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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Tonight! Shir Hadash Women’s Group Launches January 7
- Upcoming MOSH Events
- Shir Hadash Cookbook -- Deadline Extended to January 15
- Book Club, January 28
- New! Save the Date Lil Rev Concert Performance, February 20
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Services This Week: Friday, January 8
- Family Shabbat, 5:30pm
- Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker, 7:30pm
- Upcoming: Second Friday Speaker Series Welcomes Ayal Weiner-Kaplow, January 15
The Rabbi’s Corner
Education- "The Name of God -- Revealed"
- Sunday School Resumes on January 10
- Family Shabbat Service Featuring 3rd Grade, Friday, January 8
- Lunch and Learn with the Rabbis, Thursdays
- New Spring Term Board Announcement
- Invite Convention, January 22-24
- 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
Tonight! 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.
Upcoming MOSH (Men Of Shir Hadash) Events
All Men Of
Shir Hadash are welcome! These are the
events for 1st quarter 2016. RSVP
requests will be sent out a week before each event, but you can at least put
these dates on your calendar today!
- January 17, 1:00pm at Pinstripes in Northbrook: We will be playing Bocce Ball and ordering food.
- February 21, 3:00pm: Wolves Hockey Game at Allstate Arena.
- March 5: Poker night at Glenn Graff’s house. Time TBD.
If you have
questions about MOSH, contact Dan Wellisch, danwellisch@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, January 28
Our next meeting will be on January 28 at 7:30pm. Please note our location change: we'll meet at the home of Rebecca Rice, 3641 Bernay Drive in Northbrook, 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.
New! Save the Date for New Coffee House Night - Concert Series,
February 20 – Lil Rev is coming to Shir Hadash!
Thank you all for supporting the Coffee House Night. Your
generous support of the Open Mic Program has inspired us to add a "Concert
Series" featuring a single entertainer or group.
On Saturday, February 20, we are going kick off our
inaugural Coffee House Night - Concert Series with the fabulous, award winning
Jewish entertainer, Lil Rev, a talented multi-instrumentalist and storyteller.
He's put together a special variety show filled with stories and songs for us. Click here for a video
preview of Lil’s amazing performance style. More details will be coming in
future newsletters. As always, this event is offered for a free-will donation.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Shabbat Services, Friday, January 8
- Family Shabbat Featuring 3rd Graders, 5:30pm -- 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.
- Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker, 7:30pm -- “Let Us Light These Lights: Building Trust and Understanding” – This Friday, our Shabbat service explores religious discrimination in America. We welcome guest speaker Father Corey Brost, President of St. Viator High School and Director of the Children of Abraham Coalition, which brings together youth of all religions for encounters that build trust, hope, and understanding. We will gain new insight on how to open our hearts, minds, and lives to the diversity of peoples in our neighborhoods, towns, schools, work, and world. Keeping with the theme of light as a metaphor for bridges between peoples of various faiths, we will also honor the Mided family for their generous donation of the new LED lighting in Shir Hadash’s sanctuary. Join us for an uplifting evening of worship and community.
Upcoming Services:
- Friday, January 15, 7:30pm -- “Second Friday Speaker Series” Welcomes Ayal Weiner-Kaplow Be part of a very special homecoming, as Rabbi Eitan’s son Ayal presents The Nepal 2015 Earthquake: Firsthand Stories of Struggle and Hope. When Ayal set out for Nepal last year to work for an Israeli NGO, the last thing he expected was to be caught in the devastating April 2015 earthquake. Come hear about his dramatic experiences in post-earthquake Nepal as a part of relief efforts, and learn about our own connections as Jews to this tiny Himalayan nation
THE RABBI’S CORNER
January 8-9,
2016 / 28 Tevet 5776
Shabbat
Va’eira
Torah -
Exodus 6:2 - 9:35 Haftarah - Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21
“The Name of God - Revealed”
Dear Friends,
In this week’s Torah portion, the Children of Israel are
breaking under the strain of slavery and Moses is pleading to God for help. God
reassures Moses that God will be with him and the Children of Israel. God will see to it that they are freed. How does God reassure? God reveals the holy name – yod, heh, vav,
heh. Through revealing the Divine Name,
God is making a covenant and a promise to be present and active in the lives of
the Children of Israel.
The grammatical construction of God’s name is curious and
puzzling, and therefore, we do not know how to pronounce God’s name. It seems to be fashioned from three forms of
the Hebrew verb “to be” - from past, present and future tenses. Thus, God’s
very name seems to mean “Eternal One – The God that was, is and will be.” A God whose name means “Eternal One,” must
have come as reassurance to our ancestors who toiled under the persecution of
slavery and poverty. God would be with
them. For us, in our own day, the
message is the same. Through the worst
of times and through the best of times, the God of our ancestors will be with
us – now and always....
To read the rest of The Rabbi's Corner or view past entries of Rabbi Eitan's blog, please visit our website.
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
School Resumes on January 10
Hope you all had a fun break! We'll see all our wonderful scholars and families at 9:00am this Sunday.
Family Shabbat Featuring Kitah Gimmel (3rd Graders), Friday, January 8
See description under Creative Worship and Ritual, above.
Lunch & Learn with the Rabbis -- On Winter Break
Lunch & Learn resumes today, 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
Spring Term Board Announcement
Thank you to the Fall Term Board - you did a great job with
the chapter the last few months. Congratulations to the Ra'am Spring Term Board
:
- N'siah: Natalie McCulloh
- S'ganit: MacKenzie Michaels
- MIT Mom: Shauna Golper
- Sh'licha: Robin Israel
- Mazkirah: Michelle Katz
- Gizborit: Abby Lerman
- Mekasheret: Hannah Allen
Invite Convention, January 22-24
GMR's Invite Convention at the Marriott Lincolnshire is coming up. You can still register by clicking here -- the deadline is January 15. Support our chapter and show your Ra'am spirit! Watch the Ra'am Facebook page for events and prep dates.
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 2016
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.
Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- G. Graff
- Herbin
- Farahmandpour
- Fargotstein
- Fields
- M. Graff
- Singer
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