What's Happening at a Glance
Membership and Upcoming Events
- Book group meets tonight!
- Wednesday, January 9: Come out to a Bulls game! Deadline to sign up: next Wednesday, December 12
- Help Wanted: Chanukah class parties on December 16
- Sunday, December 16: Bake sale!
- Spotlight on: K/1st grade
- Upcoming school schedule
- Kallah! Midwest Regional Retreat February 15 to 17
- This Friday, December 7: Lights & Miracles, PLUS, please bring treats for the oneg, especially donuts!
- Sunday, December 9: Torah class
- “Honest and Direct”
- Sunday, December 9: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band at the Chicago Botanic Garden
- Genetic education and screening program for young adults
- Holiday SHOP orders of at least $400 are now payable by credit card
Membership and Upcoming Events
Our book club will meet on tonight, Wednesday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Stacy Laner, 1047 Shambliss Court, Buffalo Grove. We will be reading It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People in Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust by Elizabeth Bettina. This is a fascinating and inspiring true story only recently coming to light. Come even if you have not read the book! We will discuss Italy during World War II and include the personal experiences of one of our members. For more information or to RSVP, contact Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
Come Out to a Bulls Game on Wednesday, January 9; SIGN UP BY NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12
Everyone is invited to come out for an exciting evening of Chicago Bulls basketball! The event is being organized by MOSH, but all members of Shir Hadash are welcome, not just men! Invite your friends, family, and coworkers to join us as well! We’ve got 10 people signed up, but we need at least 20 people participating to lock in this great group rate. Please RSVP to Sandi Schleicher at sschleicher@onebox.com ASAP!
- When: Wednesday, January 9
- Time: Game starts at 7 p.m. (we might meet early for dinner)
- Where: United Center
- Opponent: Milwaukee Bucks
- Price: $44 per ticket
Education Update
Thank you to volunteer "Party Parents" Molly Michaels (2nd Grade), Wendy Stein (3rd Grade), Pauline Levy (4th Grade), Dawn Allen (5th Grade), and Lauren Tashma (7th Grade). We still need help with Chanukah class parties for the K/1 and 6th grades on December 16 from 12 to 12:25 p.m. Each class party should include a couple of games and some treats. If you can help out in any capacity, please email eddirector@shir-hadash.org, or your classroom teacher. It's easy and fun!
Sunday, December 16: The Bake Sale Is Coming! The Bake Sale Is Coming!
- We are asking all of the incredibly talented bakers in our Shir Hadash family to provide delicious baked goods to sell.
- We need people to help out at the bake sale for a few hours that morning. We are planning to have a lot of fun working the bake sale.
- We also need people to buy these goodies! Perhaps your talents lie in selecting sweets from the market. Anything that's contributed will be appreciated.
Spotlight on: K/1st Grade
This week on Education Updates, Education Director Emily Ascher shares teacher Cindy Salomon’s letter to parents about what’s going on in her classroom. Take a look and see what your child is learning!
Upcoming School Schedule
- Friday, December 7: Chanukah Lights and Miracles
- Sunday, December 9: Religious school
- Sunday, December 16: Religious school, bake sale, class Hanukkah parties
- Sunday, December 23: No school
- Sunday, December 30: No school
- Sunday, January 6: Religious school resumes
- Sunday, January 27: Tu B'Shevat Field Trip (we walk to the event next door)
- Friday, March 1, 2013: Shabbat services will be led by grades K through 3
- Friday, May 17, 2013: Shabbat services will be led by our Havayah
Lights and Miracles: Your Child Will Be Performing on December 7
All of our religious school students are currently working on being an active part of our Lights and Miracles service. Gan Yeladim through second graders have choreographed their own dance accompaniment to a song that Rabbi Eitan has been teaching the school. The older students are choreographing the movement to a Woody Guthrie Chanukah song. Please plan to attend. The service will be held on Friday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m., at LCHS. Latkes and donuts will be served!
Teen News
Kallah! Midwest Regional Retreat February 15 to 17
Planning is underway for the 2013 No'ar Hadash Midwest Youth Kallah, which will be held from February 15 to 17, 2013, at a NEW location. This year, Shir Hadash 6th to 12th graders will share a great weekend with teens from other Reconstructionist congregations at the Perlman Retreat Center at Camp Beber in Wisconsin. Registration information was mailed to your home this week. If you are an adult and would like to help chaperone for the weekend, please e-mail Carole Mostow at youth@shir-hadash.org. Please contact Carole with any questions.
Creative Worship & Ritual
Light the Lights and celebrate the Jewish festival of freedom—Chanukah. Generations of American Jewish songwriters have written beautiful Chanukah songs. This year, we celebrate the American style of welcoming the Chanukah holiday. Shir Hadash folk musicians will lead us in a hootenanny jam and sing-along of favorite songs like Oh Chanukah and Dreidel, Dreidel. The celebration will feature our band, the Mighty Shir Hadash Klezmorim, who will get us on our feet. Our youth dancers will perform to Woody Guthrie’s Chanukah song. We will tell stories, learn the lessons of our tradition, light the Chanukah menorah, and wave glow lights as we sing. After the service, join us for potato latkes and doughnuts, traditional Chanukah treats. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m., at LCHS.
And don’t forget to bring something for oneg. You can bring more latkes or donuts/munchkins, or you can bring something else—after all, not everyone eats latkes and donuts (or so we hear). See you Friday night!
Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah Services
- Saturday, December 8, Shabbat Morning Service. We will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Sophie Varon, daughter of Phyllis and Steve Varon, 9:45 a.m., Long Grove Royal Melbourne Country Club
- Saturday, December 15, Shabbat Morning Service. We will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Claire Callistein, daughter of Marla & Daniel Callistein, 9:45 a.m., Highland Park Country Club
Friday, December 21: Peacemaking Starts at Home
When Joseph’s brother Judah apologized for having sold Joseph into slavery, at last peace was restored amongst the sons of Israel. How can this story enlighten our thinking? We will begin our service with a heimish and musical kabbalat Shabbat service and continue with an open discussion. This will be an open forum for sharing our thoughts on the news and our ideas on what it will take to make peace in the world, especially between Israel and her Palestinian neighbors. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. at LCHS.
Adult Education
Sunday, December 9: At this week's Torah class (9:30 on Sunday at Hellenic), find out what REALLY happened with Joseph and that Technicolor dream coat. Come and be part of the discussion!
The Rabbi's Corner
December 7-8, 2012 / 24 Kislev 5773
Shabbat Vayeshev
Torah Reading: Genesis 37:1-40:23 / Haftarah Reading: Amos 2:6-3:8
“Honest and Direct”
Dear Friends,
When we see a problem about to occur, whom do we tell? In this week’s Torah portion, we learn that Joseph was constantly giving bad reports to his father Jacob about his older brothers. He was a tattletale and a squealer. No wonder his brothers did not trust him. He acted not as a brother, but as a mole for his father. So, of course, at the first chance his brothers got, they plotted against him, and sold him into slavery. It was anything they could do to get back at him for his devious and shifty ways.
Our tradition teaches us that we must warn our fellow human being - neighbor, sibling, friend or stranger - if we see them about to commit a sin. It is found in the Holiness Code in the midst of Leviticus 19, verses 16: “You should not hate your brother in your heart; you should surely reprimand your neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.” If in fact the brothers were about to act so badly, then Joseph’s error…
To read the rest of Rabbi Eitan’s blog, visit The Rabbi's Corner.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Community Announcements
Sunday, December 9: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band at Botanic Garden
This Sunday, December 9, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will be performing two one-hour concerts at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe on Lake-Cook Road. The concerts will e held at 1 and at 3 p.m. The band will play a variety of music that will interest adults, high schoolers, and young kids. To order tickets, go to www.chicagobotanic.org/wonderland/special. Scroll down to Hanukkah concert. You can click on "Buy tickets." Or call (847) 835-5440.
Genetic Education and Screening Program for Young Adults
Registration is now open for the Center for Jewish Genetics’ carrier screening programs for young Jewish adults. The Center offers an expanded panel of 18 disorders, including Tay-Sachs disease, Gaucher disease, and Cystic Fibrosis. Join the Center in October or December for a subsidized screening program ($180 per person), which includes an educational presentation, dinner, and screening. These tests usually cost more than $3,000! Pre-registration is required. Please contact Taryn Brickman at TarynBrickman@juf.org or visit www.jewishgenetics.org to learn more.
This Sunday, December 9, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will be performing two one-hour concerts at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe on Lake-Cook Road. The concerts will e held at 1 and at 3 p.m. The band will play a variety of music that will interest adults, high schoolers, and young kids. To order tickets, go to www.chicagobotanic.org/wonderland/special. Scroll down to Hanukkah concert. You can click on "Buy tickets." Or call (847) 835-5440.
Genetic Education and Screening Program for Young Adults
Registration is now open for the Center for Jewish Genetics’ carrier screening programs for young Jewish adults. The Center offers an expanded panel of 18 disorders, including Tay-Sachs disease, Gaucher disease, and Cystic Fibrosis. Join the Center in October or December for a subsidized screening program ($180 per person), which includes an educational presentation, dinner, and screening. These tests usually cost more than $3,000! Pre-registration is required. Please contact Taryn Brickman at TarynBrickman@juf.org or visit www.jewishgenetics.org to learn more.
Donations
Thanks to the following people for their donations:
General Fund
- Carolyn and Dennis Fitzgerald, in memory of Helen Wallk
- Luba Rothblatt in memory of Ed Kaplow, father of Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
- Cissy and Jerry Schor, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Lake Shore Men’s Club, in memory of Helen Wallk
- The Kopulsky Family, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- The Hirshman Family, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Peggy and Burte Sharpe, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Judy and George Litman, in honor of the B'nai Mitzvah of Charlie and Isabelle Kanter
- Judy and George Litman, in memory of Ed Kaplow
SHOP Shir Hadash
Holiday SHOP orders of at least $400 are now payable by credit card. Annual SHOP orders are also payable by credit card. If every family purchases $400 a month in grocery, gas, or other cards, we can earn more than $15,000. Shir Hadash believes that an inability to pay should never be a barrier to membership or education. Special consideration is given to our members when circumstances prevent them from meeting any part of their financial commitment. To offset this consideration and to make up the budgetary deficit, the Board is asking that all members consider making a monthly commitment to using shop gift cards. Purchasing SHOP gift cards helps the shul raise much needed funds without spending any more money than you already do for your regular expenses. A complete list of the many gift cards available through this program, along with the percentage the shul earns is available on our website. Orders can be picked up at Sunday school or the Shir Hadash office.
Thanks to the following families for supporting SHOP this week
- M. Graff
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- Sanders
- Zwick
- Sabatello
- Forouz
- Idelman
- Gordon
- Weiss
- Allen
- Callistein
- Edler
- Elfant
- Farahmandpour
- Fargotstein
- Farkas
- Grills
- Mostow
- Singer
- Wexler
- Zwick
- Anes
- Gassman
New Retailer and Product Updates
- Walmart is offering a savings of 10 cents a gallon on gas purchases made when using a Walmart Gift Card, starting August 31, 2012, until December 23, 2012.
- Place an order on ShopWithScrip® from 12/1 to 12/7/2012 that contains at least $100 total in any Gap brand purchase* and your order will be entered in a drawing to be held at the conclusion of the promotion for some pretty incredible prizes. Grand Prize: Gap Inc. will reimburse the grand prize winning family for the cost of their ShopWithScrip order, up to $1,000. In addition, the organization the order is placed through will receive free shipping for an entire year and $5,000 in Gap/Banana Republic/Old Navy Options GiftCards to use however they see fit! First Prize: Gap Inc. will reimburse the first prize winning family for the cost of their ShopWithScrip order, up to $1,000. If that isn't enough, the organization the order is placed through will receive free shipping for a year and $1,000 in Gap/Banana Republic/Old Navy Options GiftCards to use as they like! Second Place Prizes: Five lucky second place winners, Gap Inc. will reimburse the family for the cost of their ShopWithScrip order, up to $1,000.
- Holiday Gift Card Wrappers (10-pack) include ten different designs and are available for $2.00 with a 10% non-profit contribution.
- Check out the bonuses listed at http://bit.ly/10Yon0E to take advantage of the extra special "Specials".
- Jiffy Lube is a new ScriptNow Retailer
Changes to Reload Schedule over the Holidays
Christmas:
- No reloads from Monday, December 24, 2012, through Wednesday, December 26, 2012.
- Reload orders placed and paid for after 3:30 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, December 21, 2012, until 3:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 27, 2012, will be available for use the morning of Friday, December 28, 2012.
- No reloads on Tuesday, January 1, 2013.
- Reload orders placed and paid for after 3:30 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Monday, December 31, 2012, will be available for use the morning of Thursday, January 3, 2013.
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