WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Mac & Cheese Drive for Food Pantry Ends March 20
- Today! WISH Baking Party, March 17
- Next Week! Book Club, March 24
- New! WISH Girls Night Out, April 10
- Save the Date! Community Seder, April 23
- Shir Hadash Gift Shop
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, March 18, 7:30pm
- Shabbat Morning Service and Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, March 19, 9:30am
The Rabbi’s Corner
Volunteer Recognition - "Searchers"
- Honoring our Mitzvahs for March
- Sunday School March 20
- Purim Carnival, March 20
- Social Action Class Helps Children Living in Group Homes
- Upcoming Service Dates -- Grades 5, and 6
- Lunch and Learn with the Rabbis, Thursdays
Teen News
- Purim Carnival, March 20
- Fundraiser at Panera, April 4
Jewish Community News
SHOP Shir Hadash- Reconstructionism Today Newsletter
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Mac & Cheese Drive for Food Pantry
When you come to Shir Hadash for a service, school, or a meeting, bring boxes of mac & cheese to donate to a food pantry. Shake them as a grogger, or just drop them in the donation box. We will collect through March 20.
WISH Baking Party, March 17
Purim is just around the corner and you know what that means....Hamenstashen! Join WISH on Thursday, Match 17 either from 11-3pm or 6-9pm for our baking party in the Shir Hadash kitchen! Bring a cookie sheet, your favorite dough and fillings. We recommend making the dough in advance because most recipes call for refrigeration before baking the cookies. We plan on selling our wonderful creations at the Carnival Bake Sale on March 20 for the school. For more information, contact Julie Wellisch, juliewellisch@gmail.com.
Next Week! Book Club, March 24
Purim is just around the corner and you know what that means....Hamenstashen! Join WISH on Thursday, Match 17 either from 11-3pm or 6-9pm for our baking party in the Shir Hadash kitchen! Bring a cookie sheet, your favorite dough and fillings. We recommend making the dough in advance because most recipes call for refrigeration before baking the cookies. We plan on selling our wonderful creations at the Carnival Bake Sale on March 20 for the school. For more information, contact Julie Wellisch, juliewellisch@gmail.com.
Mark your calendar for our next meeting: March 24, 7:30pm, at the home of Melanie Andes, 945 Creek Bend Drive in Vernon Hills. We will discuss The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman, a historical fiction about the mother of the painter Camille Pissarro, set on the tropic island of St. Thomas. RSVP to Meryl at abenkras@aol.com. As always, please bring a nosh to share.
Shir Hadash Gift Shop
New! WISH Girls Night Out, April 10
Opa! It's time for a Girls Night
Out! That means dinner and a chick flick with no men, no kids.
Please join Women In Shir Hadash
(WISH) for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
at the AMC Theater in Northbrook Court on Sunday, April 10. This is a special
program for all the adult women of Shir Hadash. The evening begins at 5:30pm with
dinner at Stir Crazy in Northbrook Court. . Then we head over to the movie theater for the
7:45 pm showing of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2." Participants will be responsible for the cost of their own meals and tickets.
Please RSVP to Andrea Idelman at
Andrea0822@yahoo.com or Marilyn Idelman Soglin at soglinm@gmail.com by Friday,
April 8, so we can let the restaurant know how many to expect. Feel free to join us for the movie even if
you can't join us for dinner; let us know that as well. WISH you will join us!
Save the Date! Community Seder, April 23
Mark your calendar for the annual Shir Hadash Community Seder on April 23 at 6:00pm. Watch for details coming soon in the newsletter and on the website. Questions? Contact Melanie at fmandes@comcast.net.
Save the Date! Community Seder, April 23
Mark your calendar for the annual Shir Hadash Community Seder on April 23 at 6:00pm. Watch for details coming soon in the newsletter and on the website. Questions? Contact Melanie at fmandes@comcast.net.
Shir Hadash Gift Shop
Everyone is welcome to stop by any Sunday we have school and shop. Check out our Passover and Bar/Bat Mitzvah items! Need or want to see something specific sold at the Shir Hadash gift shop? Let us know at giftshop@Shir-Hadash.org. This includes special order talit, kepot, menorahs and more! We are also looking for volunteers to sign up for a short time slots to help sell our wonderful items. It's easy and a great way to schmooze! Click here to see time slots that need to be filled.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, March 18, 7:30pm: If you could pass along just one nugget of Jewish wisdom,
what would it be? That’s the subject of this week’s Shabbat Evening service. We
would like you to read a recent Moment magazine article (available
here), to see some ideas of wisdom proposed by current Jewish writers and
thinkers - and then you can come up with your own to share!
- Shabbat Morning Service and Bat Mitzvah, Saturday, March 19, 9:30am: We are pleased to welcome Jayme Pomper to the bima as Bat Mitzvah. All are welcome to participate in the service.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
March 18-19, 2016 / 9 Adar II 5776
Shabbat Vayikra/Zachor
Torah: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26
Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17 - 25:19 | Shabbat Zachor
Haftarah: I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34 | Shabbat Zachor
“Searchers”
Dear Friends,
What does it mean to serve
God? The Book of Leviticus, which begins
this week, focuses on this very question.
It answers this question in a number of ways. Parts of the book talk about offering
sacrifices. Other parts speak about
acting with holiness and righteousness.
Still other sections teach us to eat certain foods and not others.
We often are uncomfortable
talking about God. Some of us are unsure
of what we believe. Others are concerned
that a conversation about God will offend others. The truth is that we are all on a journey of
experience and discovery. That is the
nature of life – growing and learning.
As we grow and learn, our understanding of what God or godliness means
in our lives changes and develops. So,
by talking about God and even by asking lots of questions, we share our lives
with others and they share theirs with us.
We learn. We are inspired. We search.
So, what does it mean to serve
God? What does it mean to encounter the unknowable source of life, the creative
power of the universe? What does it mean
to express our awareness and our gratitude?
What does it mean to see God in others and in ourselves. What does it mean to live our lives with
holiness and righteousness? As we start
the Book of Leviticus, I urge you all to think about it and talk about it. Offer your truths. Hear others’ truths. Offer you questions and hear others’. We are all searchers.
Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
Honoring our Mitzvahs for March
The Shir
Hadash Board has decided to start a monthly acknowledgement of volunteers whose hard work make our community better! For the month of March 2016, we
honor the following:
- For start-up of the Shir Hadash Gift Shop – Allison Galvin, Phyllis Varon and Lise Schleicher
- For getting our fantastic new Women In Shir Hadash (“WISH”) group started - Julie Wellisch
- For picking up mahjong tables for our upcoming mahjong events - Mickey Herbin
- For spearheading our Family Shabbat initiatives – Alan Bernover
- For hard work in preparing the budget – the Financing Committee – Mehran Farahmandpour, Brad Steinback, Marilynn Singer, Ralph Nach, and Jeri Ettleson
- For chairing the School Advisory Committee – Lisa Burton Radzely
- For supporting the Sunday morning Coffee and Bagel Bar – The Pomper Family and the Guth Family
Kol Hakavod!
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, March 20
We're looking forward to seeing all our families ready to go at 9:00am.
Purim Carnival, March 20
The Purim Carnival is coming on March 20! We will begin with a shpiel at 11:00am. The carnival itself will open at 11:30 and run until 1:00. There will be games, prizes and food! We will still have school programming before the shpiel begins, so come for the learning and stay for the fun!
We also will need volunteers to help with set up, running games and food, and take down. Click here to view our Sign Up Genius, and help us make the carnival great!
Sunday School's Social Action
Class Helps Children Living in Group Homes
This past Sunday, the social action class created birthday cards and
Passover cards for children who live in group homes. Below shows what kindergarten through second
grade did to celebrate a particular child's upcoming birthday. Can you imagine what it'd be like to get very
little birthday recognition other than this?
Ann McAveeney, the founder of Fill A Heart 4 Kids, talked to the
students what it's like to live without a family and the things these children
go without. Shir Hadash looks forward to
helping Fill A Heart 4 Kids more in the future!- Kitah Heh (5th grade): Friday, April 1 -- Regular Service at 7:30pm.
- Kitah Vav (6th grade): Friday, May 6 -- Regular Service at 7:30pm
Lunch & Learn with the Rabbis
All are welcome to join our rabbis 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!
TEEN NEWS
Ra'am BBYO is holding a cake walk at Shir Hadash’s Purim carnival. Bring some money for your chance to win a whole cake! We will also be selling pizza by the slice - so come hungry.
Ra'am Fundraiser at Deerfield Panera, April 4
Here's a delicious way to help Ra'am BBYO -- stop by the Deerfield Panera restaurant anytime on Monday, April 4 and Ra'am will receive a portion of the proceeds! You must print and bring in this flyer to participate. Panera is located at 190 N. Waukegan Road in Deerfield.
Here's a delicious way to help Ra'am BBYO -- stop by the Deerfield Panera restaurant anytime on Monday, April 4 and Ra'am will receive a portion of the proceeds! You must print and bring in this flyer to participate. Panera is located at 190 N. Waukegan Road in Deerfield.
JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS
Reconstructionist Movement Newsletter for March
As a member of the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, we are happy to be able to share the Reconstructionism Today newsletter. Expect interesting articles, heartwarming stories, and important announcements about the Reconstructionist Movement. Click here to enjoy this month’s newsletter.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
Fundraiser Information Now Available on Shul Cloud
You can help Shir Hadash at no extra cost to you by taking advantage of a variety of ongoing
fundraisers, including iGive, Amazon Smile, and more. For complete details, click here.
SHOP SHIR HADASH
SHOP for Spring!
SHOP is 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.
Click here for information about this week's special bonus offers!
Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- Herbin
- Sulpar
- Estes-Goldman
- Weiss
- Friedman
- Singer
- Rothblatt
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