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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Dinner-and-a-Movie Night, December 25
- Shir Hadash Women’s Group Launches January 7
- Shir Hadash Cookbook -- Deadline Extended to January 15
- Book Club
Creative Worship and Ritual
- No Shabbat Services this Week
The Rabbi’s Corner
- Sunday School Winter Break, December 27 and January 3
- Family Shabbat Service Featuring 3rd Grade, Friday, January 8
- Lunch and Learn with the Rabbis, Thursdays
- Invite Convention, January 22-24
- Declaration Packet for 2016 Ra'am Spring Board
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Help Shir Hadash Earn Free Donations with iGive
- Fundraising Opportunity with Amazon Smile
- Samuel I. Andes Scholarship Fund
- Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers: The Continental and Butterfield’s
SHOP Shir Hadash
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
What's a Jew to do on December 25? Come to Shir Hadash for dinner -- Chinese food! -- and watch Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! Dinner is being catered by Szechwan Kingdom in Northbrook and will be at 5:00pm, with the movie following dinner. We will also have a potluck dessert after the movie.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone who signed up! Our dinner registration has closed, but if you missed the deadline please feel free to join us after dinner for the movie. Donations will be appreciated at the door. Questions? Please contact Melanie Andes at fmandes@comcast.net or 847 498 8218.
Shir Hadash Women’s Group Launches January 7
We are excited to announce the formation of "Women of Shir Hadash" (official group name in the works) which will have its first informal get-together in January. At this event, we will discuss our interests and focus on what this new group could be. It is not a committee! The groups can be social, spiritual, philanthropic – whatever its members would like to pursue.
The inaugural event will be held on Thursday, January 7 at 7:30pm at the home of Julie Wellisch, 14 Whitehall Court in Buffalo Grove. Refreshments will be served. We are looking forward to a fun and engaging evening with input from any adult women who would like to participate. For more information, contact Julie at juliewellisch@gmail.com.
Shir Hadash Cookbook -- Recipe Deadline Extended to January 15
We are going to publish the first ever Shir Hadash cookbook in Spring 2016, and we need your recipes! We want our cookbook to reflect our diverse membership, so please submit your family favorites, Sephardic specialties, gluten-free recipes, etc.
The cookbook will be professionally published and contain special pages of interest, a table of contents, an index, helpful cooking hints, and recipe category dividers. Please submit three to five of your favorite recipes. We will strive to include at least one of your recipes. We've extended our deadline to January 15. Visit our website for details and submission forms.
Book Club
Our next meeting will be on January 28 at 7:30pm. We'll meet at the home of Melanie Andes, 945 Creek Bend in Vernon Hills, to discuss A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir by Lev Golinkin. This book is the memoir of a 10 year old boy on his journey from the Ukraine to America in 1990, at the height of Soviet Anti-Semitism. For more information, contact Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
No Shabbat Services this Week
THE RABBI’S CORNER
The Rabbi's Corner is taking a break this week. To enjoy past entries of Rabbi Eitan's blog, please visit the archives on our website.
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Winter Break, December 27 and January 3
Enjoy a relaxing time with your family and come back ready to learn on January 10!
Family Shabbat Featuring Kitah Gimmel (3rd Graders), Friday, January 8
Join Rabbi Eitan, Rabbi Seeg, and our 3rd grade class for an upbeat and engaging family service. Dubbed “Nachos and Naches” (a Yiddish word meaning “pride” or “joy”), this is another wonderful opportunity for families to come together for an evening of song, prayer, story, and tasty eats. We begin at 5:30 with refreshments, followed by our service. These services are geared to families with kids in 3rd grade and below but are open to all. We also have a regular service beginning at 7:30 that evening.
Lunch & Learn with the Rabbis -- On Winter Break
Lunch & Learn will resume on Thursday, January 7. All are welcome to join Rabbis Eitan Weiner-Kaplow and Scott Segal for a contemporary exploration of the weekly Torah portion. We meet on Thursdays from noon to 1:00pm. Pack a lunch and come in!
TEEN NEWS
Teen Registration is open now -- we encourage our chapter to register and show our Ra'am spirit! Invite Convention is January 22-24 at the Lincolnshire Marriott. Early registration ends December 27 -- after that the fee goes up, so sign up now by clicking here! Contact gmr@bbyo.org for more information or scholarship applications, and watch the calendar for Ra'am Invite planning events.
The Declaration Packet for our Spring Term Board is now available (click here). We highly encourage every chapter member to run for the Board!
- Declaration Packets are due to Natalie (natbelle13@att.net), Carole (carolemostow@gmail.com), and Marc (markfargo@att.net) by Monday, December 28 at 11:59pm. If you are running for N'siah or Godol, please do not send it to Natalie; send it only to the advisors.
- Elections will be Monday, January 4, at 7:00pm at Shir Hadash.
- If you have any questions about positions or the process of declaring and running, do not hesitate to reach out to Natalie for more info.
DONATIONS
To the Camp Scholarship Fund
- Tiffany and Darren Green.
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.
Amazon Smile Fundraising Option
Shir Hadash is now registered with the Amazon Smile fundraising program. Just go to smile.amazon.com, search for Shir Hadash (be sure to select the one in Wheeling), and from then on 0.5% of your purchases will automatically be donated to Shir Hadash at no cost to you! Remember, if you go to Amazon through iGive.com or the iGive button, SH will get money from both Amazon and iGive. And to triple-dip, just pay for your purchases with a SHOP Amazon gift card! Happy Shopping!
Scholarship Fund
To help families in financial need pay for their children’s Jewish education at Shir Hadash, Melanie and Fred Andes created the Samuel I. Andes Scholarship Fund in memory of Fred’s great-uncle. Click here to donate online or mail in your check made out to Shir Hadash with “Scholarship” written in the memo line.
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 Hanukkah!
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.
So many bonuses! December is a great month to stock up on cards and give Shir Hadash a fundraising boost.
So many bonuses! December is a great month to stock up on cards and give Shir Hadash a fundraising boost.
Bonuses Available Now
- AMC Theaters -- Get an extra 5% (a total of 13%)-- when you load up your AMC gift cards now through December 25! Buy them for yourself, your mentor, or your father, and use them to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens at an AMC not far, far away.
- Athleta -- 6% ScripNow bonus til December 25
- Banana Republic -- 6% ScripNow bonus til December 25
- BonTon -- 2% ScripNow bonus til December 25
- Gap -- 6% ScripNow bonus til December 25
- Old Navy -- 6% ScripNow bonus til December 25
- CVS -- 2% on ScripNow and Reload Now til December 25
- Dominos -- 2% til December 25
- Albertson's -- 2% on Reload Now -- til December 25
- Bath & Body Works -- 5% on ScripNow -- til January 1
- Supervalu -- 2% on Reload Now -- til December 25
- Subway -- 3% Reload Now bonus til December 25
Shop with Scrip, one of our vendors, is closed December 24 - January 1. During closed business days ScripNow® and ReloadNow® will process like normal. Reload orders will not process December 25 or January 1. If you have any questions about your holiday orders, please call their helpful Customer Support Team at 1.800.727.4715 option 3.
Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- Sulpar
- G. Graff
- Herbin
- Soglin
- Lewin
- Idelman
- Sultan
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