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Kehilat haKadosh: The Monthly Newsletter of Congregation Beth Shalom April, 2011 Adar/Nissan, 5771 Volume 38, Issue 4 What shackles are keeping you from your own Promised Land?
Kehilat haKadosh: The Monthly Newsletter of Congregation Beth Shalom
April, 2011 Adar/Nissan, 5771
Volume 38, Issue 4
What shackles are keeping you from your own Promised Land?
Staff
Rabbi: Marc Rudolph - [email protected]
Cantor: Hasha Musha Perman - [email protected]
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Inside this issue
From the editor .............................................................................................................. 1 A special note from Mali Sharon ................................................................................. 4 How about making a literary offering for Shavuout? ................................................ 4 From The Desk Of The Rabbi ..................................................................................... 5 A note from our cantor ................................................................................................. 6 Considering a position on the CBS board? ............................................................... 7 CBS Artspace: Meet the Artists, Friday, April 8
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A Note From Ms Robin ................................................................................................. 8 Enrollment Applications are Now Available for the Gan Yeladim Early Learning Center School Year 2011-12! ..................................................................... 9 Interested in Conversational Hebrew? ....................................................................... 9 Special Guest Sermon ................................................................................................. 9 Yom haShoa Memorial and JUF Brunch ................................................................. 10 Volunteers Needed For Community Seder - April 19th ......................................... 10 In the Wink of an Eye ................................................................................................. 11 Jewish radio for teens! ............................................................................................... 11 Letter(s) from Jekobpils ............................................................................................. 12 Renwal of Spirit ........................................................................................................... 13 Donations ..................................................................................................................... 14 “Frequently-asked questions and answers about judaism” - free adult education class............................................................................................................ 15 ParnossahWorksChicago: A New Employment Website for Personalized
Job Assistance ............................................................................................................ 16 Library News ................................................................................................................ 17 Passover Food Drive .................................................................................................. 17 Ongoing Programs and Activities ............................................................................. 18 CBS Communication Guidelines and Deadlines .................................................... 20 Calendar of Key Events In April ................................................................................ 21 Make a Donation ......................................................................................................... 23 In Memory .................................................................................................................... 24 Board of Directors and Committees ......................................................................... 25
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From the editor
One of the major themes of Passover is the contrast between slavery and freedom. Not only do we retell the story of the Exodus but the symbolism of the seder itself draws this contrast. From the four questions which pit two slavery-based questions (matza and bitter herbs) against two freedom based questions (sitting reclined and dipping food twice) to the seder plate with its symbols of life/freedom (parsley, roasted egg) and those of slavery (salt water, bitter herbs, charoset) we are constantly reminded of this dichotomy. Even Elijah’s cup provides an important symbol as we hope that this will be the year that Elijah determines that we have all been released from the slavery of material needs, bad intentions, jealousy, and violence and we can welcome the freedom of a new age. I once read that this overt juxtaposition of freedom and slavery is intentional. One cannot truly understand and appreciate freedom unless one understands and appreciates the perils of not being free.
This month’s issue of Kehilat kaKodesh reflects that theme. How can we increase our awareness of the suffering, lack of freedom, and misfortune in the world so that we can better appreciate the freedom and opportunities that we have? Better yet, how can we be moved to take action against that suffering, lack of freedom, and misfortune so that others can enjoy the freedoms that we often take for granted. When our worst problem is that the local grocery store is out of our favorite bottled water, how do remember those for whom clean, safe drinking water is a luxury? The more we see what others don’t have, the more we will appreciate that which is ours.
Brad Kolar
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March 23, 2010
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERSHIP
OF CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM WILL BE HELD
ON SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2011
AT 4:00 P.M. IN OUR SANCTUARY
Please plan to attend our annual meeting of the membership. At the meeting:
The President, the Rabbi, the Cantor, our professional staff and board members will provide reports of their activities of this year past and goals for the upcoming year.
A comprehensive budget report for this past year and a proposed operating budget for this coming year will be presented.
An election for our board and officers will be held.
A copy of the proposed agenda for the meeting is attached. Also attached is the proposed slate of candidates for the board and officers identified by our nominating committee. In addition, under our bylaws, a member may give a proxy to another member in good standing, to vote on his or her behalf at the meeting. A form of such a proxy is also included in this packet. Please note that each member in attendance may hold and vote no more than one such proxy.
Your attendance is important. We need at least ten percent of our membership to establish a quorum, and proxies do not count towards a quorum. All full members of the Congregation – including, for families with two adults, both adults – are entitled to vote and count for a quorum.
Prior to the meeting, the following additional materials will be available: the minutes of the Annual Meeting held on April 25, 2010; written reports of the clergy, officers and professional staff; and the 2011-2012 budget. To obtain copies of any of these materials, contact the synagogue office at (630) 961-1818 or at [email protected].
Respectfully submitted,
Mali Sharon Jeff Rest
Assistant Secretary President
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CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Proposed Meeting Agenda
April 24, 2011
Call to order
Approval of Minutes of Annual Meeting held on April 25, 2010
D’var Torah (Rabbi Rudolph)
Year-end Reports
President
Clergy
Professional Staff
Officers and Board Members
2010-2011 Operating Budget Report
Presentation of 2011-2012 Operating Budget
Report of the Nominating Committee
Election of Board Members and Officers
New Business
Adjourn
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Proposed Slate of Candidates
Office Term Candidate
Secretary 2011-2013 Susan Karoll
Treasurer 2011-2013 Betsy Wunder
Vice President of Religious Practice
2011-2013 Chris Igo
Vice President of Education (Team)
2011-2013 Geoff Adler, Renee Major
Vice President of Member Services (Team)
2011-2013 Liz Levitt, Lisa Ohlhausen
Director-at-Large 2011-2013 Sam Rest
Under the CBS Bylaws, board and officer terms run for two years. This year, the membership elects the Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Presidents of Religious Practice, Education and Member Services and a Director-at-Large for two-year terms. The President, Vice Presidents of Administration, Finance, Development and Membership and a second Director-at-Large elected last year are in the middle of their terms.
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A special note from Mali Sharon
My family and I would like to thank you, and whole heartily , for the incredible support, genuine care and friendship that you have given us during these period of loss and mourning. It definitely warmed our hearts and souls and we are thankful and proud to be part of a congregation that is able to extend such support to its members.
Thank you very much,
Mali , Yuval, Nimrod, Yael and Pam.
How about making a literary offering for Shavuout?
CBS has a tradition of bringing food offerings during Shavuout but how about a literary or artistic offering? In next month’s Kehilat haKodesh, we will feature original works of poetry, short fiction, or art. If you are interested, please submit your work to [email protected] by April 25th
. Literary works should be 300 words or less. Artwork should be sent as a jpg file.
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From The Desk Of The Rabbi
Passover, our great Festival of Freedom, is fast upon us. It is interesting that we begin our Seder with the invitation, “Let all who are hungry, come and eat/Let all who are in need come and share the Pesach meal”. Our rabbis teach that the
“one who is in need” refers to a person who is without companionship. We must satisfy our physical and our social needs before we can truly celebrate our freedom. If we are hungry or lonely, we cannot even begin to consider ourselves free.
But once our physical and social needs are met, we may still find ourselves in bondage. In what ways are we still slaves during this Passover season? We may enjoy a great amount of political freedom, relative to the rest of the world. Many diseases that have historically ravaged humankind have loosened their grip on us. Who are the pharaohs in our own time that oppress us? Some are oppressed by jealousy or greed --some by the need to look a certain way that our culture holds up as ideal. Some of us are oppressed by addiction, others enslaved by internal compulsions. Some of us pay excessive tribute to the pharaoh of success or pleasure. Others are oppressed by the desire to amass wealth, despite the cost to us in terms of our health and family relations. Some of us are bound up in paying attention to the minor things in life, which keep us from attending to the really important tasks we must accomplish.
The following is a prayer by my teacher and friend, Rabbi Sheila Pelz Weinberg. You might want to add this to your Passover Seder this year:
Please Untie Our Knots
Dear G-d,
We are bound with very tight knots.
They choke off the air and stop the blood from pulsating freely. The knots make us like computers with carefully controlled circuitry. The knots in our brain tie our creativity – our link with You. We follow the knot around in its intricacy – but it remains a knot.
The knots in our hearts keep us from crying and dancing when we want to –
They tie us to the posts of the fences that separate us from each other.
The knots in our muscles keep our teeth clenched, our jaws locked, our legs crossed, our shoulders stooped, our backs bent, our chests from inhaling and exhaling the full sweetness of life’s breath.
O, G-d, untie all our knots!
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A note from our cantor
There are over 3,000 different types of Passover Haggadot. Each one of them has an order, a seder. Each one features musical settings from different epochs in Jewish history.
1. KADDESH = “to make Kiddush” is required
for all Jewish festivals. Its melody is unique for the shalosh regalim, Pesakh, Shavuot, and Sukot. Four descending notes musically unify these holidays.
2. SHIR HA-SHIRIM, the Song of Songs is sung/chanted during the seder after the first handwashing. This is one of the five “megilot” from the section of k’tuvim in the Ta’Na’Ch. The melody of the Song of Songs is also employed to chant the Book of Ruth read at Shavuot and Ecclesiastes at Sukot. One melody for three special books musically unifies the shelosh regalim, the three pilgrimage festivals.
3. “HA LAKH-MA ANYA” is the bread of our affliction. Although we are commanded to eat matzot in Exodus 12:8, this section of the Hagada was added during the Geonic period, 650-1075. This Aramaic text is simply chanted.
4. THE FOUR QUESTIONS (Exodus 13:14) were added to the Hagaddah by the Tana’im, 300 b.c.e-225 c.e. One melodic formula is a lehr’nin shteyger, a learning chant, used for the study of sacred texts. Each Jewish community developed their own melody. At CBS, we’re singing a ‘traditional’ Israeli melody.
5. AVADIM HAYINU comes from Deuteronomy 6:21 and Deuteronomy 26:8. We don’t employ the Torah trope to chant this
text. Instead, we sing lively compositions from the United States and Israel. The traditional American spiritual, ‘LET MY PEOPLE GO’, has found its way into many American haggadot.
6. THE FOUR SONS were adapted in the Talmud and in Halakhic Midrash from the biblical verses that describe the exodus from Egypt (Deuteronomy 6:20; Exodus 12:26; Exodus 13:8; and Exodus 13:14). The Four Sons are sometimes sung to ‘My Darling Clementine’s tune.
7. DAYENU is probably the most famous song of the seder. It has 15 stanzas: 5 verses remind us of leaving slavery; 5 verses speak about miracles; and 5 verses sing about being with G-d.
Our liberation story begins with singing. The four questions chant our journey from slavery to freedom, from Greek and Roman symposia to the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The seder concludes with a song of hope, next year in Jerusalem, “ha’shana’ haba’ah bi’rushalayim”. May peace come speedily, in our day. May we work for peace.
Shalom Uv’racha, Peace and Blessings,
Cantor Hasha Musha Perman
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Considering a position on the CBS board?
At our annual meeting in April, the Congregation's offices of VP of Member Services, VP of Education, VP of Religious Practice, Secretary, Treasurer and one Member-at-Large will be up for election. The CBS board of directors nominating committee is currently seeking members who may be interested in any of these positions or in serving on any committees. If you are interested and would like further information or would like to discuss any position, please contact one of the committee members:
Wendy Foster [email protected] Steve Rubin [email protected] Hilary or Ross Decent at [email protected] Diane or Jim Vojcek at [email protected] Ann Sauer at [email protected] or [email protected].
CBS Artspace: Meet the Artists, Friday, April 8th
CBS ArtSpace welcomes artists Cheryl Quick and Zazz, a jazz quintet featuring Gail Sonkin as composer/keyboardist; Michelle Aikin, bass; Bob Foskett, drums; Ken O’Neil, tenor sax; and Deb Zelman, clarinet/vocals at our Oneg on April 8th.
Cheryl is exhibiting her drawings entitled “Spiritual Aspects”, a project on which she has been working for several years. The work touches on many different cultures and religions, in a study of spirituality that has interested her for the last 30 years. She works primarily in colored pencil, with some monoprinting & collage of other prints. She would like to thank Congregation Beth Shalom for giving her the opportunity to exhibit her work.
Zazz will entertain us with original jazz compositions led by our own Gail Sonkin. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy these gifted artists after services on April 8th.
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A Note From Ms Robin.
Why Send Your Child to a Jewish Preschool?
The Mitzvah of Hospitality
By Idie Benjamin & Dale Cooperman
Welcoming is particularly on our minds at this time of year. New and prospective families are visiting our schools. With and without their children, they are touring the school to see if your school will be the right one or the best fit, for their children and their family. As these new people, these strangers, come into the classrooms, what will be their first impression? How will the children in the class react? How will these guests be welcomed? And as the “classroom tour guide,” what is your responsibility?
When a Jewish child is born, he or she is welcomed into the Jewish community with this blessing:
May this child…become great. Even as he/she has been introduced into the covenant, so may he/she be introduced to the Torah, to the marriage canopy, and to a life of good deeds.
The “good deeds” in that special blessing/brakhah show us that our lives should have a special purpose. Judaism says that we make the most of our lives when we work to make the world a better place. We do this throughgemilut hasadim, acts of loving kindness. One of these acts, the seemingly simple act of Hakhnasat Orhim, welcoming guests, is such an opportunity.
Hospitality is simply making a guest welcome. And yet, this is considered an important mitzvah in Judaism. In the Torah, we learn the story of the first Jews, Abraham and Sarah. Their story is the one that begins the Jewish people and yet the mitzvah for which they are most known ishakhnasat orhim, hospitality.
What does it mean to be “welcoming?” From the beginning of the school year, our goal has been to create a welcoming and supportive community, a kehillah kedoshah, a holy community. Daily, as the children arrive, we welcome them to our classroom community. We model for the children how we want them to welcome each other every day, to invite each other to play in the classroom and playground. We support our children all year, helping them to learn how to be good friends—kind, accepting and always welcoming. We come together at circle time because each day we want a “formal” opportunity to reinforce the concept of a supportive and welcoming community whose members listen to one another.
But for the lesson of “welcoming” to have been truly understood, children must be able to welcome others in different settings, including new friends and visitors at school. It is not just something nice to do. It is a core Jewish concept that comes from our beginnings. Children need to know about Abraham and Sarah, and how the Torah tells their story and teaches us the mitzvah of welcoming guests.
Although Sarah and Abraham lived a long time ago, they are heroes that are unique in a Jewish way. Heroes are important to children. Judaism offers a different way to understand the concept of what a hero can be. Abraham and Sarah are role models because they teach us that no matter how old we are, we can help to make our world a better place. As Dr. Seusstaught us, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” (Horton Hears a Who)
Many times throughout the year, the children in the class will be a host—play dates, Shabbat dinner, birthdays, etc. It is not always easy for a child to be a host. When you talk about being a host, acknowledge their success with this important skill. “You may think this is just a fun time with a friend or a nice visit with grandma, but you are doing a mitzvah. I am very proud of you for being such a wonderful host. Doesn’t it feel good to do amitzvah?”
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Hearing Abraham and Sarah’s story does not automatically create empathetic hosts. The children must act it out and talk about it until it becomes part of them. What did Abraham and Sarah do? Why did they do these things? How did their guests feel? From these role playing experiences, children can learn what they should do when they are hosts in different situations. What will they do in their classrooms (and later, in their homes) to welcome different kinds of guests?
What experiences have the children had welcoming actual guests to their classroom? Have you welcomed a special synagogue person to your classroom—the rabbi, cantor, office personnel, maintenance staff? Did they come for Shabbat, snack, to tell a story, or to simply play? Have you welcomed parents and grandparents? How did the children acknowledge this special visit?
When guests arrive without time to plan beforehand, how were your guests welcomed? Are the children encouraged to stop what they are doing and be welcoming? When a child visits, does one of your students invite him or her to join the group at an activity or at play?
One beautiful way to show the importance of hosting a guest is to create a special chair for guests. This is yet another concrete way for the children to understand the “specialness” of a guest, and how they can make a guest feel welcome.
Empowering children to succeed in a variety of life skills comprises part of our job as early childhood educators, and welcoming guests is an essential skill for all ages. Let Abraham and Sarah help us teach this to our children, and as with everything else we do, encourage their success. Trust that a visiting family will recognize this, and that they will happily anticipate becoming a part of this welcoming and spiritual community for themselves and their children.
L’shalom, Robin Frisch, M.S. ELC Director
Enrollment Applications are Now Available for the Gan Yeladim Early Learning Center School Year 2011-12! A very special community is born with every class that starts out learning, growing, and sharing together in our warm and nurturing Jewish preschool experience.
Honey Bears - two year old program Alef - three year old program Bet - four year old program
Applications are available in the CBS Front Office. Please contact Robin Frisch, Director, for more information at [email protected] or 630.961.1818 x22
Interested in Conversational Hebrew?
A few of our members have expressed an interest in conversational Hebrew. We are trying to gauge whether there is enough interest for a beginners class. The ability to decode Hebrew letters and sound them out would be a pre-requisite. If you would be interested in participating in such an adult ed class, please email the Rabbi [email protected]
Special Guest Sermon
On April 15 at Friday night services Charles McClimans, Executive Director of Loaves and Fishes will be giving a guest sermon titled "Let all who are hungry..."
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Yom haShoa Memorial and JUF Brunch
Join us on May 1 as we remember and reflect on the perils of the Shoa.
JUF Brunch
Yom haShoa Service and Speaker
Yom haShoa memorial activities
Then, join us that evening at 7:00 for a movie and discussion of the film Ushpizin (http://www.newline.com/properties/ushpizin.html). Please RSVP to Mali Sharon ([email protected]).
Volunteers Needed For Community Seder - April 19th
olunteers needed to help set-up: some set-up in the afternoon of the 19th as well as 1 hour or so before Seder.
Great opportunity for Moms while kids are in school!
Minimal assistance during Seder - yes you will get to eat dinner!
Help with Clean-up: I'm told the CBS dishwasher has a 2 minute cycle! A lot of stuff is disposable.
So if you have an hour or so, maybe more, be the one Tues nite that everyone points to and says "Oh, that's Her, or Him, helping this year. Super!"
Be the envy of your fellow congregants.
Contac Carrie Svensson: 630-360-8704 (evenings) or email me at: [email protected] for further details.
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In the Wink of an Eye
“Forty days and forty nights? Boy, this is going to be some cruise!”
“Don’t be silly, it’s not a cruise – we’re going to cross the desert.”
Moses and Aaron were preparing for their momentous journey from Egypt
to freedom in the Promised Land.
“Well how come I can see the sea? “Aaron asked. “If you don’t have a cruise ship ready, how are we going to get across? It’s not like you can say ‘open sesame’ and expect the waters to part.”
“Don’t think of it as a sea, think of it as an oasis,” said Moses. Hearing his plan spoken out loud like that did make it sound pretty silly. “It’s not really there at all.”
Aaron wasn’t convinced.
“If you don’t have a cruise ship, we could use that old ark over there,” he said. “It smells of yak but should work ok. All we need to do is fill in the holes and fix the roof.”
“Look,” said Moses. “If I wanted to remain a slave, I could stay and work in Egypt. My days of hard work are over. All I want now is a casual stroll across the desert to freedom. Who’s with me?”
“Me, me!” A hundred children’s voices called at once.
Aaron looked down in dismay.
“Are you sure we have to take all the children of Israel?” he said. “They’re so little, and noisy. It’ll be like a giant field trip only we don’t even have a yellow school bus to put them in. Or a sick bucket.”
“Quite frankly Aaron, I’m getting fed up with your negative attitude,” said Moses. “Ashem and I have spent months persuading Pharaoh to set us free and now we’ve got the all clear, all you want to do is complain. Aren’t you looking forward to a new life? You never were much of a risk taker.”
Aaron knew Moses was right. As much as hating being a slave, he missed the daily routine. Up at sunrise moving boulders, mixing mortar at noon, even the daily lashes took his mind off his arthritis. Now he was off to somewhere new. All he’d seen in the travel brochures was that the land was made of milk and honey. If that was the case all he could see in his future was one big sticky mess.
“Look,” said Moses. “I know you’re worried, but there’s really nothing to be afraid of. What’s the worst that can happen? You try it for a week, decide you don’t like it and go back to your old life, much like going to weekly synagogue services really. Sure you’ll miss some things like watching TV on a Friday night or staying in bed on a Saturday morning, but you’ll be amazed at what you’ll gain spiritually.”
Jewish radio for teens!
Looking for some Jewish music and talk? If so, check out:
1330 AM (www.jteenradio.com) or www.jewishrockradio.com
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Letter(s) from Jekobpils
Letter #1
We were very glad to receive your letter.
There is nothing new with us here.
Since you ask for more details here are some:
As always we try to cope with the heating problems and it is very difficult for our people.
Now meters to monitor the heating have been installed and for a two room apartment 70-90 lats have been charged and that is only for the heat--everything else is billed separately. The temperature outside is lower than minus 20Fahrenheit.
We thank you for sending us the help that you do.
On and after April1, there will be increased rates on electricity and as always the fees for medicine. Without the medicine the people of old age can't survive.
About the groceries I have already written that every day the prices go higher and higher.
Essentially, people are buying filthy and old groceries and those who could help the quality of production--don't. You most likely know all this from the news.
Thank you for asking about Freida's health--it is not too good but she is very brave and hangs on.
Once again thank you for your concern for our elderly people.
With all due respect to you from our community,
Raya and Freida.
Letter #2
We congratulate you on the coming happy and joyful holiday of Purim.
With all our hearts we send our good wishes to those who remember us and may you have good luck and success.
Please give our best wishes to the Rabbi and all those in your synagogue.
Regards to all of you from our little community.
Raya and Freida
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Renwal of Spirit By Yonah Klem
On Suffering and Gratitude
The great story of the Torah is of the journey of the Israelites from slavery to freedom. In some respects it is a
simple story. The Jews were enslaved and put upon by slave masters who did not have their interests at heart. They were made to suffer, to toil under harsh taskmasters. They were not in charge of much of their lives. That suffering changed dramatically and almost suddenly when Pharaoh said, go already. Within a few days they were at the Sea of Reeds. After of short period of terror and a major miracle, they were free from their bondage. Just like that, their life of victimization came to a halt, and they rejoiced with song and dance and deep gratitude. Within another short time the gratitude vanished, and the grousing began.
However, slavery can also be of the mind as much as a physical circumstance. It can be the victim’s attitude of helplessness and powerlessness to affect anything of worth in the person’s life. It can be an attitude of looking to others to be in charge of one’s sense of well being, one’s sense of happiness, one’s experience of love.
It can also be a kind of enslavement to ideas and beliefs that are not true. The perfectionist is a slave to the belief that he will only be a worthwhile person if everything he does is perfect. The recent economic situation sorely tested the belief that if one worked hard and saved frugally then all economic distress could be kept away. Some adults have never gotten over the early childhood belief that they should have what they want just because they want it. Some believe that they know better than God how the world should work.
Slavery of mind creates terrible suffering, as painful in its way as the lash of the harsh overseerer.
We can be saved from physical slavery and oppression. We must learn to save ourselves from the slavery of the victim’s attitude.
Much of the narrative after the crossing of the Sea of Reeds is about opportunities the Jews had to give up the slavery of the mind. One example makes it very clear, even if the words don’t mention mental slavery. Not long after being rid of Pharaoh and his armies, the Jews find themselves in a wilderness where nothing is familiar or comfortable. They worry about what they will eat. God provides them with manna, the miracle food. They do not respond with gratitude, but with reminiscences about what they were used to. The important thing is that they had food that was nourishing and easy to come by. They could thrive on manna, but they did not know how to be grateful for what they had rather than suffer for what they did not have.
The Torah’s teaching about how to end mental suffering is both straightforward and mysterious. Many times we are instructed to be joyful, that our lives have been given to us for joy. Yet, how is the slave to rejoice? We are instructed by example to have what we have, as in the story of the manna. But what if we think we need something else, and haven’t learned to distinguish want from need? We are instructed that there is a right path that God sets out for us. But what if we think we know better? We are taught that there are always consequences for getting off of the path. But sometimes we continue to remain enslaved to misleading beliefs and don’t know how to tell the right path from the wrong. The list could go on.
In the end, overcoming mental slavery is a life-long process, one that the Jews have not completed to this day. Each time we rid ourselves of one more Pharaoh we open ourselves to gratitude and love and joy. It may only be for a while, as Pharaoh’s minions appear again to take us back. But we keep at it, rejoicing in our successes, rejoicing in our many miracles.
Yonah Klem, Ed.D., is the author of A Long Journey to Joy and The Blessings Book
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Donations
BUILDING FUND Ira, Susan, Zachary, Jason and Jackie Rubin in memory of Jerome Rest
CHESED FUND Sheila & Bob Fisher in memory of Ariel Sharon Phyllis and Larry Fine in memory of Ariel Sharon Judi & Bernie Newman in memory of Ariel Sharon Susan & Ira Rubin in memory of Ariel Sharon Susan & Warren Ganden in memory of Ariel Sharon
EARLY CHILDHOOD ED FUND Sheila & Bob Fisher in memory of Jerome Rest Jennifer & Aaron Weiner Emily & Adam Levin Linda & Gene Parker Sheila & Bob Fisher in memory of Jerome Rest Wendy & Jeff Gross in memory of Jerome Rest Elaine & Mike Beyer in memory of Jerome Rest Carol & Jack Medor in memory of Jerome Rest Jan & Don Strauss in memory of Jerome Rest Bernice Gollup in memory of Jerome Rest Sima & Larry Petri in memory of Jerome Rest Rita & Ken Kramen in memory of Jerome Rest Linda & Gene Parker in honor of Rabbi Marc Rudolph and Middy
Fierro's new grandchild Linda & Gene Parker in memory of Ariel Sharon Linda & Gene Parker in memory of Jerome Rest Sue & Pete Levine in memory of Jerome Rest Frances & Michael Kraemer in memory of Jerome Rest Linda & Gene Parker in memory of Philip Zimmerman Jan & Don Strauss in memory of Mickey Drell
GENERAL DONATIONS FUND Marlene and Bruce Saltzberg in honor of Jason and Jackie Rubin's wedding The Staff of the Los Angeles Opera Company in memory of Ariel Sharon Hedva and Moshe Matalon in memory of Ariel Sharon Mali Sharon Alice & Bernie Silverman in memory of Myrtle Fidler
Zena Goldenberg & Marc Swetlitz in memory of Ariel Sharon Diane & Jim Vojcek in honor of the birth of Rabbi Rudolph and
Middy Fierro's grandson Diane & Jim Vojcek in honor of the birth of Karen Zatz and Paul
Bloom's daughter, Willa Diane & Jim Vojcek in memory of Hadassah bat Miriam Diane & Jim Vojcek in memory of Ariel Sharon Diane & Jim Vojcek in memory of Jerome Rest Barbara & Tom Wolff in memory of Ariel Sharon Sima & Larry Petri in memoryof Ariel Sharon Paula & Daniel Fraser in memory of Ariel Sharon Shelley & Marvin Fagel in memory of Abraham Rosengard Shelley & Marvin Fagel in memory of Ariel Sharon Carol & Jack Medor in memory of Molly Sarah Katz
JEKABPILS FUND Lynn & Ralph Kallmann in memory of Eva Kaufman Ed Bronson & Eileen Gelblat in memory of Jerome Rest Kathleen & Lloyd Hyman in memory of Robert J. Hyman Gail and Charlie Aranoff in memory of Ariel Sharon Sharon Brodzky in memory of Martin Wallach Lynn & Ralph Kallmann in memory of Molly Sarah Katz
RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND Adrienne & Herbert Golinkin in memory of Naomi Golinkin Adrienne & Herbert Golinkin in memory of Jerome Rest Adrienne & Herbert Golinkin in honor of the birth of Rabbi Marc Rudolph and
Middy Fierro's grandson Mali Sharon in Ariel's memory Sue & Pete Levine in memory of Judith Rein Gail & Myron Sonkin in memory of William Sonkin
RELIGIOUS FUND Sheila Stevenson with thanks to Bernie Newman and
Congregation Beth Shalom for our synagogue visit
Paula & Daniel Fraser in memory of Ariel Sharon
TORAH FUND Sandy & Fred Goldenson in memory of Jerome Rest Nita & Al Barshefsky in memory of Gustave Barshefsky Nita & Al Barshefsky in memory of Jerome Rest
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“Frequently-asked questions and answers about judaism” - free adult education class
Would you like to learn more about Judaism while your child or grandchild attends Congregation Beth Shalom Religious School on Sunday mornings? Would you like to be able to answer questions that your child or grandchild might ask you about what they are learning about Judaism in Religious School?
Why travel up and back twice on Sunday mornings? It’s never too late for you to get more knowledge about Judaism, even if you don’t have a child or grandchild In the Religious School on Sundays
This course is for parents or grandparents as well as for all Interested adults. It will be presented by Joseph R. Davis, M.D., Ph.D. in Congregation Beth Shalom’s Library from 9:00 to 10:00 AM on each of the indicated Sundays during the Religious School academic year.
Each session lasts 60 minutes. Each week you'll learn approximately 20 questions and answers on Jewish customs, the pronunciation, meaning and use in an English sentence of three Yiddish words, two famous American Jews and their accomplishments, and an important event in modem Jewish history.
The course will include both the presentation of traditional answers to each of the course’s questions about Judaism by the teacher as well as the opportunity for you to interact as to what each Jewish custom, Yiddish word, famous American Jew, or important event in modern Jewish history may mean to you in your life today.
You will receive a worksheet at each session which you can complete during the class and which will serve not only to stimulate class interaction, but also to serve as a set of class notes that you can always refer back for yourself, or use the completed class notes to teach your children or grandchildren at home, or use the completed class notes to answer any questions about Judaism that your children or grandchildren might ask of you at home.
You don’t have to attend every session. Feel free to come to any session whenever you can. Please call the office at 630-961-1818 to register for this course. Walk-ins are always welcome at any time. As long as you are already here on Sunday mornings during the time you bring and pick up your child from Congregation Beth Shalom’s Religious School, why not take advantage of this exciting and enjoyable opportunity to learn more about Judaism.
Course Schedule
1. Rosh Hashana Customs Sep 12, 2010
15. Synagogue Customs I Jan 9,2011
2. Yom Kippur Customs Sep 19, 2010
16. Synagogue Customs II Jan 16, 2011
3. Sukkot Customs Sep 26,2010
17. Prayer Customs Jan 23, 2011
4. Headcovering Customs Oct 3,2010
18. Sabbath Customs I Jan 30, 2011
5. Talit Customs Oct 10, 2010
19. Sabbath Customs II Feb 06, 2011
6. Tefilin Customs Oct 17,2010
20, Sabbath Customs III Feb 13, 2011
7. Torah Customs I Oct 24, 2010
21. Mezuza Customs Feb 20,2011
8. Torah Customs II Oct 31, 2010
22. Minor Holiday Customs Mar 6,2011
9. Torah Customs III Nov 07, 2010
23. Purim Customs Mar 13, 2011
10, Kosher Customs Nov 14, 2010
24. Passover Customs I Apr 10, 2011
11 Chanukah Customs Nov 21, 2010
25, Passover Customs 11 Apr 17, 2011
12. Wedding Customs Dec 5,2010
26. Shavuot Customs Apr 24,2011
13. Miscl. Customs I Dec 12, 2010
27. Mourner’s Customs I May 1,2011
14. Miscl. Customs II Dec 19, 2010
28. Mourner’s Customs II May 8,2011
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ParnossahWorksChicago: A New Employment Website for Personalized Job Assistance
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) announces the launch of ParnossahWorksChicago.org, a new free job search website accessible by Chicago area job seekers and employers. A unique job posting board, ParnossahWorksChicago.org caters to local jobs at all professional levels, offering a wide range of resumes and open positions to ensure a productive and mutually beneficial search. Unlike any other job posting website, qualified candidates are screened by an experienced, highly trained JVS career counselor.
The website offers an alternative to large, overwhelming job boards, with JVS staff providing confidential services to both candidates and employers to attain a strong match. The job posting board gives individuals access to job opportunities and employment assistance, while offering a venue for employers to find pre-screened candidates to fill their open positions. The site, free to both employees and employers, is made possible by a grant from the Jewish Federation’s J-HELP Initiative. Additional features include: job search tools and strategies, relevant resources, a calendar listing topical workshops and special events and opportunities to sign up for job campaign services.
Originally developed by F E G S Health and Human Services System in New York to serve unemployed and underemployed Jews in their area, ParnossahWorks is operating successfully in Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Toronto, Minneapolis and Atlanta. “With everyone from senior executives, middle managers, to young professionals and recent college graduates being affected by the
current economic turmoil, this is an opportunity for members of the Jewish community to connect and help one another,” said Rose Dessau, Supervisor, JVS Employment Services.
In addition to ParnossahWorks, JVS provides job campaign assistance through the Jewish Employment Network (JEN) offering networking opportunities, career counseling and cutting-edge job search
strategies for people looking to be competitive in a tough market. JVS career counselors provide support and help keep clients motivated and on track throughout the job search process. Evening roundtables, ongoing groups and targeted workshops along with a client list-serve complement individual sessions with a counselor. The Jewish Employment Network is a partnership of Jewish Vocational Service, the Chicago Board of Rabbis, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and affiliated congregations.
For more information on ParnossahWorksChicago.org call 312-673-3437 or e-mail [email protected].
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Library News By Carol Medor, CBS Library Committeee
ACHIEVING FREEDOM AND THE CBS LIBRARY
Passover is the journey from slavery to freedom. What does it mean to be enslaved--or to be free, for that matter? Are there different types of slavery to which one might be subjected? As one attempts to address these issues in the days and weeks leading up to Passover, the resources of the Congregation Beth Shalom Library can assist and enrich one’s inquiry. For instance, in the Classification System for Libraries of Judaica, which the CBS Library uses for Adult Non-fiction books, volumes with numbers from 200 to 299 cover the topic of Jewish Observance and Practice and works with numbers from 700 to 799 cover Jewish History. Exploring the stacks in those two areas can lead to some of the background and history behind Jewish attitudes, practice, and values. Why do we do what we do? Do the roots of our beliefs and practices derive from and/or reflect the journey to freedom? Books with numbers in the mid-600’s (including Jewish Community-Social Conditions and Problems and Jews in the World Order) may also help one address issues of enslavement and liberty.
The question has been raised as to whether one must be aware of the suffering and lack of freedom in the world in order to appreciate the opportunities and freedom that one has. In the Library, one could look at Tales of Tikkun Olam by Phyllis Ocean Berman and Arthur Ocean Waskow, Visiting the Sick by Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D., Loving Kindness by Chana Nestlebaum., or one of many biographies (Library number 799) to increase one’s awareness and appreciation of the suffering of others. Of course, one could also check the Holy Works in the Reference section to see what our sages have said on this topic.
Also, as Passover nears, remember to check in the Library for children’s Passover stories and for cookbooks, featuring great recipes
for the holiday. The CBS Library is open whenever the building is open and members may check out all items, except Reference works, for use at home. Stop by the Congregation Beth Shalom Library to enrich and enhance your Passover experience.
Passover Food Drive
In biblical times, when our holy temple stood in Jerusalem, Jewish and non-Jewish pilgrims came spring, summer, and autumn bringing offerings of produce and livestock, each according to heart's calling and their means. In accordance with our traditions, we coordinate our food drives with the timing of food offerings made in ancient days at Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
As you clean your pantries for Passover, bring in any non-expired and unopened foods. Supplement these from the grocery stores as your heart and means allow.
There will be grocery bags in the foyer to take, fill, and return between now and April 10th, when volunteers are needed to bring our CBS offerings to our community food pantry.
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Ongoing Programs and Activities
CBS Cemetery: Congregation Beth Shalom owns a section in the Naperville Cemetery containing a number of grave sites. Sites are available for
Members $1000/site Non-members $1,500/site
Copies of the Congregation Cemetery Regulations are available from the Congregation office or Mark Greenberg/Gene Parker, Chairs of the Cemetery Committee. Please contact Mark 630-579-8157 or Gene Parker - 630-357-5047 for information on site selection and purchase.
CBS Seniors Group
HEAR YE! HEAR YE! To all Jewish Grandmas, Nanas, Bubbes and Grandpas, Poppas & Zeides.
The CBS Senior is looking for these particular Jewish people (not necessarily members of Congregation Beth Shalom) to become part of our group to help vitalize our activites in the Synagogue and also enjoy each other’s company. We meet the second Wed. of each month. If you have a desire to meet new friends and enjoy yourselves, please contact: Ruth Weber 630 983-4607
Calling all torah chanters: “The Bible should be read in public, and made understood to its hearers in musical and sweet tones––and those who read the Torah without tune, show disregard for it, and its vital values and laws.” (The Talmud, 1st Century C.E.). Calling all post-Bar or Bat Mitzvah Teens who would like to inspire the younger Bnai Mitzvah students and keep their Torah Trope skills sharp! Calling all Adults who once chanted Torah and have run out of “lein” excuses! Did you know that we chant Torah at every Shabbat morning service? The Torah was meant to be sung, and we sing it! Join our growing “Legion of Leiners.” We will help you brush up your skills, give you plenty of time to prepare, and provide you with a portion to learn and
chant that is manageable for you. Remember: You don’t have to be a Maven to do a Mitzvah! Your honor awaits! Contact Bernie Newman at (630) 357-4544 or [email protected]
CBS Collegiate Connection
A group of CBS members that has been neglected in the past is the young adults living away at college. We hope to keep them connected with the congregation by sending holiday greetings and friendly notes with news from the Naperville area, anecdotes or advice about life at college, and maybe some Jewish teachings. I’ll be sending things out, as will Rav Yehoshua Weikersheimer.
Please help me to start making the connection by sending me your college student’s mailing address. Email addresses are fine too, but we really want to promote that great feeling of opening the U.S. mailbox to find a letter from “home”.
Thanks, Vicki Robinson, Collegiate correspondence designee [email protected] 630-961-9167 ELC Cubbies: Please Note: The cubbies in front of the Early Learning Center (ELC) preschool classroom are for ELC use ONLY! Please do not place anything in these cubbies. All materials that you wish to distribute such as flyers for upcoming events, etc., must be pre-approved by ELC Director Robin Frisch. Robin Frisch can be contacted at 630.961.1818 x22 or at [email protected]. Any materials found in the cubbies that have not been approved will be removed and immediately discarded. Thank you for your cooperation.
Junior Congregation: If you are looking for an easy and fun way to celebrate Shabbat and learn Shabbat morning prayers, then come and check out Junior Congregation.
This student- led service (with adult supervision) allows children the opportunity to be the gabbi, lead prayers in English or Hebrew, and
Jewish Professionals Lunch –n- Learn
Discuss an array of Jewish topics over a delicious
Kosher lunch while enjoying the opportunity to
network
Second Tuesday of Every Month
11:30 – 12:3 For more information visit
ww.jewishnaperville.com or call Rabbi Mendy
Goldstein at 630-778-977
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take a part in “Sedra Scenes” performances - great practice in public speaking and preparation for Bnei Mitzvot. This service is targeted for children who can read English and are beginning to learn Hebrew. Students in first grade and above may attend without an adult, though adults are welcome, space permitting.
Junior Congregation begins at 10:30 a.m. in the youth lounge and lasts approximately one hour, followed by Kiddish. Please pick up your child no later than 12:00 p.m. as the synagogue closes after services. Please let us know if you’d be interested in hosting a Kiddish for this service.
Please contact Eileen Gelblat (630-355-7916 or [email protected]) or Nadene Eisner ([email protected]) for more information.
Library: The library is open when the synagogue is open.
Monday and Friday: 9-2, Tuesday, Wednesday. & Thursday 9-5, Sundays When Religious School is in Session
For more information about our library, volunteering your time your time or writing book reviews, please call Gerry Mendelssohn at 630-416-2195
Lunchtime study group: Join us for our lively and popular weekly lunchtime adult study group, on Thursdays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in the Congregation library. The subjects of study are traditional Jewish texts (in English).
Our current topic of study is Mishna Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), the famous compendium of wise and pithy sayings of the Jewish Sages for how to live the "good life"-morally, ethically, and holy.
We are not using one specific text, but several different translations and commentaries available in the Congregation library (or feel free to bring in your own Pirke Avot text).
Whether you can come regularly or only drop-in occasionally, join us for the energizing discussions and the joy of learning. You don't need to have been present from the beginning of this topic to join-in whenever you can. Bernie Newman 630-357-4544 or [email protected].
Monthly Meditation: The Sages used to meditate an hour before services to prepare themselves for prayer. On the fourth Friday of the month you can do the same at 7:15 pm in the Library, with Jewish Meditation Teacher Yonah Klem. Yonah will give a brief teaching and then we will meditate about 20 minutes. Beginning and experienced meditators are welcome.
Kosher Meat program. B’nai Israel has agreed to let us participate in their kosher meat program. Simply fill out your request (www.napershalom.org/kosher) each month and pick up your meat on the specified day.
Tot Shabbat Music Programs: Held on the 3rd Saturday morning of October, November 2010 and January – May, 2011
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CBS Communication Guidelines and Deadlines
Communication is a funny thing. Some people tell us they get too much, while others tell us they don’t get enough. Some people say they “tune out” because the same information is repeated everywhere while others say that they waste their time searching for what they need. To improve our effectiveness, we are focusing each major form of communication from CBS. However, we need your help. It is important that you at least skim the various communications from CBS. That will ensure that you are kept up-to-date on what is happening in and around our community. For your reference, we have included a table summarizing our communication tools and submission deadlines.
Frequency Purpose Submission Deadline Submit to
Web-site Ongoing General information about CBS, Oneg sign up, donation and building information, emergency announcements, ELC/Religious school closings, and most up-to-date calendar.
On-going [email protected]
Digest/ Announcements
Weekly Thursday/ Friday
Events coming in the next two weeks, “Save the date” notifications for major events.
Wednesday of the week that announcement is to be read
Special digests Once or twice per month
Time-sensitive or urgent matters such as Shiva information, special meetings, and other notifications
As needed – note: the digest is the primary weekly vehicle. Special Digests will be saved for exceptional events (at the discretion of the office manager or VP Member Services) so that we do not bombard members with too many emails.
Newsletter Monthly Human interest stories about Congregation Beth Shalom members. General information about upcoming (more than one month away) programs. Monthly calendar.
The 25th
of the preceding month (e.g., March 25
th for submissions for April).
This is a firm cut-off date.
For stories in the digest and newsletter, please just send unformatted text. If you would like to include a picture, send a jpg, png, or bitmap. Advertisements should also be jpg, png, or bitmap. On-going CBS events are no longer called out in advertisements but rather appear on the “On-going programs and services” page. We hope that these guidelines will better help you get the information you need without too much redundancy or confusion.
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Calendar of Key Events In April
For the most up-to-date calendar information, see the CBS website at www.napershalom.org
Fri Apr 1 6:58pm – 7:16pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service
Sat Apr 2 Parashat Tazria Shabbat HaChodesh 9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 7:15pm – 8:15pm:Mincha/Havdalah 7:59pm – 8pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
Sun Apr 3 No Religious School 9:30am – 10:30am:Chesed Committee Meeting
Tue Apr 5 Rosh Chodesh Nisan 4:30pm – 6:15pm:Religious School 7pm – 9pm:Avodah Committee Meeting - Library
Thu Apr 7 11:30am – 12:30pm:Thursday Study Group - CBS Library
Fri Apr 8 11am – 12:30pm:Shabbat Shalom Hey - Social Hall 6:45pm – 7:15pm:Family Service 7:05pm – 7:23pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service 8pm – 9pm:Birthday/Anniversary Celebration
Sat Apr 9 Parashat Metzora
9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 10:30am – 11:30am:Junior Congregation 7:45pm – 8:45pm:Mincha/Havdalah 8:07pm – 8:08pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
Sun Apr 10 8:30am – 10:30am:3rd Grade Family Program 8:30am – 10:30am:Religious School - First Session 9am – 10am:Intro to Judaism: Passover Customs I 10:40am – 12:40pm:Religious School - Second Session 10:40am – 12:40pm:9th Grade Family Program 11am – 12:30pm:Dine & Discuss 12:45pm – 1:45pm:5th Grade Pizza Lunch 12:45pm – 2:45pm:Rosh Hodesh Group
Wed Apr 13 11am – 12pm:Gan Mock Passover Seder
Thu Apr 14 11:30am – 12:30pm:Thursday Study Group - CBS Library 7:15pm – 10:15pm:CBS Board Mtg
Fri Apr 15 7:13pm – 7:31pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service
Sat Apr 16 Parashat Achrei Mot Shabbat HaGadol 9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 11am:Kibbutz Katan Tot Shabbat 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 7:30pm – 8:30pm:Mincha/Havdalah 8:14pm – 8:15pm:Havdalah (42 min) – Chicago
Sun Apr 17 8:30am – 10:30am:1st Grade Family Passover Program 8:30am – 10:30am:Religious School - First Session 9am – 10am:Intro to Judaism: Passover Customs II
10:40am – 12:40pm:Religious School - Second Session 11am – 12:30pm:Dine & Discuss
Mon Apr 18 Ta'anit Bechorot Erev Pesach Erev Pesach - First Seder 7:16pm – 7:34pm:Candle lighting - Chicago
Tue Apr 19 Pesach I ELC Closed No Religious School 10am – 11:30am:Pesakh Service
Wed Apr 20 Pesach II 8:19pm – 8:20pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
Thu Apr 21 Pesach III (CH''M) 11:30am – 12:30pm:Thursday Study Group - CBS Library
Fri Apr 22 Pesach IV (CH''M) 7:15pm – 7:45pm:Monthly Meditation - Congregation Beth Shalom Librrary 7:21pm – 7:39pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service
Sat Apr 23 Pesach V (CH''M) 9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 10:30am – 11:30am:Junior Congregation 7:30pm – 8:30pm:Mincha/Havdalah 8:22pm – 8:23pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
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Sun Apr 24 Pesach VI (CH''M) 8:30am – 10:30am:Religious School - First Session 9am – 10am:Intro to Judaism: Shavuot Customs 9am – 10:15am:Sunday School Katan - Social Hall 7:23pm – 7:41pm:Candle lighting - Chicago
Mon Apr 25 ELC Closed Pesach VII 10am – 11:30am:Pesakh & Yizkor Service
Tue Apr 26 Pesach VIII 4:30pm – 6:15pm:Religious School 8:25pm – 8:26pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
Thu Apr 28 11:30am – 12:30pm:Thursday Study Group - CBS Library
Fri Apr 29 6:30pm – 7:30pm:Rosh Hodesh Group Shabbat Dinner 7:28pm – 7:46pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service
Sat Apr 30 Parashat Kedoshim 9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 10am – 12:30pm:B'MV Samuel Jacobson 7:45pm – 8:45pm:Mincha/Havdalah 8:30pm – 8:31pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
May Preview
Sun May 1 Yom HaShoah 8:30am – 10:30am:Religious School - First Session 9am – 10am:Intro to Judaism: Mourner’s Customs I 9:30am – 10:30am:Chesed Committee Meeting 11am – 12pm:JUF Brunch 12:45pm – 2:45pm:Rosh Hodesh Group
Tue May 3 4:30pm – 6:15pm:Religious School
Wed May 4 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar
Thu May 5 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 11:30am – 12:30pm:Thursday Study Group - CBS Library
Fri May 6 6:45pm – 7:15pm:Family Service 7:36pm – 7:54pm:Candle lighting - Chicago 8pm – 9pm:Shabbat Service
Sat May 7 Parashat Emor 9am – 10am:Torah Study - CBS Library 10am – 12pm:Shabbat Worship - Sanctuary 10:30am – 11:30am:Junior Congregation 8pm – 9pm:Mincha/Havdalah 8:37pm – 8:38pm:Havdalah (42 min) - Chicago
If you would like to add an event to the calendar, please check with Sue Prousa to ensure that the building/room is available.
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Make a Donation
Or, donate on-line at: http://www.napershalom.org/index_files/donationform.htm
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In Memory
APRIL 1 & 2 Judith Rein* Sue Levine 27 Adar II 5771 4/3/2000 Tillie Bauman Ruth Weber 1 Nisan 5771 3/13/1975 William Sonkin Myron Sonkin 1 Nisan 5771 3/15/1983 Mildred Bloom Rita Kramen 2 Nisan 5771 3/21/1969 APRIL 8 & 9 Alexander Fraser Daniel Fraser 7 Nisan 5771 3/22/2010 Maryann Roberts James Roberts 7 Nisan 5771 4/1/2009 Melvin Gelblat Eileen Gelblat 10 Nisan 5771 4/8/2006 William Lippmann Dan Lippmann 10 Nisan 5771 4/3/2001 Abraham Benjamin Rosengard* Shelley Fagel 11 Nisan 5771 4/18/1997 Nathan Sarasohn Nancy Sohn 11 Nisan 5771 3/23/1956
APRIL 15 & 16 Earl Fagel Marvin Fagel 12 Nisan 5771 3/25/2002 Mitchell Shesol Sarilee Huffman 12 Nisan 5771 4/4/1974 Myrtle Fidler* Alice Silverman 13 Nisan 5771 4/4/2004 Evelyn Shack Jennifer Weiner 13 Nisan 5771 4/11/2006 Marvin Bridges* Rhonda Merchut 14 Nisan 5771 4/7/2001 Morton Krugman Kim Williamson 14 Nisan 5771 3/27/2002 David Lewin* Norman and Laurie Fair 14 Nisan 5771 4/7/1982 Beatrice Waxler Gail Aranoff 15 Nisan 5771 4/9/2009 Lorraine Greene April Remegi 16 Nisan 5771 4/2/1980 Carol R. Guinasso Rhoda Pons 16 Nisan 5771 4/10/2009 Robert L Beck Jill Rudolph 18 Nisan 5771 4/9/1985 Bernice Fields Don Fields 18 Nisan 5771 4/2/2010 Nadia Hayes Ken and Rita Kramen 18 Nisan 5771 4/23/2008 Rivka Markowitz Mali Sharon 18 Nisan 5771 4/23/2008 Jane Taubman Melisa Wells 18 Nisan 5771 4/15/1979
APRIL 22 & 23 Joe Zucker Ronald and Carol Keeth 19 Nisan 5771 4/12/2001 Sara Birenbaum* Joel Birenbaum 20 Nisan 5771 4/11/2004 Mollie Klem* Russ Klem 20 Nisan 5771 4/2/2002 Jack Szajman Rachel DePorte 20 Nisan 5771 4/11/2004 Sidney Nathan Gubin* Sue Morss 21 Nisan 5771 4/29/1959 Robert Hyman Lloyd Hyman 21 Nisan 5771 4/26/2008 Alex Langsam* Marty Langsam 21 Nisan 5771 4/29/1959 Martin Wallach Sharon Brodzky 21 Nisan 5771 4/23/2003 Sandra L Rochlis* Steve Rochlis 22 Nisan 5771 4/8/1999 Roland Rosenthal* Phyllis Fee 22 Nisan 5771 4/17/1990 Norman Shore Jerry Shore 22 Nisan 5771 5/1/1986 Louis J Bale* Roberta Frye 23 Nisan 5771 4/16/2001 Jesse Ironson* Marilyn Bloom 23 Nisan 5771 5/2/1986 Nicholas Doukas Phil Doukas 25 Nisan 5771 4/14/1996 Ruth Gerber* Gene Gerber 25 Nisan 5771 4/15/1966
APRIL 29 & 30 Joel Setzen Leah Mehl 26 Nisan 5771 5/1/2000 Stanley Lato Katherine Lato 28 Nisan 5771 4/10/2002 Benjamin B Elster* Art Elster 29 Nisan 5771 4/22/2001 Muriel Kadison Drell* Janet Strauss 30 Nisan 5771 4/26/1998 John S Jankowski* Robert Jankowski 30 Nisan 5771 4/29/1987 Jacob T Trushin David Trushin 1 Iyar 5771 5/11/1967 Jerone Abraham David Venegas 2 Iyar 5771 4/23/1993 * A memorial light on the CBS yahrzeit board is lit
May their memories
be for a blessing
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Board of Directors and Committees
Position Name Contact
President Jeff Rest [email protected]
VP Administration Stephan Chriqui [email protected]
VP Member Services Brad Kolar [email protected]
VP Membership
Leslie Noel
Elizabeth Sigale [email protected]
VP Education
Joshua
Weikersheimer [email protected]
VP Finance Bob Fisher [email protected]
VP Development Gregg Yedwab [email protected]
VP Religious Practices Chris Igo [email protected]
Secretary Mali Sharon (asst) [email protected]
Treasurer Jack Medor [email protected]
Director at Large Nelson Chester [email protected]
Director at Large Karen Zatz [email protected]
Past President Mark Greenberg [email protected]
Position Name Contact
Adult Education Open
B'nai Mitzvah Invitations Trudy Lythberg tel:355-5337
Building/Catering Stephan Chriqui [email protected]
Cemetery Mark Greenbergy
Gene Parker [email protected]
Chesed Bob Fisher
Terrie Stainman
630-369-6680
630-355-9908
Cultural Arts Linda Gaines [email protected]
Facilities Stephan Chriqui [email protected]
Gift Shop Open
Landscaping Drew Effron [email protected]
Library Gerry Mendelssohn [email protected]
Newsletter Brad Kolar [email protected]
Religious School Renee Major [email protected]
Seniors Group Yonah Klem [email protected]
Social Action Open
Worship/Pulpit
Committee Russ Klem [email protected]
