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What’s Happening at a Glance
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- High Holidays Highlights
- Shir Hadash Summer Family Trip to Israel, June 2015
- Book Club, October 22
- Event Ideas Needed! Programming Planning Session, October 23
- Group Outing to Chicago Festival of Jewish Cinema, November 8
- New! Coffee House Night – Open Mic Style! November 15
- Meditation Group Forming
- Looking for Mahjong Players
- Yoga Classes Forming
- Shir Hadash Sunday Schmear
Creative Worship and Ritual
- This Week’s Services
- Sukkot, Friday October 10, 7:00pm
- Shabbat Morning and Bat Mitzvah, Saturday October 11, 9:30am
- Upcoming Services
- Simchat Torah, Friday October 17, 7:00pm
The Rabbi’s Corner
- “Praying and Working for a Rainy Year – Sukkot”
Teen News
- BBYO Middle School Get-Together, October 12
- BBYO Brotherhood/Sisterhood Convention, October 24-26
- Teen Night at Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, November 5
Adult Education
- Crash Course in Jewish History Begins October 12
- Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Tuesdays
- Sunday Morning Adult Ed Classes
Community Events
- Response Parent & Family Connection Presents “Melting Away,” October 14
Donations
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Help Shir Hadash Earn Free Donations with iGive
- Samuel I. Andes Scholarship Fund
- Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers: The Continental and Butterfield’s
SHOP Shir Hadash
Membership and Upcoming Events
High Holidays Highlights
Our High
Holidays services brought together our entire community along with a wonderful
turnout of friends, relatives and visitors who were welcomed as "High Holiday Members." Almost 700
people attended our main services, filling the sanctuary at OLB nearly to
capacity. As always, we were privileged to share in inspired readings, innovative
programs for children and teens, beautiful music, and the warmth of Shir Hadash
spirit. Many thanks to all the committee members, staff members, performers,
and volunteers who helped make the holidays unique and memorable. If you have
comments or suggestions about our services, please contact our Creative Worship
and Ritual Committee at cwr@shir-hadash.org.
Shir Hadash Family Summer Trip to Israel,
June 2015
If you’ve
been considering a visit to Israel, here’s the perfect opportunity! Rabbi Eitan
and Dawn Weiner-Kaplow will lead a family tour of comprehensive sightseeing
from June 16 to 26, 2015. The trip will include visits to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Haifa, Galilee, and a wide range of ancient and modern sites. The package
includes airfare, hotel, motor coach transportation, excursions, and much more.
Visit our website for a detailed package description, or contact Dawn at
dweinerkaplow@sbcglobal.net.
Book Club, October 22
Our next
book will be My Promised Land: The
Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit. This is the story of the
creation of Zionism in Israel, presenting both the historical and moral
complexity. We will meet at the home of the Kopulsky family, 2460 Asbury Road
in Northbrook, on October 22 at 7:30. All are welcome to our book club meetings.
If you have questions, please contact Meryl Abensohn, abenkras@aol.com.
Event Ideas Needed! Program Planning
Session, October 23
Our
Programming Committee wants to hear from you! What kinds of activities and
events would you like to do at Shir Hadash?
- What types of adult education classes would interest you?
- Do you like to play canasta, bridge, or bingo?
- Would you like a quilting group or perhaps a drum circle?
- Would you like to go to the movies, the Marriott Theater, the Chicago Botanic Gardens?
- How about a Lunch Bunch, a Dinner Group or a Shabbat Dinner group?
Join us for
a planning meeting at the synagogue on Thursday,
October 23 at 7:30pm. Bring your ideas and suggestions! To RSVP or share questions or comments,
please contact Melanie Andes and Rebecca Rice at programming@shir-hadash.org.
Group Outing to Chicago Festival of Israeli
Cinema at Northbrook Court, November 8
Join us for
a screening of the award-winning film Magic
Men at Northbrook Court’s AMC Theater on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00pm.
The story follows a Greek-Israeli Holocaust survivor and his Hasidic rapper
son, estranged for many years, as they embark on a road trip to find the old
magician who saved the father’s life during WWII. The screening will feature a
special appearance by co-director Guy Nattiv. After the movie, we’ll gather for
coffee and dessert at Prairie Grass Café to discuss the film and schmooze. The
film is part of the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema which runs from October 29 to November 9.
We sold out our first block of 20 tickets, and only have a handful left in our second block. Reserve your spot ASAP! Tickets are $12, first come first served. To purchase tickets, click here. The deadline is November 4. For more information, contact Rebecca Rice
at r.rice1@comcast.net.
New! It’s Back!
Coffee House Night – Open Mic Style! November 15
Mark your
calendars and start practicing! Our third Coffee House Night is scheduled for
Saturday, November 15 from 7:00 to 10:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm). Enjoy a laid back, candlelit Saturday night
enjoying the amazing talent of our friends and families. Everyone is welcome to participate: any age, any talent, member or nonmember, and
of course, audience members. As always,
our Coffee House night also features the talents of our many incredible bakers
at the Bake Sale with Coffee/Beverages.
Got talent? We need you! Be you a Dancer, Actor, Musician, Storyteller, Poet, Magician, or a Group Act, it’s your time to come forward and hear the applause. Contact Margie, margiepromopro1@aol.com, to sign up. Attention Bakers, Tech Help, Set-up Roadie Crew – we need you too! Please contact Katy at katyzwick@gmail.com and put “Coffee House Baker” in the subject line.
Got talent? We need you! Be you a Dancer, Actor, Musician, Storyteller, Poet, Magician, or a Group Act, it’s your time to come forward and hear the applause. Contact Margie, margiepromopro1@aol.com, to sign up. Attention Bakers, Tech Help, Set-up Roadie Crew – we need you too! Please contact Katy at katyzwick@gmail.com and put “Coffee House Baker” in the subject line.
Get your Sunday Schmear at Shir Hadash
What to do
while the kids are in Religious School?
Looking for fun on Sunday mornings?
Hungry while waiting for adult education to start? Come hang out with your fellow Shir
Hadashnicks and have coffee and a bagel 'n schmear. Spend some fun time with your friends, bring
a newspaper, or just have a relaxing morning with a cup of Joe. All coffee and bagels proceeds benefit the
Synagogue. And if you would be
interested in helping assist with the coffee and bagel once a month, please let
us know by emailing nflsunday1966@gmail.com.
Please put “Bagels” in the subject line.
Yoga Classes Forming
Interested
in improving your mind and body through yoga classes at Shir Hadash? Email jolitman@gmail.com if you are
interested in learning more. Please
indicate if you are interested in classes during the day, night or either one.
Meditation Group Forming
Are you
interested in learning about how meditation can add to your life? Do you have experience in meditation that you
would be willing to share? We have
members looking for other members to meditate with and with whom they can
exchange meditation experiences. If you
are interested in learning more about meditation at Shir Hadash, please email
rzinbarg@northwestern.edu.
Looking for Mahjong Players!
Shir Hadash
is starting Mahjong games at the Synagogue.
If you are interested in playing, email programming@shir-hadash.org. Please include information about times when
you are available to play and whether you are a new or experienced player. Also, if anyone has an extra folding card
table they could donate for Mahjong and other games, please send an email.
Creative Worship and Ritual
This Week’s Services
Sukkot Family and Community Service with
Pot Luck Oneg – Friday, October 10, 7:00pm
Join us for
our annual Sukkot service. Our children
will begin the service with the congregation and then join a special children’s
art project led by our new children's service leader, Lauren Shook. The children will create decorations
celebrating the Sukkot themes of summer harvest and fall rains. Following the abbreviated shabbat service, we
will head outside to the sukkah to decorate and enjoy refreshments.
Did you know that there is a Jewish prayer for rain? Well our Shabbat Sukkot service will include that special prayer as well as readings and songs for the harvest festival. At this time of Jewish thanksgiving, we will honor and install our new Board members. We will decorate and dedicate our Shir Hadash sukkah booth and enjoy our oneg treats outside under the stars – unless our prayers are answered and it rains!
Shabbat Morning Service, Saturday, October 11, 9:30am
We will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Maddie Gutterman.
Did you know that there is a Jewish prayer for rain? Well our Shabbat Sukkot service will include that special prayer as well as readings and songs for the harvest festival. At this time of Jewish thanksgiving, we will honor and install our new Board members. We will decorate and dedicate our Shir Hadash sukkah booth and enjoy our oneg treats outside under the stars – unless our prayers are answered and it rains!
Shabbat Morning Service, Saturday, October 11, 9:30am
We will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Maddie Gutterman.
Upcoming Services
Simchat
Torah, Friday, October 17, 7:00pm
Be sure to
join us for this special celebration as we unroll the entire Torah scroll and
begin a new year of study.
The Rabbi’s Corner
October
10-11, 2014 / 17 Tishrei 5775
Shabbat Chol
HaMo’ed Sukkot
Torah
Portion: Exodus 33:12-43:26, Deuteronomy
16:13-17
Haftarah
Portion: Ezekiel 38:18-39:16
“Praying and
Working for a Rainy Year - Sukkot”
Dear
Friends,
Many of the
prayers and rituals that surround Sukkot focus on the prayer for abundant rain
during the coming winter months. According to one Talmudic teaching (Sukkot
37b), we shake the Four Species (Palm, Myrtle, Willows, and Etrog) in all
directions “to prevent harmful winds…and harmful dews.” Another tradition
suggests that we shake the Four Species to indicate that God is everywhere and
to pray that God will provide us with rain, abundance, and blessing in the
coming year. Now is also the time of
year when we make an adjustment in the recitation of the Amidah/Standing
prayer. Throughout the spring and
summer, we have been praying for dew.
With Sukkot and the start of fall and winter, we pray for rain – masheev
haru’ah u’moreed hagashem.
Numerous
Sukkot customs and prayers focus on the critical need for water in Israel and
around the world. Yet, in addition to offering prayers, an innovative Israeli
has created a system designed to conserve valuable water resources.
To read the
rest of The Rabbi’s Corner, please click here.
Education
Religious School
Shir
Hadash’s wonderful religious school is off to a great start for the new year! Click here for detailed school information in Education Director Emily Ascher’s blog.
Havayah!
Our monthly
teen Sunday School class (for those who have completed their Bar or Bat
Mitzvah) had its first meeting of the year last week, sharing a casual lunch
with the Rabbi. Future gatherings at the synagogue will include lots of
discussions about important topics of Jewish life and thought. In addition, there may be some field trips to
places such as a kosher restaurant, a shabbat dinner at one of our homes, and
perhaps an evening at the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema to watch a movie.
It’s not too late to join! Come to our next meeting on October 12, from 12:30
to 2:00pm.
Teen News
New! BBYO
Middle School Get-Together, October 12
Calling all
6th through 8th graders! Come out to play some Ultimate
Frisbee and Kickball and meet some teens from the BBYO High School program.
- When: Sunday, October 12, 1:30 to 3:00pm
- Where: Lake County Campus, 23280 N. Old McHenry Road, Lake Zurich
No
experience necessary! Have some fun, meet some new friends, and find out what’s
it’s like to be part of BBYO. For further information, email Kevin Friduss,
kfriduss@bbyo.org.
BBYO Brotherhood/Sisterhood Convention,
October 24-26
BBYO Great
Midwest Region is introducing Brotherhood/Sisterhood Convention 2014! Students
in grades 9 through 12 can join teens from GMR chapters at Beber Camp in
Mukwonogo, Wisconsin for a weekend of bonding, history, leadership, song
sessions, and campfires. The fee for the weekend is $209. Click here to register online.
Teen Night at Chicago Festival of Israeli
Cinema, November 5
BBYO, in
partnership with several other Jewish youth organizations, will present “Teen
Night” at the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema at Northbrook Court’s AMC
Theater. For just $5, teens can see up
to three outstanding movies by Israeli filmmakers! The first presentation
starts at 4:00pm. Click here for more information and registration.
Save the Date: Mini Golf with Shabak on
November 12
More details
coming soon!
Adult Education
Crash Course in Jewish History – Begins this
Sunday, October 12
Seven
Sundays this fall, 11:15 a.m.-12:25 p.m.
- October 12, 19 & 26
- November 2, 9, and 23
- December 7 & 14
Join Rabbi
Eitan Weiner-Kaplow and Dr. David Liebling for a journey through four thousand
years of Jewish history in our free, eight part lecture series. Crash Course in
Jewish History participants receive a free Companion Guide to Jewish History
and timelines to help them follow the key dates and events that have shaped
both Jewish and world history. This survey course enables participants to
develop an appreciation for the richness of their Jewish heritage throughout
the millennia, and will inspire interest in further exploration of their own
Jewish experience. This program is presented in conjunction with the National
Jewish Outreach Project. Click here to view details.
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Eitan
Weiner-Kaplow – Now on Tuesdays!
Join Shir
Hadash members and friends for a refreshing and contemporary exploration of the
weekly Torah portion. This fall, we have
a new day and location: We now meet at noon on Tuesdays in the conference room.
All are welcome.
Sunday Morning Adult Ed
Our Torah
Study & Jewish Philosophy class, led by Fred Andes, takes place on Sunday
mornings. Meet at the synagogue from 9:45 to 10:45 for coffee and engaging
discussion topics. All are welcome.
Community Events
Parent & Family Connection Presents “Melting
Away,” October 14
Join
Response's Parent & Family Connection and North Shore Congregation Israel
for this moving and award winning film! Melting Away depicts the relationship
between a family and their transgender teen, and deals with topics of identity,
loss, acceptance, and family. The film will be followed by a panel discussion
and refreshments.
- Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Rd, Glencoe, IL 60022
Please Note:
This film includes mature content and is recommended for high schoolers and
older. The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles. For more information about
this and other Response events, contact RachelMarro@jcfs.org or click here to
view the event flyer.
Donations
To the Capital Campaign
- Lise and Sandi Schleicher, in memory of Brett Carson
To the General Fund
- Carol and Arthur Friedman, in memory of Ina Idelman
- Michelle and Alex Golden, on the occasion of their son Scott’s Bar Mitzvah
Ongoing Fundraisers
Help Shir Hadash Earn Free Donations with
iGive
You can help
Shir Hadash every time you shop online – the iGive Button makes it simple!
iGive is a free and easy way to support the shul. Average shoppers using iGive raise between
$30 and $100 a year for their causes. There are 1480 online retailers helping
to make donations happen through iGive.
Click here
to learn more and join iGive. If you have
questions, contact Sandi Schleicher, finance@shir-hadash.org.
Scholarship Fund
We are
grateful to everyone who has contributed to the Samuel I. Andes Scholarship
Fund, a need-based fund for children whose families cannot afford to pay for
their Jewish education at Shir Hadash. Melanie and Fred Andes have created this
fund in memory of Fred’s great-uncle Samuel I. Andes and have graciously
offered to match all donations to the fund up to $11,000.00. Click here to donate online or mail in your check made out to Shir Hadash with
“Scholarship” written in the memo line. Thank you!
Don’t Forget Our Permanent Restaurant
Fundraisers!
The
Continental Restaurant in Buffalo Grove and Butterfield’s Restaurant in
Northbrook will donate 5% of your total bill to Shir Hadash! No flyer needed –
just mention Shir Hadash when you are paying or fill out the Shir Hadash book
behind the desk.
SHOP Shir Hadash
SHOP for the New Year!
SHOP is our
congregation’s ongoing fundraiser – and the easiest way to support the shul
without spending an extra dime! Purchase gift cards through SHOP and the
vendors pay a percentage back to Shir Hadash.
SHOP orders of at
least $400 are now payable by credit card, as well as annual SHOP orders.
Orders can be picked up at the synagogue office.
New!
Starbucks is
available for ReloadNow!
Bonus
Contributions Now Available:
Restaurant.com – 15% til Oct
10
Applebee’s – 2% til Oct 10
Hallmark –2% til Oct 10
Hyatt – 2% til Oct 10
Logan’s Roadhouse – 2% til
Oct 10
Beginning
October 11:
Boscov’s – 2% Oct 11 to Oct
24
LL Bean – 1% Oct 11 to Oct 24
GLSC
20th Anniversary Promotion for October
GLSC, one of our gift card
vendors, is turning 20 and celebrating on the 20th of each month
with promotions, giveaways, and other fun events to show you how much they
appreciate our participation. October 1 through 20, every day a different
retailer will offer a 20% rebate for 20 minutes only. The bonus rebate will
only be available from 1:00 to 1:20 Eastern time, so plan accordingly if you’re
here in Chicago.
Cracker
Barrel Grand Ole Opry Sweepstakes
Starting Saturday October 4,
you could win accommodations and tickets to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville,
Tennessee, courtesy of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. You earn a chance to
win for every family ShopWithScrip order you place before October 10 that
includes at least $25 in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store gift cards or
ScripNow.
Thanks
to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- Andersen
- Faramandpour
- Fargotstein
- G. Graff
- M. Graff
- Mostow
- Singer
- Weiner-Kaplow
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