In this issue January/February 2016 Tevet–AdarI 5776 The Natural Path to God When someone describes Judaism as a religion, I often comment that in my opinion they are only partially correct. The way I see it Judaism is more than a religion – it is a lens through which we view all of life. Therefore Judaism "cares about" not only ritual and For more information, Calendar holiday observances, but also about how we treat others and the way of Events, Rabbis' sermons, and we interact with the natural world around us that God fashioned as 01·23·16 for Emergency School Closings be a home for his creations. sure to check our website at www. In the second chapter of the first book of the Torah, Bereshit, we nssbethel.org or call 847-432-8900. are told that Adam's task is "l'avodah u'leshmorah haaretz" – to serve and guard the Land. As human beings, right from the start, we were given the responsibility to actively care for the natural world that is our home. This task, given to us by God, is as sacred as any other mitzvah, be it ritual or ethical. And, in fact, to help us maintain our Learn awareness of the sacred in the natural world Rabbi Meir suggested Torah Fund Book Club pg. 6 in the Talmud that we each recite one hundred blessings a day. He From the Desk believed that by reciting blessings over the food we eat, as well as Community the natural wonders we encounter, we will become more aware Congregational Shabbat Dinner pg.5 of Rabbi Schwab of the spiritual component of the natural world and will therefore Spirituality of Color pg. 6 be more likely to take part in its preservation. As the Midrash says, Used Book Sale pg. 7 "See My works, how fine and excellent they are! All that I have Chancellor Eisen pg.10 created, for you have I created it. Consider this and do not destroy Pharaoh's Daughter pg.11 and desolate My world, for if you corrupt it, there is no one to set it Mitzvah Day pg.12 right after you" (ER 7: 13). God created the world for us as a Divine Blood Drive pg.13 gift and we are the ones who have the responsibility to make the Candidates Forum pg.15 choice whether to preserve it or forsake it. This is not just a matter Art After Dark pg. 20 of politics or "environmentalism" but is a spiritual matter that we Perfect Pitch pg.21 are commanded by God to confront. Ramah Day Camp pg.34 There is also a spiritual benefit to caring for the environment. The great Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch wrote that caring for the natural world will help us realize that there is "one glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, [which] unites all living beings." In other words, the true essence of the shema prayer and our belief Mission Statement in monotheism is that there is something beyond us that links us We are a congregation of families and individuals all. This spiritual tenet can be discovered and observed through who come together to pray, to study, and to create caring for other living organisms – through the creations of the one a warm and welcoming community. We seek to God. Every morning in our prayers we praise God as "the one who preserve and enhance our People's traditions in goodness renews the work of Creation daily." We affirm that God within the context of Conservative Judaism. We is the active provider of the bounties of nature and thus is present aspire to strengthen our Jewish identity to meet at all times and in all things. Therefore by participating in the the challenges of a changing environment. We preservation of nature we uplift ourselves spiritually in the process. endeavor to provide resources to help us relate Beyond the general, there are also some specific commandments to God, understand the ways of God and enrich that relate to the mandate to preserve the natural world. For the Jewish content of our lives. We encourage example, we are commanded to be mindful of the concept of Tza'ar our members to serve worthwhile causes within ba'alei hayim, kindness to animals. The Talmud tells us that the true our Congregation and the wider Jewish and world test of the kindness of a person is not how he treats fellow human communities. We are committed to support Israel. beings, rather how he treats animals over which he has ultimate We educate our children so they commit to the power. Another commandment is Bal Tashhit, the proscription cultural, spiritual, and ethical values of our People. against waste. Needless destruction, even for convenience, was

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 1 From the Desk of Rabbi Schwab

The Natural Path to God (continued from page 1) seen as an affront to God. Therefore we are commanded to do This coming month, the Hebrew month of Shevat, Jews our best not to waste natural resources in our daily lives and to often dedicate to the environment because of the occurrence oppose both corporate and governmental policies that promote Tu B'shevat, the holiday of the trees. Perhaps in honor of Tu needless waste. At home this can mean recycling and giving away B'shevat we can each incorporate a new practice in our life that items we no longer need to people who can use them. To destroy furthers our commitment to the Jewish value of preserving the something that can be used by others can be considered to be a natural world. In doing so we can fulfill a mitzvah, help care for kind of theft according to our tradition. Second, reduction in the the natural world, and create another opportunity to encounter use of natural resources like gas, oil and water is also important. God, all at the same time! As I continue to experience the natural For example, try not to let the water run while you are washing world first hand with my family I am doubly reminded of the true dishes or brushing your teeth, or make sure you program your blessing this world really is. Looking forward to seeing you soon! thermostat so that it is only on when you need it. As Deborah Rubin Fields once wrote, "For the believing Jew, preserving the planet is not an end in itself, but part of a greater plan that encompasses the whole of one's existence. This greater plan is laid out in Jewish law, based in the Torah. One may feel doubly rewarded by living a life of mitzvot [commandments], and, within this context, living an environmentally sound existence."

Shabbat Schedule See calendar for times.

Monday through Friday Shabbat, January 2 Shabbat, February 6 Mornings, 7:15am Parashat Shemot Birchat HaHodesh Torah: Exodus 1:1–6:1 Parashat Mishpatim Sunday through Thursday Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6–28:13; Torah: Exodus 21:1–24:18 Evenings, 7:30pm 29:22–23 Haftarah: Jeremiah 34:8–34:22; 33:25–33:26 Sunday and Legal Holiday Mornings, 8:45am Shabbat, January 9 Birchat HaHodesh Shabbat, February 13 Rosh Hodesh Parashat Vaera Parashat Terumah Mornings, 7:00am Torah: Exodus 6:2–9:35 Torah: Exodus 25:1–27:19 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25–29:21 Haftarah: I Kings 5:26–6:13 Services are conducted by: Rabbi Vernon H. Kurtz, Shabbat, January 16 Shabbat, February 20 Rabbi Michael Schwab, Parashat Bo Parashat Tetzaveh Hazzan Benjamin A. Tisser Torah: Exodus 10:1–13:16 Torah: Exodus 27:20–30:10 Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13–46:28 Haftarah: Ezekiel 43:10–43:27

Shabbat, January 23 Shabbat, February 27 Shabbat Shirah Parashat Ki Tisa Every Shabbat Parashat Beshalach Torah: Exodus 30:11–34:35 10:45am B'Yachad Family Service Torah: Exodus 13:17–17:16 Haftarah: I Kings 18:1–18:39 Services for families with Haftarah: Judges 4:4–5:31 children 1st grade and younger Shabbat, January 30 11:00am Junior Congregation Parashat Yitro Services for students in 2nd–5th grade Torah: Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1–7:6; 9:5–6

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 2 President's Corner by Richard Schlosberg Hazzan Ben Tisser

Our Beth El Team Dear friends, it is hard to believe that six months have already gone by since my family and I first arrived in Highland Webster's fourth definition of "team" is: "a number of Park. And yet, we feel so at home. The reception we have persons associated together in work or activity as a: a group on received from all of you these past months has been so one side (as in football or a debate), b: CREW, GANG." Our Beth wonderful and extremely heartwarming, even as the weather El team certainly represents a large number of persons, clergy, begins to cool down. There is a real sense of mishpacha in this staff and congregants associated in the effort of pursuing our community, and we are proud to be a part of it! mission: "We are a congregation of families and individuals I am excited to share with you that this year will be an who come together to pray, to study, and to create a warm exciting year for our Beth El community, particularly in terms and welcoming community. We seek to preserve and enhance of musical programming. On Saturday evening January 23rd our People's traditions within the context of Conservative at 7:30pm, as part of our annual Shabbaton, we are thrilled to Judaism. We aspire to strengthen our Jewish identity to meet welcome five Jewish collegiate a cappella groups from around the challenges of a changing environment. We endeavor to the country in a concert entitled "Perfect Pitch"! These 70+ provide resources to help us relate to God, understand the students will, in addition to showing off their immense talent, ways of God and enrich the Jewish content of our lives. We share with us throughout Shabbat and during the concert encourage our members to serve worthwhile causes within our their experience as Jewish students at major universities. Congregation and the wider Jewish and world communities. More information about the Shabbaton will follow, and you We are committed to support Israel. We educate our children can purchase tickets for the concert either by calling the so they commit to the cultural, spiritual, and ethical values of synagogue office, or online at: perfectpitch.bpt.me (tickets for our People." members start at $10, children and college students are free, all Seven months into this administration's tenure we have seating is reserved). a somewhat better picture of the manifold elements of our institution and we begin to ask the questions: Is our team already the very best it can be? Is there room for continuous improvement and if so, what can we do to make our team the best it can be? The clergy, staff and lay leadership are asking and answering that question on a continuing basis as demonstrated by our dynamic new offerings in the Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious School, by new efforts in Membership, Ritual, our education programs, the house committee, fund raising and finance – in fact across every component of our institution. As well, I have begun meeting with our Congregational So how do we make Beth El the very best it can be? My Choir, and we are off to a great start. We look forward to answer in large part is: teamwork. Again, Mr. Webster helps sharing some of the beautiful music we are working on with us out: "Teamwork: work done by several associates with each you in the coming months. If you enjoy singing, I would doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the encourage you to consider joining us – ability to read music is efficiency of the whole." helpful, but not a requirement! We meet Thursdays at 8:00pm Being a superstar is indeed wonderful, but doesn't in the Sager Beit HaMidrash and would love to have you join guarantee success for the team. Ernie Banks and Ted Williams our family! come to mind as two superstar baseball players who never And, for all you instrumentalists out there, we are looking were part of a team that won the World Series. 2015 was a very for musicians to start a NSS Beth El Community Klezmer exciting season for Chicago Cubs fans: 97 victories, Manager Band! We will begin rehearsing in February (day/time TBD), of the Year (Joe Maddon), Cy Young award for best pitcher and our debut performance will be during the Purim Eve in the National League (Jake Arietta) and Rookie of the Year festivities! If you play: bowed strings, upright bass, drum (Kris Bryant). But no World Series. As they say….wait 'til next set, guitar, mandolin, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet or trombone, year. And the team that won the World Series? The Kansas City please get in touch with me. You should be able to read music Royals – a team without a single player I can name, but one that and play at a high school band level or better, and want to have epitomizes the concept of teamwork. a great time with other members of the congregation! Your North Suburban Synagogue Beth El is a wonderful The great composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein, institution, a beacon to others in the world of Conservative said, "In the beginning there was the note, and the note Judaism. I submit that to continue to grow and to fulfill our was with God; and whosoever can reach for that note, reach mission there is an ongoing need to continue to improve high, and bring it back to us on earth." The power of music is teamwork across the board. With our people strength, when we immeasurable – it touches the deepest recesses of our hearts pull together, we accomplish great great things. As Hillel says and souls. I hope you will take advantage of the variety of (Pirkei Avot 1:13): "If I am for myself alone, what am I? And if musical programming presented this year and beyond at NSS not now, when?" Be part of the effort and be part of the Beth El Beth El (and tell your friends) – you won't regret it! team where teamwork becomes part of the fabric of who we are.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 3 We Welcome the Following New Members - Ben and Wendy Chiswick and their daughter, Maya - Daniel and Abby Kaman and their sons, Arie and Oliver - Jeff and Sari Rothbart and their children, Noah, Max and Esther

Congratulations To - Katie and Marty Elisco on the birth of their son, Sammy Gabriel - Nina and Mark Gaines on the marriage of their daughter, Jill to David Friedman - Francine and Mark Levy on the birth of their grandson - Zella Ludwig on the marriage of her granddaughter, Jill Gaines to David Friedman - Alana and Harrison Matthew on the birth of their son - Linda Matthew on the birth of her grandson - Dr. Herbert Rosen on the birth of his great-granddaughter, Sawyer Julia Noel - Jorie and Andrew Sigesmund on the birth of their son - Rena and Daniel Sternberg on the birth of their grandson, Sammy Gabriel Elisco - Mira and Darryl Temkin on the birth of their grandson

Condolences To - Sonny Cohen on the loss of his brother, Martin David Cohen - Ellen Doppelt on the loss of her father, Kenneth Tursky - Georgann Humphrey on the loss of her mother, Sara Citron - Irene Jacobsohn on the loss of her father, Manfred Heimberg - Betty Ann Levin on the loss of her sister, Elaine Vladem - Zella Ludwig on the loss of her sister-in-law, Evelyn Edidin - Daniel Ripes on the loss of his mother, Jacqueline Ripes - Sherwin Rubinstein on the loss of his mother, Eleanor Rubinstein - Jonathan Sherman on the loss of his brother, Jeremy Sherman - Sandra Strauss on the loss of her mother, Belle Kaplan

In Memoriam - Evelyn Edidin

We wish to thank the following members, guests and groups for sponsoring the Shabbat Kiddush: - Ba'al Korei Institute - Barbara and David Lansing - Susan and Stuart Behn - Marilyn and F. Raymond Lewis - Marjorie and Leonard Birnbaum - North Suburban Beth El Sisterhood - Elizabeth and Joshua Cohen - North Suburban Synagogue Beth El - Nina and Mark Gaines Men's Club - Judith and Douglas Garfinkel - Nicole and Steven Putzel - Leah and Adi Gidron - Roselynn and Melvin Roseman - Jeffrey Goldsmith - Lisa Rosenkranz - Erwin Helberg - Gail Scully - Michael Katz - Margaret and Alan Silberman - Karen Kesner - Carol and Steve Weiss - Leslie and Jonathan Kind - Deborah and Adam Winick - Eli Krumbein - Jennifer and Michael Wirth - Bryna and Rabbi Vernon Kurtz

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 4 January – Tevet/Shevat 5776

Eugenie Berman-Moore, Leah Rosenberg, daughter of Clara Berman daughter of Bonnie and Eric Rosenberg Shabbat, January 9 Shabbat, January 16

Save the Kabbalat Shabbat, Date Dinner and Program Friday, February 12, 2016 Join us for spirited Kabbalat Shabbat Sara Erlichman, services at 6:15pm followed by a very special daughter of Ellen and Joel Erlichman congregational Dinner and Program at 7:00pm. Shabbat, January 23 For more information or questions, contact Kim Ephraim at [email protected]. February – Shevat/Adar I 5776

Avra Friedman, daughter of Michelle and Dr. Arie Friedman Shabbat, February 20

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 5 Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center

Writer's Beit Midrash–The NSS Beth El Writer's Beit Midrash continues to meet every other Wednesday morning in the Maxwell Abbell Library, 9:30-11:00am. Upcoming meetings are scheduled for: January 13 and 27 and February 10 and 24. All fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, and essay writers (published or not yet published) are welcome for discussions, exercises, camaraderie, and critique. Contact Rachel Kamin at [email protected] or 847-926-7902 for more information.

Sisterhood Torah Fund Book Club

The Sisterhood Torah Fund Book Club will discuss The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis, after Shabbat Kiddush on Saturday, January 9, 12:30pm, facilitated by Rachel Kamin. This National Jewish Book Award Winner for Fiction explores the influence that the influx of Jews from the former Soviet Union has had in Israel. When the illicit affair of Baruch Kotler is exposed, the disgraced Israeli politician flees with his young mistress to a Crimean resort town in an attempt to escape the limelight. But when he runs into the former friend who denounced him to the KGB forty years earlier, he must reconcile with his betrayer, his wife, his son, and his own poor choices.

The Sisterhood Torah Fund Book Club will discuss The Rissman Family Kol Ami Museum The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor, after Shabbat The Spirituality of Color, an exhibit of paintings, ceramic sculpture, Kiddush on Saturday, fiber art, photography and poetry, will be on display in the Rissman February 6, 12:30pm, Family Kol Ami Museum from January–April, 2016. Join the artists facilitated by Rachel Kamin. for an Opening Reception on Saturday, January 16, after Shabbat A tale based on the story of Kiddush. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the only Americans put to The Spirituality of Color resulted from the Artists Beit Midrash, a death for espionage during course of text study & art discussion at North Suburban Synagogue the Cold War, The Hours Beth El with support from the Gertrude Lederman Family Count traces the experiences Continuing Education program. The class was taught by Judith of their friend and neighbor, Joseph & Jane Shapiro. Participating artists are: Lois Barr, Sam who takes in the seemingly ordinary Jewish couple's Bernstein, Enid Brick, Sylvia Dresser, Nessia Frank, Trudy Isbitz- young sons when they are arrested by the FBI in 1950. Brodsky, Brenda Jackson, Judith Joseph, Betsy Katz, Michael Katz, Ruti Modlin, Bonnie Price, Judy Solomon, Sandy Starkman, Steven New members welcome! Copies of the books are available Tovian, Phyllis Woloshin and Laura Zacks. in the Abbell Library and from local libraries and bookstores. Contact Rachel Kamin at rkamin@nssbethel. org or 847-926-7902 for the complete book club calendar. A $36 annual donation to the Torah Fund Campaign is requested.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 6 Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center

We Take Pride In......

Used Book Sale Friday, February 19 – Sunday, February 28 We are now collecting used books for the annual sale. Bring in gently used books - secular and Judaic, adult and children's – in a clearly marked box or bag, to the Kaye Reading Room of the Gray Cultural and Learning Center Lilach Schrag travelled to Jerusalem to participate by February 18, 2016. Please refrain from donating travel guides and test in the opening of the Jerusalem Biennale for preparation guides that are more than 1-2 years old as well as textbooks, Contemporary Jewish Art, where her video work magazines, and journals. was featured. Her work, Elijah Elijah, was displayed in a show called A Fine Line, curated by Susan Shop the Used Book Sale during regular synagogue hours, Friday, February Nashman Fraiman. Elijah Elijah is part of Schrag's 19 – Sunday, February 28. All hardcovers are $2 and paperbacks are $1. Cash ongoing Shiviti series of works, inspired by the and checks accepted. illustrated meditative text, "Shiviti," in which Jews profess, "I have God always in front of me."

Pre-Sale Pizza Party Essays by Rabbi Vernon Kurtz and Thursday, February 18 Roberta Rosenthal Join the members of the Cultural & Learning Center Committee on Thursday, Kwall appear in the February 18, 6:00–7:30pm, to help set-up the book sale and have an exclusive new book, Tikkun opportunity to purchase books before the sale opens. Pizza will be served. Olam: Judaism, Please RSVP to Marcie Eskin at [email protected] or 847-926-7903. Humanism & Bar/Bat Mitzvah and high school student volunteers are welcome! Transcendence edited by David Birnbaum & Martin S. Cohen (New Bargain Bag Sale Paradigm Matrix, Sunday, Febraury 28 2015). Rabbi Kurtz's essay, "Tikkun Shop the Used Book Sale on Sunday, February 28, from 9:00am–12:00pm. Olam: Particular Whatever you can fit into a brown paper grocery bag is yours for only $5! or Universal?" explores the challenge of framing Bags will be provided or bring your own. the ancient rabbinic term "within its larger Jewish context and, at the same time, to use it appropriately to convey responsibility both to the Jewish world and the world at large." Professor Kwall's essay, "Human Artistry and Tikkun Olam," argues that "artistic expression, defined broadly to include many types of human creativity, embodies tikkun olam insofar as it represents a path to observing God's will and perfecting one's soul." The book is available in our Maxwell Abbell Library.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 7 The Development Officeby Nancy Kekst

Together with B'Yachad!

We honor those congregants who have banded together as B'Yachad Donors for 2015–2016. Words cannot express our gratitude for their very generous participation in our B'Yachad dues level program at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El this year. They are role models in our community.

B'Yachad Donors Anonymous Barbara and Lawrence Field Julie and Colman Kraff Harriet Bernbaum Rochelle and Leonard Foxman Roberta and Jeffrey Kwall Eve and Richard Biller Penny and Jeffrey Hecktman Andrea and Kenneth Saffir Gilbert Bogen Barbara and Stuart Hochwert Lynn and Skip Schrayer Gail and Andrew Brown Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch Karyn and William Silverstein Bernice and Benjamin Cohen Karen and Michael Kesner Tina and Joe Wolf Cheryl and Carey Cooper Sari and Mitch Kovitz Sheri and Sherwin Zuckerman

We invite other congregants to join the B'Yachad giving level for this year or any future year. An annual pledge of $10,000* or more to the synagogue covers: Synagogue dues, a Kol Nidre Appeal donation, Chesed donation, two tickets to our annual spring fundraising event, and Recognition on the Annual Giving Donor Wall. *B'Yachad level membership benefits do not include religious school enrollment fees, any extra High Holiday tickets, memorial books, small donations or fees for synagogue dinners or classes. Without this generous level of support, we would not be able to continue our fine programming and resources at the highest level. It's not too late! For information about enrolling in the B'Yachad Membership program for this membership year or the coming year, please contact Nancy Kekst, Development Manager, at [email protected] or by calling 847-432-8900 x262.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 8 The Development Officeby Nancy Kekst

Welcome to the Ner Tamid Legacy Society! Many experience the most meaningful moments among our North Suburban Synagogue Beth El family. For sixty- seven years, NSSBE has served as the North Shore's flagship conservative congregation, providing a sustaining source from which individuals and families, young and old, have continued to nourish their spirits and their lives. In the same way that our traditions have been passed on from those who came before us, our responsibility is to ensure that לת נר the opportunity for future generations to create new memories להע תמיד T will be sustained. Your synagogue and clergy have been here for O Y L you in both happy times and sad times, and it is important that K L IN A D N we prepare for those who will follow us. L ER E T T HE LAMP E We can help to ensure this future role of our congregation by joining the North Suburban Synagogue Beth El Ner Tamid Legacy Circle, created in 2001 to recognize the families in our community who have made arrangements to leave a bequest of any size to the synagogue in a will or estate plan. These Ner Tamid Society gifts will help fund the endowment, the earnings of which are designed to support our operating budget and thus our congregational programs and services on a continuing basis. We are very proud to have been selected by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago to participate in the Create a Jewish Legacy program, and we will receive a sizable endowment challenge grant if we receive sufficient additional commitments from congregants agreeing to leave a bequest of any size to NSSBE by April 30th of this year. Your lay leaders and clergy fully support this initiative and many of them are members of the Legacy Society. We are grateful to the congregants listed below who have already have made arrangements for a bequest to NSSBE and ask that you do the same. Ner Tamid Society members are honored in a variety of ways, with invitations to special recognition events, acknowledgement in the Beth El bulletin and inclusion on a new donor wall. Requests for anonymity will be honored. If you have already made arrangements, or are interested in making a bequest and joining the North Suburban Synagogue Beth El Ner Tamid Legacy Circle, please contact Development Manager Nancy Kekst at 847-432-8900 x262.

Ner Tamid Members (as of December 1, 2015) Anonymous (3 gifts) Jeffrey and Stacy Goldsmith Jeffrey and Lisa Rosenkranz Steve and Wendy Abrams Scott and Gwen Heyman Alan and Mally Rutkoff Bernard and Fran Alpert Herbert and Helene Isaacs Richard and Pamela Schlosberg Harvey and Jacqueline Barnett Harvey and Ellen Jacobson Skip and Lynn Schrayer Scott and Karen Bieber Richard and Lois Janger Phyllis K. Shalowitz Leonard and Marjorie Birnbaum Joel and Pearl Kagan Leonard Sherman Gerald and Annette Blumberg Bernard and Edith Kaye Gregg and Rebecca Simon Jack and Barbara Blumberg Karen Kesner Yadelle Sklare JoAnne Blumberg Michael Kesner Mark and Mae Spitz Gail Feiger Brown Jeffrey and Beth Kopin Morton and Miriam Steinberg Andrew Brown Jeffrey and Roberta Kwall Mayer Stiebel Ramona Choos Victor and Arielle Levitan Benton and Sandra Strauss Calvin and Lana Eisenberg Mildred Lidov Howard Turner Michael and Wendi Ezgur Cara Madansky-Stiebel Robert and Millie Weber Maury and Nancy Fertig Manny and Kathryn Marczak Richard and Roberta Wexler Ira and Elise Frost Larry Pachter and Sandy Starkman Jeffrey Wohlstadter Ronald and Eileen Goldberg David Rosen and Amy Zisook Frances Lee Zand and Pendri Shalem

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 9 The Development Officeby Nancy Kekst

Profile of a Donor and a Program

Why are Joel and Pearl Kagan members of the Ner Tamid Society? "Throughout the 38 years that Joel and I have belonged to Beth El, I have always been inspired and impressed by the number of multi- generational families that belong to our synagogue. To me, it spoke of the strength and vibrancy of our shul. Today I am truly blessed to be one of those multi-generational families. Both my children, Lesley and David, attended the Steinberg Preschool, Cohen Religious School, had their B'nai Mitzvah at Beth El, were married by our amazing clergy, and celebrated baby namings and brit milah, with our Beth El family. We are an amazingly warm congregation, reaching out to provide each and every one of us all that we need as we travel on our Jewish journey. Joel and I support Beth El financially to ensure that all that we have enjoyed will continue to thrive and Pictured (left to right) Kagan: David, Jody, Orley, Joel, Pearl; Wynes: Jaclyn, to provide for our children, their children and for Noah, Lesley, Isaac, Jeremy; and Noam Kagan. generations to come. As a child of survivors and a past president of our world class synagogue, I take great pride in being Jewish and know I have the obligation to help ensure our Jewish future and the future of Beth El by providing for Beth El in our estate planning. Together we can ensure that Beth El remains a vital part of our community. L'dor v'dor. From generation to generation."

Field Lecture with Chancellor Arnie Eisen Sunday, February 28, 2016 7:45pm

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 10 Save Saturday Evening the March 5, 2016 Date

Welcome Spring with your friends at a Mediterranean Party at Beth El!

An evening of Israeli food and drink and world music featuring the band Pharaoh's Daughter. Led by Basya Schechter, the seven-piece band plays an electic mix of world music. It's thousand year-old Zmirot and world beat with Hebrew and Aramaic mixing with Turkish casbah. Boho Hasidic Brooklyn Juke Box meets 70's Rock Era!

Visit www.nssbethel.org for complete details and watch your mail for invitations. Along with great friends, music, food, and drink, there will be a Silent Auction and an Ad Book, where we will be honoring our Executive Director, Chuck Kahalnik, on his retirement from Beth El.

Questions? Contact [email protected].

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 11 Social Action in Action

Report from the Social Action Committee "Take a Bite Out of Hunger" Update The Social Action Committee is thrilled to announce that our All-Member second year of the "Take a Bite out of Hunger" project is off to a running start! We are currently providing daily snacks and Mitzvah Day breakfast items to two elementary schools in Highland Park. This could not happen without the generosity of our entire Beth El Sunday, February 21, 2016 community. Every week the Religious School students have been faithfully bringing fresh food items such as apples or carrots, Be a mensch…...Do a mitzvah! which volunteers deliver along with non-perishable food items donated by the larger Beth El community. We want to take this Mitzvah Day has been a tremendous success opportunity to thank everyone for stopping by our collection bins with more than 250 families taking part and donating Kellogg's brand Nutri Grain Bars and fruit squeezer in a day of volunteerism. snacks or making financial contributions to this project. Please remember the children right here in Highland Park who are most in need next time you are at the supermarket and pick up these Join your fellow congregants again—as an much needed supplies! individual or family—in one of the community A special thank you to Amy Newman and her charitable action projects offered: organization "Families Helping Families Chicagoland" for kick- Make Meals for the Homeless starting this year's collection. Organize a food pantry The Coat Drive Troop Support Bring your dog and bring joy to Seniors Sometimes the simplest project is the most meaningful. Chicago's Project Linus winters are becoming notoriously worse with each passing year. Mira Temkin and her faithful crew have always had the needs of “SOS–Survival on the Streets” the less fortunate in our community in mind when temperatures care packages for the homeless plummet. On Sunday, December 6th friends of Social Action joined Write letters to lone soldiers in Israel together to sort the many winter items collected at Beth El. These Bernie's Book Bank much needed donations of coats, gloves, scarves and snowpants were donated to Highland Park Community Nursery School and Handbags with Heart – Donate old purses and Chicago Chesed Fund. fill them with supplies for women

Thanksgiving Mitzvah Project Be an active member/coordinator on the 2016 The Social Action Committee would like to thank everyone who Mitzvah Day planning committee. More projects, participated in the 2015 Thanksgiving Mitzvah Project. It was more participation, more pride! Sponsored by a huge success with a record of 140 baskets delivered to needy the Social Action Committee. Pre-registration families. It was such a joy to see the room filled with children, required. Please register on the Beth El website parents and grandparents working together to make bountiful baskets to help our neighbors enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. or contact Jacqueline Kott-Wolle at 847-681-0373 or [email protected]. I would also like to take a moment to acknowledge the efforts of Honey Bronson and her amazing team of volunteers. Honey has faithfully chaired this program since its inception and after many years of seeing this project through, she will be stepping down from this role. We are grateful to Honey for her leadership and Upcoming Social Action Opportunities hard work in creating one of Beth El's favorite annual traditions January 18 & February 15 and providing our members an opportunity to help those in need and ultimately enrich their own Thanksgiving celebrations. JUF Uptown Café for ages 12+; serve dinner to neighborhood See you at Mitzvah Day – Sunday, February 21, 2016 needy. Contact Rocky Rubinoff Jacqueline Kott-Wolle at [email protected]. Chair, Social Action Committee

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 12 Mitzvah

Give someone Day the gift of life! Blood

Please email Ron Goldberg if you have any questions Drive at [email protected].

On Sunday, February 21, you can help someone who needs help now. Beth El has held an annual blood drive for years, but for the first time, we are holding it on Mitzvah Day. What greater Mitzvah than a direct contribution to saving a life. By donating a pint of blood on Sunday, February 21, you are helping someone truly in need. The process is easy, painless, and risk free. Please join us in the South Wing and give someone the gift of life. You must be in good health, 18 years or older, and weigh more than 100 lbs. Although refreshments are served, it is always a good idea to have breakfast beforehand. Don't forget to have your driver's license or some other photo ID handy. As you consider which Mitzvah Day activity to participate in, please consider joining me in donating blood. It's a very worthy cause.

Please schedule me (us) for the Blood Drive on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at: 8:50 9:10 9:30 9:50 10:10 10:30 10:50 11:10 11:30 11:50 12:10

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Return completed form to: Men's Club Blood Drive North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 1175 Sheridan Road Highland Park, IL 60035

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 13 Men's Club

World Wide Wrap and Special Bagels Breakfast Sunday, February 7 starting at 8:30am Join us for our World Wide Wrap! Wrapping T'fillin together before the 8:45am service. Following morning services, our special Bagels for Your Brains Breakfast and Torah Study with the Men’s Club. Free to all participants. Please join us.

Sunday Mornings "Bagels for Your Brains"

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 Alan Silberman is scheduled to present, "What A Double Header – Keeper of the Flame Award Happened at the World Zionist Congress and the Jewish Agency Board of Governors, and Ceremony a Grand Success Does it Matter?" Our Men’s Club had a "double header" on Sunday morning, November 8th when SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 they honored two of their outstanding and deserving members. Dick Blair, who was Attorney Jeffrey Leon is scheduled to present, chosen in 2014 and Ernie Smolen, the recipient for 2015. Close to one hundred Men's "Seeking Restitution for Hungarian Survivors Club members together with friends and family gathered to enjoy a sumptuous through Class Action in U.S. Courts" breakfast and honor the two recipients. SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 Dick Blair is a fountain of trivia; just ask him when the Hellenic wars took place, how Featuring accomplished author and former many soldiers were involved and who won, he will tell you. He and Ernie Smolen, one Tribune sports columnist, Ed Sherman. of the newer members, who has led services and appeared on the bimah for a number liturgical parts of the services, were showered with accolades by Rabbi Kurtz, Rabbi SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 Schwab, Hazzan Tisser, family members, friends and congregants who just came up Bob Schwartz, author and the Sr. Vice to say a few nice words about the honorees. President of Vienna Beef Company, will present, "Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog". Ron Goldberg chaired the event in a most professional manner and presented plaques to both recipients, who then offered thanks to all for attending and to Men's Club for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 honoring them as "Keeper of the Flame." Featuring RIC’s Director of Brain Injury Research, Dr. Jordan Grafman, who will present This award is relatively new and has been honoring Men's Club members who have on, "Neural Basis of Religious Belief" exhibited leadership in promoting Jewish values and added to the betterment of the Men's Club and the Congregation as well as the community. The event was enjoyed Breakfast is served at 9:30am and our speakers by all, looking forward to 2016 and wondering who will be the recipient next year. will begin their remarks at about 10:00am.

Day Camp Stipend Applications The Men's Club is offering a stipend to children of Men's Club members to attend an area "Day" Camp that is sponsored by a Jewish Organization next summer. Stipends will be awarded on a first come – first serve basis, so don't wait to the last minute to submit your application. For more information or to get an application, contact Rob Freeman at [email protected].

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Other Upcoming Men's Club Events in Early 2016

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 Docent-led group tour of Illinois Holocaust Museum special exhibit – Light & Noir: Exiles & Emigres in Hollywood, 1933–1950. The event begins at 7:00pm.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Annual Game Night, a joint program with the Sisterhood. Stay tuned for more information Men's Club League Finishes a Great Season to come. The Men's Club White/Blue team took 3rd place in this year's Synagogue Softball THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 League. Twelve teams competed in this 12-inch softball league, including synagogues in Annual Caveman Dinner. Stay tuned for more Northbrook, Highland Park, Vernon Hills, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove and Wilmette. The information to come. league, which was founded and managed by Beth El member Michael Salberg, saw the number of participants double in this second season, expanding to more than 200 players SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 across the synagogues. The Beth El Men's Club had two teams in the league for the second Men's Club & Sisterhood Mixer. Stay tuned for year in a row. The 2016 season will see the addition of at least three more Synagogue teams more information to come. from Glencoe and Skokie.

Beth El Hosts the FJMC Sefer Haftarot Scroll Hearing Men's Voices Once again, Beth El was privileged to host the FJMC Sefer Haftarot scroll. At their 2003 Informal discussions offer participants International Convention, the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs elected to commission a education about and insights into current, real- scribe to write a Haftarot scroll. The scroll was written in Israel and then shipped to the life issues facing men in today's society. The United States. Although the scroll outwardly appears similar to a Sefer Torah, unlike a sessions are free to the community, but space Torah scroll, the Sefer Haftarot actually contains the vowels or cantillation symbols. The is limited. Each session is hosted at the home scroll is circulated amongst FJMC-affiliated congregations all year long. of one of our members, and begins at 8:00pm. On Saturday, November 28, 2015, the scroll was opened at Shabbat morning services, and The next Hearing Men's Voices session is the Haftorah for that week's parsha, Vayishlah, was beautifully chanted from the scroll by scheduled to take place on Monday, February Larry Pachter. Beth El has hosted the scroll a number of times, and our Men's Club helped 1, 2016. For more information, contact Barry to contribute to its writing. We will look forward to next year to once again host the Sefer Kravitz at [email protected]. Haftarot scroll.

Upcoming Candidates Forum The decades-long tradition of Men's Club hosting political candidates continues in 2016. Again this year, the Beth El Men's Club presents two candidate forums. The Democratic candidates will speak on Sunday, February 28, 2016, starting at 10:00am sharp. The Republican candidates will speak on Sunday, March 6th, also at 10:00am. The candidates invited to appear at these forums are those who are competing in races for Senator, the 10th Congressional District, State Senator, State Representatives, as well as some Lake County offices. There will be a Question & Answer period after the candidates conclude their remarks.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 15 Sisterhood

Women of Beth El, You are Our Future! On December 12th, Sisterhood Shabbat, I spoke to the congregation about the future of Sisterhood. I am in the last six months of my term as President and I am deeply concerned about our ability to survive as a vibrant group within Beth El. I was not here at Beth El during Sisterhood's heyday. For about 40 years, starting in 1961, the "Festival of the Arts" was the focal point of Beth El Sisterhood. Scores of women spent an entire year planning each Festival. I am truly in awe when I think about the number of women who joined forces each year in support of this spectacular event. During some of those same years, another sizeable group of women – again, more than 20 – created Sisterhood's acclaimed cookbooks, Tradition in the Kitchen and its successor, Tradition in the Kitchen II. I don't know how many members Sisterhood had in those days, but it doesn't really matter. What stands out is the number of women participating – truly working together – throughout the year in furtherance of Sisterhood. Their hard work raised hundreds of thousands of dollars which they returned to Beth El in the form of building improvements. Unfortunately, times have changed and those types of programs are no longer as successful as they once were. But the fact that synagogue art fairs have diminished in popularity and cookbooks have been replaced with online recipe blogs does not mean that women of Beth El should forsake Sisterhood. Over the last 7 years our membership has dropped by 25%. You encourage your children to join Kadima and USY, so why you don't see the relevance of Sisterhood for yourself? Here at Beth El, Sisterhood is a participatory democracy. We value intergenerational groups and programs and strive to sponsor a variety of educational, social and cultural programs that span the diverse interests of the women of Beth El. We constantly seek to perpetuate the values of Conservative Judaism, emphasizing the love of family, traditions, observance of mitzvot and our connection with the Jewish people and Israel. On a global scale, Women's League is the only organization devoted specifically to Conservative Jewish women. To quote one of our most beloved Presidents, John F Kennedy: "To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all." I, as well as the dozen or so other women who are the core of our Sisterhood, definitely need the courage to change what should be changed about our organization. And we have committed to do just that. But more than that, the women of Beth El, our greater untapped community, need the courage to overcome their preconceived notions of who or what we are and, perhaps, their fear of joining us. Sisterhood is not the same organization it was 30 years ago, or even 10 years ago. Commit to join us – become more involved and invigorate Sisterhood for a stronger, brighter future. To quote President Kennedy again, "Let the word go forth from this time and place….that the torch has been passed to a new generation….born in this century….unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of [something] to which we are committed." Every woman at Beth El is an eyshet chayil, a woman of valor, who "by the work of her own hand" and by her tireless efforts, lays the groundwork for a better, brighter and more joyous future for her entire community. Through Sisterhood, we can continue to foster a supportive community where women encourage one another to be courageous, to confront challenges and to embrace opportunities. Together we can change with the times and thrive. I hope to see more of you at our upcoming programs this year. Rachel Ferber, President

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Upcoming Sisterhood Programs and Events

Think winter. Then think...warm and delicious! How? Join Sisterhood for our next Kosher Cooking Class with Chef Laura Frankel. Thursday, January 7, 11:30am See how to warm those cold days ahead with fresh ideas for an array of soups, stews and chili. Easy, breezy recipes, a tasty lunch, and great company. Sisterhood Torah Fund Cost: $18 for Sisterhood members. $23 for Did you know that Torah Fund is an arm of Sisterhood and guests. RSVP Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 30. Send Women's League for Conservative Judaism? The Torah Fund check (payable to NS Beth El Sisterhood) to Pam Schlosberg c/o campaign is one of our most powerful tools for guaranteeing 1175 Sheridan Road; Highland Park, IL; 60035. Questions: Pam: the future of Conservative Masorti Judaism. Since 1942, 847-433-7546 or [email protected] . Torah Fund has provided financial support to enhance the education of Rabbis, Cantors, Scholars, and other Professional and Lay Leaders at the four Masorti Institutions of Jewish Learning. The education of our future leaders depends on us. Your contribution to Torah Fund helps ensure that this type of education continues to exist. Torah Fund contributions are tax deductible. To give to Torah Fund, please make checks payable to Torah Fund – JTS and return to Linda Gottlieb, 561 Sunset Lane, Glencoe, IL 60022. Join us for a docent-led group tour of: Light & Noir: Questions, contact her at 847-835-3101 or at lbgmom@ Exiles & Emigres in Hollywood, 1933-1950. comcast.net. Thursday, January 7, 7:00pm Thank you for supporting Torah Fund this year: Come learn about the unknown stories of German-speaking Guardian $300+: Marilyn Hirsch, Frank Kronthal, and Mae film icons who fled Nazism and changed Hollywood forever. Spitz. Thursday, January 7 at 7:00pm at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Benefactor $180+: Elinor Bayliss, Mary Ellen Bowers, & Education Center. $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (65+) and Adrienne Eckerling, Rachel Ferber, Ruth Fischer, June Back students. RSVP: [email protected] or 847-835-6201. Frydman, Roberta Goldman, Linda Gottlieb, Barbara Kahn, Myrna Kopin, Betty Ann Levin, Marilyn Lewis, Mildred Lidov, Cara Madansky, Joyce Pollack, Batya Retsky, Susan Saper, Pam Schlosberg, Margaret Silberman, and Sandra K. Join us for Lunch and Strauss. Learn - The Vitamin Contributor $36+: Corinne Baskin, Sandra Becker, Joan Behrman, Eve Biller, Gail Brown, Eleanor Boxerman, Lillian Solution: Two Doctors U. Charney, Judy Falk, Bruno Fischer, Beth Footlik, Gerald Clear the Confusion about Frank, Deborah Graham, Joan Groner, Alice Gross, Eileen Vitamins and Your Health. Helms, Melissa Halperin, Marla Hand, Zippora Harris, Joyce Tuesday, February 2, Joseph, Rozlyn Kallish, Joyce Kamen, Gerry Kaplan, Marcia S. Kaplin, Debra Kravitz, Corinne Lane, Ellen Lavin, Rhoda 12:30pm K. Levin, Michael Melber, Darlene Nast, Selena Pestine, A presentation by two Beth El Maurice Pickard, Carol Pomerantz, Frances Rabinowitz, members – Drs. Romy Block and Sally Schecter, Leah Toby Schwartz, Sarah Schwartz, Caryn Arielle Levitan. Cost: $10. If you Sedloff, Patricia Green Shapiro, Ann S. Siegel, Anita Spieler, own their book, bring it and have Sandy Starkman, Ruth Stern, Mildred Weber, Judith Weiss, it signed. Books will be available Karen B. Weiss, Herman Wexler, Marcia Witzel, Pearl Zaid. for purchase during the program. RSVP to Roz Kallish, 847-831- Friend $18+: Lana Eisenberg, Barbara Hoffman, and Betty 0674 or [email protected]. Rozenfeld.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 17 Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious School and Miriam and Bernard H. Sokol Hebrew High School

M'Shulchan Hamenahelet Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious School January/February – Tevet/Shevat/Adar I 5776 A few years back, while teaching a Bible class to high school students, I asked students to take out the Tanakhim. All but one Jan 5 Tuesday School Resumes responded in due manner. One student procedeed to pull out his cellular phone and began looking something up. Perplexed but Jan 9 Shabbat Gimmel/Dalet Family Shabbat Services not wanting to embarrass him I approached him and gently asked him what was the reason for his non-compliance. The student Jan 16 Shabbat Gimmel/Dalet Family Shabbat Services responded nonchalantly, "I am looking at the online Hebrew English Bible." Ah, I responded, surprised, and proceeded with Jan 20 Wednesday Gesher Pictures the lesson. That was a "teaching moment," for I realized that our Hey Family Shabbat Service ancient Jewish tradition was getting in the same wagon with Jan 23 Shabbat contemporary technology and there was no way back. Beth El Shabbaton In his article "Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants," Marc Jan 30 Shabbat Hey Family Shabbat Service Prensky argues that the crisis in education is that our students have changed, radically rending our educational system outdated. Feb 5 Friday Gimmel Kabbalat Shabbat/Dinner Most of the students in our building have been born in this millenium and as a result they have been exposed to technologies Hey Family Shabbat Services Feb 6 Shabbat such as GPS, Google, text messaging, Wikipedia, file sharing, social Alef Class Leads B'Yachad Services networking, video game playing, cellular phones and the list goes Feb 13 Shabbat Hey Family Shabbat Services on. The new technology is certainly changing thinking patterns and warrants a new approach to teaching and learning. Feb 14 Sunday No School – Teacher In-Service Most teachers can be placed in the category of digital immigrants, trying to learn the new language of technology but Friday– Feb 19–20 Chavayah for Dalet and Hey Students falling back on the old ways of doing things. In this new paradigm, Shabbat students become teachers and teachers become students, at least as far as technology is concerned. Most teachers will relate that Feb 21 Sunday Beth El Mitzvah Day when a computer or other technology device fails to work properly, Hey Family Shabbat Services Feb 27 Shabbat they call on students to troubleshoot the problems. Dalet Seudah & Havdalah The schools at Beth El face the same challenges that many other schools face nationwide and worldwide. For us, the challenge is how to adapt the ancient tradition to the language of the Digital Natives while simultaneously training our Digital Miriam and Bernard H. Sokol Hebrew High School Immigrant teachers to embrace the change. Our wise tradition January/February – Tevet/Shevat/Adar I 5776 agrees that teaching and learning is multidirectional. In the words of the Psalmist, 'From all those who taught me I gained Jan 10 Sunday College Bound – Parents and Students understanding' (Psalms 119:99). We will continue to embrace the technological challenges and learn from each other. Jan 17 Sunday No SHHS Classes We have received a significant gift for the schools to purchase four Smartboard interactive flat panels with iRover2 mobility Jan 31 Sunday College Bound – Students Only feature, Apple TVs and iPads. These new devices will be added to the techonology purchased in the past, expanding capacity Feb 7 Sunday College Bound – Students Only and allowing more students to benefit from interacting through the language they know best. Find out more on the uses of the Feb 14 Sunday No School – Teacher In-Service technology in the next bulletin. Feb 21 Sunday Beth El Mitzvah Day Alicia Gejman Director of Formal Education

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 18 Results from the 37th World Zionist Congress

Thank you everyone who voted in the elections for the 37th We look forward to furthering our MERCAZ USA agenda: World Zionist Congress held in Jerusalem in October 2015. fashioning Israel as an exemplary and pluralistic society where Rabbi Vernon Kurtz and I were proud to represent Beth El every Jew can feel at home; strengthening the bonds between as MERCAZ USA delegates, and Alan Silberman was a delegate the Jewish state and the Jewish people worldwide; advocating for MASORTI OLAMI; MERCAZ USA slated Nolan Lebovitz, on Israel's behalf, especially in these particularly trying times; who grew up here, as a Youth delegate. Margaret Silberman as an advancing Zionism as the progressive movement of national alternate, and Sarah Sechan, who grew up here, too, as a Youth liberation that it set out to be; securing the resources and creating alternate. the opportunities for Conservative/Masorti communities I was privileged to be one of four recipients of the 2015 around the world to continue growing, so that individually and MERCAZ OLAMI awards at the Pre-Congress luncheon of our collectively, we can contribute to ensuring a future for the Jewish MERCAZ/MASORTI delegation. Rabbi Vernon Kurtz was chosen people and the State of Israel we can all rejoice in. to present me with this special award. Coincidentally, one of the plenary members was Rabbi Chaya The Congress, which was subtitled "Non-Stop Zionism" Rowen Baker, of the Masorti Kehillah Ramot Zion Congreagtion had many components: a keynote address from Prime Minister in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem. We were pleased Netanyahu, addresses from other key members of the Knesset, to have her visit Beth El in November as the United Synagogue committee sessions and voting on the (over 60) resolutions and an of Conservative Judaism scholar. Her plenary session at the afternoon and evening were spent visiting several communities Congress was entitled, "To Be a Free People in our Own Land," close to Gaza. Some of the key votes included: which dealt with the lack of religious freedom for Jews in Israel. 1. The near unanimous passage of a resolution to increase Masorti/Conservative rabbis aren’t allowed to perform weddings, programs for more optimal absorption of Ethiopian Jews burials, or conversions and aren’t paid by the State of Israel to 2. A vote (382 Yes, 163 No, and 6 abstentions) on creating a third serve congregations as Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox rabbis are. section at the Kotel/Western Wall that will be equal in size, There is no prayer space for egalitarian tefillah/prayer at the funding and visibility, and will offer a dignified space of worship Kotel/Western Wall in Jerusalem. She spoke with great strength for the Conservative/Masorti and Reform streams and to the and from the heart, to great applause from many in the convention "Women of the Wall." hall during that panel. –Sandy Starkman 3. A vote by more than a simple majority to approve the separation of religion and state. MERCAZ USA: the Conservative movement’s Zionist organization. MERCAZ and MASORTI will maintain their representation MERCAZ OLAMI: political organization for Masorti/ in the Israeli National Institutions (an umbrella organization Conservative Jews outside the United States and Canada. including the Jewish Agency and Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael) MASORTI OLAMI: the organization of Masorti through the leadership of Dr. David Breakstone, Vice Chairman (Conservative) congregations and organizations outside the USA, of the World Zionist Organization, and Rabbi Kurtz and other Canada and Israel. Beth El members who will remain on key governing bodies and MASORTI Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel committees. This is significant because of it means that we can (Masorti Foundation): the organization in Israel of Masorti influence both policy decisions and the financial distribution of a (Conservative) kehillot/synagogues and related organizations. large pool of funds within Israel.

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 19 Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Pre-School

Over the years I have written to you about our school and that are in need, they reach out to teachers that have experienced the wonderful things that happen at the Paul S. and Sylvia a loss or illness. They are forming friendships that will last beyond Steinberg Pre-School. I have told you about our professional their children's pre-school years. They are teaching their children caring teachers, our cutting edge curriculum, our well-equipped the importance of ma'achil r'ay-vim (feeding the hungry), g'milut classrooms, our Gan Sylvia playground that serves as a nature chasadim (acts of loving kindness), bikur cholim (visiting the sick), center and additional "outside classroom." None of this would tzedakah (justice/charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world). matter without the families – children and parents who make up I am so proud to be a part of this special community. our community. We invite you to join us or tell your friends about us. Our Parent Auxiliary has been very busy this year, beginning Registration is now underway for the 2016-2017 school year and with a Welcome Ice Cream Social and ending in June with for our 8-week summer camp for infants through 4-year olds. We a Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. In between this time the have classes for infants through toddlers accompanied by an adult following committees have been working for the school including: called "Small and Tall." Pre-School begins with Adult/Toddler and Take Shabbat Home, Teek Bayit (Home Baskets), Family Outreach, Transition classes for children 15 months old and continues through Fund Raising, Hanukkah Gift Drive, Art After Dark, Tu B'Shevat Pre-Kindergarten. For information and to arrange a tour, please Extravaganza (Forest), Shema Pajama Party, Passover Seders, and contact me at the Pre-School office at 847-432-2830. Shabbat Dinner. While benefiting the school and helping our children appreciate the joys of our rich Jewish heritage, we are Caron Knopoff also building a strong Jewish community. We see firsthand every Steinberg Pre-School Director day the friendships that have developed between our families, both the children and parents. We see the caring that our parents have for one another. Parents have reached out to other parents

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 20 January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 21 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Rabbi Kurtz's Discretionary Fund - In honor of Bobbie and Len Tenner's 55th - Gail and Bruce Greenspahn wedding anniversary - Marianne Taussig - Gerald and Judy Farby - In honor of Carol and Stephen Weiss's - Harvey and Jacqueline Barnett anniversary - Joel and Frances Rabinowitz - Ira and Deborah Rosenberg - Jeanette Massey - In honor of our 54th wedding anniversary - - Jeff and Lisa Rosenkranz Irv and Ellen Kuperman - Jerome and Mary Kaltman - In honor of Jason Garfinkel becoming a - Joel and Frances Rabinowitz Bar Mitzvah - Alicia and Pablo Gejman - Joseph and Susan Ament - In honor of Jason's Bar Mitzvah and with - Karen Weiss appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz - Judy and - Lawrence and Susan Silberman Doug Garfinkel - Leonard and Rochelle Foxman - In honor of Jennifer Ray and Daniel - Lorna Greenspahn Dresner - Stephen and Annette Ray - Mark and Nina Gaines - Marvin and Sara Siegel - In honor of Jodi and David Gimbel and - Mayer Stiebel and Cara Madansky-Stiebel family, and for the marriage of their - Michael and Jacqueline Melinger daughter Ally to Dan - Ned and Cindy Zallik - Mildred Lidov - In honor of Lucy's Bat Mitzvah and with - Mindy and Jeff Gordon appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz - Michael and - Morton and Miriam Steinberg Jacqueline Melinger - NSS Beth El Pre-School - In honor of Marge and Len Birnbaum's - Renee Bearak 60th anniversary of joining Beth El - - Richard and Pamela Schlosberg Leonard and Marjorie Birnbaum - Richard Zelin and Judith Hirsch-Zelin - In honor of Mark and Francine Levy - Robert and Beth Footlik becoming grandparents - Jerome and Mary - Robert and Maxine Greenstein Kaltman - Rochelle and Earl Rubinoff - Sally Aaron - In honor of Mary Ellen Goldsmith's special - Sanford and Adrienne Eckerling birthday - Stephen and Diane Levin - Sol and Marcia Lerner - In honor of Mort and Miriam Steinberg's - Susan Saper 40th anniversary - Eliezer Krumbein - In honor of the marriage of Becky Nixon - In honor of Rabbi Kurtz - David Sarnoff and Jonathan Center and with appreciation - In honor of Rabbi Kurtz and all he has done to Rabbi Kurtz - Robert and Iris Center for my family - Mimi Lutwak and Family - In honor of the marriage of Matthew and - In honor of Rachel and Stephen's Auf Ruf and Shoshana Gordon - Harry and Arlene Feiger with appreciation for all the help for Barbara's - In honor of the marriage of Scott and mother - David and Barbara Lansing Allison Helberg and with appreciation to - In honor of Sherwin's Aliyah - Sherwin Rabbi Kurtz - Scott and Allison Helberg and Marlene Konik - In honor of the wedding of Matthew and - In honor of the birth of Dita Shana Coven - Shoshana Gordon - Karen Weiss Karen Weiss - In memory of Abe Gold, beloved father-in- - In honor of the birth of Melvin and law - Milton Greenfield Roselynn Roseman's granddaughter, - In memory of Abraham "Dobby" Dobkin, Eleanor - Robert and Marsha Weinstein beloved grandfather - Jori and Leah Brajer - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and - In memory of Abraham Mioni, beloved Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder father-in-law - Joan Holland Kaufman - In memory of Abraham Shanes, beloved - The Derman Family father - Samuel and Irene Shanes - Albert and Eleanor Boxerman - Ann Siegel - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved - Barbara and Ira Berger husband of Judith Miller - Bruno and Ruth Fischer - Andrea and Ben Leshem - Caron and Jack Knopoff - Jerome and Mary Kaltman - Donald and Lois Chudacoff - Sanford and Adrienne Eckerling

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Rabbi Kurtz's Discretionary Fund - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved - In memory of Ellen Fagan, beloved sister - (continued) husband of Judith Miller and beloved Helen Wilens friend - William and Wendy Lipsman - In memory of Esau and Ethel Cohodes, - In memory of Alfred Feller, beloved husband, beloved father and mother - Helen Wilens father and grandfather - Annette Feller - In memory of Esther Shlensky, beloved - In memory of Ann Hamburger Hofman, mother - Melvin and Lenore Blum beloved mother - Otto Waldmann and - In memory of Evelyn Edidin, beloved Phyllis Hofman Waldmann sister-in-law of Zella Ludwig - Rita and - In memory of Barbara Golden, beloved Gerald Buckman mother - Chaikin Capital Advisors - In memory of Evelyn Pomerantz, beloved - In memory of Bella Karp, beloved mother - sister - Daniel Nast Jr. and Dolly Nast Alice Gross - In memory of Fay Zelman, beloved mother, - In memory of Rose and Ben Greenspahn, and with appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz - beloved mother-in-law and father-in-law - Jerry and Linda Lebovitz Lorna Greenspahn - In memory of Florence Handzel, beloved - In memory of Ben-Ami Nachmiel Cooperman, mother - Harris and Sharon Goldenberg beloved son - David and Dena Cooperman - In memory of Gene Igolka, beloved father - - In memory of Bertha Wexler Goldstein, Ellen and Steven Lasin beloved mother - Paul and Eileen Goldstein - In memory of Gert Sherman, beloved sister - - In memory of Beverly Grey, beloved mother Milton Greenfield of Jordan Grey - Michael and Anita Katz - In memory of Harry Reisin, beloved father - - In memory of Burton Wilens, beloved Bernard and Elaine Reisin husband - Helen Wilens - In memory of Harry Schessel, beloved - In memory of Celia Katz, beloved mother - father - Dr. J. Schessel Mildred Lidov - In memory of Harry Shlensky, beloved - In memory of David Resnick, beloved son father - Melvin and Lenore Blum of Howard and Helaine Resnick - In memory of Herman Chudacoff, beloved - Carey and Cheryl Cooper father - Donald and Lois Chudacoff - Judi and Stewart Ebstein - In memory of Howard Lidov, beloved - In memory of Diana Terr, beloved aunt - husband - Mildred Lidov Arthur and Lynn Cohen - In memory of Irving Aaron, beloved - In memory of Dina Field, beloved mother - father-in-law - Sally Aaron Phillip and Sandra Cooper - In memory of Irving Greenfield, beloved - In memory of Doris Rudman, beloved brother - Milton Greenfield sister - Leonard and Marjorie Birnbaum - In memory of Irwin Greenspahn, beloved - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, husband - Lorna Greenspahn beloved husband of Betty Frankel - In memory of Isadore Lane, beloved father - Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah Fred and Corinne Lane Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather - In memory of Jack Frost, beloved father - of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Ira and Elise Frost Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of - In memory of Jack Frost, beloved husband - Herman Wexler Allene Frost - Ann Siegel - In memory of Jack Karson, beloved father - - Edward and Sari Salinas Sally Aaron - Sherwyn and Irvina Warren - In memory of John Ferns, beloved brother - - In memory of Dr. Lester Kaplin, beloved Ronald and Eileen Goldberg father - Alan and Marcia Kaplin - In memory of Joseph Ferns, beloved father - - In memory of Edith and Sidney Weiss, Ronald and Eileen Goldberg beloved parents - Karen Weiss - In memory of Joseph Tabachnik, beloved - In memory of Elena Korenstein, Alicia husband - Miriam Tabachnik Gejman's beloved mother-in-law - Karen Weiss

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 23 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Rabbi Kurtz's Discretionary Fund - In memory of Josephine Birnbaum, beloved - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved (continued) mother - Leonard and Marjorie Birnbaum mother of Barbara Lansing - In memory of Joyce Philippi, beloved - Bob and Millie Weber mother of Kathy Stinson - Lorna Greenspahn - Daniel Nast Jr. and Dolly Nast -David and Jodi Gimbel - In memory of Julius Citro, beloved - Mindy Sterns and Family stepfather - Sherry Kantar - Rosella and Steven Chiodo - In memory of Lila Hodes, beloved sister - - In memory of Tillie L. Shanes, beloved Rita and Gerald Buckman mother - Samuel and Irene Shanes - In memory of Louis A. Bloom, beloved - In memory of Vera Blum, beloved mother - father - Irwin and Linda Magad Melvin and Lenore Blum - In memory of Mabelle Schero, beloved - In memory of Victor and Sarah Steinberg, grandmother - Ira and Elise Frost beloved parents - Lorna Greenspahn - In memory of Mabelle Schero, beloved - In memory of Willard Aaron, beloved mother - Allene Frost husband - Sally Aaron - In memory of Martin Holland, beloved - In memory of William J. Howard, beloved brother-in-law - Joan Holland husband - Dolly Nast - In memory of Max and Mary Kohl, - In memory of Batya Retsky's beloved beloved parents - Mrs. Dolores Kohl brother and sister-in-law - Karen Weiss - In memory of Max Katz, beloved father - - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz for a Mildred Lidov most pleasant occasion - Pam and Richard - In memory of Milbert Fein, beloved father - Schlosberg Sherry Kantar - With appreciation to Aaron and Ellen - In memory of Mildred Carlton, beloved Krumbein for their friendship - Ronald and mother - Dennis and Jane Carlton Eileen Goldberg - In memory of Miriam Faust, beloved - With appreciation to Darryl and Mira mother and grandmother - Annette Feller Temkin for their friendship - Ronald and - In memory of Miriam Galerkin, beloved Eileen Goldberg mother - Amos and Edith Turner - With appreciation to David and Madeline - In memory of Muriel Kushner, beloved Solomon for their friendship - Ronald and mother - Susie and Mark Pollack Eileen Goldberg - In memory of Murray Brown, beloved father - With appreciation to Jeffrey and Stacy of Allyson Rose - Diane and Steve Levin Goldsmith for their friendship - Ronald - In memory of Nathan Goldstein, beloved and Eileen Goldberg father - Paul and Eileen Goldstein - With appreciation to Philip and Doreen - In memory of Otto Hammel, beloved Feitelberg for their friendship - Ronald and father - Melvin and Hedy Sered Eileen Goldberg - In memory of Randall Horwitz, beloved - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz father - Jori and Leah Brajer - The Klaff Family - Sue Cohen - In memory of Roslyn Greenfield, beloved mother - Ira and Barbara Berger - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz for adding even more meaning to a very special - In memory of Roslyn Greenfield, beloved day - The Family of Morris Frydman wife - Milton Greenfield - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz for his - In memory of Sandra Cohen Patack, assistance - Mitchell and Edythe Kreiter beloved sister - Arthur and Lynn Cohen - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz for - In memory of Seymour D. Vishny, beloved Jennifer Ray and Dan Dresner's Auf Ruf - brother - Bernard and Elaine Reisin Edward and Sari Salinas - In memory of Sheldon Garland, beloved - In honor of Alex's Bat Mitzvah - Jennifer husband - Adrienne Garland and Michael Wirth and family - In memory of Sol Holland, beloved brother-in-law - Joan Holland

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Rabbi Schwab's Discretionary Fund - In honor of Carol and Steve Weiss's 55th - In memory of Freida Wexler, beloved wedding anniversary - Marianne Taussig grandmother - Paul and Eileen Goldstein - In honor of Jason's Bar Mitzvah and with - In memory of George Berliant, beloved father appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - Judy and of Wendy Kahn - Daniel and Wendy Kahn Doug Garfinkel - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mother - In honor of Lucy's Bat Mitzvah and with and with appreciation to Rabbi Schwab appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - Michael - Jack Bierig and Jacqueline Melinger - Judy Farby - In honor of Rachel and Neil Greenbaum - In memory of Ignacio Fried, beloved father - for their warm and gracious Sukkot Edward and Sari Salinas hospitality - David and Rae Smerling - In memory of Janet R. Abels, beloved - In honor of Rachel and Stephen's Auf Ruf and mother - Roger and Ronnie Wilk with appreciation for the help with Barbara's - In memory of Joseph Wexler, beloved mother - David and Barbara Lansing grandfather - Paul and Eileen Goldstein - In honor of Rachel and Zac's wedding and - In memory of Leona Kalson Wilk, beloved with appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - Brian mother - Roger and Ronnie Wilk and Jan Channon - In memory of Mae Olshansky, beloved - In honor of Scott and Carly Bernstein's Auf mother-in-law - Sheila Olshansky Ruf and Wedding - Susie and Mark Pollack - In memory of Malka Hakimian, beloved - In honor of the marriage of Scott and Kristina mother - Sidney and Batya Retsky Ruderman - Jeffrey and Michele Glass - In memory of Martin Spieler, beloved - In honor of the marriage of Scott Bernstein husband - Anita Spieler to Carly Levin - Rochelle and Earl Rubinoff - In memory of Maurice Olshansky, beloved - In honor of the marriage of Matt Gordon to father-in-law - Sheila Olshansky Shoshana Indenbaum and with appreciation - In memory of Milton Schwartz - Ben and to Rabbi Schwab - Jeff and Mindy Gordon Shellie Schwartz - In honor of Zeev and Nikki Saffir's marriage - - In memory of Milton Schwartz and with Wendy and Danny Kahn appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - Ben and - In memory of Anita Brenner, beloved sister - Shellie Schwartz Leonard and Rochelle Foxman - In memory of Milton Schwartz, beloved - In memory of Bernard R. Abels, beloved grandfather of Dana Atlas - Jonathan and father - Roger and Ronnie Wilk Danielle Pearl - In memory of Betty Juron Davis, beloved - In memory of Mose J. Winick, beloved sister - Marvin and Joyce Juron father - Adrian and Linda Winick - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, - In memory of Myra Rubinstein, beloved beloved husband of Betty Frankel sister - Paul and Eileen Goldstein Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah - In memory of Sam Erlich, beloved father Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna of Burt Ehrlich and with appreciation to Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Rabbi Schwab - Burton and Julie Ehrlich Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of - In memory of Sandra Turner, beloved wife, Herman Wexler - Mimi Lutwak and with appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for her stone dedication - Howard Turner - In memory of Dr. Zayne Wilk, beloved brother - Roger and Ronnie Wilk - In memory of Seymour Saks - The Saks Family - In memory of Edna Tolchinsky Ray and - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved with appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - mother of Barbara Lansing - Phyllis Gimpel Stephen and Annette Ray - In memory of Sidney Feitelberg, beloved - In memory of Edward Yore, beloved father - brother - Philip and Doreen Feitelberg Mayer Stiebel and Cara Madansky-Stiebel - In memory of Taube Wainstein, beloved - In memory of Frank Igolka, beloved cousin - Philip and Doreen Feitelberg grandfather - Ellen and Steven Lasin

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 25 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Rabbi Schwab's Discretionary Fund - In memory of Zelig Sered, beloved father - Rosen - Leonard and Rochelle Foxman (continued) Melvin and Hedy Sered - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for his - Wishing a complete and speedy recovery to kindness shown to Jessica Gimbel and her Malka Dodi Bat Sara Pesha - Marvin and students at LFA – Jodi and David Gimbel Sara Siegel - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for Noa's - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab baby naming - Mitchel and Laura Zacks - Batia Eizikovic - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for - Michael Teplitsky officiating at Shoshana and Matt Gordon's - Perri Silverstein wedding - Lawrence and Abby Block - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for a - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for most beautiful baby naming - Gail and Bruce welcoming our class to your Synagogue - Greenspahn and Deena and Jordan Fischer Lake Forest Academy - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for the meaningful dedication for my dad, Joseph

Hazzan Tisser's Discretionary Fund - In honor of Jason's Bar Mitzvah and with - In memory of Milton Schwartz and with appreciation to Hazzan Tisser - Judy and appreciation to Hazzan Tisser - Ben and Doug Garfinkel Shellie Schwartz - In honor of Lucy's Bat Mitzvah and with - In memory of Roz Ebstein, beloved wife of appreciation to Hazzan Tisser - Michael Bernhard Ebstein - Ruth Belzer and Jacqueline Melinger - In memory of Sylvia Feinberg, beloved - In honor of Hazzan Ben Tisser's 35th mother - Michael and Susan Millenson birthday - Frank and Arlene Kronthal - With appreciation to Hazzan Ben Tisser - In memory of Edna Tolchinsky Ray and - Steven and Joyce Gallo with appreciation to Hazzan Tisser - - Judith Lavin Stephen and Annette Ray - In memory of Hazzan Alan Smolen, beloved son - Ernest Smolen - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mother and with appreciation to Hazzan Tisser - Jack Bierig - Judy Farby

Adolph M. and Lottye Jacobson Israel - With appreciation - Harvey and Ellen Scholarship Endowment Fund Jacobson

Ann and Jack Weinberg - In memory of Jack Weinberg, beloved Holocaust Memorial Education father and Zaide - Joel and Pearl Kagan Endowment Fund

Ba'al Korei Institute Fund - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, - In memory of Leon Fox, beloved father - beloved husband of Betty Frankel Magdalena and Leonard Fox Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah - In memory of Rose Berman, beloved Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna mother - Leon and Leslie Fox Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami - In memory of Sheldon Fox, beloved father - Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Leon and Leslie Fox Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Robert and Beth Footlik - In memory of Warren Berman, beloved brother - Leon and Leslie Fox - In memory of Dr. Nachum Raphaeli, beloved father - Robin and Michael Shartiag

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Ben and Marion Drachler Israel - In memory of Bella Drachler Tesler, Scholarship Endowment Fund beloved sister - A. Michael and Nancy Drachler - Ferne Avery

Beth El Camp Scholarship Fund - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved mother of Barbara Lansing - Bobbie and Len Tenner

Cal and Lana Eisenberg Halomdim - In memory of Isadore Eisenberg, beloved - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved Program Endowment Fund father - Calvin and Lana Eisenberg mother of Barbara Lansing - Susan, John, - In memory of Jerome Yonnie Cohen, Kristina, Matthew and Dylan Nishioka beloved father - Calvin and Lana Eisenberg - In memory of Mary Cohen, beloved mother - Calvin and Lana Eisenberg - In memory of Yonnie Levin, beloved nephew - Calvin and Lana Eisenberg

Camp Ramah General Scholarship - In honor of Alan Silberman's birthday and - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, Endowment Fund his leadership at World Zionist Congress - beloved husband of Betty Frankel Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah and Avram Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and - In memory of Dena Sarnat, beloved Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather mother-in-law - Judith Sarnat of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of - In memory of Gus Schwartz, beloved Herman Wexler - Paul and Michelle Pessis father - Judith Sarnat - In memory of Jeremy Sherman - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In memory of Leonard Sarnat, beloved husband - Judith Sarnat

Capital Improvement Fund - In honor of Lisa Rosenkranz's Simchat Torah - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved Honor - Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch mother of Barbara Lansing - Jeff and Lisa - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved Rosenkranz husband of Judith Miller - Marcy and - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved Kenneth Levin husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, - In memory of Albert Levin, beloved father - beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, Marcy and Kenneth Levin Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, - In memory of Allan Edward Solmor, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved beloved father of Jane Mordini - Marcy and brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - David Kenneth Levin Rosen and Amy Zisook - In memory of Lavina Baron Friedman, beloved mother, - Marcy and Kenneth Levin - In memory of Martie S. Graham, beloved father - H. Steven and Deborah Graham

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 27 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Continuing Education Fund - In honor of David Smith, Michelle - In memory of Philip Gerson, beloved father Wasserman, Ari Smith and Yael Smith - of Carol Pomerantz - Sandy Starkman, Mitchell Smith Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In honor of Jack and Barbara Blumberg's - In memory of Shulamit Kahana, beloved 55 years of marriage - Sandy Starkman, mother - Dov and Eileen Kahana Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In memory of Fay Zelman, beloved mother of Linda Lebovitz - Robert and Beth Footlik

Edward S. Frank Israel Study - In honor of Carol and Steve Weiss' 50th - In memory of Anna Kaplan, beloved Memorial Endowment Fund wedding anniversary - Gerry Kaplan mother-in-law - Gerry Kaplan - In honor of Marge and Len Birnbaum's - In memory of Beverly Grey, beloved mother of anniversary and Len's 91st birthday - Jordan Grey - Frances and Joel Rabinowitz Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, - In memory of Edward Knell, beloved Hollen and Avram father - Gerry Kaplan - In honor of Nessia Frank - Frances and - In memory of Lena Rabinowitz, beloved Joel Rabinowitz mother - Fran and Joel Rabinowitz - In honor of Nessia Frank, our mother, at - In memory of Seymour Rothman - Joel Hanukkah - Ben and Wendy Frank Rabinowitz - In honor of the 50th anniversary of Stuart - In memory of Sue and Lou Frank, beloved Cohen's Bar Mitzvah - Babette and Mark in-laws - Nessia Frank Daskin

General Israel Scholarship - In honor of our friends at Beth El, thanks - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved Endowment Fund for hosting us on Rosh Hashanah - Mark, husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, Babette, Tamar and Keren Daskin beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, - In memory of our loved ones at Yom Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, Kippur and Shemini Atzeret Yizkor, we beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, miss you - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved Uri, Hollen and Avram brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Olivia, Tim and Ellie Brennan

Gerald and Rita Buckman - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and Yom Ha'atzmaut Program Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder Endowment Fund Kaufman - Rita and Gerald Buckman

Horwitz-Hoffman Youth Lounge - In honor of Barbara and David Hoffman's Maintenance Endowment Fund 50th anniversary - Louis and Donna Glickman

Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious - In honor of being a host at Sukkot - Pam - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved School Fund and Richard Schlosberg husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, - In honor of Leah Seidman becoming a Bat beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, Mitzvah - NS Sisterhood Beth El Giftshop Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, - In honor of our son Kyle's engagement Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved to Missy Teicher - Lawrence and Susan brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Annette Silberman and Gerald Blumberg - In memory of Bee Greenstein, beloved grandmother - Steven and Marci Friedman

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Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious - In memory of Elena Korenstein, beloved - With appreciation for Sandy Starkman and School Fund (continued) mother-in-law of Alicia Gejman - Michael Larry Pachter and all they do - Anonymous and Terri Lipsitz - With appreciation to Rabbi Kurtz - Marc - In memory of our Family members - and Brenda Wilkow Mitchell and Karen Kopin - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab for all of - In memory of Gertrude Sher, beloved his prayers - Howard and Lois Hirschfield grandmother - Michael and Sara Sher

Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural - In honor of Avrum Gray's 80th birthday - - In memory of Roberta Steinhardt, beloved and Learning Center Fund Andrew and Gail Brown sister - Theodore and Cheryl Banks - In honor of Bill and Judy Siskel's 50th - In memory of Ruth Banks, beloved mother - wedding anniversary - Andrew and Gail Theodore and Cheryl Banks Brown - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, - In honor of our 54th wedding anniversary - beloved husband of Betty Frankel Irv and Ellen Kuperman Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah - In honor of Jason Garfinkel's Bar Mitzvah - Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Andrew and Gail Brown Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and - In honor of the marriage of Mike and Susan Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of Wasserman - Harry and Arlene Feiger Herman Wexler - In memory of Max Stark, beloved father - - Amos and Edith Turner Natalie Weinstein - Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural and - In memory of Muriel Glass, beloved Learning Center Committee mother - Jeffrey and Michele Glass

Kopin Family Fund for Children's - In memory of Beverly Grey, beloved - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved T'filot Education Endowment Fund mother of Jordan Grey - Myrna Kopin husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, beloved - In memory of Al Kopin on his 21st Yahrzeit - father of Deborah Dobrusin, Jonathan Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved and Avram grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother- - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved husband in-law of Herman Wexler - Myrna Kopin of Judith Miller - Myrna Kopin - Wishing a complete and speedy recovery to - In memory of David Resnick, beloved son of Ernie Smolen - Shael and Myrna Siegel Howard and Helaine Resnick - Myrna Kopin

Kurtz Family Youth - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and - In memory of Frank Gula, beloved uncle - Endowment Fund Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder Rabbi Vernon and Bryna Kurtz Kaufman - Harris and Sharon Goldenberg - In memory of Bernard C. Kurtz, beloved father - Rabbi Vernon and Bryna Kurtz

Maot Chittim Fund - Wishing a complete and speedy recovery to Ernie Smolen - Ellen, Jeff and Daniella Roth

Maxwell Abbell Library Fund - In honor of Sandy Starkman receiving - In honor of the birth of Mel and Rosie the Mercaz Olami Award - Theodore and Roseman's grandchild - Leonard and Cheryl Banks Rochelle Foxman

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 29 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Maxwell Abbell Library Fund - In honor of Scott and Carly Bernstein's - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved (continued) marriage - Sandra Becker husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, husband of Judith Miller - Robert and Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, Maxine Greenstein beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved - In memory of Avra Shoshana Tovian, brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Robert beloved daughter of Merle and Steve and Maxine Greenstein Tovian - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - Wishing a complete and speedy recovery to Ernie Smolen - Robert and Maxine Greenstein - In memory of Rabbi Abraham J. Mesch, beloved father - Nissah Mattenson - In memory of Sylvia Tovian, beloved mother - Steven and Merle Tovian

Michael and Karen Lutz Solomon - With appreciation - Karen Lutz Schechter Endowment Fund

Mindy and Jeffrey Gordon and - In honor of the 30th anniversary of Jeff - In honor of Herbert and Mira Natkin’s new Family Unrestricted Endowment and Mindy Gordon - Sandy Starkman, great-grandson, Liam - Philip and Ellen Glass Fund Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In memory of Beverly Grey, beloved mother - In honor of the marriage of Matt Gordon of Jordan Grey - Mindy and Jeff Gordon to Shoshana Indenbaum - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mother - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, of Judy Farby - Mindy and Jeff Gordon Hollen and Avram - Ronald Lenkin

Minyan Service Fund - In honor of my Galilah - Felissa Kreindler - In memory of Arthur DeBofsky, beloved - In memory of Angela Saporta, beloved husband - Greta DeBofsky mother - Batia Eizikovic - In memory of Ben Lederman, beloved - In memory of Arthur J. Ramek, beloved father - Harold and Eileen Lederman brother - Joyce Pollack - In memory of Bernard Cohen, beloved - In memory of Ruth Leah Dolansky, beloved husband - Mrs. Marion Cohen mother and grandmother - Glenda Mason - In memory of Charles Scheinman, beloved - In memory of Ruth Scheinman, beloved grandfather - David and Barbara Lansing grandmother - Barbara and David Lansing - In memory of Dr. Alan Solmar - Gerald and - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved Adrienne Lasin mother of Barbara Lansing - Marla Hand - In memory of Estelle Weitzman, beloved - In memory of Solomon E. Harrison, mother - Keith and Cheryl Weitzman beloved father - Harriet Bernbaum - In memory of George Berliant, beloved - In honor of my aliyah - Felissa Kreindler father of Wendy Kahn - Marlene and Seth Halpern - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder - In memory of Harold Goodman, beloved Kaufman - Gerald and Adrienne Lasin father - Paul and Michelle Pessis - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved - In memory of Harry Archie Dolansky, husband of Judith Miller - Renee Bearak beloved father - Sanford and Glenda Mason - In memory of Albert Massey, beloved - In memory of Hiah Turner, beloved husband - Jeanette Massey mother - Amos and Edith Turner - In memory of Anita and Orville Rosen, - In memory of Joseph Lipsman, beloved beloved parents - Judy Isenberg father - William and Wendy Lipsman

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Minyan Service Fund - In memory of Mildred and Murray Werker, - In memory of Roz Levin, beloved mother - (continued) beloved parents - Sheila Goldberg Jeffrey and Arlene Levin - In memory of Morris Frydman, beloved - In memory of Sheila Kunik, beloved sister - husband - June Back Frydman Greta DeBofsky - In memory of Morris Frydman, beloved - In memory of Solomon E. Harrison, husband of June Back Frydman - Patricia beloved father - Harriet Bernbaum Shapiro - With appreciation - Bruce and Gail - In memory of N. Arthur Rubinoff, beloved Greenspahn father - Earl and Rochelle Rubinoff - In memory of Rosalyn Mason, beloved mother - Sanford and Glenda Mason

Miriam and Bernard H. Sokol - In memory of Simon Finkelstein and with - With appreciation - Ronnie Jo Sokol Hebrew High School Fund appreciation to the Beth El members who helped make a minyan - Bill Weisel and Michal Finkelstein

Music Fund - In honor of Gail Scully's Simchat Torah father - Nancy and Larry Kekst honor - Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch - With appreciation to Hazzan Ben Tisser - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved - Kenneth and Andrea Saffir husband of Judith Miller - Deanna and - Matthew and Victoria Zell Maurice Sable - With appreciation - Michael and Karen - In memory of Keeva J. Kekst, beloved Kesner

NSS Beth El Camp - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mother Scholarship Fund husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, of Judy Farby - Bobbie and Len Tenner beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Adrienne and Gerald Lasin

NSSBE Special Gifts Fund - In honor of Sandy Starkman receiving - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved the Mercaz Olami Award - Joseph and mother of Barbara Lansing Susan Ament - Archibald and Meek - In memory of Marvin Holland, beloved - Frank Kersey husband - Joan Holland - Pearl and Eugene Korey - In memory of Sam Ehrlich, beloved father - With appreciation to NSS Beth El of Burton Erlich - Richard and Carol Streit - Gerald Frank - Sol and Elaine Rosen - In memory of Shirley Nyeste, beloved - Gerald Schechter mother - James Nyeste and Marla Hand - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, beloved mother of Barbara Lansing - Lawrence and Bette Kahn - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved husband of Judith Miller - Alan and Margaret Silberman

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 31 Todah Rabbah We are grateful for the following contributions:

Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg - In honor of Campbell Katz becoming a Bat - In memory of Adele Wallerstein - Rinna Pre-School Fund Mitzvah and Eric Maletsky - Sarah and Joel Chupack - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved - NSS Beth El Pre-School husband of Judith Miller - Annette and - In honor of Dana Horowitz’s engagement - Gerald Blumberg NSS Beth El Pre-School - In memory of Bertha Knopoff Auerbach, - In honor of Gidon and Hilary Cohen on beloved mother-in-law of Caron Knopoff the marriage of Dana and Oliver Plotkin - - Joel and Sara Chupack Andrew and Gail Brown - Alicia and Pablo Gejman - In honor of the marriage of Rachel - Jonathan and Danielle Pearl Channon - Andrew and Gail Brown - In memory of Harold Reingold, beloved - In honor of the marriage of Zeev and Nikki brother-in-law of Stacey Reingold - Sarah Saffir - Andrew and Gail Brown and Joel Chupack - In memory of Mildred Cohen, beloved mother - Howard and Lois Hirschfield

Prayer Book Fund - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and - In memory of Florence Bearak, beloved Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder mother - Marvin and Renee Bearak Kaufman - David and Barbara Lansing - In memory of Gary Schwartz - Fran and - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved Steven Shapiro husband of Judith Miller - Carolynn - In memory of Hazzan Julius Leib Ulman, Marcus Schwartz and Richard Schwartz beloved father - Lillian Charney - In memory of Beverly Grey, beloved - In memory of Herbert Gross, beloved mother of Jordan Grey - Steven and husband - Alice Gross Frances Shapiro - In memory of Howard Wittenberg, beloved - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, husband - Iris Wittenberg beloved husband of Betty Frankel - In memory of Marcia Cohen, beloved sister - Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah Neil and Adrienne Aaronson Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather - In memory of Sheldon Fox, beloved father - of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Leon and Leslie Fox Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of - With appreciation to my dear friends at Herman Wexler - Miriam Berlin NSS Beth El for all the good wishes made - In memory of Elmer E. Fox, beloved father - in my behalf - Ernest Smolen Allan and Hilary Greenberg

Pushke/Tzedakah Fund - In memory of Shirley Scheinman, - Wishing a complete and speedy recovery to beloved mother of Barbara Lansing - Judith Weiner - Mary Ellen and Larry The Oberheide Family Goldsmith

Ritual Refurbishment - In honor of Alex becoming a Bat Mitzvah - In memory of Minnie R. Levenson, beloved Endowment Fund and with appreciation to Mark Stadler- mother - Jack and Barbara Blumberg Jennifer and Michael Wirth and family - In memory of Pearl S. Blumberg, beloved - In honor of my Ark opening - Sally Aaron mother - Jack and Barbara Blumberg

Rosalyn Bogen Memorial - With appreciation - Gilbert Bogen CJHS Endowment Fund

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Sarah and Henry Stiebel Camp - In memory of Dr. Irving Rozenfeld, beloved Ramah Endowment Fund husband of Betty Frankel Rozenfeld, beloved father of Deborah Dobrusin, Jonathan Rozenfeld and Ranna Rozenfeld, beloved grandfather of Nami Goldenberg, Yael Frankel and Shai Dobrusin, beloved brother-in-law of Herman Wexler - Mayer Stiebel and Cara Madansky-Stiebel

Sarah and Henry Stiebel - In honor of Jan and Rick Small's 28th - In honor of the birth of Eli Krumbein's Schechter Endowment Fund anniversary - Sandy Starkman, Larry great granddaughter - Sandy Starkman, Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In honor of the 50th anniversary of Stuart - In memory of Beverly Grey, belolved Cohen's Bar Mitzvah - Sandy Starkman, mother of Jordan Grey - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In honor of Larry Pachter's Haftorah - - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mom Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Uri, Hollen of Judy Farby - Sandy Starkman, Larry and Avram Pachter, Uri, Hollen and Avram - In honor of Michael Kesner's 60th - With appreciation to the honorees for birthday - Sandy Starkman, Larry Pachter, Simchat Torah - Mayer Stiebel and Cara Uri, Hollen and Avram Madansky-Stiebel

Sherman Family Israel Scholarship - In honor of the birth of Rabbi Vernon and - In memory of David Resnick, beloved son Endowment Fund Bryna Kurtz's grandson, Samuel Ryder of Howard and Helaine Resnick - Jonathan Kaufman - Jonathan and Francine Sherman and Francine Sherman - In memory of Alan Miller, beloved husband of Judith Miller - Jonathan and Francine Sherman

Social Action Fund - In memory of Marcia Wilensky - Gail Cooper - With appreciation to Rabbi Schwab - Alexander Wolf

Staff Recognition Fund - In honor of Jeffrey Goldsmith's Simchat Torah - With appreciation to our wonderful Honor - Gary Gordon and Marilyn Hirsch maintenance staff - Rabbi Vernon and - With appreciation to the Beth El Staff fora Bryna Kurtz Great 2015! - Andrew and Gail Brown

Steinberg Pre-School - In memory of Milton Schwartz, beloved Endowment Fund grandfather of Dana Atlas - The Sukenic Family

Youth Community Fund - In honor of Gabriel Small's Eagle Scout - In memory of Helga Bierig, beloved mother Recognition - Mary Ellen and Larry Goldsmith of Judy Farby - Steven and Frances Shapiro - In honor of Jason Garfinkel becoming a Bar Mitzvah - David and Noreen Ohcana - In honor of the birth of Micah Jacob Isenstein, son of Samantha and Brian Isenstein - The Halfin Family - Richard and Pam Schlosberg

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 33 January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 34 February 2016 Events Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 12:30pm Sisterhood Lunch 7:00pm Hartman Institute 7:45pm Executive 4:51pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services and Learn Class Committee Meeting 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 12:30pm Sisterhood Torah 7:00pm Gimmel Shabbat Fund Book Club Dinner 4:00pm Shabbat Open Gym 4:45pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 5:56pm Shabbat Ends 7:30pm Men's Club/ Sisterhood Game Night

7 8 9 Rosh Hodesh Adar I 10 Rosh Hodesh Adar I 11 12 13 8:30am Men's Club World 8:00pm Board of Education 7:00am Morning Minyan 7:00am Morning Minyan 7:45pm Men's Club Youth Community 8:50am Shabbat Services Wide Wrap Committee Meeting Caveman Dinner Weekend of Greatness 4:45pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 8:45am Morning Minyan 5:00pm Candle Lighting 6:05pm Shabbat Ends 11:00am Men's Club Board 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Meeting 7:00pm Congregational 7:30pm Evening Minyan Shabbat Dinner

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8:45am Morning Minyan 7:45pm Ritual Committee 6:00pm Used Book Sale Used Book Sale 8:50am Shabbat Services 9:30am Bagels for Your Meeting Setup and Pizza Party 5:08pm Candle Lighting Bat Mitzvah – Avra Friedman Brains 7:45pm Board of Directors 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 7:30pm Evening Minyan Meeting 6:13pm Shabbat Ends

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Used Book Sale Used Book Sale Used Book Sale Used Book Sale Used Book Sale 5:17pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 8:45am Morning Minyan 8:00pm Continuing 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat USY Shabbat 8:50am Men's Club Blood Education Committee 5:00pm Dalet Mincha and Drive Meeting Havdalah 9:00am Social Action 5:00pm Mincha /Ma'ariv Mitzvah Day 6:22pm Shabbat Ends 7:30pm Evening Minyan

28 29 Mar 1 Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 4 Mar 5 Used Book Sale 7:45pm Sisterhood Board 12:00pm Study in the 5:24pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 8:45am Morning Minyan Meeting Suburbs 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Bar Mitzvah - Ryan Hecht 10:30am Havurah Coffee 2:00pm Afternoon @ the 7:00pm Bet Shabbat Oneg 9:15am Beit Midrash Minyan Event Movies 12:00pm Hey Family 7:30pm Evening Minyan 7:45pm Executive Luncheon 7:45pm Field Lecture Committee Meeting 5:15pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 6:29pm Shabbat Ends 8:00pm Beth El's Big Event

NSSBE Staff Vernon Kurtz, Rabbi Caron Knopoff, Pre-School Director Michael Schwab, Rabbi Ali Drumm, Director of Informal Education Benjamin A. Tisser, Hazzan Rachel Kamin, Director of the Cultural and Learning Center Mark Stadler, Ritual Director Nancy Kekst, Director of Development Chuck Kahalnik, Executive Director Samantha Isenstein, Youth Community Director Alicia Gejman, Director of Formal Education

January-February 2016/Tevet-Adar I 5776 35 North Suburban Synagogue Beth El Non Profit Org. 1175 Sheridan Road US Postage Highland Park, IL 60035 PAID Highland Park, IL Permit No. 96 January 2016 Events Calendar Address Service Requested

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 New Year's Day 2 8:45am Morning Minyan 8:50am Shabbat Services 4:10pm Candle Lighting 4:00pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:15pm Shabbat Ends

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8:45am Morning Minyan 7:45pm Executive 4:16pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 7:30pm Evening Minyan Committee Meeting 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Bat Mitzvah–Eugenie Berman-Moore 12:30pm Sisterhood Torah Fund Book Club 4:15pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 5:21pm Shabbat Ends

10 11 Rosh Hodesh Shevat 12 13 14 15 16 8:45am Morning Minyan 7:00am Morning Minyan 7:00pm B'nai Mitzvah 12:00pm Study in the Loop 4:24pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 9:30am Bagels for Your 8:00pm Board of Education Orientation & Dinner 7:00pm Hartman Institute 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Bat Mitzvah–Leah Rosenberg Brains Committee Meeting Class 9:15am Beit Midrash Minyan 7:30pm Evening Minyan 12:30pm Exhibit Lecture 4:15pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 5:29pm Shabbat Ends 8:00pm Art After Dark

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shabbat Shira 8:45am Morning Minyan 7:45pm Ritual Committee 8:00pm Srugim Class Begins 7:45pm Board of Directors 4:33pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 9:30am Bagels for Your Meeting Meeting 5:00pm Jeans and Jammies Bat Mitzvah–Sarah Erlichman Brains 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 1:30pm Shabbaton – 7:30pm Evening Minyan Shabbat Shira 4:30pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 5:38pm Shabbat Ends 7:30pm Perfect Pitch Concert

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 8:45am Morning Minyan 7:45pm CLC Committee 4:41pm Candle Lighting 8:50am Shabbat Services 11:00am Torah Cantillation Begins Meeting 6:15pm Kabbalat Shabbat 4:30pm Mincha /Ma'ariv 7:30pm Evening Minyan 5:46pm Shabbat Ends

31 8:45am Morning Minyan 9:30am Bagels for Your Brains 12:00pm Ramah Day Camp Event 7:30pm Evening Minyan