings in a news story on Monday, September 2. Representing CNT, Cantor Hutchings participated in the Israeli American Council and Jewish Nevada’s Vigil to pay tribute to the six hostages murdered by Hamas in Gaza. TV reporter James Schaeffer’s accompanying print story read, “In an isolated tune Cantor Jessica Hutchings, a Henderson resident, sang a hymn facing the room of mourners who joined into a chorus—their voices broken only by the sound of weeping.”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2024
PAGE 3 – A Day In Otef Aza
PAGE 6 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s NextGen Invites 21-40 Somethings To Jewish Social Events
PAGE 8 – Prospective Members To Rock With Congregation Ner Tamid Community At Greatest Hits Shabbat
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Miller’s Bat Mitzvah In August
PAGE 17 – CNT’s Senior Schmoozers’ Temple Tea Party, ‘Magical’ Fall Schedule
PAGE 22 – ‘Holocaust Violins’ To Be Played At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Preschool Begins Fall Session With Infant Room, Spanish Immersion Classes
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Preschool, Religious School Mark Milestone
PAGE 23 – Join Nevadans For The Common Good Online Or In-Person
PAGE 23 – High Holy Days Ad
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024
FRONT PAGE – Cantor Jessica Hutchings’ 10th Anniversary At CNT
PAGE 3 – Jewish Community’s GoFundMe To Help Local Spiritual Leader Buy New Service Dog
PAGE 6 – Carnegie Heights Of Henderson Invites Jewish Community For Happy Hour
PAGE 7 – Nevada Center For Humanity Gives Upstander Award, Scholarship To Brooke Wingate At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 14 – James Beard Award-Winning Chef Alon Shaya Joins Congregation Ner Tamid For Nosh Shabbat, Oneg Tasting, ‘Compelling Conversations’
PAGE 16 – Crafty Kiddos At CNT’s Gary & Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center Enjoy Summer Session
PAGE 16 – Renowned Classics Professor To Discuss “Romans And Jews” By Zoom At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 17 – New ‘Faith Matters’ Podcasts Focus On Holy Texts, Symbols Of Faith
PAGE 22 – FOX5 Crashes Congregation Ner Tamid’s Senior Schmoozers’ Senior Prom
PAGE 23 – CNT Welcomes Rabbi Olshein Back
PAGE 23 – Preschool And Religious School Ad
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2024
HEY ALMA
TEACHING JUDAISM TO KINDERGARTENERS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT MYSELF
CONGREGATION NER TAMID Religious School alumna Joanna Mann contributed this lyrical article to Hey Alma, a feminist Jewish culture site and online community that brings a diversity of voices. Hey Alma publishes daily articles about pop culture, politics, news, identity, holidays and more, all through a Jewish lens.
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024
THANKS TO THE JERUSALEM POST for publishing a story about the trip CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings took to Israel in July. There, she presented a concert for the southern region of Ramat HaNegev called Kolot Bamidbar or “Voices of the Desert.” She also attended the American Conference of Cantors where she got the opportunity to travel around the war-torn country. The Jerusalem Post is touting her meaningful work and that of her fellow Reform Cantors.
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
HENDERSON TEMPLE HOSTS PROM FOR SENIORS MONDAY AFTERNOON
THANKS TO FOX5 NEWS’ VIDEOGRAPHER ERIC GREEN for visiting Congregation Ner Tamid on Monday, June 10, to check out the Senior Schmoozers’ Senior Prom where everyone was a Prom King or Prom Queen! Green captured the Schmoozers dancing to the tunes of EC Adams in CNT’s enchanting Social Hall, that was lit by hundreds of white twinkle lights, showed the Schmoozers posing for Senior Prom photos taken by David Weinstein, and interviewed CNT Member Jennifer Neeman.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024
FRONT PAGE – Congregation Ner Tamid To Host Israeli-American Celebrity Chef Alon Shaya At Nosh Shabbat, June 7
PAGE 3 – Local Author Brian Rouff To Share ‘Near-Death Experience’ Story At CNT June 14
PAGE 8 – CNT Celebrates Religious School Students’ Confirmation Ceremony
PAGE 14 – Congregation Ner Tamid Releases New ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast Episodes
PAGE 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid Featured In The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Fox5, Las Vegas Sun, 8 News Now
PAGE 20 – Visiting Scholar Has ‘Compelling Conversation’ With CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Welcomes Rabbi Barry Schwartz As Scholar-In-Residence
PAGE 23 – Preschool And Religious School Ad
PAGE 32– CNT’s Senior Schmoozers Go ‘Back To The Catskills,’ Have A Toga Party, Get Ready For ‘Senior Prom’
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024
FRONT PAGE – CNT’s Cantor Hutchings To Bring ‘Voices In The Desert’ To Israel
PAGE 3 – Congregation New Tamid Hosts Largest Passover Seder In Las Vegas
PAGE 8 – CNT’s Sisterhood Hosts All Women’s Passover Seder; Social Action Committee Brings Seder To Mira Loma
PAGE 20 – Congregation Ner Tamid Awards ‘Tikkun Olam’ Honors To The Jamesons, Nafts
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Religious School Students Receive Cahn Scholarships
PAGE 23 – Preschool Ad
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In May, June
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
UNLV ‘TOLERATING HATE SPEECH,’ PROTESTER SAYS AT ANTISEMITISM RALLY
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S CANTOR JESSICA HUTCHINGS was at UNLV on Monday, May 6, to join several Jewish groups to rally in support of Jewish students and to call on UNLV leadership to take action against the rise of antisemitism on campus.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024
THE LAS VEGAS SUN
PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLIERS AT UNLV SEEK CEASE-FIRE, DIVESTMENT
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S RABBI SANFORD AKSELRAD was quoted in The Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday, May 1. The article “Pro-Palestinian ralliers at UNLV seek cease-fire, divestment,” focused on a pro-Palestinian rally held on the UNLV campus. Rabbi Akselrad was at UNLV participating in an Interfaith panel called “Diversity Dialogues” where he talked about how to promote peace and how to develop peacemaking skills. The Las Vegas Sun asked him about the anti-Israel rally and ones like it being staged at college campuses around the country.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
TEMPLE HOSTS PASSOVER SEDER IN LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS FOX AFFILIATE FOX5 KVVU-TV covered Congregation Ner Tamid’s Passover Seder on Monday, April 22. It was the largest seder in the state, hosting 250 attendees. In the minute-long news segment, CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad shared a special Passover message reflecting on the Hamas-held hostages and praying for peace.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
‘WE ARE NOT FREE UNTIL ALL OUR PEOPLE ARE FREE’: HOSTAGES FOCUS OF PASSOVER SEDER
AS THE LARGEST JEWISH TEMPLE IN NEVADA, Congregation Ner Tamid held the state’s largest Passover Seder on Monday, April 22, hosting 250 attendees. Our clergy, Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings, and some of our Members, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen and Nevada ADL Rep. Jolie Brislin, were quoted in this wonderful story by Las Vegas Review Journal news reporter Brett Clarkson.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024
FRONT PAGE – Congregation Ner Tamid To Bestow Tikkun Olam, L’dor V’dor Awards At Champagne Brunch
PAGE 8 – Don’t Kvetch Over Matzah Crumbs This Passover
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In April
PAGE 10 – Popular ‘Lev Lock’ At Congregation Ner Tamid Now Offered Monthly
PAGE 10 – CNT’s 50th Anniversary Passover Seder Celebrates ‘50 Years in the Promised Land’
PAGE 16 – CNT’s Gary and Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center Now Accepting Infants For Preschool, Summer Program
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Purim – Taylor’s Version
PAGE 23 – Preschool Ad
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024
PAGE 3 – Purim: A Holiday Of Celebration And Resilience
PAGE 4 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Hutchings Joins HIAS/T’ruah Humanitarian Mission At Southern Border
PAGE – 4 Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Wikler’s Bat Mitzvah In March
PAGE 10 – ADL Teaches Congregation Ner Tamid Religious School Students ‘Words To Action®’
PAGE 16 – Rabbi Barry Schwartz CNT’s Scholar-In-Residence
PAGE 23 – Just Turn On The Music
PAGE 23 – Taylor Swift Takes Over At Congregation Ner Tamid’s Purim Celebrations
PAGE 23 – Renowned Classics Professor To Offer ‘History Of Judaism’ Zoom Lectures For Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Welcomes Scholar-In-Residence Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz Ad
PAGE 26 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘50 Years Of Cantors’ Concert Celebrated Jewish Music, Love Of Israel
PAGE 28 – CNT’s Senior Schmoozers Ready For Their Close-Up
PAGE 30 – Henderson Locals Spend February Volunteering In Israel
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024
LAS VEGAS SUN
BABYFACE, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER FEST, JIM GAFFIGAN AND MORE LAS VEGAS SHOWBIZ NEWS
THANKS TO BROCK RADKE AT THE LAS VEGAS SUN for including Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘50 Years of Cantors’ Concert in his column today that includes this item: “Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘50 Years of Cantors’ concert on March 2 at 7 p.m. is dedicated to Israel, with donations going toward CNT’s music programs. Performers include Jessica Hutchings, Becky Mann, Bella Feldman and Billy Tiep at the Henderson temple. Tickets are available at lvnertamid.org.”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024
FRONT PAGE – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Visits October 7 Massacre Sites, Hears Bomb In Israel
PAGE 3 – Las Vegas PRSA Honors Congregation Ner Tamid With 13 Awards
PAGE 7 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Tu BiShvat
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Sisterhood Bakes Babka
PAGE 8 – CNT’s ‘Man Behind The Camera’ Celebrated As 2023 Congregant Of The Year
PAGE 10 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Glickman’s Bar Mitzvah In March
PAGE 14 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Hutchings Makes Reality Show Debut
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Honor Drs. Florence And Gard Jameson, Dr. Lauren And Commissioner Michael Naft At Tikkun Olam Awards
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s ‘50 Years Of Cantors’ Concert Dedicated To Israel
PAGE 23 – Cantor’s Concert Ad
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid MENSch Club’s Souper Bowl Scores
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
NEWS3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
‘WE WANT TO SPREAD LIGHT,’ SURVIVORS OF HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL SPEAK IN LAS VEGAS
THANKS TO LAS VEGAS’ NBC AFFILIATE NEWS 3 KSNV-TV for broadcasting a news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid. Amit Amar, Idan Itzhaki, Roei Itzhaki, Israel Shalom, and Natan Shapira survived the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. More than 1,200 people were killed. Hamas massacred more than 300 civilians and took hostages at the Nova Festival. Amit, Idan, Roei, Israel, and Natan managed to escape the slaughter at that music festival and told their stories on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at CNT. Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings moderated. Karin Hochman interpreted.
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
SURVIVORS OF OCTOBER 7 ATTACK IN ISRAEL SHARE EXPERIENCES
THANKS TO LAS VEGAS FOX5 KVVU-TV for broadcasting a news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid’s special guests. Amit Amar, Idan Itzhaki, Roei Itzhaki, Israel Shalom, and Natan Shapira managed to escape the slaughter at the Nova Festival during the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. On Wednesday, February 21, CNT hosted the five survivors who shared their stories. Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings moderated. Karin Hochman interpreted.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2024
LAS VEGAS SUN
REPORT FINDS ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN NEVADA ROSE IN 2023
CONGREGATION NER TAMID’S RABBI SANFORD AKSELRAD is featured in the Las Vegas Sun! He was interviewed for Ayden Runnels’ article “Report Finds Antisemitic Incidents In Nevada Rose In 2023.”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024
PAGE 18 – CNT’s Senior Schmoozers Announce Monday Lunch Dates For New Year
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates 50 Years In 2024
PAGE 18 – CNT’s Social Action Committee Presents Timely Antisemitism Series
PAGE 20 – Rock Star Ted Sablay Performs At Beatles Shabbat At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Goes To Israel
PAGE 22 – Dealing With Duality; Finding A Reason To Smile
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Roberta Unger Jewish Nevada’s Jewish Communal Professional of the Year
PAGE 23 – David Weinstein Named Congregation Ner Tamid’s 2023 Congregant Of The Year
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Tikkun Olam Awards Ad
PAGE 24 – Rabbi Lerner To Host ‘50 Years Of Zionism’ Zoom Lecture For CNT
PAGE 25 – CNT MENSch Club’s Souper Bowl Competition Is Heating Up
PAGE 25 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In January, February 2024
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2024
TLC – 90 Day Fiancé Diaries, Season 5, Episode 1 “Momma Mia!”
WE ALL KNOW CANTOR JESSICA HUTCHINGS as Congregation Ner Tamid’s musical spiritual leader, but did you know she’s also a reality TV star? On Monday, January 8, Cantor Hutchings appeared on 90 Day Fiancé Diaries, Season 5, Episode 1 “Momma Mia!” She and her sister Alana not only bake challah with 90 Day Fiancé Diaries star Ariela Weinberg and her mom at the Temple, but Cantor also shares some sage relationship advice.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2023
CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CCTV
THANKS TO the Clark County Commissioners for inviting CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad to give the invocation at the Clark County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. Clark County Commission Chairman Jim Gibson introduced Rabbi Akselrad who gave the blessing after the Call to Order and before the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was held at the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Pkwy., in Las Vegas.
It was an important meeting, as a proclamation was presented to Harry Reid International Airport in recognition of its 75th Anniversary and a proclamation was presented to Laura “Jeannie” Penrod in recognition of becoming the 2024 Nevada Teacher of the Year.
CNT is proud of you Rabbi!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023
LAS VEGAS SUN
“AT MEMORIAL VIGIL, UNLV PRESIDENT OFFERS MESSAGE OF HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE”
THANKS TO Hillary Davis at the Las Vegas Sun for including CNT in her article “At Memorial Vigil, UNLV President Offers Message Of Hope And Perseverance.” Both Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings attended the vigil that honored the three faculty members that were killed and one that was left critically injured in last week’s deadly shooting rampage at UNLV. Rabbi Akselrad was quoted prominently in the article.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2023
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
“I TELL MYSELF TO BE STRONG LOCAL RABBIS OVERWHELMED BY ISRAELI WAR AS HANUKKAH NEARS”
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad in the article “I Tell Myself To Be Strong Local Rabbis Overwhelmed By Israeli War As Hanukkah Nears.”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2023
FRONT PAGE – Message Of Hope For The Holidays
PAGE 8 – Hebrew Month Of Kislev Brings Truth, Hope, And Light
PAGE 10 – CNT Members March For Israel
PAGE 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Senior Schmoozers End 2023 With A Chanukah Party
PAGE 18 – CNT’s Religious School TRIBE Explores Jewish Los Angeles
PAGE 20 – A Glimpse Of Resilience: Dizengoff Square’s Memorial After The October 7 Hamas-Led Terrorist Attacks
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In December
PAGE 23 – Preschool Ad
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate Chanukah Happenings Throughout Las Vegas
PAGE 26 – CNT’s MENSch Club Fries Latkes For The Holidays; Looks Forward To Super Souper Bowl
PAGE 30 – Congregation Ner Tamid, Temple Sinai’s Zoom Series, CNT’s Webinar With U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen Focused On Israel
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023
ROTARY ECLUB OF SILICON VALLEY’S PODCAST
THANKS TO the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on its podcast that was broadcast to 1.4 million Rotarians in 36,000 clubs on Monday, November 20. Rabbi Akselrad was invited to talk about his book “Love in the Time of Corona.”
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2023
PAGE 9– Searching For The Answer To ‘Why?’
PAGE 16 – Sophia Alyse Brown Celebrates Her Bat Mitzvah At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 17 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Annual Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar Raises Money For Jewish Summer Camp Scholarships
PAGE 18 – All In The Family – Entrepreneurial Polis Duo Sell Handcrafted Wares At CNT Bazaar
PAGE 20 – CNT Senior Schmoozers Plan Thanksgiving, Chanukah Events
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Hutchings Leads ‘Lev Lock’ At The Temple
PAGE 23 – CNT Senior Schmoozers’ Pre-Thanksgiving Turkey Bash
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
THANKS TO 8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS) for stopping by Congregation Ner Tamid’s Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar and highlighting the annual shopping event on its 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. newscasts. The station reported on the variety of holiday gifts being sold by 28 local vendors and Social Action’s Mitzvah Menorah Project.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023
NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES
AT HOME WITH RABBI SANFORD & JONI AKSELRAD
CONGRATULATIONS TO CNT’s COVER COUPLE – While their hearts are with those in Israel, the Akselrads had the opportunity to invite their Inspirada neighbors into their home in this November 2023 issue of Neighborhood Villages. In the exclusive community magazine’s cover story “At Home with Rabbi Sanford & Joni Akselrad,” Rabbi and his wife are photographed by Jessica Rios and credited by the magazine’s content coordinator Jaime Brousse with bringing “positive energy to our neighborhood, and our city.” The three-page article documents how the couple met in Reno, adopted two kids, and moved to Henderson where Rabbi grew Congregation Ner Tamid from 60 to 600 families in 35 years. The article mentions Rabbi’s book “Love in the Time of Corona,” Joni’s professional ceramic artwork and needlepoint, the couple’s eclectic hobbies and extensive travels, and CNT’s upcoming Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, November 5, 2023, from 9:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Mazel Tov – the Akselrads are the toast of the town!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023
FRONT PAGE – Las Vegas CBS, NBC News Spotlights Congregation Ner Tamid’s Increased Security Measures
PAGE 8 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, Cantor Hutchings Represent Temple At Interfaith Forums 2023
PAGE 18 – Special ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast Focuses On Israel; Mideast Conflict
PAGE 20 – CNT Sisterhood’s Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar To Feature Crafts, Giftware, Jewelry; Cookie Court, Kugel, Latkes
PAGE 23 – Hanukkah & Holiday Bazaar Ad
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In October, November
PAGE 25 – CNT’s Next Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class Convenes In January
PAGE 26 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Akselrad Delivers A Sermon About The War In Israel
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for featuring CNT’s Pink Shabbat in the Round in its newscast on Friday, October 27, at 10:00 p.m. At the Service, CNT Members Illisa Polis and Susie Sernoe helped spread the word about Breast Cancer awareness and getting tested for the BRCA gene. Both Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings were interviewed for the news segment.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2023
NO WHAMMY!!! Look who’s on TV game show Press Your Luck??? It’s CNT Member Julie Marcus. The episode premiered on ABC, Tuesday, October 24.
Congratulations Julie!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
LAS VEGAS JEWISH SYNAGOGUE HEIGHTENS SECURITY AMID ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
THANKS TO NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)/ CW TV for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Cantor Jessica Hutchings, and Executive Director Edward Simon in a news story that aired on Friday, October 13, 2023, at 10:00 p.m. Reporter Ambar Rodriguez’ “Las Vegas Jewish synagogue heightens security amid Israel-Hamas war,” focused exclusively on Congregation Ner Tamid and how it has increased security measures to keep its members safe in the wake of the war in Israel.
The accompanying article read:
LAS VEGAS — After the attack in Israel left hundreds dead and thousands wounded, the Jewish community in Southern Nevada is holding each other a little closer.
Jewish temples in the valley are heightening security amid the Israel-Hamas war.
“It’s been a little hectic, we’ve had to adjust our armed guards and increase security measures, add additional infrastructure like metal detectors wands, and things like that,” said Edward Simon, executive director of the Congregation Ner Tamid.
Simon is in charge of the day-to-day operations including security, which he says is always a top priority.
However, as the conflict continues in Israel, Simon says additional security measures are now in place.
The synagogue always has at least one armed guard on campus, but now it has two.
On top of that, Henderson Police have been assisting by assigning at least one officer to continuously patrol the facility.
Simon says he also sent out an email to the congregation encouraging everyone to arrive for service a little earlier to ensure they can get through security before it begins.
He shared that the Jewish community has always had to be on alert for any possible attacks after this week.
The Congregation Ner Tamid expresses the importance that if anyone does see something that can be perceived as a threat to speak out and say something to someone.
“When the world is at war you can feel so isolated and alone and so when colleagues or friends of another faith say they stand with us that means the world,” said Rabbi Sanford Akselrad.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
“HENDERSON RABBI UPPING SECURITY AT TEMPLE AMID WAR IN MIDDLE EAST”
THANKS TO 8 News Now KLAS-TV (CBS) for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad in reporter Lauren Negrete’s “Henderson rabbi upping security at temple amid war in Middle East.” The news segment focused exclusively on Congregation Ner Tamid’s efforts to keep its Members safe in the wake of the War in Israel. Negrete also mentioned the upcoming Service Prayer for Israel at Green Valley Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.
The accompanying article read:
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — As war in the Middle East continues, the Jewish community in Southern Nevada is doing what it can to stay safe.
Rabbi Sanford Akselrad said Las Vegas is home to more than 5,000 Israelis, many with personal ties to Israel. He said when war like this happens, it brings up “echoes of the Holocaust”, striking fear from nearly 8,000 miles away.
“That is sad, a 12-year-old in Las Vegas is scared something can happen to him because of what is happening in the Middle East,” Akselrad said.
Askelrad said they are upping their security measures at Ner Tamid.
“The police have been very good in patrolling and even parking cars in our parking lot. We’ve hired extra security and taken some internal measures that I think will make people feel a lot better about what’s going on if that’s possible during this trying time,” he said.
Akselrad said Las Vegas is home to many Holocaust survivors and their descendants, and that bloodshed like the past week, brings up the Holocaust.
Rivka Lagstein, who was born in Israel, shared the sentiment saying, “This feels like a second Holocaust, Israel never had anything like that before.”
“We have a saying, every Jew is responsible one for the other and so even though we are proud Americans, we have this tie to Israel that runs deep,” he said.
He encouraged others to educate themselves on the conflict.
“Hamas, in its charter, has called for a jihad, a destruction of Jews, and of Christians. In terms of Israel, they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth,” Askelrad said.
As for how non-Jewish people can help, he said to simply show support.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
HENDERSON CONGREGATION HOSTS YOM KIPPUR SERVICES
THANKS to NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for covering CNT’s Yom Kippur Services.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
PAGE 8 – CNT’s Sisterhood Prepare Apple And Honey Bags For Rosh Hashanah; Sells Holiday Judaica At Gift Shop
PAGE 9 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Intergenerational Choir ‘Brings The Spirit’ To High Holy Days Services
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid, Temple Sinai To Host Zoom Series With Dr. Steven Windmueller
PAGE 20 – CNT’s Religious School Back In Session; Students, Parents Get Sneak Peak
PAGE 20 – CNT’s Seniors Program Rebrands To ‘Senior Schmoozers,’ To Celebrate 1st Anniversary
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Preschool Welcomes Largest School Population; Few Spots Remain
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School Welcomes ShinShinim
PAGE 23 – On Finding Our Superpower
PAGE 23 – A SHEHECHEYANU MOMENT
PAGE 23 – High Holy Days Ad
PAGE 24 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad’s ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast Talks Interfaith Dialogue, Reward And Punishment
PAGE 29 – Congregation Ner Tamid Offers Free Adult Education Classes, Free Coffee
PAGE 34 – CNT’s Social Action Committee To Host Meet & Greet, High Holy Days Food Drive
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2023
PAGE 8 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s High Holy Days To Offer Choirs, Drum Circle, Healing Service, Free Tix For New Las Vegas Residents
PAGE 10 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In September
PAGE 22 – When Is A Coincidence Not A Coincidence?
PAGE 23 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, GVPC’s Rev. Doll Debut ‘Faith Matters’ Podcast
PAGE 23 – CNT’s Motown Show Ad
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023
JEWISH SACRED AGING
“Seekers of Meaning” TV SHOW AND PODCAST
THANKS TO JewishSacredAging.com for inviting CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad to the Seekers of Meaning TV show and Podcast to discuss his book “Love in the Time of Corona.”
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023
AMERICAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS MAGAZINE
CNT Member and King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery general manager Jay Poster doesn’t have to think twice when asked who is the most popular staff member where he works. It’s Snickers, of course! Read this month’s American Funeral Directors magazine cover story on Jay’s dog Snickers, who’s also a grief support dog at King David.
Congrats Jay (and Snickers) on your cover story!
FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2023
PAGE 6 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Preschool Begins New School Year Aug. 7
PAGE 7 – There Is A Crack In Everything, That’s Where The Light Comes In
PAGES 8, 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad Shares Pulpit With Rev. Adrian Doll In Trio Of Services
PAGES 8, 9 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah In August
PAGES 14, 16 – Prospective Members To Rock With CNT Community At Greatest Hits Shabbat Encore
PAGES 20, 28 – Seniors Program At Congregation Ner Tamid Gets Ready To Disco
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Talks About New Book With Ira Sternberg On Two Podcasts
PAGES 22, 27 – CNT’s Religious School Hosts Open House; School Starts Aug. 20
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid Offers Adult Education Classes In Judaism, Hebrew, Torah
PAGE 27 – CNT Looking For Local Gift Vendors/ Artisans For Chanukah & Holiday Bazaar
FRIDAY, JUNE, 30, 2023
PAGES 3, 23 – Traveling Here And There, And Back Again
PAGE 6 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Akselrad Publishes New Book ‘Love In The Time Of Corona’
PAGE 7 – Hadley Chenin To Celebrate Bat Mitzvah At Congregation Ner Tamid In July
PAGE 8 – Colleen Freedman To Share ‘Deeply Personal’ Jewish Journey At CNT
PAGES 10, 25 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Participates In Groundbreaking Of Family Promise’s New Facility
PAGE 20 – Henderson Rabbi, Reverend To Share Pulpits In July, Discuss How ‘Faith Matters’
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Cantor Hutchings Shares Trip To Israel With Congregants Via Daily Video
PAGE 23 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Shabbatones Band Looking For New Volunteer Musicians
PAGES 24, 25 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Seniors Program Does The Hula, Gets Ready For Karaoke In July
PAGE 26 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School Hiring For Fall
PAGE 26 – New Las Vegas Residents To Get Free Tickets To High Holy Days Services At Congregation Ner Tamid
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2023
“IRA’S EVERYTHING BAGEL” PODCAST
THANKS TO CNT Member Ira Sternberg for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on his “Ira’s Everything Bagel” podcast, to talk about his new book “Love in the Time of Corona.”
CNT Member Ira Sternberg’s podcast is schmeared with intriguing people who talk about their passions, pursuits, and points of view. A new show is posted every Thursday. Previous shows are archived. It is also available on all your favorite platforms. Sternberg’s career includes decades of professional broadcasting as well as public relations, writing and communications. He is an inductee into the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He also is host of “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira” (https://talkaboutlasvegas.com), talking with the celebrities, entertainers, writers, and personalities who make Las Vegas the most exciting city in the world!
You can buy Rabbi’s book on Amazon,
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023
“TALK ABOUT LAS VEGAS WITH IRA” PODCAST
THANKS TO CNT Member Ira Sternberg for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on his “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira” podcast, to talk about his new book “Love in the Time of Corona.”
CNT Member Ira Sternberg’s podcast features talks with celebrities, entertainers, writers, and personalities who make Las Vegas the most exciting city in the world. A new show is posted every Monday and previous shows are archived. Sternberg’s career includes decades of professional broadcasting as well as public relations, writing and communications. He is an inductee in the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He also is host of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” (https://iraseverythingbagel.com) schmeared with intriguing people who talk about their passions, pursuits, and points of view.
You can buy Rabbi Akselrad book on Amazon.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023
VETERANS REPORTER NEWS
CNT’s MENSCH CLUB HONORS JUDGE MARK STEVENS, VETERANS TREATMENT COURT OF HENDERSON VOLUNTEERS
THANKS TO Su Phelps, publisher of the Veterans Reporter News, for featuring CNT’s MENSch Club on the cover of the June 15, 2023 issue.
The publication ran a story about CNT’s MENSch Club honoring retired Henderson Municipal Court Judge Mark Stevens and volunteers from the Veterans Treatment Court of Henderson at a BBQ awards luncheon on Sunday, April 30, 2023, in the Gary and Lynn Kantor Hall. You’ll find a teaser on the front page and the article and six photos on Page 3. Congratulations to CNT’s MENSch Club!
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2023
FRONT PAGE, 7 – Congregation Ner Tamid Religious School Grad Becky Mann Is Ordained A Cantor
PAGE 16 – What Happens When…
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate Polis, Korman B’nai Mitzvah In June
PAGE 22 – CNT Religious School Alumnus Clayton Greb Goes To Poland For Spring Break, Learns Lifelong Lessons
PAGES 23, 25 – Berkley, Lehrner Receive CNT’s Justice Michael A. Cherry Tikkun Olam Community Service Award
PAGE 24 – CNT Celebrates Religious School Students’ Confirmation
PAGE 25 – Seniors Program At Congregation Ner Tamid Heats Up This Summer
PAGE 26 – CNT’s MENSch Club Honors Judge Mark Stevens, Veterans Treatment Court Of Henderson Volunteers
PAGE 27 – Pop-Up Shabbat A Safe, Celebratory Success In Downtown Las Vegas
PAGE 30 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Preschool Hosts ‘Sweet’ Fundraiser
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
PAGE 18 – CNT’s MENSch Club Does Windows
PAGE 19 – CNT Sisterhood’s Love Woven Into Mi Sheberach Tapestry Project
PAGE 19 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Preschool Summer Program Has Theme Weeks
PAGE 20 – CNT’s May Seniors Program To Feature Board Games, A Luau, Hula Lessons
PAGES 20, 26 – CNT’s Preschoolers Enjoy Model Seder
PAGES 22, 27 – CNT Hosts Passover Ho-Down With Jewish Country Music Superstar Joe Buchanan
PAGE 24 – CNT’s Rainbow Shabbat Embraced Inclusion, Love
PAGE 25 – On Friendship
PAGE 26 – CNT’s Sisterhood Gift Shop Sells Modern Judaica, Mahjong Cards
PAGE 27 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Religious School Teaches Life-Cycle Lessons With 5th Grade Wedding
APRIL 29, 2023
ABC13 KTNV-TV (ABC)
POP-UP SHABBAT HAPPENING AT EL CORTEZ IN LAS VEGAS FRIDAY
THANKS TO ABC 13 for posting a story about Pop-Up Shabbat on Friday, April 28, 2023, and sharing video of CNT’s innovative, introspective, all-ages prayer experience at El Cortez’ Jackie Gaughan Plaza.
And thanks to El Cortez for posting our logo on its giant marquee located on the Las Vegas Strip.
APRIL 28, 2023
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
POP-UP SHABBAT BEING HELD FRIDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
THANKS TO FOX5 MORE’s host, news anchor, and challah fan Jason Feinberg for telling Las Vegas about Pop-Up Shabbat that took place on Friday, April 28, 2023, outdoors at the Jackie Gaughan Plaza at El Cortez, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
It’s an innovative, introspective, all-ages prayer experience right off the Las Vegas Strip. Headliner Mostly Kosher is Disney’s first Jewish band, and is an acclaimed klezmer gypsy-rock band that radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains. From 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., early birds got to enjoy a Falafel Vegas food truck and a family art activity, and at 8:00 p.m. there was a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream oneg and a Young Adults After Party. Attendees were asked to bring school supplies for J-Cares’ Back-To-School Supply Drive.
Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings and Temple Sinai’s Cantorial soloist Heather Klein co-organized the event. They want to produce diverse and meaningful experiences for the entire Reform Jewish community so they’ve produced several Pop-Up Shabbat spiritual events that have included as much of the Las Vegas and Henderson Jewish community as possible with the help of volunteers, renowned Jewish musicians, and co-sponsors Jewish Nevada, the JCC and PJ Library.
“I’m just excited to bring all the Jewish people in the community together for a very special Shabbat, in the heart of our city,” Cantor Hutchings said.
Attendees reserved seats on shuttles running from Temple Sinai and Congregation Ner Tamid, or they parked for free at El Cortez.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
ANTISEMITISM PROVOKES EXTRA SECURITY FOR PUBLIC JEWISH CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEKEND
THANKS TO 8 NEWS NOW reporter Ryan Matthey for broadcasting a story about Pop-Up Shabbat. In the wake of local antisemitic events, Pop-Up Shabbat organizers Congregation Ner Tamid, Temple Sinai, Jewish Nevada, JCC of Southern Nevada, and PJ Library took extra security measures to ensure the event would be an enjoyable one for the whole Jewish community. The CBS news segment features CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings and Temple Sinai’s Cantorial Soloist Heather Klein.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
JEWISH NEVADA TO HOST POP-UP SHABBAT CELEBRATION
THANKS TO NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for posting a story about Pop-Up Shabbat that took place on Friday, April 28, 2023, outdoors at the Jackie Gaughan Plaza at El Cortez, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:
It’s an innovative, introspective, all-ages prayer experience right off the Las Vegas Strip. Pop-Up Shabbat featured Disney’s first Jewish band, Mostly Kosher, an acclaimed klezmer gypsy-rock band, that radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains. From 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., early birds got to enjoy a Falafel Vegas food truck and a family art activity, and at 8:00 p.m. there was a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream truck and a Young Adults After Party. Attendees were also asked to bring school supplies for J-Cares’ Back-To-School Supply Drive.
Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings and Temple Sinai’s Cantorial soloist Heather Klein co-organizes the event. They want to produce diverse and meaningful experiences for the entire Reform Jewish community and they have produced several Pop-Up Shabbat spiritual events that have included as much of the Las Vegas and Henderson Jewish community as possible with the help of volunteers, renowned Jewish musicians, and co-sponsors Jewish Nevada, the JCC and PJ Library.
“I’m just excited to bring all the Jewish people in the community together for a very special Shabbat, in the heart of our city,” Cantor Hutchings said.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023
FRONT PAGE, 31 – Former U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and Dr. Larry Lehrner To Be Honored By Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 20 – ‘The Whole World Is On A Narrow Bridge’
PAGE 20 – Pop-Up Shabbat To Feature Mostly Kosher, Disney’s First Jewish Band
PAGE 22 – Jewish Country Music Superstar Joe Buchanan To Host CNT’s Passover Seder
PAGES 22, 24, 30 – Congregation Ner Tamid Takes Teen Tribe To NYC
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate Familian, Clark B’nai Mitzvah In April
PAGES 25, 30 – Rabbi Stephen Einstein Guest Scholar At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 26 – CNT’s Social Action Committee Celebrated Purim By Saving Lives
PAGES 26, 30 – ‘Record-Breaking’ Attendance At Congregation Ner Tamid’s Seniors Program
PAGE 27 – CNT’s Sisterhood, MENSch Club Get Nachas From Winter Events, Spring Programs
PAGES 28, 29 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Purim Spiel, Carnival Celebrated The 1990s
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023
THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
‘WE HOPE HIS LEGACY WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL ONE;” 101-YEAR-OLD WWII VETERAN MEMORIALIZED
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal for featuring CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings in its article about the passing of CNT Congregant Herbert Muskin. Cantor’s thoughtful quote was used in the article’s headline.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
101-YEAR-OLD WWII VET DIES AFTER POLICE PURSUIT LAS VEGAS ROBBERY SUSPECTS
THANKS TO FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for it news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid oldest Congregant, Herbert Muskin, who lost his life in a tragic accident.
The family set up a fundraising account to help with expenses.
May his memory be a blessing.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
“ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS HIGHEST SINCE 1974, LAS VEGAS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR REBUKES RISE”
THANKS TO 8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS) for featuring Cantor Jessica Hutchings in its news segment “Antisemitic Incidents Highest Since 1974, Las Vegas Holocaust Survivor Rebukes Rise.” The segment also featured CNT Member Jolie Brislin, the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Reporter Ryan Matthey included several shots of our campus in his news package and, in his web story, credited CNT as the largest reform temple in Nevada.
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
THANKS TO 8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS) for featuring CNT’s Purim Spiel and Carnival in multiple news segments in its evening and morning news broadcasts. Happy Purim!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023
FRONT PAGE, 31 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s New Torah Fulfills Both Rabbi’s, Chernikoff Family’s Wishes
PAGE 24 – One Year
PAGE 24 – Hutchings, Mann Compose New Song For CNT’s Torah Dedication
PAGE 25 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Purim Spiel, Carnival All That And A Bag Of Chips PAGE 26 – Jewish Friends, Leaders Celebrate At CNT’s Adult B’nai Mitzvah
PAGE 28 – JCC Krakow CEO Ornstein Featured As CNT’s International Scholar-In-Residence
PAGE 29 – CNT’s Congregant Of The Year Brody Recognized For Volunteerism, Leadership
PAGE 30 – CNT’s Religious School Confirmation Class Big Apple Bound
PAGE 30 – CNT’s MENSch Club Scores At Souper Bowl Saturday
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2023
THE LAS VEGAS SUN
“THE PROMISED LAND THAT MUST KEEP HER PROMISES”
THE LAS VEGAS SUN featured Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on its front page on Sunday, February 2023. Brian Greenspun, the Sun’s CEO, Publisher and Editor, wrote a complimentary forward stating, “Listen to the rabbi. There is a certain way that my rabbi, Sandy Akselrad, talks to his congregation. He doesn’t yell although his words scream out at injustice.” The paper reprinted Rabbi Akselrad’s essay “The Promised Land That Must Keep Her Promises,” that he sent to the Congregation by email on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
FAMILY DONATES TORAH TO LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY IN SONS HONOR
THANKS TO News 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) for airing this segment about CNT’s Torah Dedication, Parade and Celebration on Sunday, February 5, 2023, and interviewing our Temple President Jerry Gordon.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
NEW TORAH COMPLETED AT HENDERSON SYNAGOGUE
THANKS TO FOX5’s Les Krifaton for producing TWO news segments about Congregation Ner Tamid’s Torah Dedication, Parade and Celebration on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023
THANKS TO Sam Wagmeister for his article about Beatles Shabbat in the February 2023 edition of Vegas Voice Magazine.
Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings and CNT Member and Shabbatones’ Jay Poster were quoted throughout the article and CNT Member David Weinstein’s photo was featured.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023
FRONT PAGE, 27 – Shawna Brody Congregation Ner Tamid’s Congregant Of The Year
PAGE 5 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s MENSch Club To “Rescue” Tallits
PAGE 7 – JCC Krakow’s Ornstein Appears On CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad’s ‘Compelling Conversations’
PAGE 22 – Fulfilling The 613th Mitzvah; Holding Hands With The Past, Present, And Future
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Adult B’nai Mitzvah Ceremony Celebrates Year Of Study
PAGE 24 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Bat Mitzvahs For Koff Twins, Kotkin, Hirsch
PAGE 24 – CNT’s Henderson Celebrates Holy Women Of Our Holy Days
PAGE 25 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Dedicate, Celebrate New Torah Feb. 5
PAGE 26 – CNT’s Cantor Hutchings Presents 10th Beatles Shabbat
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023
KNPR 88.9 FM
STATE OF NEVADA
KRAKOW COMMUNITY LEADER VISITS LAS VEGAS TO TALK UKRAINE RELIEF EFFORTS
THANK YOU to Dave Berns at KNPR 88.9 FM for inviting CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and CNT’s International Scholar-In-Residence Jonathan Onstein to KNPR 88.9 FM on Friday, January 20, to tape a segment for “State of Nevada” with radio show host Joe Schoenmann that was broadcast on Thursday, January 26.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023
ABC13 KTNV-TV (ABC)
LOCAL SYNAGOGUE SENDS SUPPORT, RESOURCES, TO UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN POLAND
THANKS TO Paulina Bucka at KTNV Ch. 13 (ABC) for producing a fabulous and comprehensive news segment about Congregation Ner Tamid’s Scholar-in-Residence Jonathan Ornstein.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
HENDERSON CONGREGATION SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEE CENTER IN POLAND
THANKS TO David Wilson with the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a fabulous story about Congregation Ner Tamid’s Scholar-In-Residence Jonathan Ornstein.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2023
ABC13 KTNV-TV (ABC)
THANKS TO ABC 13 Action News Producer Marie Parant, the whole Vegas Valley knew about CNT’s BEATLES SHABBAT with The Shabbatones, Friday, January 13, 2023, at 6:15 p.m.
Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings led Services with The Shabbatones including: Mike Adler – Drums, Eddie Birch – Piano, Tracie Birch – Trombone, David Miller – Bass, Jay Poster – Clarinet, Glori Rosenberger – Tambourine and Backup Vocals, David Rubinstein – Trumpet, Ira Spector – Guitar, and Brad Torchin – Guitar.
CNT invited Members and not yet-Members alike to attend this special Service and find out if their favorite Beatles songs have been paired with their favorite prayers. Attendees wore their groovy Beatles attire and enjoyed a FAB “All You Need Is Love” oneg following Services. BIRTHDAYS were be announced!
They also arrived early to mingle in the lobby and talk to reps from Sisterhood, MENSch Club, Membership, Chesed, Social Action, Nevadans for the Common Good, and Religious School. Preschool reps had a Kantor craftivity for the kids – decorating album covers and records! CNT Members who brought new friends to the Shabbat Service received surprise CNT/ Las Vegas swag for themselves and their guests including CNT branded T-shirts and tote bags.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
FIRST JEWISH PERSON BORN IN LAS VEGAS TURNS 90 YEARS OLD AND DETAILS HANNUKAH ANTISEMITISM CHANGES
BOBBIE KANE is ready for her close up. Watch this great TV news segment on 8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS) profiling Congregation Ner Tamid Member Bobbie Kane. The story reads, “But this holiday, the menorah candle lights glow bright, as Kane says the community has never been more united. She points directly to the Jewish community she’s grown to consider ‘family’ at Congregation Ner Tamid.”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid Members Inscribe Letters In New Torah
PAGE 21 – Coincidence
PAGE 22– Congregation Ner Tamid To Celebrate Chanukah With Song; Special Silver Knights Ticket Offer
PAGE 22– Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Bat Mitzvah For Emma Leibow
PAGE 22 – CNT Social Action’s Religious School Mitzvah Day A Blessing For Community
PAGE 23– Immersive Healing
PAGE 24 – ‘Exceptionally Good Year’ For CNT’s Sisterhood Chanukah And Holiday Bazaar
PAGE 26 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Host JCC Krakow’s Jonathan Ornstein As Scholar-In-Residence
PAGE 27 – All You Need Is Love At CNT’s Beatles Shabbat
PAGE 28 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Consecration
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 20 – Congregation Ner Tamid Honored 13 Times By Las Vegas PRSA
PAGE 6 – Bachman Foundation Sponsors Trip For Las Vegas Locals To Ramat Hanegev, Israel
PAGES 8, 27 – On Being Remembered
PAGES 8, 27 – Add Your Leaf To The Story, CNT’s Torah Project
PAGES 8, 16 – Israeli Film Director’s Las Vegas Screenings Front PAGE News
PAGES 13, 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid Cantor’s Son Enjoys Upsherin Celebration, Buzz Cut
PAGE 13 – Congregation Ner Tamid Adds Infant Program To Preschool
PAGE 16 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Bar Mitzvah For Aiden Torjman
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Cantor To Sing National Anthem At Silver Knights Game; Chanukah Tix Offer
PAGE 22 – CNT’s Next Seniors Program To Feature Singer Dawn Felmer
PAGE 23 – CNT Rings In Chanukah With Holiday Bazaar, Cookie Court, Mitzvah Menorah Project, Social Hall Dedication, Choir Appearances
PAGE 24 – CNT’s TRIBE Visits LA, Chernikoff Family
PAGE 26 – CNT’S Noah Shabbat Featured A Rabbi Dinosaur, Petting Zoo
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2022
THE LAS VEGAS SUN
AT KRISTALLNACHT REMEMBRANCE LAS VEGAS HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS SHARE STORIES, FILM SCREENING SHARES HOPE
THANKS TO THE LAS VEGAS SUN for its Front Page article about this year’s Board of Rabbis of Southern Nevada’s Kristallnacht commemoration, on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, including a public screening of “The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel,” a film about an unsung hero of the Holocaust who saved 15 times more people than the famed Oskar Schindler.
The event took place at King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., in Las Vegas. Gard Jameson, Chair of the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada, who helped facilitate the movie screening and film director Yonatan Nir’s appearance, gave opening remarks and introduced the award-winning director at the event.
Nir spoke about his documentary before the screening and held a Q&A session after.
Congregation Ner Tamid’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad led a Service at the conclusion of the event that featured local Holocaust survivor, 99-year-old Alex Kuechel, singing “El Malay Rachamim.”
Attendees then brought stones outside to King David’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza to lay them on the plaques that bear the names of the six extermination camps in Poland.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 32, 37, 38 – Holocaust’s Unsung Hero To Be Highlighted At Kristallnacht Commemoration; Film Director To Speak
PAGE 27 – Our Moment To Be Seen And Heard
PAGE 28 – Looking Back to Summer: Surviving Monsoon Season
PAGE 31 – Congregation Ner Tamid Takes TRIBE To L.A.
PAGES 41, 50 – CNT’s Seniors Program Offers Lunch, Entertainment To Local 65+ Community
PAGES 42, 43 – CNT’s Preschool, Religious School Kids Participate In High Holy Days Events
PAGE 44 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates B’nai Mitzvah For Hochmans, Bar Mitzvah For Jacobson
PAGES 47, 50 – CNT’s Torah Project Kick-Off Celebrated Harvey Alan Chernikoff, Sponsorships Now Available
PAGE 48 – #AskFarrah Answers Questions About Music, Blocks, Dramatic Play
PAGE 49 – CNT Welcomes Community, Animals To Noah Shabbat
PAGE 49– CNT Sisterhood Names Neeman Great Lady 2022
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
ABC 13 KTNV-TV (ABC)
THANKS TO KTNV ABC 13 for its segment about the Jewish High Holy Days featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and Cantor Jessica Hutchings. Here they are with 13 Action News cameraman Rudy Jaquez.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
PAGES 28, 33 – Why Join The Synagogue?
PAGE 31 – Congregation Ner Tamid Honors High Holy Days With Services, Observances, Celebrations
PAGE 35 – CNT’s Social Action High Holy Days Food Drive To Aid Jewish Family Services
PAGES 35, 49 – CNT B’nai Mitzvah Students Collect Shoes, Nearly $2K To Help The Homeless
PAGE 37 – CNT’s Sisterhood Prepares Rosh Hashanah Treats, Sells Holiday Judaica At Gift Shop
PAGES 38, 44 – CNT’s Religious School Begins New School Year
PAGE 41 – Congregation Ner Tamid To Offer Classes About Holy Days’ Holy Women
PAGES 41, 44 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Appears On Vegas PBS To Talk About The Holocaust, Antisemitism
PAGE 42 – CNT’s Preschool Director Tomaro Pens New Column, #AskFarrah
PAGE 44 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Three Bar/ Bat Mitzvahs In September
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX)
THANKS TO FOX-5 KVVU-TV (FOX) for covering CNT’s Torah Project Kick-Off on Wednesday, September 21.
CNT Members Elaine and Jack Chernikoff, and their son Neil Chernikoff, commissioned the first new Torah for CNT in loving memory of Harvey Alan Chernikoff, Elaine and Jack’s son and Neil’s brother, who was born with learning disabilities and tragically passed away in 2011 at the age of 51.
The Chernikoff family reached out to Rabbi Moshe Druin’s Sofer On Site International, one of the world’s premier Torah Project developers, to create the Torah and bring it to the synagogue.
Rabbi Druin inscribed several of the remaining letters with the Chernikoff family and Members of the Congregation at Wednesday’s ceremony including Rabbi Akselrad and his wife Joni, CNT’s Board of Directors, Sisterhood, Mensch Club, Ritual Committee, Minyan, Social Action, Nevadans For The Common Good, Religious School, Membership Committee and Interfaith Council. CNT’s new Intergenerational Choir sang at the event and was led by Cantor Jessica Hutchings.
The Torah Project will allow CNT Members and the community at large to participate in the inscription of letters and naming opportunities for the five Books of the Torah, special passages, significant verses, weekly portions, and more.
The final Torah letters will be inscribed by Tu BiShvat on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
Writing a new Torah or commissioning the writing of a scroll is the fulfillment of Mitzvah No. 613 – the very last Mitzvah in the Torah.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
VEGAS PBS NEVADA WEEK
THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CURRENT RISE IN ANTISEMITISM
THANKS TO Vegas PBS’ “Nevada Week” for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on Friday, September 16, 2022. Rabbi Akselrad joined Esther Finder, president of the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada and Generations of the Shoah – Nevada (GS-N), Susan Dubin, library director and education specialist at the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center, and Jolie Brislin, the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Nevada. Vegas PBS’ “Nevada Week” host Amber Dixon talked to the panel about topics that stemmed from the three-part PBS documentary series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein called “The U.S. and the Holocaust.” The series “examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a ‘nation of immigrants,’ but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge.”
Discussion topics included the presence of antisemitism in the United States during the Holocaust, how Holocaust survivors who relocated to the United States were received and treated, the current rise in antisemitism in the United States, and the importance of teaching school children about the Holocaust.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
PARENTS MAGAZINE
HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE DEATH OF A PET WITH YOUR CHILD
We all know how much CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad luvs dogs! Now all the readers of Parents Magazine do, too. Rabbi is featured in Allison Landa’s article “How to Talk About the Death of a Pet With Your Kid.”
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings was featured on the Academy for Jewish Religion California’s (AJRCA) website as a “highlighted” incoming Rabbinic student and AJRCA Cantorial alumna (’14). The AJRCA is a Transdenominational institution dedicated to the training of Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, and other Jewish community leaders. Its mission is to develop religious leaders steeped in Torah wisdom and traditions and capable of transforming Jewish communities into places where all Jews can grow toward spiritual wholeness and well-being.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 24 – Renowned Scribe, Rabbi Moshe Druin To Kick Off CNT’s Torah Project
PAGE 22 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Preschool Begins New School Year
PAGE 23 – Seeing The World Through A New Pair Of Glasses
PAGE 27 – Congregation Ner Tamid Celebrates Nisa Dias’ Bat Mitzvah
PAGE 28 – CNT Adult B’nai Mitzvah Students Donate 500 Books To Charity
PAGE 31 – Congregation Ner Tamid’s Cantor Hutchings Shares Abortion Story In Temple, On TV
PAGE 32 – CNT To Celebrate High Holydays With Drum Circle, Torah Mantels, Apples, Honey
PAGE 36 – CNT’s Religious School Partners With Shalom Learning
PAGE 36, 38 – CNT’s Elul By The Pool Awash With Meditative Contemplation
PAGE 37 – Prospective Members To Rock With CNT Community At Greatest Hits Shabbat
PAGE 38 – CNT’s New Intergenerational Choir To Sing At Kol Nidre, Torah Dedication Service
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 9 – Every Letter To Be A Legacy In Congregation Ner Tamid’s New Torah
PAGES 9, 26 – CNT’s Adult B’nai Mitzvah Students To Help The Homeless With Charity Drive
PAGE 10 – The Real Price Of Admission
PAGE 16 – CNT Class ‘From Age-ing to Sage-ing…’ To Help Elders Excel
PAGES 18, 20 – Carnivals, Dinosaurs, Rainbows; CNT’s Summer Camp Ends On A High Note
PAGES 20, 29 – CNT Prospective Member Shabbat To Celebrate Las Vegas
PAGE 21 – CNT’s New Religious School Director Now Enrolling for 2022-2023 School Year
PAGES 22, 26 – CNT, VEGAS PBS Partner To Enhance Member Benefits
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022
KNPR 88.9 FM
HENDERSON RABBI RETURNS FROM RELIEF TRIP TO HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
THANKS TO KNPR 88.9 FM radio’s “State of Nevada” for inviting CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad for a follow-up interview about his rabbinic mission to Poland and the Ukrainian Border in April. He talked about his trip and how he and more than 20 other Rabbis collected two tons of supplies and raised more than $800,000 for Ukrainian refugees.
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022
ABC 13: NEVADA LEADERS REACT TO ROE V. WADE DECISION
NBC3: “WE DO BELIEVE IN ABORTION” SOUTHERN NEVADA JEWISH LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOLLOWING ROE V WADE
On Friday, July 1, CNT’s Cantor Jessica Hutchings delivered a Shabbat sermon called “Abortion IS a Jewish Value,” a thoughtful, personal account about her medical abortion experience and how it saved her life when she was struggling to conceive a baby via IVF.
In the wake of The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, both Las Vegas ABC 13 KTNV (ABC) and News 3 KSNV-TV (NBC) covered the story and aired news segments.
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2022
FRONT PAGE, 27– This Year In Jerusalem!
FRONT PAGE, 26– CNT’s ‘Adventure In Israel’ Gives Back To Holy Land
PAGE 2 – CNT Sisterhood Honors Janet Duda With 2021 Great Lady Award
PAGES 14, 20 – CNT Honors Sara Gordon With Michael A. Cherry Tikkun Olam Community Service Award
PAGE 16 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad Brings Jewish Perspective to Radio, TV, Podcasts
PAGE 16 – CNT’s Preschoolers ‘Graduate’ With Certificates, Diplomas
PAGE 21 – The Chernikoff Family Commissions New Torah For CNT, In Honor Of Son Harvey
PAGES 22, 25 – YouTube Influencer ‘The Schmo’ Shares Sports Stories, Internet Strategies With CNT
SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2022
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
LAS VEGAS RELIGIOUS LEADERS REACT TO SUPREME COURT RULING
THANKS to the Las Vegas Review-Journal for featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad in an article about how he and other local religious leaders are reacting to the recent Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
KNPR 88.9 FM
43 YEARS AGO, CARTER ADDRESSED NATIONAL MALAISE. HAVE ‘UNPRECEDENTED TIMES’ DRIVEN US THERE AGAIN?
THANKS TO KNPR, 88.9 FM radio for inviting CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad to talk about the “national malaise” that President Jimmy Carter alluded to in his now famous July 15, 1979 speech. Host Joe Schoenmann and additional guests, including Nevada State College President DeRionne Pollard and Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Politics and Government Editor Steve Sebelius, also talk about what plagues our country today – anger, self-doubt and alienation from one another.
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022
PAGE 2 – Getting To The Other Side; Conquering Our Fears
PAGE 30 – Yom HaShoah Observance, Holocaust Memorial Park Dedication
PAGE 32 – Berlin-Tomaro New Director Of CNT’s Kantor Early Childhood Education Center
PAGES 37, 28 – Jewish Community Convenes Downtown For Pop-Up Shabbat Featuring Neshama Carlebach
PAGE 40 – CNT Celebrates Religious School Students’ Confirmation Ceremony
PAGE 42 – Rabbi Akselrad Reads To CNT’s Preschool, Now Enrolling for Summer and Fall
PAGE 44 – CNT To Ring In Shavuot With Kuperman Lecture On Ukraine
PAGE 52 – CNT Celebrates Four Bar/ Bat Mitzvahs In May
PAGES 54, 55 – CNT’s Annual Member Picnic Serves Up BBQ, Mitzvahs
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022
VEGAS PBS
THANKS TO Vegas PBS’ “Nevada Week” for producing a TV segment on Friday, May 27, 2022, featuring CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and CNT Member Jay Poster who discussed King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza that was dedicated during a community-wide Yom HaShoah observance on Sunday, April 24. Fast forward to 20:55 to watch the news segment.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2022
THANKS to the LGBT Chat Podcast on LGBT Chat Radio that featured CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad as a guest. Hosts Aida Ramirez, Ashtin Gabriel and Kiva Emet billed the interview as “one of the most spiritually fulfilling conversations” they’ve had on the show. Listen to the episode (there may be a quick commercial at the beginning) and learn more about the show here: www.facebook.com/LGBTCHATPODCAST
APRIL 24, 2022
THE LAS VEGAS SUN
THROUGH EDUCATION, A NEW PURPOSE EMERGES FROM THE HORRORS OF THE PAST
Rabbi Akselrad was featured as a Guest Columnist in the Las Vegas Sun. He shared how he helped deliver six bags of soil from outside all six extermination camps in Poland (Chełmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau) to install in King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza that was dedicated on Sunday, April 24, after a Yom HaShoah Observance. The local memorial will establish a physical place where locals can mourn the loss of family members who were exterminated during WWII. It will also be a place where people can learn about the war and the Holocaust with the monument’s plaques, timeline, and future oral history component.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
LAS VEGAS SUN
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PLAZA TO BE UNVEILED SUNDAY AT KING DAVID MEMORIAL CEMETERY
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Sun for its article about Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., on Sunday, April 24.
This article, POWERFUL SYMBOLISM AT NEW HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN LAS VEGAS, was picked up by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
You can also read it in the TIMES OF ISRAEL.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
HENDERSON’S FIRST HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL TO HONOR VICTIMS, SURVIVORS
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Review-Journal for its article about Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., on Sunday, April 24.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022
ABC13 KTNV-TV (ABC)
NEVADA’S FIRST HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PLAZA OPENS IN LAS VEGAS
THANKS TO ABC13 for its news segment about Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., on Sunday, April 24.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022
8 NEWS NOW KLAS-TV (CBS)
NEVADA’S FIRST HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL TO OPEN SUNDAY
THANKS TO 8 News Now for its news segment about Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., on Sunday, April 24.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022
NEWS 3 KSNV-TV (NBC)
NEVADA FIRST HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PLAZA OPENING IN LAS VEGAS
THANKS TO News3 for its news story and photos about Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., on Sunday, April 24.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022
FOX 5 – KVVU-TV (FOX)
CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s general manager Jay Poster and president of the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada and Generations of the Shoah – Nevada (GS-N) Esther Toporek Finder all talked to FOX5 at a press conference about the Sunday, April 24, Yom HaShoah observance and King David’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza dedication at King David Cemetery.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022
LAS VEGAS SUN
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PLAZA AT KING DAVID CEMETERY – PHOTO GALLERY
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Sun for publishing a photo gallery featuring 29 photos of the newly-constructed Holocaust Memorial Plaza on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Las Vegas’ community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, chaired by CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad, and dedication of King David Memorial Chapel & Cemetery’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza, at 2697 E. Eldorado Ln., took place on Sunday, April 24.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
PAGE 20 – CNT’s Rabbi Akselrad To Bear Witness, Bring $500K+ In Donations To Poland/ Ukrainian Border
PAGE 24 – Community-Wide Pop-Up Shabbat To Feature Award-Winning Singer Neshama Carlebach In Downtown Las Vegas
PAGES 27, 30 – A Holocaust Memorial, A History Lesson, A Significant Community Event
PAGE 28 – CNT To Honor Sara Gordon With Michael A. Cherry Tikkun Olam Community Service Award
PAGE 30 – Cantor Hutchings Reads To Students At CNT’s Gary & Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center
APRIL 14, 2022
LAS VEGAS SUN
LET ALL WHO ARE HUNGRY COME AND EAT
THANKS TO the Las Vegas Sun for publishing an article about Rabbi Sanford Akselrad’s Rabbinic mission to Poland and the Ukrainian border.
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022
KNPR 88.9FM
State of Nevada
SOUTHERN NEVADA RABBI TO VISIT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN NEARBY POLAND
THANKS TO KNPR for inviting Rabbi Akselrad to be a guest on “State of Nevada,” on 88.9 FM, for a 10-minute radio interview about why he joined a Rabbinic mission to Poland and the Ukrainian Border and how members at Congregation Ner Tamid got involved and generously donated to the initiative.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022
LAS VEGAS SUN
UNKNOWN FILLS RABBIS TRIP TO POLAND TO SUPPORT REFUGEES
THANKS TO The Las Vegas Sun for publishing Rabbi Sanford Akselrad’s article about his trip to Poland and the Ukrainian Border.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022
ABC13 ACTION NEWS – KNTV (ABC)
RABBI PART OF DELEGATION TO POLAND TO HELP REFUGEES
THANKS TO Las Vegas’ ABC 13 KNTV (ABC) that put together a great story about Rabbi Sanford Akselrad’s upcoming trip to Poland and the Ukrainian Border.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022
PAGES 5 – NYC-Trained Culinary Talent To Cater CNT’s Passover Seder
PAGE 6 – Time In The Time Of Corona
PAGES 6 – “Under The Sea” Purim Carnival Makes Big Splash At Congregation Ner Tamid
PAGE 8 – Holocaust Memorial Plaza Dedication To Crown Yom HaShoah Observance
PAGE 14 – CNT Celebrated Wikler’s Bat and Guidry’s Bar Mitzvahs In March
PAGE 18 – Congregation Ner Tamid Helps Member Jerry Polis Celebrate 90th Birthday
PAGE 19 – CNT’s Kantor Early Childhood Education Center Enrolling For Summer Camp, Preschool
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022
PAGE 22 – Drs. Toffel And Miller Celebrated As CNT Congregants Of The Year
PAGE 24 – Deep Diving Into Jewish Issues In Pop Culture
PAGE 26 – Being A Hero In The Time Of Corona
PAGE 28 – Congregation Ner Tamid Welcomes Its Newest Member
PAGE 28 – CNT’s Sisterhood Gift Shop A Judaica Marketplace
PAGES 29 – CNT To Produce Boffo Purim Spiel With Celebrity Talent
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
LAS VEGAS SUN
SAYING GOODBYE IN THE TIME OF COVID
THANKS TO Las Vegas Sun Editor Brian Greenspun for sharing a special FRONT PAGE message with Las Vegas this morning regarding CNT’s Rabbi Sanford Akselrad’s article…
“These past two years have taken their toll on all Americans. The challenges from COVID-19, the attacks on our democratic values, the undeniable tribalism that threatens the unity of these United States, and the incredible heartbreak that comes as we lose loved ones who oftentimes must travel to the ends of their lives on their own, quarantined in hospitals or separated by the inability of family to travel during COVID. Words rarely suffice to make sense of it all, but still we try. My friend, Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, shared his thoughts recently about his mother, Marjorie Akselrad’s, passing. They are very personal, to be sure, but I believe they have a universal theme that should give each of us comfort. With Rabbi’s permission, I am publishing them for the entire community.” – Brian Greenspun
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022
FRONT PAGE – This Too Shall Pass In The Time of Corona
PAGES 3 – Congregation Ner Tamid hires Award-Winning Journalist as new Comms Coordinator
PAGES 5 – R-Rated Torah? CNT Hosts Rabbah Matlow For Provocative Lecture Series
PAGE 10 – CNT’s Kantor ECEC Restructures Its Play-Based Curriculum
