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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- MOSH Goes to Pinstripes, January 17
- Shir Hadash Cookbook -- Deadline Extended to January 30
- Book Club, January 28
- Save the Date! Lil Rev Concert Performance, February 20
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Services This Week: Friday, January 8
- Second Friday Speaker Series Welcomes Ayal Weiner-Kaplow, January 15 at 7:30pm
- Shabbat Morning Bat Mitzvah Service, January 16 at 9:30am
The Rabbi’s Corner
Education- Sunday School Goes to CJE Senior Life, January 17
- No’ar Hadash Midwest Youth Kallah, February 12-14
- Lunch and Learn with the Rabbis, Thursdays
Ongoing Fundraisers
MOSH Goes to Pinstripes, January 17 -- Families Invited Too!
This Week's Services
Help Shir Hadash Earn Free Donations with iGive
SHOP for 2016
- 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
MOSH Goes to Pinstripes, January 17 -- Families Invited Too!
All Men Of Shir Hadash and their families are welcome for lunch and bocce!
- Pinstripes Bocce and Bowling, 1150 Willow Road, Northbrook
- January 17, 1:00pm
- Bocce is $10/person/hour, but you get the first hour free.
Please RSVP to Dan Wellisch, danwellisch@gmail.com
Shir Hadash Cookbook -- Recipe Deadline Extended to January 30
We are going to publish the first ever Shir Hadash cookbook in 2016, and we still need some more 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 30. 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.
Lil Rev is Coming to Shir Hadash! Save the Date for New Coffee House Night - Concert Series, February 20
Lil Rev is Coming to Shir Hadash! Save the Date for New Coffee House Night - Concert Series, February 20
"Lil Rev is the Jewish Pete Seeger: a voice that just pulls you in, a raconteur, and a folksinger in the classic tradition of songs of justice, dignity and Jewish heritage." -- Rabbi Larry Milder.
On Saturday, February 20 at 7:30pm, Coffee House Night - Concert Series is delighted to announce our inaugural show: the fabulous, award-winning Jewish entertainer, Lil Rev, a talented multi-instrumentalist and storyteller. Lil Rev has put together a special variety show filled with stories and songs for us. Known for his ukulele and harmonica stylings, he’s equally adept at old time banjo, flat- pick guitar and blues mandolin. Click here for a video preview of Lil’s amazing performance style. As always, this event is offered for a free-will donation.
Please save February 20 for an incredible evening of musical entertainment and camaraderie. If you are interested in helping make this evening a success with baking or front of the house, please contact Margie at MargiePromoPro1@aol.com.
On Saturday, February 20 at 7:30pm, Coffee House Night - Concert Series is delighted to announce our inaugural show: the fabulous, award-winning Jewish entertainer, Lil Rev, a talented multi-instrumentalist and storyteller. Lil Rev has put together a special variety show filled with stories and songs for us. Known for his ukulele and harmonica stylings, he’s equally adept at old time banjo, flat- pick guitar and blues mandolin. Click here for a video preview of Lil’s amazing performance style. As always, this event is offered for a free-will donation.
Please save February 20 for an incredible evening of musical entertainment and camaraderie. If you are interested in helping make this evening a success with baking or front of the house, please contact Margie at MargiePromoPro1@aol.com.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
This Week's 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
- Saturday, January 16, 9:30am -- Morning Shabbat and Bat Mitzvah Service -- We will welcome Hannah Heil to the Bima as Bat Mitzvah. All are welcome to participate in the service.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School Goes to CJE Senior Life, January 17
The Torah teaches us in Leviticus 19:32, “You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old; you shall revere your God: I am Adonai.” The word translated as “deference” is hadar,which is connected to the ideas of beauty and appreciation. We learn from this that to honor the “aged” is not simply to be polite when we encounter someone advanced in years, but to be active in showing appreciation and acknowledging the beauty of their souls and the lives they have lived.
It is with this in mind that this week our students will go to the Weinberg Community for Senior Living to spend time with some of its residents. We will meet at the Weinberg Center (1551 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield) and our program will run from 10:00-11:30 a.m. featuring several avenues through which our students can teach, learn, sing and play with some of our revered elders. This is a tremendous opportunity to engage in a powerful mitzvah and we hope that all of our students will take advantage of it.
The Torah teaches us in Leviticus 19:32, “You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old; you shall revere your God: I am Adonai.” The word translated as “deference” is hadar,which is connected to the ideas of beauty and appreciation. We learn from this that to honor the “aged” is not simply to be polite when we encounter someone advanced in years, but to be active in showing appreciation and acknowledging the beauty of their souls and the lives they have lived.
It is with this in mind that this week our students will go to the Weinberg Community for Senior Living to spend time with some of its residents. We will meet at the Weinberg Center (1551 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield) and our program will run from 10:00-11:30 a.m. featuring several avenues through which our students can teach, learn, sing and play with some of our revered elders. This is a tremendous opportunity to engage in a powerful mitzvah and we hope that all of our students will take advantage of it.
No’ar Hadash Midwest Youth Kallah, February 12-14
We are going
“Back Jew the Future” for this year’s Kallah (retreat) at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union
Institute (OSRUI), February 12-14, 2016.
If you have a son or daughter in 6th-12th grade you should have received
an email with all of the info, links, etc.
If you did not, please contact Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org.
Lunch & Learn with the Rabbis
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 at Shir Hadash. Pack a lunch and come in!
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.
Bonus Offers:
Shutterfly -- 2% Bonus Rebate, January 16 - 29
New ScripNow Retailer: Red Door Spa
Bonus Offers:
Shutterfly -- 2% Bonus Rebate, January 16 - 29
New ScripNow Retailer: Red Door Spa
Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- G. Graff
- Herbin
- Farahmandpour
- Fargotstein
- Fields
- M. Graff
- Singer
- Estes-Goldman
- Idleman
- Soglin
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