Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo ANNOUNCEMENTS Celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Lily Katz Mazal tov to the Katz family on the Bat Mitzvah of Lily Katz, celebrated this weekend at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation at ASBI. May she go from strength to strength! September 4 – 5, 2015 / 21 Elul 5775 Mazal tov to ASBI Members Rich Goldberg & Roxie Zeller on their engagement. May the couple merit to build a home loyal to the traditions of Israel. Amen. Kiddush this week is sponsored by Daniel and Sharon Katz in honor of Lily's Bat Mitzvah. Pre-Holiday Volunteers Needed! If you are able to help out at shul with High Holiday preparations, please email [email protected] to find out the tasks that are available. Welcome to our newest members, Richard Levy and Eran, Sivan & Neta Lewis, who have If you would like to accept or extend an invitation for a holiday meal, please joined our ASBI community. email [email protected]. The ASBI community strives to always be involved SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT in the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests), and to do that, we need both Friday, September 4 guests and hosts. If you are thinking of hosting a meal but aren't sure if you can manage it, contact us so that can help you create a memorable holiday experience! Light Candles 7:01 PM Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 7:05 PM Stay updated on the status of the Eruv at twitter.com/lakefronteruv or call 773-248- 9200, ext. 14, which also gives service times for the upcoming week. Saturday, September 5 Shacharit with Dvar Torah by Lily Katz 9:00 AM If you would like to set up an appointment with Rabbi Wolkenfeld, please email Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM [email protected] to arrange a time. If there is something urgent that you need to discuss Daf Yomi and Parsha Discussion with Dr. Leonard Kranzler 12:30 PM with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678. Class with Rabbi Wolkenfeld 6:05 PM From the Headlines to the Beit Midrash: The Israeli Independent Beit Din, Part II ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 6:50 PM Shabbat ends, Havdalah at shul 8:00 PM Aliyah Barry Mogil Latest time to recite Sh’ma: September 5, 9:34 AM Gary Phillips Joshua Prince Selichot Schedule In Honor Saturday night, September 5 - Sunday morning, September 6 Charlotte & Michael Newberger: Congratulations to Donald & Julia Aaronson on their anniversary 11:45 PM - 12:15 AM Kumsitz: Songs and Niggunim to Usher in the Season of Selichot Charlotte & Michael Newberger: Congratulations to Arnold Herskovic & Ellen Cannon on their anniversary 12:15 - 12:40 AM Coffee and Cookies Yahrzeit 12:40 - 12:50 AM Introductory Comments by Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 12:50 AM Selichot begins Roberta Goldner in memory of her father, David Goldner, a”h Toby Heizler in memory of her brother, Shelly Allan Heizler (Shabtai Avraham Chaim ben Yitchak), a”h Jacques & Evelyne Preis in memory of David Franklin, a”h Daily Services: September 6 – 11 Jacques & Evelyne Preis in memory of Jacques’s grandfather, David Preis, a”h Shacharit: Sunday & Monday (Labor Day) 8:30 AM Donations received after September 2 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Thursday 6:45 AM Many thanks for these generous donations. Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld and the minyanaires for Daf Yomi, the synchronized study The Lakefront Eruv… it's up to you! of one Talmudic page each day, every weekday morning after Shacharit. Mincha: The ASBI eruv team needs new members to ensure that Sunday through Friday 6:55 PM our eruv is operational every week. Volunteer and paid positions are available; please contact Rabbi Wolkenfeld Readings for Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo at [email protected]. Torah: Haftorah: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Isaiah 60:1-22 Hertz: Page 859 Hertz: Page 874 Connect with ASBI online! Kaplan: Page 988 Kaplan: Page 1240 Stone: Page 1068 Stone: Page 1201 “Like” ASBI’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/ JPS Commentators: Page 172 asbichicago, and search for “ASBI Congregation” on 540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org YouTube to view videos of ASBI classes and lectures! Scholar in Residence, Dr. Michael Helfand ASBI HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS September 11-12 at ASBI Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday night, September 13 and Yom Kippur begins Tuesday night, September 22. ASBI is excited to welcome expert on religious law and religious liberty Dr. Everyone attending High Holiday services at ASBI Michael Helfand, from the Pepperdine School of Law. Professor Helfand has both a JD and PhD from Yale University and a BA from Yeshiva University. His MUST HAVE A TICKET. articles have appeared in numerous law journals, as well as in various public audience publications, including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the National Please visit asbi.org/holidays ASAP to Law Journal, the Forward, and the Jewish Week. When not teaching law or directing the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at request open seating tickets for a limited time. Pepperdine, Professor Helfand serves as both a dayan and consultant for the Beth Din of America. HIGH HOLIDAYS 5776 Professor Helfand will be speaking at the following times: YOUTH PROGRAMMING & BABYSITTING Friday, September 11, 7:45 PM Learning Dinner in the ASBI Social Hall “Religious Freedom in the 21st Century: What it Means for the Jewish Community” ASBI MEMBERS: $18 per person / NON-MEMBERS: $20 per person Register at asbi.org. Sign up by noon on Tuesday, September 8. THIS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 is the final day to register! Saturday, September 12 Shabbat morning D’var Torah Youth programming and babysitting will be available for children 12 “What Judaism Can Teach U.S. Law” months through 5th grade*. Babysitting is for children ages 1 – 5 only. Shabbat Afternoon Shiur, 5:50 PM Parents must register their children for both programming “Does Jewish Law Have a Problem with Female Witnesses? (Hint: No)” and babysitting. REGISTER BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. The cost is $18 per child per holiday. Volunteer at The Uptown Café! Please visit asbi.org/programming-and-babysitting.html to learn more and to register your child(ren). For any questions about High Holiday babysitting and youth programming, please email David Schwartz at [email protected]. The Uptown Café is a JUF-sponsored kosher restaurant serving low-income Unregistered children will not be allowed to participate. people living on the North Side. For nearly 15 years, ASBI members have The playroom off the sanctuary will be available for parents to supervise their children. volunteered once a month, setting tables, serving and chatting with clients, and *Please note: Tot Rosh Hashanah & Tot Yom Kippur will be available for children cleaning up the facility. ages 3 and under for 45 minutes on September 14, 15, and 23. These sessions are free We are currently in need of volunteers! There is no obligation to participate every of charge and do not require registration, however all children participating MUST be month. If you want to volunteer or would like more information about Uptown accompanied by an adult. If children will be in babysitting when they are not in Tot Café, contact Herb Eiseman at [email protected] or 773-255-6481. Rosh Hashanah or Tot Yom Kippur, they must still be registered for babysitting. Israel Movie Night ASBI is delighted to welcome a skilled team of interns and Israeli sheluchim who will be joining us this year. All of these visitors will need home Enemies: A Love Story hospitality and invitations for Shabbat meals. Please be in touch with the Monday, September 21, 7:30 PM shul if you can host our visitors for a weekend visit or for a meal. A Ron Silver stars as Herman, a Holocaust survivor who schedule of upcoming visits will be publicized soon. Sponsorship believes that his wife Tamara (Anjelica Huston) perished opportunities are also available. Please speak to Rabbi Wolkenfeld if you are in the concentration camps. He marries fellow interested in sponsoring their work at ASBI. immigrant Yadwiga (Margaret Sophie Stein), whose family sheltered him from the Nazis, and resettles in the Coney Island area of New York. Not all that devoted to Israeli Sheluchim Tammy & Yisrael Tzadok Yadwiga, Herman begins an affair with Masha (Lena Olin), who becomes pregnant by Tammy and Yisrael Tzadok and their three daughters live in Skokie where Tammy and him. Reasoning that, since Yadwiga is a gentile, his marriage is not legal in the eyes of Yisrael served as the Midwest Regional sheluchim for Bnai Akiva for the past two years. his religion, Herman marries Masha as well. The triangle metamorphoses into a They currently teach Hebrew and Judaic Studies at Chicago Jewish Day School. They will quadrangle when Tamara, who was not killed after all, reappears. Olin and Huston be coming to ASBI for one weekend each month to run programming. Their first visit to were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards. Lakeview will take place on the Shabbat of September 18 - 19. Yisrael Tzadok has a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences from Tel Aviv-Yaffo College, and was a Pop, popcorn, and chips will be served. Sponsored by the Israel Committee. student for three years at Yeshivat Hakibbutz Hadati in Ma'ale Gilboa. He served as a tank commander in the IDF. Tammy Tzadok has a B.Ed. in Education and Teacher's CALLING ALL BUDGET-CONSCIOUS FASHIONISTAS! Certificate, specializing in Jewish History and Hebrew Literature, from the Jerusalem Women's Clothing Swap just in time for the High Holidays to support Kerem Institute for Teachers' Training, a B.A.