WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Building Update
- Update Your Online Membership Info
- Pick Your Week to Host an Oneg
- Shir Hadash Golf Outing, June 30
- Dining for Dollars: Sweet Tomatoes on July 10
- Permanent Fundraiser at The Continental Restaurant
- High Holidays: Musicians Wanted
- Book Club, July 11
- Save the Date: Synagogue Dedication, August 18
Creative Worship & Ritual
- June 29: Outdoor Torah Study and Bike Ride to Botanic Garden!
- Upcoming Services
- July 6: Havdalah at the Schleichers'
- July 15: Tisha B'Av Service
Adult Education
- Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan, June 27
Community News
- Theatre Recommendation: “The Pianist of Willesden Lane”
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Building Update
Here are some highlights of the many construction projects moving forward at the synagogue:
- The hardwood floor for bima and ramp are in place, beautifully varnished.
- The Jerusalem stone for the ark arrived on Tuesday.
- The bathroom work is nearing completion and all bathrooms are functional!
- The classrooms will be painted this week, with an energizing palette including colors from our logo.
- The custom door frames should be in next week.
- The wiring for the new emergency lighting, signage, and strobe lights is in process.
- Our permanent signage is being created. In the meantime, we expect two temporary banners to go up on the property by the end of this week.
- New phone and internet lines are coming in this week. We expect to put WiFi throughout our spaces.
All the long hours of work are really bearing fruit. Many thanks to our architect Mehran Farahmandpour, Housh Construction, and all our committee volunteers!
Update Your Membership Info Today!
Be sure to visit our new online membership management system, hosted by ShulCloud. All members should have received an email that includes a link to your account and instructions to get you started. If you haven’t received this email, contact Lise Schleicher and the SH Tech Team at info@shir-hadash.org
We encourage you to renew your membership on ShulCloud right away. The High Holidays are the week after Labor Day this year and membership renewal is DUE August 1. Anyone who has NOT completed their membership renewal paperwork, including making payment arrangements, by the High Holidays will be asked to do so before being allowed to enter the sanctuary.
Pick Your Week to Host an Oneg
This year we are asking each of our families to be Oneg & Service Host for just one service a year. This does NOT mean providing all the refreshments for the oneg -- just setting up, cleaning up, and greeting our guests. While you’re exploring the new Membership Management System on Shul Cloud, you will find more information and a form to choose a date and sign up on the home page. We are hoping for 100% participation with families sharing dates to make it even easier. Sign up today to pick the best date for your family!
Shir Hadash Golf Outing, June 30
Hey golfers! Men, women, kids! You are all welcome!
Come out and play a round of golf on Sunday June 30th at Sportsman's Country Club in Northbrook. We've got plenty of room so let me know if you can play as soon as possible to reserve your slot.
18 holes with pull-cart: $43
18 holes driving a golf cart: $59
Our first tee time is at 1pm. RSVP as soon as possible tomosh@shir-hadash.org.See you on the links!
July Dining for Dollars – Sweet Tomatoes Fundraiser on July 10
Let's have some mid-summer fun and help our Community at the same time! On July 10 we will be having our monthly restaurant fundraiser at Sweet Tomatoes at 2351 Willow Rd. in Glenview. Click here to print our flyer and bring it in for lunch or dinner. Then buy a meal and a drink and 15% of the bill will be donated to Shir Hadash.
Permanent Fundraiser at The Continental Restaurant
Have you been to The Continental Restaurant yet? This family eatery in Buffalo Grove is participating with Shir Hadash in a PERMANENT fundraiser. They will donate 5% of any bill from Shir Hadash members any day of the week and no flyer is necessary! Just tell them you are from Shir Hadash when you are paying the bill.
The Continental Restaurant is located at 788 S Buffalo Grove, at the northwest corner of Dundee and Buffalo Grove Roads, next to Dominick's. Tell your friends and family!
Musicians Wanted for High Holidays
Calling High Holiday singers and instrumentalists! Do you like to sing? Do you play an instrument? Musical rehearsals for High Holidays will begin in mid-July. Adults and post b'nai mitzvah students are welcome. Contact Sandy Weiss at sandy2weiss@gmail.com.
Book Club
The next book club will meet on Thursday, July 11 at the home of the Zwick family, 385 Castlewood Lane in Deerfield. The book will be The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan. This true story helps to give insight into the Palestinian-Israeli conundrum. For more info about our book club, contact Meryl Abensohn atabenkras@aol.com.
Save the Date: Synagogue Dedication, August 18
While making your summer plans, be sure to save the date for the dedication of our beautiful synagogue on Sunday, August 18! If you have any questions and/or would like to help, contact Melanie Andes (fmandes@comcast.net) or Marc Fargotstein (marcfargo@att.net).
CREATIVE WORSHIP & RITUAL
Next Service: Saturday, June 29 –
Shabbat morning Torah Study and Bike Ride to the Botanic Garden!
Join our own bicycle-riding Rabbi Eitan for a brief Shabbat morning Torah Study session in the Skokie Lagoons followed by a 10-mile round trip bike ride to the Chicago Botanic Garden. We’ll meet at 9:00am (please note new time) at the Skokie Lagoons Parking Lot, on the northeast corner of Willow Road and the Edens Expressway.
Children must be accompanied by a parent. Bring some money to order breakfast or a drink in the lovely café at the halfway point of our journey. For those who do not ride, please join for the service and then drive to the Botanic Garden to meet the group for breakfast. We will return to the Skokie Lagoons parking lot between 11 and 11:30. Bring sunscreen, bicycle helmets, and bike locks, too. If raining, the program will be postponed to another time.
Please RSVP to the synagogue office (847-498-8218) to let us know that you are coming.
Preview of Upcoming Services: More Details to Come
NO Service on Friday, July 5
Saturday, July 6 - Time TBD at the Schleicher Home
Hot Tub, Havdalah and S'Mores, Oh My!
Monday, July 15 - 7:30 at Synagogue
Tisha B'Av Service
High Holidays – Torah Portions Available
Hard to believe, but the High Holidays will be here before we know it - less than three months away. So it's time for us to ramp up our planning , and one very important element is to assign Torah portions for reading or chanting. We already have some parts assigned to folks who have done Torah before, but there are still parts available. We have a particular need for readers or chanters on Rosh Hashanah Day 2 and Yom Kippur afternoon, but we do have a few slots still available on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur morning. We are especially interested in having recent bar and bat mitzvahs come up and chant Torah. If you volunteer, we will e-mail to you an MP3 of the Rabbi chanting the portion, plus a written copy of the portion in Hebrew and English. You also can get help from the Rabbi and Dawn in getting ready to chant. So if you (or your son or daughter) are interested, please let Fred Andes know. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Fred, atfandes@btlaw.com or 773 354 3100. Thanks - we look forward to seeing you all at High Holidays - and before!
ADULT EDUCATION
Lunch & Learn: Thursday Torah Study with Rabbi Eitan
Meeting Place: The Shir Hadash office
Time: 12 noon – sharp
This week's portion: Numbers, Chapter 27:1-23
Discussion Topic: "Pinchas: Women's Inheritance Rights"
Join Rabbi Eitan and fellow Shir Hadash members for an exciting hour of Torah study, brown-bag lunch, and lively discussion.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
June 28-29, 2013 / 21 Tammuz 5773
Shabbat Pinchas
Torah Portion: Numbers 25:10-30:1 / Haftarah Portion: Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3 | Pinchas occurring after 17 Tammuz
“Tzelofehad’s Daughters: Leaders of Israel”
Dear Friends,
I love our bat mitzvah services at Shir Hadash. While so much of the world is still grappling with the idea of women serving as leaders, the liberal Jewish world has moved way beyond all that. Girls are learning the same as boys. Young women are taking on leadership responsibilities along with young men. Synagogue and Jewish community leaders include women in equal and sometimes greater numbers.
Some say that Mordecai Kaplan started all of this when he invented the bat mitzvah for his daughter Judith back in 1922. It was radical and scandalous then - and normative now. Like every visionary, Kaplan was ahead of his time. Others say it all began with Miriam’s presence as a leader of the Exodus.
This week’s Torah portion tells of other women leaders involved in a situation during the desert wandering that should have solved the whole issue of women’s leadership long ago. …
To read the rest of the Rabbi’s Corner, click here.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Theatre Recommendation: “The Pianist of Willesden Lane’
Now playing at the Royal George Theatre through July 7Set in Vienna in 1928 and in London during the Blitzkreig, “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” tells the true story of noted pianist and author Lisa Jura, as performed by her own daughter Mona Golabek. When Lisa is sent on the Kindertransport to London to protect her from the Nazi regime, everything about her life is upended except her love of music and her pursuit of her dreams. The play’s run has been extended through July 7 – don’t miss it! Click here to visit the Royal George Theatre site for more information.
