Welcome to Shabbat Parshat - ANNOUNCEMENTS at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation Thank you to this ’s volunteer Tot Shabbat leader, Chai Wilensky, and volunteer July 21 – 22, 2017 / 28 Tammuz 5777 readers, Jonathan Cottrell, Eisenstein, Josh Markowitz, and Daniel Reifman. Lost & Found: If you’re missing something or left something at shul, please pick it up ASAP Thank you to our July Birthday/Anniversary Kiddush Co-Sponsors: Happy Birthday to Norm Levitz, Evelyne Preis, Judith Wolf & Arnold Herskovic from from the top of the downstairs coat racks—remaining items will be removed from the Peggy & Sid Kaz building in a few , without further notice. Happy Birthday to Peggy from Sid Kaz Aviv Maman in honor of his birthday Happy Birthday to Nechemia and Asher! Love, Margalit, Avital, and Gideon ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES Happy Birthday Andrew! We love you. Mere, Sonia, Aleeza, and Charles In Honor Shalosh Seudot is sponsored in honor of Ann Levenson by her ASBI friends to Howard & Lenore Bernstein in honor of Norman & Doris Levitz’s simchas: Doris’s 90th, recognize her many contributions to the community & wish her well on her next endeavor. Norman’s 93rd, and their 70th anniversary.

Karli Salinger, Ava Madoff, Yoni Philipp, Josh Grob & Anna Pomson, Bill & Donna In Memory Moritz, Jules Levenson, Elana Pentelnik, Ariel Silverstein, Rachel Schwartz, Arielle & Dr. Ellen Cannon & Dr. Arnold Herskovic in memory of David Lipman, a”h, with deepest Lewis, Seth Greenberg, Lora Slutsky, Meytal Chernoff, Aviv Maman, Tara Holden, sympathies to the Lipman/Warren family. Eli Alster, Caroline & Neil Berkowitz, Binyamin Cohen, and Benji & Debi Rubin Alan & Susan Hepker and Family in memory of David Lipman, a”h Dawn Sherr in memory of David Lipman, a”h Welcome to our newest member, Ben Goldsmith, who has joined our ASBI community. Denise & Stuart Sprague in memory of David Lipman, a”h: our deepest condolences, may your father's memory be a blessing to you all. SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT Friday, July 21 Yahrzeit Mincha, Festive Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 7:00 PM Adam & Jen Levine in memory of Benet Levine, a”h Light Candles 8:02 PM Norm & Doris Levitz in memory of Norm’s father, Frank Levitz, a”h

Saturday, July 22 Donations received after July 19 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Shacharit with sermon by Wolkenfeld 9:00 AM Many thanks for these generous donations. Summertime Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM Presentation by Joel Braunold 12:30 PM Mizmor Shir: Festive Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma'ariv for Shabbat Mevarchim British Jewry in the Age of Brexit & Corbyn: Reactions to the British Elections Participate and be moved by Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv this Shabbat (and on the Daf Yomi & Parsha Discussion with Dr. Leonard Kranzler 12:30 PM Friday night of every Shabbat Mevarchim), with added singing, added spirit, and added Shabbat in the Park (Briar Park: Lake Shore Dr. & Briar) 4:00 PM inspiration. Sparkling wine & grape juice and cookies will send you out the door in Class with Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman 7:30 PM Protesting at the Movies in Petach Tikva: Lifnei Iver and Shabbat Observance in Israeli Society good spirits to spread the Shabbat joy! Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 7:50 PM Shabbat ends, Havdalah at shul 9:01 PM HOSPITALITY AT ASBI Summer at ASBI is a bittersweet time as established community members move on, Repeat Evening Sh’ma: July 21, after 9:08 PM and new community members move in. With these changes comes the opportunity to Latest time to recite Morning Sh’ma: July 22, 9:15 AM extend and receive hospitality and continue to build our community and new Daily Services: July 23 – 28 individual friendships. Shacharit: Sunday 8:30 AM If you are a new arrival looking to meet members of the community, and/or an Monday (Rosh Chodesh) & Thursday 6:45 AM established ASBI veteran looking to welcome our new arrivals over a Shabbat meal, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM please reach out to the Hospitality Committee at [email protected]. We are always

Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld and the minyanaires for Daf Yomi, the synchronized study of looking for more hosts, and always looking for more guests! one Talmudic page each day, every weekday morning after Shacharit.

Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv: STAY IN TOUCH WITH ASBI Sunday through Thursday 8:00 PM Stay updated on the status of the Eruv at twitter.com/lakefronteruv. Fridays until September 7:00 PM To set up an appointment with Rabbi Wolkenfeld, email [email protected]. If there is an urgent matter that you need to discuss with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678. Readings for Shabbat Matot-Masei : Haftorah: Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: To make an appointment, email [email protected] at Numbers 30:2-32:42 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2 least 48 hours in advance. Hertz: Page 702 Hertz: Page 725 Get Social with ASBI: “Like” ASBI’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/asbichicago and search Kaplan: Page 822 Kaplan: Page 1216 “ASBI Congregation” atYouTube.com . Stone: Page 900 Stone: Page 1193 Inclusivity at ASBI: We have a Braille siddur available above the chumashim and an JPS Commentators: Page 219 accessible bathroom on the other side of the lobby from the Sanctuary. If there are other resources that would be helpful, please email [email protected]. 540 West Melrose Street, , IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES DINNER & FILM SCREENING Join us this Shabbat after Kiddush for a presentation by ASBI Dinner & Screening of “The Birthday Party” member Joel Braunold. Followed by a talk with Dr. Arnold Clevs

Wednesday, July 26, at ASBI “British Jewry in the Age of Brexit & Corbyn: Reactions to the British Elections” Join us at ASBI for a meat dinner from Milt’s, a screening of

Joel Braunold serves as the Executive Director of the “The Birthday Party,” and a talk with ASBI member Dr. Arnold Alliance for Middle East Peace. A contributor to Ha’aretz Clevs, who is featured in the film.

and The Post, his work has been published in The cost for dinner is $25 per person. Register at asbi.org. numerous national and international publications including the New York Daily News, The Guardian, Siyum & Dinner: 7:00 PM Huffington Post, The Hill, and the Daily Beast. He has Mincha/Ma’ariv: 8:00 PM given lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School of Film (approx. 1 hour): 8:30 PM Government, National Defense University in Washington Talk with Dr. Clevs: 9:30 PM D.C., Loyola Marymount University, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, and Bar-Ilan University. He works regularly with the US State Department, USAID, Can’t make it for dinner at 7:00 PM? Please join us at 8:30 PM for the film/talk. the National Security Council and Congress on the needs of the peace-building community. Outside the US, Joel has worked with national governments across Europe, multilateral institutions and parts of the Arab world. Joel serves on the board of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, is an alumnus of the Harvard

Kennedy School of Government, and holds a BA (Hons) in philosophy from Bristol University. He is the recipient of the Avi Schaefer Peace Innovation Prize, is a senior fellow for the Alliance for Youth Movements, and holds Honorary Life Membership to the National Union of Students (UK) and the Union of Jewish Students (UK).

Visiting Scholar Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman will be teaching a In the summer of 1944, three trainloads of boys from Kovno, Lithuania, shiur this Shabbat before Mincha at 7:30 PM. survivors of the notorious Ghetto Children’s Action who were ages 7 to We hope you can join us! 12, were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. One year later, only

“Protesting at the Movies in Petach Tikva: twenty-five of the 130 young Jewish boys had survived. For over forty Lifnei Iver and Shabbat Observance in Israeli Society” years, these individuals have gathered to celebrate May 5, the day of their liberation and the date each has taken as his official birthday. “The Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman received semikha and an M.A. in Birthday Party” documents their stories of survival, as children in Tanakh from Yeshiva University, and a B.A. in Biology from Columbia University. He received a PhD in hermeneutics Auschwitz and as adults living with memories from a lifetime ago.

from Bar Ilan University where he is currently a research Ruth Walk’s documentary introduces us to the remaining survivors, follow in its Institute for Advanced Torah Studies. He has including ASBI member Dr. Arnold Clevs. The stories detailed here are taught and Halakha at Midreshet Lindenbaum and tragic, to be certain, and the elderly men who appear on camera are all Midreshet Amit in Jerusalem, and at the Drisha Institute in New York. He has published and lectured widely on topics in philosophy of articulate in their recollection of the horrors they faced during the halakhah and Jewish medical ethics. 1940s. The fact these men were able to go on to normal and prosperous lives is a testament to their strength and intelligence. SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE DESSERT IN THE PARK SAVE THE DATE: August 4 - 5 at ASBI Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Shlomo Brody

Rabbi Shlomo Brody is the founding director of the Tikvah Overseas Students Institute, an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the political, educational, cultural, and religious issues facing Israeli society and modern Jewry. He is also a presidential doctoral fellow at Bar Ilan University Law School. Previously, Rabbi Brody served for a decade as a rebbe at Yeshivat Hakotel and as the online editor of Tradition. Since 2007, he has penned the “Ask the Rabbi” column for The Jerusalem Post. His essays have appeared or are scheduled to appear in publications including Tzohar, Saturday, July 22*, 4:00 PM Mosaic, The Federalist, The Forward, The Jewish Press, First Things, Meorot, Hakirah, Tablet, and Jewish Action. His book, A Guide to the Complex: South Lakeview - Briar Park: Lake Shore Dr. & Briar Contemporary Halakhic Debates (Maggid) won a 2014 National Jewish Book Award. Rabbi Brody grew up in Houston TX, and made in 2001 after graduating Harvard College. He studied in the Yeshivat Har Etzion kollel, Saturday, August 12, 4:00 PM received rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, and completed West Lakeview - Margaret Donahue Park: 1230 W. an MA in Jewish philosophy from the Hebrew University. Rabbi Brody and his wife live in Modiin with their five children. School St.

We welcome everyone to hear and learn from Rabbi Brody. Friends, couples, families - everybody is Friday Night D’var Torah invited! Meet with other ASBI members “The Comfort of Challenging Halakhic Dilemmas” and enjoy a Shabbat afternoon outside.

Shabbat Morning Drasha Bring blankets to sit on and cards, Frisbees, “Israel's Arms Industry: or other games. The $6 Billion Halakhic Dilemma” Everyone is encouraged to bring parve desserts Shabbat Afternoon Shiur, 6:35 PM that are nut-free and conform to the ASBI “What’s the Most Controversial Verse in the Torah? Community Kashrut Standards. Please email Medieval and Modern Perspectives” Chai Wilensky ([email protected]) and

Shalosh Seudot let her know what you will be bringing by the “Sovereignty and the Temple Mount: Wednesday prior. Will There Be Sacrifices in a Third Temple?” *Dessert in the Park will be cancelled if it is raining. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES UPCOMING EVENTS REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Older Adult Programming Opportunity The ASBI Social Action Committee has identified the issue of refugee resettlement as a priority for our community. Adults ages 60 and older are invited to create Lakeview-wide programs that are of interest to them. There will be two meeting opportunities in Here are some local actions you can take to help: the near future: 1. Get involved with Anshe Sholom’s Social Action Committee! Email us at [email protected] or join us at our next meeting on Sunday, July 30. Tuesday, July 25 – Center on Halsted (3656 N. Halsted), Second Floor, 3:00 - 2. Visit the websites of HIAS Chicago (hiaschicago.org), the Syrian Community 5:00 PM Network (syriancommunitynetwork.org), and Refugee One Thursday, July 27 – Temple Sholom (3480 N. Lake Shore Drive), 1:00 - 3:00 PM (refugeeone.org). We heard about these three organizations at the Social Action Dinner in May, and they are all involved with this issue. If you are interested in participating, please RSVP to Esther Craven at 3. “LoveFromLakeview” is a group of ASBI families who are supporting a 773-508-1047 and indicate which date you would like to attend. Kosher refugee family through RefugeeOne. The family—a single mother and five refreshments will be served. children ages 2 months to 12 years—is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but spent 17 years in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. The What Are the Rights of Domestic Workers? family have been in Chicago since September 2016 and have been slowly What Are Our Responsibilities? adapting to life here. Support of the family by LoveFromLakeview has included full apartment setup and furnishing, accompanying family Join the Social Action Committee and Jewish Council on Urban Affairs members to medical appointments, support during the delivery of the to learn more next Shabbat at Shalosh Seudot. baby, acting as a liaison at the children's school, legal consultation, social visits, and family mentoring. The needs of this wonderful family continue to Many of us employ domestic workers to help raise our children, maintain be great. In particular, the mother is in need of a job as RefugeeOne will be our homes, take care of our parents, and more. Here's an opportunity to cutting off its support to the family in the next couple of months. If you reflect on the situation of our domestic workers and how we can ensure would like to learn more about this family and how you can help, please their proper treatment. contact Faye Kroshinsky at [email protected]. Come learn with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs about the Volunteer at the Uptown Café: Monday, July 31 Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. After a five-year campaign, The The Uptown Café is a JUF-sponsored kosher restaurant serving low-income people Domestic Worker Bill of Rights became law in the State of Illinois, on the North Side. For over 15 years, ASBI members have volunteered once a extending basic workplace protections to domestic workers and month—setting tables, serving and chatting with clients, and cleaning up the ensuring that this workforce enjoys the protections that all other workers facility. Join us for our next volunteer date: Monday, July 31. There is no obligation have. JCUA was part of the coalition that helped to pass the law and is to participate every month. deeply invested in the implementation of the new protections. Learn If you want to volunteer this month or want more information, contact Herb more about the legislation and discuss why this issue is important to us. Eiseman at 773-255-6481 or [email protected]. Questions? Contact [email protected]. Family Volunteer Opportunity

ASBI IS LOOKING FOR NEW YOUTH TEFILLAH GROUP LEADERS! Join PJ Library and JUF’s TOV Volunteer network on Sunday, July 30, 10 - 11:30 AM, Do you love working with kids? Do you love Torah? Do you want to contribute to to volunteer at Cradles to Crayons (4141 W. ASBI while earning money? We’re looking for new Shabbat morning Youth Tefillah George St.) - the cost is $10 per family. Learn group leaders and subs. This is an enjoyable way to have a positive impact on the next generation of our community. Email David at [email protected] if you are more or sign up at juf.org/youngfamilies/PJ-Gives-Back.aspx. interested or know somebody who might be a good fit. UPCOMING EVENTS GOING ON AT ASBI Tisha B’Av Film Screening OUR MEMBERSHIP YEAR BEGAN JULY 1! “The Quarrel” (1991) If you’re already an ASBI Member, you should have Tuesday, August 1, 5:20 PM received an envelope from ASBI with your 2017-2018 statement. You can also visit asbi.org/membership- renewal to learn more about accessing your online account, making a payment, and updating your information for the new year!

Are you new to the community and want to become an ASBI Member? Visit asbi.org/membership.html or grab a paper application from the lobby.

“The Quarrel,” starring T.H. Thomson and Saul Rubinek, tells the story of Join ASBI’s Social Action Committee! two estranged friends, torn apart by personal betrayal and uprooted by Next Meeting: Sunday, July 30, 7:20 PM, Address given upon RSVP war, who meet after years of separation. One has become an Orthodox rabbi, the other a secular writer. Their accidental meeting sparks a battle We’re a warm and friendly group of ASBI members who care of wits that tests the limits of friendship, faith, and tolerance. “The about making a difference in our community. We welcome new Quarrel” wrestles with universal themes of religious faith and moral faces and ideas to this group. identity. The film is adapted from a short story by the acclaimed Yiddish writer Chaim Grade. RSVP to [email protected]. Sponsored by the Israel Committee. Introduction to Jewish Life & Practice Halakhic Realities July 23 - 7:15 PM, and July 30 - 7:00 PM, at ASBI The International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF), an organization of nearly

250 Modern Orthodox and educators, has recently published a Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld for this ongoing class on the fundamentals of second volume of essays in the "Halakhic Realities" series, exploring Jewish life and practice, for those interested in conversion to brain death and organ donation. To celebrate the publication, the IRF is and open to all in the community. offering "Halakhic Realities Volume I: Collected Essays on Brain Death" New participants are always welcome. at a significant discount to members of congregations served by rabbis who are members of the IRF. The list price for this book is $29.95. ASBI has a limited quantity of Volume I books for sale for $10 per book. Women’s Reading of Eicha This book contains essays by Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Rabbi Daniel Reifman, Erev Tisha B’Av - Monday, July 31, 9:15 PM Rabbi Yosef Carmel, Dr. Kenneth Prager, Rabbi Maurice Lamm z'l, and

A women's reading of Eicha will take place on Monday night, July 31, at Dr. Noam Stadlan, among many others, and would be valuable to those interested in medical ethics, medical halakhah, and the interaction a private home in the neighborhood. The reading will begin promptly at between Jewish law and modern science. 9:30 PM. If you are interested in leining, please contact Caroline Musin Berkowitz at [email protected]. Order your copy now at asbi.org/form/halakhic-realities.html. Please review the following chart and let the office know if you would like either to read Torah or to sponsor or co-sponsor a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot. We’ll be happy to help with the arrangements.

DATE KIDDUSH SHALOSH SEUDOT TORAH PORTION HAFTORAH

July 29 Taken ; Shabbat Hazon

August 5 Co-sponsorships Vaetchanan; Shabbat Nachamu

August 12 Rabbi David Wolkenfeld Taken [email protected]

Steve Miller David Schwartz Hayley Leventhal Barbara Pjetrushi Celebrate your own or a loved one’s birthday/anniversary/milestone Executive Director Director of Family Education & Programming Executive Assistant Custodian by sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Kiddush Sponsorship Shalosh Seudot Sponsorship Coffee Bar Sponsorship OFFICERS – 2016-2017 / 5777-5778 Starting at $950 Starting at $118 $118 for 1 month President – Jeremy Treister You may co-sponsor a Kiddush by contributing a smaller amount. Immediate Past President – Rabbi Paul Saiger Vice President - Ways and Means – Ross Weisman Many menu and pricing options are available. Please email [email protected] for details. Vice President - House – Margalit Segal Vice President - Membership – Danielle Gershon Dedication Opportunities Vice President - Ritual – Dr. Ira Halper Honor your loved ones with a dedication plaque or book plate. Vice President - Education – Anna Pomson New Siddur/ Koren Small Leaf Large Leaf Stone Memorial Vice President - Financial – Asher Zarkowsky Chumash Machzor Set Tree of Life Tree of Life Tree of Life Plaque Recording Secretary – Ruth Lipman $54 $100 $180 $360 $1,080 $680 BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2016-2017 / 5777-5778 Youth Tefillah Groups Dr. Stuart Sprague - Chair Seth Greenberg Erica Phillips Tot Shabbat (children 2 and under, with a parent) Julia Aaronson David Harris Jacques Preis Beverly Agdern Ira King Linda Saiger 10:45 AM in the Social Hall with Chai Wilensky Elyce Bader Michael Leib Rabbi Melvin Shapiro

Gan (ages 3-JK) Linda Cohen Jules Levenson Alan Skidelsky

10:30 AM in JCC Lower Gym with Daniela Garzon, assisted by David Schwartz Herbert Eiseman Norman Levitz Adam Smoler Aaron Feigelson Jennifer Loeb Naomi Sugar Yeladeinu (K -2nd grade) Steve Feiger Ava Madoff Andrew Weprin 10:30 AM in JCC Room 204 with Tracey Meyers Eytan Fox Michael Newberger Na’areinu (3rd -5th grade) Joseph Goodman Scott Newberger 10:30 AM in JCC Room 104 with Elan Kane ASBI COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS Tefillah Off the Deep End (6th-7th grade) Chesed: Linda Saiger & Sara Wolkenfeld Mikvah: Ruth Lipman On Summer Break Education: Anna Pomson Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper Babysitting Services (for children ages 1 through 7 only) Family: Jennifer Loeb Security: Oren Dekalo Hospitality: David Eisenstein Social Action: Irene Lehrer Sandalow with Sylvia Staples Israel: Herbert Eiseman Young Professionals: Ann Levenson, 9:30 AM until Kiddush in the ASBI Playroom Kiddush: Beverly Agdern Ava Madoff, Debi Schrimmer

Kiddush until 1:00 PM in JCC Lower Gym Gabbai: Dr. Josh Ehrlich Gabbayit: Karli Salinger

Group leaders and babysitter are subject to change without notice. Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: [email protected] Security—If you see something, say something. Dedications and Donations

As part of our ongoing effort to improve safety and security at ASBI, all members of Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation is indebted to Judge Lincoln Marovitz, a”h, for his the Congregation are invited to submit recommendations, comments, questions, or generosity to the synagogue and to the Marovitz Scholarship Fund.

concerns to the Security Committee at [email protected]. The George Kranzler Library of Judaic Classics is donated in loving memory of Mr. George Kranzler by the Kranzler and Saltzman families.

Prayer for the United States and Its Government The Learning Center was dedicated on 29 Av 5761 in memory of Rose and Dr. Abe Aaronson who inspired us in learning and charity. based on "deSola Pool Siddur" There is a sense of wholeness and artistic integrity in our sanctuary, thanks to our beautiful stained-glass God on high, bless this our country, the United States of America, and all who dwell therein. Bless the windows on the east wall, dedicated in memory of Bernard Preis, a”h. constituted officers of government of this land. Set into their hearts the spirit of and understanding to The windows on the south wall are dedicated in memory of George Friedman, a”h.

uphold peace and freedom. The Louis A. Lerner Institute of Torah Texts sponsors all of the Torah text classes at ASBI.