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What's Happening at a Glance
- Save the Date: Town Hall meeting about the new building on Sunday, February 10
- Book club on Thursday, February 7
- Permission slips needed for Tu B’Shevat field trip
- Upcoming school schedule
- Kallah! Midwest Regional Retreat February 15 to 17
- No services this Friday, January 11
- Friday, January 18: "If It's Not One Plague, It's Another"
Adult Education
- Torah class this Sunday, January 13, at 9:30 a.m.
The Rabbi's Corner
- "The True Qualities of Leadership"
Membership and Upcoming Events
Save the Date: Town Hall Meeting
We are going to have a Town Hall meeting at the new building on Sunday, February 10, from 2 to 4 for adult members and guests. The building is located at 200 W. Dundee in Wheeling. Stay tuned for more details!
Next Book Club on February 7
Our next book will be One More River by Mary Glickman. This novel is about race, class, and Jewish life in the American South during the 1920s and 1960s. The story revolves around a man pursuing his roots in the course of a romance. The book was chosen by Spertus for the "One Community, One Book" for this year. Book Club will be held on Thursday, February 7, at 7:30 at the Zwicks’ home in Deerfield.
Education Update
Tu B'Shevat Field Trip Permission Slips Needed
We will have a nice group of our Sunday school students dancing onstage and there will be
free arts and craft projects, free planting, free entertainment, games and prizes.
We need your help caring for our students that day! It’s a chance to do show your child(ren) you support them in Sunday school and you know how to have FUN! Please fill out your permission slip and return to your child’s classroom by January 20, or send to the office (Shir Hadash, 3340 Dundee Road, Suite 2N4, Northbrook, IL 60062). If you can’t find the form, visit Education Director Emily Ascher’s blog—it’s posted there!
Upcoming School Schedule
- Sunday, January 13: Sunday School
- Sunday, January 20: Sunday School
- Sunday, January 27: Tu B'Shevat Field Trip (we walk to the event next door)
- Sunday, February 3: Sunday School
- Sunday, February 10: Sunday School
- Sunday, February 17: Kallah in Wisconsin/No Sunday School
- Sunday, February 24: Purim Carnival 11:05
- Friday, March 1: Shabbat services will be led by grades K through 3
- Friday, May 17: Shabbat services will be led by our Havayah
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 has been mailed home. 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
What did Moses and Pharoah really talk about as the Ten Plagues punished Egypt for the enslavement of the Israelites? Which plague made the greatest impression on Pharaoh and the rest of Egypt? Don’t miss this exciting and dynamic Storah Telling Shabbat service. Just like we saw on Rosh Hashanah morning, Rabbi Weiner-Kaplow, with a very special guest—Chicago comic, author, radio host and Storah Teller Aaron Freeman—will present the Torah portion with a combination of drama, commentary, and discussion, in order to bring the Torah lesson to life in ways you never expected. We will also have a special send-off ceremony for our eight 8th graders that are heading to Israel with the Ta’am Yisrael program. Services will be held at 7:30 at LCHS; please bring treats for the oneg.
Adult Education
So can you remember which plagues were which? In this week’s Torah class, we're up to that part of Exodus, and this week's portion covers the first seven plagues—all the way from blood to hail. Did they happen quite the way that you learned in Hebrew school? Come to class (Sunday morning at 9:30 at Hellenic), and find out!
The Rabbi's Corner
January 11-12, 2013 / 1 Shevat 5773
Shabbat Va’eira v’Rosh Hodesh
Torah - Exodus 6:2-9:35 / Haftarah – Isaiah 66:1-24
“The True Qualities of Leadership”
Shabbat Va’eira v’Rosh Hodesh
Torah - Exodus 6:2-9:35 / Haftarah – Isaiah 66:1-24
“The True Qualities of Leadership”
In this week’s Torah portion we learn about the true qualities of leadership. Moses, our people’s greatest leader, was not always so popular or well regarded. At first God appeared to Moses to tell him that God would deliver the Children of Israel from Egypt. But Moses refused the call and tried to get out of it, saying that he had poor speech and that Pharaoh would not listen to him. Furthermore, Moses knew that the Israelites, broken in spirit, would never pay any attention to him, either. Perhaps this is the first test which proved that Moses was well qualified. He was humble and not full of himself or his own importance.
As it turns out, neither Pharaoh nor the Children of Israel would listen to Moses. Aaron, his brother, would serve as his spokesman. But Moses would not give up. He pushed through with focused determination and saw to it that his people would follow him to freedom. Yet, for forty years in the desert, the people complained constantly…
To read the rest of Rabbi Eitan’s blog, visit The Rabbi's Corner.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Thanks to the following people for their donations:
General Fund
SHOP in the New Year
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:
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Donations
Thanks to the following people for their donations:
General Fund
- Myrna and Albert Smith, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Glenn Graff, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Bill Rubin, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- The Thirman Family, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Roberta and Stuart Levin, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Lise and Sandi Schleicher, in honor of Dan Jacobsohn earning his master's degree and celebrating his 40th birthday
- Kaye and Izzy Kharasch in memory of Samuel Andes, uncle of Esther Andes and great-uncle of Fred Andes
- Sandy Altshuler, George Knapp, and family, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Phyllis Brody, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Doris Kaplow, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Julie and
Dan Winter, in memory of Judy Hartsman, mother of Glenn Graff
- Francine and Fred Norling, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Maggie and Barry Cain, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Ginelle and Gary Kuper, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Suzanne and Ken Wexler, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Janet Waldman, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Louis Kaplow and Jody Forchheimer, in memory of Ed Kaplow
- Gina and Rick Zinbarg, in memory of Joanie Siegel
SHOP Shir Hadash
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:
- G. Graff
- Zinbarg
- Grills
- Andes
- Edler
- Goldman
- Soglin
- Friedman
- Rice
- Callistein
- Litman
- Allen
- Edler
- Elfant
- Farahmandpour
- Fargotstein
- Farkas
- M. Graff
- Mostow
- Singer
- Wexler
- Zwick
- Schultz
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