WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
"Let's Make Our Building a Home"
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Sign Up Now for Trivia Night, February 25
- Book Club
- Follow Rabbi Eitan and 8th Graders on their Ta'am Yisrael Adventure
- New! Rock 'n Roll Purim for Adults, March 11
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, February 17, 7:30pm
- Oneg Leaders Needed
The Rabbi’s Corner
Youth Education Announcements- Link to Rabbi's Corner Archives
- No Religious School on February 19
- Kallah is this Weekend! February 17-19
- Pitch in for Purim!
Youth Activities
- Kallah Retreat for Grades 6-12, February 17-19
- Sunday Speaker Series Welcomes Rick Rosenfeld, February 26
- Sunday Morning Adult Ed Classes
- Monday Evening Adult Ed Classes
Social Action
Community Events
- Help Shir Hadash Feed the Needy, February 19
- Denial Film Screening, February 19
- Dessert Reception for JUF Annual Campaign Fund, March 5
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGift, and More
SHOP Shir Hadash
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Sign Up Now for Trivia Night, February 25Limited spaces still available! Trivia Night is coming to Shir Hadash next Saturday, February 25. This multi-round general trivia night will be fun for high schoolers and beyond. All proceeds will go to support the Samuel I. Andes Scholarship Fund and our religious school. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top teams. There will also be raffle prizes galore, pizza sales, and free babysitting! Click here for registration and further info.
The next book will The Seven Good Years, a memoir by Etgar Keret. This promises to be a uplifting, life-affirming, and humorous. The next Book Club will meet in March - details as to date and location TBA. For questions, contact Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
Follow Rabbi Eitan and our Eighth Grade Students on their Ta'am Yisrael Adventure!
Seven of our eighth grade students are participating in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Israel with Rabbi Eitan. Get a sneak peak at all the fun they are having as it unfolds! Check out the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taamyisrael
- Twitter: @taamyisrael
- Google Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/jrH8JXVK2bkpwy7t8
Rock and Roll Adult Purim,
Saturday, March 11
Join us as the story of the Jewish festival of Purim is told through
adapted lyrics of well-known rock and roll songs on Saturday evening, March
11. The event begins at 7:30pm and is
open to the public.
The Purim holiday celebrates the rescue of the Jews of Persia from the
plot of the evil Haman to exterminate them all. The celebration is usually
filled with laughter and joking. This will be an adult-only evening as the
celebration of Purim can get quite bawdy and racy with innuendo and
double-entendre. It’s part of the
spring-fever nature of the holiday, similar to Mardi Gras.
Shir Hadash member David Liebling wrote the parody words to the rock
and roll songs and will perform them with Scarlett Andes, accompanied by back-up
singers and Shir Hadash music director Marek Rachelski on piano. More detailed
info will be coming soon!
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Shabbat Evening Service -- Friday, February 17, 7:30pm: This Friday night, we celebrate a holiday, and we celebrate protecting the environment - both at the same time! We just had the holiday of Tu B'shvat - the New Year of the Trees. It's the perfect time to talk about the environment, and there are basic principles of Judaism, drawn directly from the Torah and the Talmud, that teach us how important it is to preserve nature for future generations. During the service, we will talk about those ideas, and we'll discuss what specific actions we can all take to act in a Jewish AND environmentally conscious way in our daily lives. If you'd like to learn more, you may want to check out the web site for the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. See you on Friday night - and don't forget to bring something for the oneg!
Oneg Volunteers Needed
We need oneg leaders for this week and future services.What does it take to volunteer for an oneg and what dates do we need? It’s simple: visit www.shir-hadash.org and sign into the member’s area of ShulCloud (or just follow this link). Choose a date, bring a challah, and show up. You’ll get a reminder that week, and an email with all the details. Feel free to sign up for any that fit in your schedule. Thank you for participating!
THE RABBI’S CORNER
Rabbi Eitan is currently traveling with the 8th Grade Ta'am Israel trip. To enjoy past entries of the Rabbi's Corner, please visit our website.
YOUTH EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
School is off this week while many of our older students and Madrichim participate in Kallah (see below). We look forward to seeing our students and families return next Sunday.
Kallah is this Weekend! February 17-19
6th through 12 graders, get ready for a great Kallah retreat! We will leave by bus on Friday, February 17 around 4:00pm and return on Sunday, February 19 around 1:00pm. The retreat takes place at OSRUI in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and includes Reconstructionist youth from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
This is a great chance to get to know other Shir Hadash students as well as peers from around the region. All of the programming is created and implemented by a committee of student leaders including a number of our Shir Hadash madrichim. Click here for the registration form.
Pitch in for Purim!
It’s almost time for Purim, and we are getting ever closer to the annual Shir Hadash Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 12! We have a number of easy ways that you can help us make it the best carnival ever:
- There are a handful of items that we are asking people to donate – things that will help us decorate, create additional games, and provide the carnival atmosphere that we all love. Click here to see our wish list. No donation is too small (or too big!), so please help out any way you can.
- We are also accepting donations of excess “swag” – leftover toys, games, bar/bat mitzvah goodies, party favors – items that could be prizes for our carnival games.
- Lastly, we are collecting items for a silent auction. If you have a skill or item to donate, or know another individual/organization/business that might want to donate, please contact Rabbi Seeg or Lisa Burton Radzely (shirhadashsac@gmail.com) as soon as possible.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
We're getting ready for Kallah, an outstanding chance to join with other Reconstructionist youth from around the Midwest! Scroll up to our "Youth Education" section for details, and contact Rabbi Seeg with any questions.
ADULT EDUCATION
Sunday Speaker Series Welcomes Rick Rosenfeld, February 26
Join us on Sunday, February 26 from 11:00am -12:30pm to hear from Rick Rosenfeld, Shir Hadash member and Executive Director of Hands of Peace. Hands of Peace is an interfaith organization that empowers young people to raise their voices as leaders of change. Rick will share the important work he and Hands of Peace are engaged in, as well as what we can do to promote peace, understanding, and dialogue within our own community. . Through the power of dialogue, Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans partner to pursue peace, equality, freedom, and justice. Bagels and coffee will be available. No RSVP is necessary.Sunday Morning Adult Ed Classes
Check out these engaging Adult Ed opportunities that meet during our Religious School hours. All are welcome.
- Torah and Philosophy, 9:30-10:30am
- Learning the Shir Hadash Prayer Book, 10:30-11:30am -- We will be studying the Amidah, or Standing Prayer, including its meanings, origins, and significance in modern Jewish life.
- Modern Hebrew, 11:30am-12:30pm
Monday Evening Adult Ed Discussion, February 20
Our Monday “Soup and Study” series continues with a new class. All sessions start with soup at 6:30pm and continue with the learning component at 7:00pm. Please RSVP to Rabbi Seeg (learning@shir-hadash.org) only if you will be coming for soup. Otherwise, no RSVP necessary.
- February 20: The Ethics of Euthanasia -- With the emergence of the “right to die” movement and the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in several states, the question of choosing death remains at the forefront of many ethical and political conversations. This class will explore what Judaism says about these questions as well as refusing treatment and “pulling the plug.”
SOCIAL ACTION
On Sunday, February 19, Shir Hadash will be serving over 90 meals for needy individuals in our community. In order to provide the food and support for this meaningful project, we are looking for five or six families (18-20 people total) who are able to prepare, cook, and serve at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church soup kitchen in Evanston. This event will require volunteers to be available from 2:00 to 4:00pm on February 19. Each family will be responsible for bringing a precooked meat or pasta entrée, one large bag of frozen mixed vegetables, and a dessert to feed approximately 10-12 people. If you are interested in helping, please contact Mark Lenhart at mjlenhart@comcast.net.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Denial Film Screening, February 19
Congregation Beth Judea will host a free screening of the 2016 film Denial, based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt. (Click here to view a trailer for the film.) Dr. Lipstadt will be the guest speaker at the JUF Dessert Reception on March 5, described below. The film screening, free of charge and open to the public, will take place at Beth Judea, at the intersection of Hilltop and Route 83 in Long Grove. Please RSVP to lneiman@bethjudea.org.
Dessert Reception for JUF Annual Campaign Fund, March 5
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 an Early 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. Orders can be picked up in the Shir Hadash office or purchased during Sunday School.
Thank you for supporting Shir Hadash with your SHOP purchases this week!
To view past editions of the Newsletter, please visit our website.
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