WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Shir Hadash Schedule Notes During Passover
- Friday, April 19: Erev Pesach--Enjoy your home seders! The Synagogue Office will be closed.
- Saturday, April 20: Second Night Community Seder, 6-9 pm. Final Registrations due today, Thursday April 18!
- Sunday, April 21: Second Day of Passover--No Religious School or Adult Education Classes
- Friday, April 26: 10:00 am Last Day of Pesach Services with Community Yiskor Memorial Service.Synagogue Office closed.
- Sunday April 28: Religious School Yom HaSho'ah Service at 11:45 am
- No Shabbat Evening Service on April 19 (1st Night of Passover)
- Saturday! Community Seder, April 20, 6:00pm
- Registration closes April 18
- Sponsor an Oneg
- No Religious School on April 21
- Adult Education Programs
- Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays
- Spread the Word! School Open House, May 5
- Volunteers Needed for Voluntary Contribution Task Force
- Sponsor a Bimah Art Panel
- Coffee House Night Concert Series Presents Scarlett Andes, May 4, 7:30pm
- Annual Meeting May 19, 9:15am
- Notes from Nancy
- Play Bingo with Seniors, April 28
- Tzedakah for the Muslim Community and New Zealand
- Sock Drive Continues
Israel Awareness
- Israeli Film Series
- Did You Know? Facts About Israel - Land Edition
Jewish Community Events
- Northwest Synagogues Yom HaShoah Service, May 1
- New! Networking for Success: The Jewish Connection, May 7
- Jewish National Fund Yom Ha'atzmaut Community Celebration, May 9
- JUF Dinner Honoring Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, May 29
- New! JCC/JUF Presents "Chicago Loves Israel" Celebration, June 2
- SHOP Shir Hadash
- Simcha Tree Leaves
- Don’t Forget Our Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers!
- Shir Hadash Memorial Wall
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGive, and More
No Shabbat Evening Service at SH on April 19: Friday is the first night of Passover, so we hope you enjoy celebrating Shabbat as part of your seder with family and friends. We look forward to seeing you at our Community Second-Night Seder (see below) on Saturday!
Saturday! Community Seder, April 20, 6:00 - 9:00 pm - Join us for a Second Night Community Seder led by Rabbi Eitan, where Passover is honored and reconstructed for the 21st Century. A service that is familiar but lively and involving. The Seder is followed by a pot luck meal. Registration closes today, April 18. Click here for information on what to bring and to register.
Sponsor an Oneg! Having a birthday, anniversary or remembrance? You can sponsor an oneg to celebrate. A dessert oneg is $136 and everybody appreciates and enjoys your hospitality. The donation covers all food, including a special celebration cake. Please contact Nancy Kekst at the synagogue office to make arrangements.
April 19-20, 2019 / 15 Nisan 5779 / Shabbat Pesach Day 1
“Let All Who Are Hungry Come And Eat”
Dear Friends,
Early in the Passover seder, we are told to break the middle matzah and recite, “This is the bread of poverty, which our ancestors ate in the Land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat…” While this presents an opportunity to invite guests to our seder table, it is a call to reach out to all who are hungry. It is our Jewish way of reminding ourselves of the importance of providing food to the needy.
The 5th century Jewish text, Avot d’Rabbi Natan, offers this teaching about the attitude with which we must help those in need: “If one gives to another all the good gifts of the world, but shows a sour face, in the eyes of Torah, it is as if nothing had been given. However, if one welcomes a person in need cheerfully and kindly, then the Torah regards it as if all the good gifts in the world had been given.”
This year, as we enjoy our Passover feast, please remember those in need. Make donations to your local food pantries and soup kitchens. Let all who are hungry come and eat.
I wish you and your families a healthy, happy, and joyous Passover!
Chag Same’ach and Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
To read past entries of view Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow's blog, please visit our website.
No Religious School on April 21 -- In observance of Passover, our education programs will not be held on Sunday, April 21. We are looking forward to seeing all our students and families at Shir Hadash on April 28.
Adult Education Programs -- All three Sunday morning adult ed classes will be off on April 21 in observance of Passover. To see the regular class times for future weeks, visit the Shir Hadash calendar.
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan -- Each Thursday, join the Rabbi and Shir Hadash members and friends for an exploration of the weekly Torah portion from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
Spread the Word and Get $25 Gift Card! School Open House, May 5 -- We need your help! Please get the word out about our upcoming Religious School Open House Tell your friends, neighbors and long lost relatives about their chance to come in, meet Rabbi Eitan and Rabbi Marcey and have their child spend the morning in an actual class. Members who refer a family will receive a $25 Starbucks, Lettuce Entertain You or other gift card for each new family that attends the Open House! Interested member families can share the School Open House page at https://www.shir-hadash.org/openhouse.
Volunteers Needed for Task Force on Voluntary Commitment to Replace Traditional Dues -- Volunteers are needed to develop policies and implement the process. Want to learn more about it? Click here to watch the recording of our Town Hall Meeting. For more information or to join the discussion, please contact the Membership Committee, committee.membership@shir-hadash.org.
Dedication of Twelve Tribes Bimah Panels -- On April 5, we dedicated our Twelve Tribes Bimah Artwork Panels during our “Pausing in the Wilderness” service. Celebrating our fifth anniversary in our building, the art panels are a combined creation of artists Maureen Fisher Schweit and Abe Schor, who worked together on concept, design and colors.
You are invited to participate in this fundraising historic project by dedicating all or part of a panel. Three panels have been dedicated and three more are under consideration--Each panel dedication is $1,800; panels may be dedicated by more than one person and families may pool resources to dedicate one panel (e.g, $180 each by 10 people). Donors will be acknowledged on our new donor wall next to the Simcha Tree. To learn more about the Bimah Panels, click here. For questions, panel reservation, choice and payment options, contact Executive Director Nancy Kleine Kekst at (216) 789-2452 (mobile) or email execdir@shir-hadash.org.
Coffee House Night - Concert Series Presents Scarlett Andes, May 4, 7:30pm -- We are thrilled to present one of our own, Scarlett Andes, accompanied by pianist Gail Mangurten of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. Her 90-minute Solo Concert will span centuries of repertoire drawn from genres including Musical Theatre, Yiddish Theatre, Opera, and Contemporary Music. Reservations are now open; space will fill up quickly, so click here now to save your spot. A free will donation is welcomed.
If you'd like to be help out on the day of the event, or to contribute a baked good or item for our Treat Table, please contact Margie at MargiePromoPro1@aol.com and indicate your interest in joining the Coffee House Night Team. Thank you in advance for volunteering!
Annual Meeting May 19 -- The Shir Hadash 2019 annual meeting will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at 9:15 a.m., at the synagogue. At the meeting, we will share important information, vote on nominees for open positions on the Board of Directors, and approve the Shir Hadash budget for 2019-2020.
Tee Shirts and Hats Still Available: If you missed our most recent Shabbat SHED talk, we have a limited quantity of Welli’s Warriors T-shirts and Felicia’s Fighters hats still available. All T-shirts are size large. The T-shirt and hat together as a set is $10. Please purchase directly from Nancy Kleine Kekst. Cash is preferred. There are about a dozen sets left to purchase, so get them while they’re hot!
Notes from Nancy
We have a box of Passover Haggadahs, with drawings by Leonard Baskin, which was donated to the synagogue. If you need some for your home service, contact the office.
ISRAEL AWARENESS
Israeli Film Series at Shir Hadash: Our next Israeli film showing will be after Yom Kippur in the fall. If you have any suggestions, please contact Burton Kopulsky, bkopulsk@chicagobooth.edu.
Did You Know? Facts About Israel - Sports Edition
- Soccer and basketball are the two most popular sports in Israel. Other popular sports include tennis, swimming, and martial arts.
- Israel sent a team to the first Paralympics Games in 1960 in Rome and hosted the games in 1968.
- Israel has competed in the Olympics since 1952 winning a total of nine medals
Play Bingo with Seniors, April 28 -- Shir Hadash will join Gidwitz Place assisted living residents to play bingo on Sunday, April 28, 1:00-2:00pm. Ages 5+ welcome. Limited to the first 15 individuals who sign up here. Gidwitz Place is a part of the Weinberg Community for Senior Living- CJE Senior Life. It is located at 1551 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield. Contact our Social Action Chair, Lisa Burton Radzely, at socialactionsh@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Support for the Muslim Community and New Zealand -- We stand with the Muslim community, New Zealand, and the world that we will not tolerate hatred and violence against any religion or any group. Tzedakah will support the JUF New Zealand Islamaphobe Attack Relief Fund through the end of May. Cash and check donations can be placed in the tzedakah box near the prayer books or given to the office. Checks should be made to Jewish United Fund. 100% of donations will go toward the relief fund, for JUF is absorbing all administrative costs.
JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS
Northwest Synagogues Yom HaShoah Service, May 1, 7:00 p.m. -- Shir Hadash will participate in a commemoration service at Congregation Beth Judea, Route 83 and Hilltop Rd. in Long Grove. Magda Brown, a Holocaust survivor who has made it her mission to share her story with as many as possible, will be the featured speaker.
New! Networking for Success: The Jewish Connection, May 7 -- JVS Career and Employment will present an open networking opportunity for Job Seekers, Business Professionals and Business Owners to engage, create contacts and expand their outreach for opportunities. The free event will be held at Congregation Solel, 1301 Clavey Road in Highland Park, on Tuesday, May 7 from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Register here.
Jewish National Fund Yom Ha'atzmaut Community Celebration, May 9 -- Celebrate 71 years of Israel’s Independence with a traditional torch lighting ceremony featuring leaders from across the community. Guests include Boaz Konforty, star of the Israeli Netflix series Fauda. The event will be held at North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Road in Glencoe, with a VIP reception at 6:00pm followed by the general program at 6:45. For more information, call (847) 656-8880.
JUF Dinner Honoring Dr. Stephen Nasatir, May 29 -- JUF invites you to a very special evening celebrating Dr. Steven B. Nasatir to honor his 40-year tenure as President of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago on Wednesday May 29 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. For more details and registration, click here.
New! Chicago Loves Israel, June 2 -- JCC Chicago and Jewish United Fund present a full-day of fun activities for all ages celebrating Israel's 71st anniversary. Films, activities, and live music performances fill the Bernard Weinger JCC, 300 Revere Drive in Northbrook. Click here for details and registration.
"Anti-Semitism in our Backyard" June 11, 7:00 p.m. -- The Adult Jewish Education Co-op (AJEC) presents a discussion about the current anti-Semitic attitudes in the United States, the recently published anti-Semitic incident report, incidents and trends in the Chicago area, and how to respond. Speaker Michael Rothstein serves as a National Commissioner of the Anti Defamation League and is the former Chair of the ADL Midwest Board of Directors. The presentation will be held at Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills and is open to the public free of charge.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
Simcha Tree Leaves Available for Purchase - Our Tree of Joy—a Simcha Tree—is situated in our Community Room to remind us of all the joys of our lives. The leaves come in copper, silver, and gold. Each leaf marks a lasting memory of a joyous simcha in the lives of members of Shir Hadash. We invite you to add your loved ones’ simchas to our Tree and share your nachas with our congregation or just add your loved ones’ names out of love. Leaves can be purchased to mark your special family or individual accomplishments. Click here to see additional information and make your purchase.
Don’t Forget Our Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers - Now Including Flappy’s!--The Continental Restaurant in Buffalo Grove, Butterfield’s Restaurant in Northbrook, and now all three locations of Flappy’s 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.
Shir Hadash Memorial Wall--Having a Memorial Plaque for a loved one in Shir Hadash’s Memorial Wall ensures that Yahrzeit will be observed for them in perpetuity by our congregation.The cost for a plaque is $360. Many congregants prepay and reserve plaques.You may register for the plaque(s) through our website, or request a paper order form by calling the office (847-498-8218).
Fundraiser Information 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 SHOP SHOP!--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. For more information, email Michelle at SHOP@shir-hadash.org.
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