18 Shevat 5775

(773) 248-9200

www.asbi.org

February 6 – 7, 2015

540 West Melrose Street

Chicago, Illinois 60657

Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Yitro at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation

SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT

Friday, February 6 Light Candles 4:54 PM Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 4:55 PM

Saturday, February 7 Shacharit with sermon by Rabbi Saul Berman 9:00 AM Ten Commandments, Details To Follow... Very Soon Shabbat Morning Beginners’ Service in the Beit Midrash 9:30 AM Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM Lunch with Rabbi Saul Berman (by reservation only) 12:30 PM Daf Yomi and Parsha Discussion with Dr. Leonard Kranzler 12:30 PM Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 4:45 PM Shabbat ends, Havdallah at shul 5:55 PM

Latest time to recite Sh’ma: February 7, 9:30 AM

Daily Services: February 8 – 13

Shacharit: Sunday 8:30 AM Monday & Thursday 6:45 AM Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM

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

Mincha: Sunday through Thursday 5:00 PM Friday 5:05 PM

Torah: Haftorah:

Exodus 18:1-20:23 Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6

Hertz: Pages 288-301 Hertz: Pages 302-305

Kaplan: Pages 344-356 Kaplan: Pages 1114-1116

Stone: Pages 394-414 Stone: Pages 1154-1156

JPS Commentators: Pages 137-167

Readings for Shabbat Parshat Yitro

Kiddush this week is sponsored by Vicki Phillips in honor of

Gary Phillips’s special birthday.

Shalosh Seudot is sponsored by the ASBI Executive Committee in memory of

Claire Gebler, a”h, mother of ASBI Rabbinic Intern Avishai Gebler.

Welcome to our newest members, Jamie, Rinat & Arielle Billow and Eric, Naomi,

Jonah & Caleb Sugar, who have joined our ASBI community.

ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES

Aliyah Kenneth Cox

Michael Weisman

In Honor Ellen Cannon & Arnold Herskovic in honor of Gary Phillips’s most special birthday

Jim, Debbie, Aaron & Isaac in honor of Zev Faier for earning a position in the finals of the Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School All-School Spelling Bee! All your hard work is yielding

results! Keep up the good work!

Yahrzeit The Passman family, in loving memory of David’s father Harold Passman, a”h, on his 40th yahrzeit

Semyon Shekhtman in memory of his mother, Blima Shekhtman, a”h

Donations received after February 4 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Many thanks for these generous donations.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mazal tov to Rachelli & Michael Soffer on the birth of a baby boy on Monday, February 2. The bris is expected on Monday, February 9, at ASBI, following shacharit. A shalom zachor will take place Friday night at the home of Rebecca & Rabbi David Russo (3715 N Sheffield, Unit 1) at 8:00 PM. If you would like to help with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Soffer, Password: 5237). May the young boy grow to acquire Torah, Chuppah, and good deeds. Amen!

Join Jonathan & Yarden Cottrell THIS SUNDAY, February 8, at 9:00 AM, to celebrate Jonathan's siyum of the entire Gemara! He has been doing Daf Yomi since he was in Yeshiva, and they would love for you to join in this momentous occasion. The siyum will take place after morning services on Sunday, with catering by Emma's Bagels. Tizku L'mitzvot!

Neighbors Program: Are you an ASBI vet looking to show someone new the ropes? Are you new to the area and looking for some friendly faces? Sign up to be a neighbor as part of our program to welcome members of the Young Professional community to Lakeview. To sign up, email Jeremie Lappe at jeremie.lappe@gmail.com.

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.

If you would like to set up an appointment with Rabbi Wolkenfeld, please email shul@asbi.org to arrange a time. If there is something urgent that you need to discuss with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678.

If you would like to host ASBI’s Rabbinic Intern Avishai Gebler for a Shabbat

meal or provide overnight hospitality, please contact Rabbi Wolkenfeld at

RabbiW@asbi.org. Avishai will be visiting ASBI again on February 27-28, March 18-21, and April 24-25,

with additional dates TBD.

ASBI Winter Playroom Open Hours

The ASBI playroom is available for kids to use with their parents & caregivers.

When: Mondays & Thursdays, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

(Not available on select dates when the shul office is closed)

ASBI Welcomes Guest Scholar Rabbi Saul Berman this Shabbat

Shabbat morning sermon by Rabbi Saul Berman “Ten Commandments, Details To Follow...Very Soon”

Rabbi Saul J. Berman was ordained at Yeshiva University, where he also received a B.A. and an M.H.L. He completed a degree in law at New York University Law School, and an M.A. in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. He served as Rabbi in Berkeley, CA (1963-1969), Brookline, MA (1969-1971), and at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan (1984-1990). Since 1971 he has served as Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University where he teaches Jewish Law related to medical ethics, contemporary social and political issues, the status of women, and Liturgy. Since 1990, he also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of Law. From 1997 until 2007 he served as Director of Edah.

Hebrew Story Time February 14, 4:00 PM, at ASBI

Please join us for Hebrew Story Time with Lital Rosenberg on Shabbat

afternoon. We will read children’s books in Hebrew together, while working

on some of our Hebrew words. Feel free to bring any Hebrew-language book

you would like to share with the group. All kids age 4 and under are invited

with their parents.

The Lakeshore Mercaz Center for Jewish Older Adults presents

“What are Jewish Ethics?” with Rabbi Wolkenfeld

Tuesday, February 10, 1:00 –2:15 PM at ASBI

CJE SeniorLife is a partner in serving our community, supported by the Jewish United

Fund/Jewish Federation. The Lakeshore Mercaz: Center for Jewish Older Adults is a

collaborative effort among Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, CJE

SeniorLife, Emanuel Congregation, and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

Shabbat Morning Beginners’ Service

February 7, 9:30—10:30 AM

Led by ASBI Rabbinic Intern Avishai Gebler

Imagine a Sabbath service designed for people who know little or nothing about Jewish

prayers. That’s what the Beginners’ Service is all about—an anxiety-free “No Hebrew

Necessary” prayer experience that will keep you looking forward to Saturday

mornings. Afterwards, the group will join the main service for the conclusion of the

Torah service and Mussaf.

Beit Midrash Wednesdays Join us every week for open learning, dinner, and an accessible and thought-

provoking shiur. The cost for dinner is $5; pre-registration is required.

Register at asbi.org prior to 11:00 AM on the day of the class. Dinner walk-ins will be accommodated as possible at $10 per person.

“Beit Midrash Wednesdays on Tuesdays” with Professor Malka Simkovich

Open Learning at 7:00 PM; Dinner at 7:30 PM; Shiur at 8:00 PM

Tuesday, February 10 Universalism in Ancient Judaism

Tuesday, February 17 Jewish Life in the First Century

Professor Malka Simkovich is a visiting instructor of Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological

Union. She is a doctoral candidate at Brandeis University studying Second Temple Judaism, early

Rabbinic literature, and early Christian literature. She earned an MA degree in Hebrew Bible

from Harvard University and a BA in Bible Studies and Music Theory from Stern College of

Yeshiva University. She is currently working on a dissertation regarding universalist Jewish

literature that emerged from Egypt under the Roman Empire while working as an editorial

assistant for the Harvard Theological Review.

“Stories in the Talmud: Art, Law, and Culture” with Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rosenberg

Open Learning and Dinner at 7:30 PM; Shiur at 8:00 PM

Tuesday, March 3 Part I: Art

Wednesday, March 18 Part II: Law

Wednesday, March 25 Part III: Culture

This three-part class will explore a sometimes less-studied part of Talmudic literature.

Stories in the Babylonian Talmud serve multiple functions in helping us to understand the ways

that our sages in Bavel thought. They were skilled storytellers who used narratives to express

and define legal thought, and in doing so, rooted their teaching in real day-to-day life.

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rosenberg, a longtime member of the ASBI community, was ordained by the

Jewish Theological Seminary in 2001 and recently completed a dissertation at New York

University on the “untold stories” of the Babylonian Talmud. He spends summers as a resident

storyteller at Camp Ramah Darom.

“Dilemmas of Jewish Power” with Rabbi David Wolkenfeld

SHIUR ONLY (no dinner) at 6:30 PM

May 6 Non-Jews in a Jewish State

May 13 Torture

May 20 Battlefield Ethics

AIPAC Policy Conference

Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld, other members of ASBI, and thousands of participants from across the United States at the 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., March 1-3. Thanks to an anonymous donor, ASBI is able to offer $500 travel subsidies for ten first-time conference attendees. The AIPAC Policy Conference is the largest gathering of the pro-Israel movement in the United States and has been called “three of the most important days affecting Israel’s future.” If you are interested in obtaining a travel subsidy, please email shul@asbi.org. If you have any questions, contact Rabbi Wolkenfeld.

Israel Movie Night Monday, February 16, 7:00 PM

in the ASBI Social Hall

“The Great Dictator” (1940)

125 minutes

In his controversial masterpiece “The Great Dictator,” Charlie Chaplin

offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his

own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime

physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator

and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack

Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, “The Great

Dictator,” boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official

entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and

slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech.

Pop, popcorn, and chips will be served.

Sponsored by the Israel Committee.

Purim is only FOUR WEEKS away!

ASBI’s Purim program will include a Community Mishloach

Manot gift to all members as well as a raffle and auction. Past

auction and raffle items have included sports and music tickets, corporate suites,

airline tickets, and jewelry. If you are able to provide an exciting gift or know someone

else who can, please contact Ross Weisman at rweisman@sbcglobal.net.

Hassidic Dimensions in the Post-Modern World

with Rabbi Dr. Julian Ungar

Sundays at 7:00 PM, starting this Sunday, February 8

We will be examining our reading practices by looking at the Sacred Text in a multi-

layered way. By seeing the biases we bring to the text, we begin to see its mirroring

effect and learn to read ourselves in the text. We will discover the mythic strata

embedded deep in the text and in our psyches, and the way the text can help us make

sense of our lives as well as our personal suffering and grief. We will forge a new

approach that resists the pietistic-moralistic approach but also a purely scholastic-

archeological reduction. Finally, by being open to radical readers like the Hassidic

masters before us, we will rely on them for a new trajectory that makes for exciting

study.

Introduction to Jewish Life & Practice Tuesday, February 24, 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld for this ongoing class on the fundamentals of Jewish life and practice, for those interested in conversion to Judaism and open to all in the community. For the next several sessions, we will be learning about keeping Kosher.

Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 PM

at Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 North Broadway

We are excited to invite you to the upcoming community screening of Jerusalem U's new film. We will be joined by the star of the film, First Lt. Eden Adler, and co-producer David Coleman.

“Beneath the Helmet” has premiered to sold-out audiences in New York, L.A., Chicago, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other major cities across the U.S., been featured in more than 50 news and radio outlets, and accepted into 15 Film Festivals nationwide. The movie follows the dramatic transformation of five young Israeli high school graduates who left the comfort of their homes and families to become the defenders of a nation and a people.

You can purchase tickets and view the trailer at beneathhelmet.com/Chicago. Space is limited, and all guests must RSVP, so get your tickets soon!

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

February 14

Mishpatim; Shekalim Taken Taken

February 21

Terumah Bday/Anniversary

February 28

Tetzaveh; Parshat Zachor Taken Taken

Celebrate your own, your child’s, or a loved one’s birthday/anniversary/milestone by

sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot.

• One Shabbat each month will be our Birthday/Anniversary Kiddush, to celebrate birthdays/anniversaries/milestones in that month.

• You may co-sponsor a Kiddush by contributing a smaller amount.

Please call the shul office for details at 773-248-9200 or email shul@asbi.org.

Small Kiddush Meal $720 Light Kiddush Lunch $1080 Hearty Kiddush Lunch $1440 Shalosh Seudot $118

1 main course 2 main courses 3 main courses assorted salads

assorted salads assorted salads assorted salads assorted baked goods

assorted baked goods assorted baked goods assorted baked goods

New Siddur/

Chumash

Small

Tree of Life Leaf

Large

Tree of Life Leaf

Stone

Tree of Life

Memorial

Plaque

$54 $180 $360 $1,080 $680

Dedication Opportunities Honor your loved ones with a dedication plaque or book plate.

Prayer for the United States and Its Government based on "deSola Pool Siddur"

God on high, bless this our country, the United States of America, and all who dwell therein. Bless the constituted officers of government of this land. Set into their hearts the spirit of wisdom and understanding to

uphold peace and freedom.

Security—If you see something, say something. Alan Hepker: (847) 980-5630

Tot Shabbat (children 3 and under with a parent)

10:45 AM in the ASBI Social Hall with Sarah Unterman

Gan Shabbat (JK & K)

10:45 AM in JCC Room 206 with Rachel Podell

Yeladeinu (1st -2nd grade)

10:30 AM in JCC Room 204 with Roxie Zeller

Na’areinu (3rd-5th grade)

10:30 AM in the JCC Gym with Stefanie Groner

Tefillah Off the Deep End (6th -7th grade)

10:30 AM in the Beit Midrash with Andrea Katz

Youth Tefillah Groups

Babysitting Services (For children ages 1 through 7)

with Sofia Truzzi

9:30 AM until Kiddush in the ASBI Playroom

Kiddush until 12:30 PM in JCC Room 204

Group leaders and babysitter are subject to change.

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld RabbiW@asbi.org

Avishai Gebler Rabbinic Intern

OFFICERS – 2014-2015 / 5775-5776

President – Rabbi Paul Saiger Immediate Past President – David Harris President-Elect – Jeremy Treister Vice President - Ways and Means – Ross Weisman Vice President - House – Jeremy Treister Vice President - Membership – Danielle Gershon Vice President - Ritual – Dr. Ira Halper Vice President - Education – Evelyn Behar Vice President - Financial – Asher Zarkowsky Recording Secretary – Ruth Lipman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2014-2015 / 5775-5776

Dr. Stuart Sprague - Chair Julia Aaronson Beverly Agdern

Elyce Bader Linda Cohen

Herbert Eiseman Aaron Feigelson

Steve Feiger Eytan Fox

Paul Freund

Iris Gafni-Kane Ashlyn Gorlin Toby Heizler

Ira King Michael Leib Adam Levine

Norman Levitz Jennifer Loeb

Michael Newberger Scott Newberger

Jacques Aaron Preis Tzvi Robinson

Rabbi Daniel Rosenberg Linda Saiger

Margalit Segal Rabbi Melvin Shapiro

Alan Skidelsky Adam Smoler

Andrew Weprin

ASBI COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS

Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: (773) 935-1689 mikvah.asbi@gmail.com

Office Staff: Steve Miller (office@asbi.org) and Hayley Leventhal (shul@asbi.org)

Dedications and Donations

Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation is indebted to Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, a”h, for his generosity to the synagogue and to the Marovitz Scholarship Fund.

The George Kranzler Library of Judaic Classics is donated in loving memory of Mr. George Kranzler by the Kranzler and Saltzman families.

The Learning Center was dedicated on 29 Av 5761 in memory of Rose and Dr. Abe Aaronson who inspired us in learning and charity.

We acknowledge and thank the following funds for helping us celebrate our community's simchas: the Frances “Freidl” Goodman Berger, a"h, Fund which presents menorahs to each newborn child; the William and Frances Goodman Mezuzah Fund which provides a mezuzah for newlyweds; and the Rachel, Gabrielle, and Wren Berger Bat and Bar Mitzvah Fund which presents a Kiddush cup to each Bat and Bar Mitzvah.

There is a sense of wholeness and artistic integrity in our sanctuary, thanks to our beautiful stained-glass windows on the east wall, dedicated in memory of Bernard Preis, a”h.

The windows on the south wall are dedicated in memory of George Friedman, a”h.

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

Chesed: Joelle Shabat Mikvah: Ruth Lipman Education: Evelyn Behar Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper Family: Jennifer Loeb Security: Peggy Kaz Hospitality: JP Bader & Deena Davis Young Professionals: Beverly Agdern, Israel: Herbert Eiseman Amy Beth Green & Tzvi Robinson

Gabbai: Dr. Josh Ehrlich Gabbaiyot: Dr. Chai Wilensky & Judith Wolf