WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- “Know Your Neighbor’s Religion” Panel Discussions, May 15 and 22 -- Bakers Needed!
- Mother's Day Gifts and Cards in the Shir Hadash Shop
- Book Club, May 16
- New! WISH Bingo Night, May 17
- Update! Drum Circle Added to Rabbi Seeg's Send-off, May 19
- Annual Meeting and Elections, May 21
- Welcome to our Newest Members
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Shabbat Evening Service with SHED Talks, Friday, May 12, 7:30pm
- Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday, May 13, 9:30am
- Oneg Volunteers Needed -- Sign Up Today
The Rabbi’s Corner
Youth Education Announcements- “Welcome and Be Welcomed"
- No Religious School on May 14
- End of Year Celebration, May 21
- "Paths of Righteousness" Class Raises Money to Help the Homeless
Adult Education
- Sunday Morning Adult Classes
- Thursday Lunch 'n Learn
Social Action
- Sock Drive for the Homeless
- Support Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, May 14
Community
- Subscribe to Reconstructionism Today Newsletter
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Shir Hadash Memorial Wall
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGive, and More
- SHOP Shir Hadash
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
"Know Your Neighbor’s Religion” Panel Discussions, May 15 and 22
Bakers Needed!
Bakers Needed!
Join us for a pair of panel discussions about the shared and unique aspects of the different traditions within Judaism and Christianity, presented by the Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council. Speakers will describe each movement’s positions on key issues of faith, practice, and tradition, with time for questions from the audience.
Shir Hadash will host the first panel on Monday, May 15, offering perspectives on Reconstructionist, Reform, and Conservative Judaism. On Monday, May 22, presenters from the Catholic, Methodist, and Lutheran traditions will be on the panel at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 1111 N. Elmhurst Road in Prospect Heights. Both discussions begin at 7:00pm.
We'd like to show our guests some hospitality on May 15 with some homebaked goodies and beverages. If you can participate in baking, please let Suzanne Wexler know at skwexler@yahoo.com. Trays should be dropped off at Shir Hadash by 6:30 on May 15. Thanks!
Book Club, May 16
We'd like to show our guests some hospitality on May 15 with some homebaked goodies and beverages. If you can participate in baking, please let Suzanne Wexler know at skwexler@yahoo.com. Trays should be dropped off at Shir Hadash by 6:30 on May 15. Thanks!
The Book Club will meet next Tuesday, May 16 at the home of Melanie Andes, 945 Creek Bend Drive in Vernon Hills. We are discussing Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt by Robert Gottlieb. This is the biography of the famous Parisian Jewish actress who redefined the theater. Join us for a discussion of this international superstar and indomitable spirit, whether you have read the book or not. Please RSVP to Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
Update! Drum Circle Added to Rabbi Seeg's Send-off, May 19
New! WISH Bingo
Night, May 17
Join the women of WISH for a fun night of Bingo on Wednesday, May 17. We’ll meet at the Club House located at 1610 Newburn Court in Wheeling.
Doors open at 6:00pm. Veggie pizza will be available at 6:30pm ($3.50/slice),
and the games start at 7:00pm. Bingo cards are $2.50 each. BYO your choice of
beverage. Please RSVP to Cindy Grills, 847 409 3707.
Update! Drum Circle Added to Rabbi Seeg's Send-off, May 19
Join the Shir Hadash Community on Friday, May 19 at 7:30pm for a music-filled, family-friendly, and festive Friday night service. We will honor Rabbi Seeg for his contributions to our school, services, and adult education.
Our celebration will include a drum circle. The Shiviti Drum Circle will join us. Bring your own drums or percussion instruments (extra instruments will be available if you don't have any). Don't miss this very special evening!
Our celebration will include a drum circle. The Shiviti Drum Circle will join us. Bring your own drums or percussion instruments (extra instruments will be available if you don't have any). Don't miss this very special evening!
Annual Meeting and Elections, May 21
The Shir Hadash 2017 annual meeting will be held on Sunday, May 21 at 9:15am at the synagogue. (The meeting will be followed by the annual end-of-the-year School Assembly.) You will be asked to vote on nominees for open positions on the Board of Directors, and to approve the Shir Hadash budget for 2017-18.
Visit the Shir Hadash Shop for Mother's Day Gifts
Last chance before Mother's Day! We have new jewelry and other great ways to spoil Mom and support the synagogue at the same time. Contact Julie Wellisch, admin@shir-hadash.org, to shop during the week.
Welcome to our Newest Members
We are excited to welcome Arieh and Danielle Waintraub, and their kids Dylan and Maya, to the Shir Hadash community.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, May 12, 7:30pm
This week, we continue our new Second Fridays program of
SHED Talks – the Shir Hadash version of TED Talks. We begin with a brief Kabbalat Shabbat
service, to welcome the Shabbat with song and story. Then, Shir Hadash members
offer personal reflections on life, living, and Judaism. (And then, of course,
we eat - so please bring something for the oneg.) This week, we have two talks:
1) Mehran Farahmandpour: “How Iran's Islamic Revolution
Shaped Me”
2) Melanie and Scarlett Andes: “From Klezmer to Cuba: How
Learning about My Family’s History has Strengthened my Jewishness and Led Me to
Cuba”
See you Friday night!
Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday, May 13, 9:30am
We welcome Oliver Nye to the bima as Bar Mitzvah. Oliver's mitzvah project, an informal cello concert to raise money for University of Chicago Medicine's Celiac Disease Center, was recently profiled in the Deerfield Review. Mazel tov!
Oneg Volunteers Needed for May and June Services
Please sign up to help as an oneg volunteer for one of our upcoming services. It's easy: just click here to pick a date, bring a challah, and show up! You'll receive a reminder email the week before with more details. For more information, contact Sean Fisher-Rohde at oneg@shir-hadash.org.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
May 12-13,
2017 / 17 Iyar 5776
Shabbat Emor
Torah:
Leviticus 21:1-24:23 / Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31
“Welcome and
Be Welcomed”
Dear
Friends,
What does it
take to be welcomed in the homes of the community? This week’s Torah portion
gives us a glimpse through a presentation of the laws concerning the Feast of
the Harvest – Sukkot. For seven days, we are commanded to dwell within the harvest
booths or sukkot – eating, sleeping, and celebrating in them.
It is said
that the great and learned Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev would welcome all
kinds of people into his sukkah, from the learned to the simple, the wealthy to
the poor. His students asked why he invited the simple and the poor into his
sukkah. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak explained that when he dies and reaches the world
to come, he, too, will want to be welcomed into the heavenly sukkah. Expecting
to be refused entrance to sit amongst the truly righteous ones, Rabbi Levi
Yitzchak will explain that on earth he welcomed everyone to his sukkah. Upon
hearing his case, he is sure to be admitted.
The Jewish
value is clear. What goes around does come around. When we welcome the
community into our lives with love, sincerity, and compassion, we are sure to
be welcomed into the homes of those in our community. This is how we build
trust, warmth, and love. Welcome and be welcomed in return.
Zay a Mensch
- Be a Good Person!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
YOUTH EDUCATION
We look forward to seeing our students back at school to finish the year on May 21.
Celebrate another fabulous year at our religious school, and say a fond farewell to our Director of Lifelong Learning as Rabbi Seeg heads to Colorado. The end-of-school assembly will take place on May 21 at 11:30am-12:30pm, and immediately following the annual meeting.
"Paths of Righteousness" Class Raises Money to Help the Homeless
"Paths of Righteousness" Class Raises Money to Help the Homeless
This year, eight Shir Hadash students have been learning
about Jewish theology as it relates to social action, charitable giving, and
doing good deeds, in our school's “Path of Righteousness” class. In addition to
discussions about Jewish thought, the students participated in a few small
projects while spending some time each class planning a large project to end
the year. The students chose to do a bake sale out in the community followed by
a trip to a store where they could buy items to be given out to homeless
people. Each student baked loads of delicious treats, and then set up a decorated
sales stall at the Palatine Jewel-Osco to sell their goods. With minimal help
the students raised $126.88 in only two and a half hours by selling baked goods,
lemonade and Kool-Aid. The class then took that money over to Target to buy
practical items they thought homeless people would need or like. This week the
class's teacher, Nat Arons, will record a video of the items being handed out
to the homeless.
Kol Hakavod to all these caring and committed students and
their teacher. Special thanks to Charlie for helping the students plan the
project, and Sophie for helping to supervise the trip.
ADULT EDUCATION
Everyone is invited to participate in our adult education classes. Our regular Sunday schedule is:
- Torah and Philosophy, 9:30-10:30am
- Learning the Shir Hadash Prayer Book, 10:30-11:30am
- Modern Hebrew, 11:30am-12:30pm
Thursday Lunch 'n' Learn
Join Rabbi Eitan or Rabbi Seeg for a refreshing and contemporary exploration of the weekly Torah portion. We meet every Thursday at 1:00pm, no RSVP necessary. Don’t be surprised if archaeology, sociology, and contemporary world affairs as well as law, medicine, and business ethics enter the lively conversation as we plumb the deeper meanings of Judaism’s core text. Participants are encouraged to share their views, questions, and opinions.
SOCIAL ACTION
Sock Drive for the Homeless Going on Now
The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council is sponsoring its first "Knock Your Sock Off" sock drive to help the homeless in our communities. Donate new socks for men, women, and children in the collection box in the Shir Hadash lobby. Thank you for your generosity!
Mail carriers across the country will be collecting food donations this weekend as part of the national Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Did you know that food collected in Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Northbrook, Deerfield, and Lincolnshire will go to food pantries supported by the Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council? We hope you'll participate -- thank you for your generous support of our neighbors in need!
COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS
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ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
Shir Hadash Memorial Wall
Shir Hadash is installing a Memorial Wall in the sanctuary, with individual plaques recording the Hebrew and English name of the deceased and the date of birth and passing. Having a Memorial Plaque for a loved one ensures that Yahrzeit will be observed for them in perpetuity by our congregation. On the Yahrzeit, or anniversary of the death, the lights next to the plaques of those whose death occurred on the same Hebrew date will be lit.
The cost for a plaque is $360. Many congregants prepay and reserve plaques.You may register for the plaque(s) through our web site, or request a paper order form by calling the office (847 498 8218),
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. Orders can be picked up in the Shir Hadash office or purchased during Sunday School. For more information, email Michelle at SHOP@shir-hadash.org.
Be sure to stop by the SHOP table when you come to the Annual Meeting on May 21! We have plenty of cards in stock, and Shir Hadash gets a percentage of every purchase. If you are looking for particular brands of cards, please email Michelle at SHOP@shir-hadash.org.
Thank you to the following for supporting Shir Hadash with your SHOP purchases last week --
Fargotstein
Farahmandpour
M. Graff
G. Graff
M. Singer
Fields
Sulpar
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