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2015-2016 (5776) P R O G R A M M I N G

C A L E N D A R

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SEPTEMBER 2015 HOLIDAYS & PROGRAMS

HIGHLIGHTS 9/1 Religious School Begins 9/4 YFO Dinner & Storybook Shabbat 9/6 Youth Family Field Trip to Cubs Game 9/9 Sisterhood Opening Luncheon featuring Ina Pinkney Men’s Club Opening Dinner featuring David Kaplan 9/18 Shabbat with a Twist 9/26 Tefilla Yoga – Back by Popular Demand 9/27 Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth

9/5

Reception welcoming Rabbi Ari & Vanessa Averbach and Installation of Rabbi Aaron Melman followed by Selichot 9/13 Erev Rosh Hashanah 9/14-15 Rosh Hashanah 9/14 HUGS Rosh Hashanah Program Tashlich 9/22 Kol Nidre 9/23 Yom Kippur/Yizkor 9/27 YFO & Youth Decorate the Sukkah Erev Sukkot 9/28-29 Sukkot 9/30 CBS Sukkah Luau Dinner with . . . . . . Rabbi Kamelmanmelman

SOCIAL ACTION 9/2-24 Collection: HIGH HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE kosher, non-perishable food for The ARK - drop off at CBS 9/20 For Your Health: BLOOD DRIVE & FLU SHOTS

SEPTEMBER 2015

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY August

MONDAY 30

August

TUESDAY 31

WEDNESDAY 1

THURSDAY 2

17 Elul 5775

18 Elul 5775

19 Elul 5775

Religious School Begins/ Opening Assemblies

High Holidays Class: The Curious Case of Kol Nidre

USY Lounge Night

Sisterhood Meeting

House Committee

Saturday

FRIDAY 3

4 20 Elul 5775

Ki Tavo

YFO Dinner and Storybook Shabbat 7:01pm - Candlelighting

7

Reception to Welcome Rabbi Ari & Vanessa Averbach Installation of Rabbi Aaron Melman SELICHOT

High Holiday Ticket Pick Up (August 30 - September 1) 6

5 21 Elul 5775

8

9

10

11

12

22 Elul 5775

23 Elul 5775

24 Elul 5775

25 Elul 5775

26 Elul 5775

27 Elul 5775

28 Elul 5775

Youth Family Field Trip to Cubs Game

LABOR DAY

Religious School

Sisterhood Opening Luncheon and Reception

USY Lounge Night

6:49pm - Candlelighting

Nitzavim

Men's Club Opening Dinner

Fundraising Committee

New Member Orientation

YFO Committee

CHUSY LTI (September 11-13) 13

14

15 2 Tishrei 5776

29 Elul 5775

1 Tishrei 5776

EREV ROSH HASHANAH 5776

Tashlich

6:45pm - Candlelighting

HUGS Service

16

17

18

19

3 Tishrei 5776

4 Tishrei 5776

5 Tishrei 5776

6 Tishrei 5776

FAST OF GEDALIAH MC Exec/Board

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist 6:37pm - Candlelighting

Vayelech-Shabbat Shuvah

Youth Commission

ROSH HASHANAH 5776

CHUSY LTI 20

21

22

23

7 Tishrei 5776

8 Tishrei 5776

9 Tishrei 5776

10 Tishrei 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Blood Drive & Flu Shots

Executive Board Board of Trustees

KOL NIDRE 6:30pm - Candlelighting

YOM KIPPUR Yizkor

24 11 Tishrei 5776

25 13 Tishrei 5776

6:25pm - Candlelighting

Ha'azinu

Madelyn Lasky Kaylee Zaveduk Tefilla Yoga

CBS Knits Men's Club Build Outdoor and Indoor Sukkah 27 14 Tishrei 5776

28 15 Tishrei 5776

29 16 Tishrei 5776

Sunday School/ K-2 Parent Orientation

30 17 Tishrei 5776

CBS Sukkah Luau Dinner

Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/Israel in Depth YFO/Youth Sukkah Decorating CBS Knits EREV SUKKOT 6:21pm - Candlelighting

SUKKOT

26

12 Tishrei 5776

CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT (September 30-October 3)

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OCTOBER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS 10/2 10/10 10/11 10/15 10/16 10/18 10/24 10/28 10/30

YFO Storybook Shabbat & Oneg YFO Couples’ Night Out Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes Shabbat with a Twist Helene Hoffman Memorial Concert Tefilla Yoga Distinguished Speaker: Sayed Kashua ShabbaTONEdown

HOLIDAYS & PROGRAMS 9/30-10/3 10/1 10/4 10/5 10/6

CBS UNIVERSITY/ ADULT EDUCATION BEGINS 10/12 10/13

SOCIAL ACTION 10/1 – 31 Write: personal message of gratitude to an IDF LONE SOLDIER currently serving in the IDF. Go to http://israelforever.org/programs/ 10/20 Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS - provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein - slo155@aol.com

Chol Hamoed Sukkot Men’s Club Steaks & Scotch in the Sukkah Hoshana Rabba HUGS Sukkot Experience Erev Shemini Atzeret Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Simchat TorahTONE Youth sponsored Ice Cream Social Simchat Torah

10/14 10/15 10/21 10/26 10/27

Hebrew for Torah Readers or Future Torah Readers (Susan Stoehr) Bible: Back to the Text (Cantor Stoehr) Jewish News of the World in Review (Carl Schrag) Keeping the Faith (Rabbi Melman) Understanding Prayer Book Hebrew (Susan Stoehr) Conversational Hebrew: Learning the “W”s - Who, What, Where, When, Why (Susan Stoehr) Nosh ‘n Drash – “World of Yiddish” (Cantor Stewart Figa) Talmud in Translation – (Rabbi Melman) USCJ Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Chaya Rowen Baker (during Bible)

OCTOBER 2015

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY 1

2

3

18 Tishrei 5776

19 Tishrei 5776

20 Tishrei 5776

MC Steaks and Scotch in Sukkah Kadima/USY goes to Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball

YFO Storybook Shabbat and Oneg

Talia Ben-Dov Jaycey Dubofsky Cocoa & Donut Shabbat

6:12pm - Candlelighting

CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT (September 30-October 3) 4

5

6

7

21 Tishrei 5776

22 Tishrei 5776

23 Tishrei 5776

24 Tishrei 5776

HOSHANA RABBA Sunday School

SHEMINI ATZERET Yizkor Simchat TorahTONE Ice Cream Social

SIMCHAT TORAH

House Committee

Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC

8

9

10

25 Tishrei 5776

26 Tishrei 5776

27 Tishrei 5776

USY Lounge Night

6pm - Candlelighting

Bereishit

Charles Fink Mara Liss YFO Couples' Night Out

Fundraising Committee Programming Committee School Board

HUGS Sukkot Experience EREV SHEMINI ATZERET 6:09pm - Candlelighting 11

12

13

14

28 Tishrei 5776

29 Tishrei 5776

30 Tishrei 5776

1 Cheshvan 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ Israel in Depth

CBS University Begins Executive Board YFO Committee

Religious School Membership Committee Sisterhood Meeting

MC Exec/Board Youth Commission

15

16 3 Cheshvan 5776

4 Cheshvan 5776

USY Lounge Night

Shabbat with a Twist 5:49pm - Candlelighting

Noah

Library Resource Center Volunteer Training Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes

CBS Knits

17

2 Cheshvan 5776

Hannah Foster Noah Foster Family Shabbat

ROSH CHODESH 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

5 Cheshvan 5776

6 Cheshvan 5776

7 Cheshvan 5776

8 Cheshvan 5776

9 Cheshvan 5776

10 Cheshvan 5776

11 Cheshvan 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC Helene Hoffman Memorial Concert

Library Resource Center Volunteer Training

Religious School Social Action: PADS Sisterhood Book Review

Nosh 'n Drash

USY Lounge Night

5:39pm - Candlelighting

Lech Lecha

Board of Trustees

25 12 Cheshvan 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ Video presentation of Sayed Kashua’s Israeli TV sitcom: Arab Labor CBS Knits

26 13 Cheshvan 5776

Geoffery Gitles Victoria Kazan Tefilla Yoga

27

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29

30

31

14 Cheshvan 5776

15 Cheshvan 5776

16 Cheshvan 5776

17 Cheshvan 5776

18 Cheshvan 5776

USCJ Scholar in Residence (during Bible class)

Distinguished Speaker: Sayed Kashua

USY Lounge Night

ShabbaTONEdown 5:29pm - Candlelighting

Vayera

Religious School

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NOVEMBER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS 11/3-4 11/7 11/8 11/9 11/11 11/13-17 11/19 ` 11/21 11/22 11/27 11/30

Sisterhood Holiday Boutique CBS Sponsors Film, The Farewell Party, at the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (CFIC) @ Northbrook Court Sisterhood Torah Fund Event Men’s Club Bears Bash HAZAK Dine & Discuss Veteran’s Day Program USCJ National Convention, Schaumburg, IL Celebrate Jewish Book Month with Sisterhood and Guest Author, Pam Jenoff Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth CBS USY Alumni Brunch United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program @ CBS

SHABBAT PROGRAMS 11/6 11/7, 14, 21, 28 11/7 11/13 11/20 11/21 11/28

YFO Dinner & Storybook Shabbat Torah for Tots Cocoa & Donut Shabbat Aleph-Bet Shabbat Dinner & Service Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE Family Shabbat Service Tefilla Yoga

SOCIAL ACTION 11/1-30

11/1-30 11/17

Collection: IN HONOR OF VETERAN’S DAY – See list of items needed by the troops at bethshalomnb.org Contact: Jill Olefsky jolefsky@aol.com Collection: TOY DRIVE collection with the help of CBS religious school Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS - provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein –slo155@aol.com

NOVEMBER 2015

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY 1

TUESDAY 2

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

3

4

Saturday

FRIDAY 5

6

23 Cheshvan 5776

24 Cheshvan 5776

25 Cheshvan 5776

Religious School

Nosh 'n Drash

USY Lounge Night

Finance Committee

School Board

YFO Dinner and Storybook Shabbat

Chaye Sarah

House Committee

20 Cheshvan 5776

21 Cheshvan 5776

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC CBS Knits

Ritual Committee

4:20pm - Candlelighting

9

10

Eden Block-Glickman Becki Karpel Cocoa & Donut Shabbat CBS sponsors CFIC @ Northbrook Court

Sisterhood Holiday Boutique 8

7

22 Cheshvan 5776

19 Cheshvan 5776

11

12

13

14

26 Cheshvan 5776

27 Cheshvan 5776

28 Cheshvan 5776

29 Cheshvan 5776

30 Cheshvan 5776

1 Kislev 5776

2 Kislev 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC Sisterhood Torah Fund Event

Executive Board Board of Trustees

Religious School Sisterhood Meeting

HAZAK Dine & Discuss Veteran’s Day Program

USY Lounge Night Fundraising Committee

Aleph/Bet Dinner and Service

Toldot

4:13pm - Candlelighting

Youth Commission

Men’s Club Bears Bash

Jeremy Segal Lauren Segal

ROSH CHODESH CHUSYfest (November 13-15) USCJ National Convention in Schaumburg (November 13-17) 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

3 Kislev 5776

4 Kislev 5776

5 Kislev 5776

6 Kislev 5776

7 Kislev 5776

8 Kislev 5776

9 Kislev 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents

YFO Committee

Religious School Social Action: PADS

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board

USY Lounge Night Sisterhood Jewish Book Month Author Pam Jenoff

Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE

Vayetze

Breakfast by MC Mother/Daughter Book Club Tea

4:07pm - Candlelighting

Programming Committee

Family Shabbat Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie Kadima Limo Program

CHUSYfest USCJ National Convention in Schaumburg (November 13-17) 22 10 Kislev 5776

23 11 Kislev 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ Israel in Depth

25

30 18 Kislev 5776

CHUSY Basketball Begins US Holocaust Memorial Museum Program @ CBS

27

28

14 Kislev 5776

15 Kislev 5776

16 Kislev 5776

Religious School

MC Erev Thanksgiving Program

THANKSGIVING

CBS USY Alumni Brunch 4:03pm - Candlelighting

Vayishlach

Turkey Dance at BEANS

29

26

13 Kislev 5776

Northbrook Clergy Thanksgiving Program

Youth Lounge Open House CBS Knits

17 Kislev 5776

24 12 Kislev 5776

Talia Siegel Tefilla Yoga

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DECEMBER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS 12/2 & 16 Nosh ‘n Drash 12/3 Distinguished Speakers: Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi & Ali Alfoneh 12/4 YFO Storybook Shabbat & Oneg 12/6 Breakfast by Men’s Club with speaker Lonnie Nasatir of the ADL 12/12 YFO PJ Havdallah Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie 12/18 Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONEdown 12/25-31 USY International Convention (Baltimore, MD)

CHANUKAH PROGRAMS 12/6

School K-2 Chanukah Program with Parents 12/7-14 Chanukah 12/8 HAZAK Chanukah Lunch CBS Chanukah Happening

SOCIAL ACTION 12/15 Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS- provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein – slo155@aol.com DID YOU KNOW: CBS collects the following items on an ongoing basis: comics, empty ink cartridges, eye glasses, travelsized toiletries, beanie babies and cell phones.

DECEMBER 2015

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY 1

THURSDAY 2

Saturday

FRIDAY 3

4

5

19 Kislev 5776

20 Kislev 5776

21 Kislev 5776

22 Kislev 5776

23 Kislev 5776

Religious School Finance Committee Membership Committee

Nosh 'n Drash

USY Lounge Night Distinguished Speakers: Dr. Emanuale Ottolenghi & Ali Alfoneh

YFO Storybook Shabbat and Oneg

Vayeshev

House Committee

Sisterhood Meeting

4:01pm - Candlelighting

Dylan Yoss Cocoa & Donut Shabbat

Kadima Konvention (December 4-6) 6

7

8

9

10

11

12

24 Kislev 5776

25 Kislev 5776

26 Kislev 5776

27 Kislev 5776

28 Kislev 5776

29 Kislev 5776

30 Kislev 5776

Sunday School

Short-Term Bar/Bat Mitzvah Meeting

HAZAK Chanukah Luncheon

Youth Commission

USY Lounge Night

4:01pm - Candlelighting

Miketz

Ritual Committee

Religious School

Executive Board

CBS Chanukah Happening

Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/Speaker: Lonnie Nasatir CHANUKAH (1st Candle)

Fundraising Committee

Dylan Smith Ryan Smith YFO PJ Havdallah Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie

YFO Committee

ROSH CHODESH Kadima Konvention

CHANUKAH (December 7 - 14) 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

1 Tevet 5776

2 Tevet 5776

3 Tevet 5776

4 Tevet 5776

5 Tevet 5776

6 Tevet 5776

7 Tevet 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC CBS Knits

Board of Trustees

Religious School Social Action: PADS CBS/AIPAC Program

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONEdown 4:03pm - Candlelighting

Vayigash

Family Shabbat

ROSH CHODESH CHANUKAH 20 8 Tevet 5776

21 9 Tevet 5776

22 10 Tevet 5776

23 11 Tevet 5776

24 12 Tevet 5776

FAST OF TEVET

25

26

13 Tevet 5776

14 Tevet 5776

4:07pm - Candlelighting

Vayechi

USY International Convention in Baltimore, MD Winter Break (December 20 - January 3) 27 15 Tevet 5776

28 16 Tevet 5776

29 17 Tevet 5776

30 18 Tevet 5776

31 19 Tevet 5776

USY International Convention in Baltimore, MD (December 25 - 31) Winter Break (December 20 - January 3)

congregation beth shalom

JANUARY 2016 HIGHLIGHTS 1/10 1/14 1/16 1/17

1/19

1/23 1/24 1/27 1/31

Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes Havdallah Dinner & a Movie YFO Couples’ Night Out School Author Visit featuring Leslie Kimmelman Men’s Club/Sisterhood Family Bingo Night Continuing the Revelation: Modern Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Ari Averbach begins Men’s Club & Sisterhood Murder Mystery Dinner JUF Brunch & Speaker: Alon Ben-David Men’s Club vs. Youth Basketball Game Kindergarten Consecration Men’s Club Texas Hold ‘Em

SHABBAT PROGRAMS 1/15 1/16 1/29 1/30

Shabbat with a Twist Family Shabbat Gimel/Daled/Hay Dinner & Service Tefilla Yoga Sisterhood Shabbat @ Mincha

SOCIAL ACTION 1/1-31 Collection: SHARE YOUR SOLES – donate athletic shoes Contact: Marilyn Fish - ruach221@gmail.com 1/12 Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS - provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein –slo155@aol.com

JANUARY 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY 1

2

20 Tevet 5776

21 Tevet 5776

NEW YEARS DAY 4:12pm - Candlelighting

Shemot

Winter Break (December 20 - January 3) 3 22 Tevet 5776

4

5

6

7

8

9

23 Tevet 5776

24 Tevet 5776

25 Tevet 5776

26 Tevet 5776

27 Tevet 5776

28 Tevet 5776

Ritual Committee

Religious School

House Committee

School Board Fundraising Committee

4:19pm - Candlelighting

Va'era

Finance Committee Winter Break 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

29 Tevet 5776

1 Shevat 5776

2 Shevat 5776

3 Shevat 5776

4 Shevat 5776

5 Shevat 5776

6 Shevat 5776

Sunday School

ROSH CHODESH Executive Board YFO Committee

Religious School Social Action: PADS

Social Action Committee Youth Commission

Library Resource Center Volunteer Training USY Lounge Night

Shabbat with a Twist 4:26pm - Candlelighting

Bo

Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/Israel in Depth CBS Knits

Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes

17

18

19

20

21

Michael Dolins Family Shabbat Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie YFO Couples' Night Out

22

23

7 Shevat 5776

8 Shevat 5776

9 Shevat 5776

10 Shevat 5776

11 Shevat 5776

12 Shevat 5776

13 Shevat 5776

Sunday School/ School Author Visit by Leslie Kimmelman

Board of Trustees

Religious School

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee Sisterhood Book Review

4:35pm - Candlelighting

Beshalach-Shabbat Shira

Continuing the Revalation with Rabbi Ari Averbach begins

Trope/BM Parents

Adam Herman MC/SH Murder Mystery Dinner

Breakfast by MC CBS Knits Men’s Club/Sisterhood Family Bingo Night 24

25

26

27

28

29

30

14 Shevat 5776

15 Shevat 5776

16 Shevat 5776

17 Shevat 5776

18 Shevat 5776

19 Shevat 5776

20 Shevat 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents JUF Breakfast & Speaker: Alon Ben-David

TU B'SHEVAT Library Resource Center Volunteer Training

Religious School

MC/Youth Basketball Game

USY Lounge Night

Gimel/Daled/Hay Dinner & Service 4:44pm - Candlelighting

Yitro

Tefilla Yoga Sisterhood Shabbat

CHUSY Midwinter Convention at Anshe Emet 31 21 Shevat 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC Kindergarten Consecration Men's Club Texas Hold 'Em

congregation beth shalom

FEBRUARY 2016 HIGHLIGHTS 2/3 2/3 & 17 2/7 2/10

2/11 2/13 2/21 2/28 2/29

CHUSY Regional Lounge Night @ CBS Nosh ‘n Drash Men’s Club World Wide Wrap Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks begins Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie Aleph Siddur Celebration Sisterhood Mah Jongg Tournament Men’s Club Lox Box Delivery Life’s Mysteries with Rabbi Wolkin begins

SHABBAT PROGRAMS 2/5 2/6 2/19 2/20 2/27

YFO Dinner & Storybook Shabbat Cocoa & Donut Shabbat Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE Family Shabbat Study Minyan YFO PJ Havdallah Tefilla Yoga

SOCIAL ACTION 2/1-28 Collection: “YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE” Canned food for local food pantries Contact: Sandee Levin - sandeelevin@gmail.com 2/9 Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS- provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein –slo155@aol.com

FEBRUARY 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

1

2

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY

3

4

5

6

22 Shevat 5776

23 Shevat 5776

24 Shevat 5776

25 Shevat 5776

26 Shevat 5776

27 Shevat 5776

Ritual Committee

Religious School Sisterhood Meeting

Nosh 'n Drash CHUSY Regional Lounge Night @ CBS House Committee

School Board

YFO Dinner and Storybook Shabbat 4:53pm - Candlelighting

Mishpatim

7

8

9

10

11

Zachary Crane Cocoa & Donut Shabbat

12

13

28 Shevat 5776

29 Shevat 5776

30 Shevat 5776

1 Adar I 5776

2 Adar I 5776

3 Adar I 5776

4 Adar I 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Men's Club World Wide Wrap Mother/Daughter Book Club Tea CBS Knits

YFO Committee Executive Board

No School Parent-Teacher Conferences Social Action: PADS Finance Committee

Youth Commission Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks begins

USY Lounge Night Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes

5:02pm - Candlelighting

Terumah

Hanna LeCavalier Havdallah, Dinner & a Movie

Fundraising Committee

ROSH CHODESH

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

5 Adar I 5776

6 Adar I 5776

7 Adar I 5776

8 Adar I 5776

9 Adar I 5776

10 Adar I 5776

11 Adar I 5776

Teacher-Staff Meeting

Board of Trustees

Religious School

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE 5:11pm Candlelighting

Tetzaveh

Daniel Cohen Family Shabbat Study Minyan YFO PJ Havdallah

USY Trip 21 12 Adar I 5776

22 13 Adar I 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC Aleph Siddur Celebration Youth Lounge Open House SH Mah Jongg Tournament CBS Knits

28

29

19 Adar I 5776

20 Adar I 5776

MC Lox Box Delivery Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Kadima Day

Life's Mysteries with Rabbi Carl Wolkin begins

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25

26

27

14 Adar I 5776

15 Adar I 5776

16 Adar I 5776

17 Adar I 5776

18 Adar I 5776

Religious School Men's Club Lox Box Making

Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks

USY Lounge Night Fundraising Committee

5:19pm - Candlelighting

Ki Tissa

Tefilla Yoga Men's Club Lox Box Packing

congregation beth shalom

MARCH 2016 HIGHLIGHTS 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6

3/9 3/12 3/13 3/18 3/26

Distinguished Speaker: Rabbi Ed Feinstein YFO Storybook Shabbat & Oneg CBS Fundraising Event Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth Men’s Club Man & Youth of the Year Dinner @ NSS Beth El Sisterhood Social Event Men’s Club Shabbat Breakfast by Men’s Club YFO Daddies & Kiddies Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONEdown HAZAK Shabbat Tefilla Yoga

PURIM 3/19 USY Hamentaschen for Hunger 3/20 Purim Carnival 3/23 Megillah Reading Megillah Mania (congregation-wide dinner & program)

3/24 Megillah Reading

SOCIAL ACTION 3/15

3/23

Volunteer: BUFFALO GROVE PADS - provide and/or deliver a salad, side dish, main course or dessert Contact: Sara Weinstein –slo155@aol.com Collection: “FOOD GROGGERS” for Purim Boxes of macaroni and cheese, rice or pasta for local food pantries

MARCH 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY 1

6

THURSDAY 2

Saturday

FRIDAY 3

4

5

21 Adar I 5776

22 Adar I 5776

23 Adar I 5776

24 Adar I 5776

25 Adar I 5776

Religious School Sisterhood Meeting Finance Committee

Nosh 'n Drash House Committee

USY Lounge Night Distinguished Speaker: Rabbi Ed Feinstein

YFO Storybook Shabbat and Oneg

Vaykhel-Shabbat Shekalim

7

Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks 8

9

5:28pm - Candlelighting

10

Melanie Cohen Cocoa & Donut Shabbat CBS Fundraising Event USY Prom

11

12

26 Adar I 5776

27 Adar I 5776

28 Adar I 5776

29 Adar I 5776

30 Adar I 5776

1 Adar II 5776

2 Adar II 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ Israel in Depth

Life's Mysteries with Rabbi Carl Wolkin

Religious School Membership Committee

Sisterhood Social Event Youth Commission

USY Lounge Night Fundraising Committee School Board

K-2 Shabbat Dinner 5:36pm - Candlelighting

Pekudei

Ritual Committee

Cultural Contacts: The Jewish Presence in Christian and Muslim Lands Throughout History with Cheryl Banks

CBS Knits Kadima Program MC Man and Youth of the Year Dinner @ NSS Beth El

Men's Club Shabbat

ROSH CHODESH 13

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15

16

17

18

19

3 Adar II 5776

4 Adar II 5776

5 Adar II 5776

6 Adar II 5776

7 Adar II 5776

8 Adar II 5776

9 Adar II 5776

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Sunday School

Life's Mysteries with Rabbi Carl Wolkin Executive Board YFO Committee

Religious School Social Action: PADS School & Sisterhood Social Action Project

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board and Candle Packing

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONEdown 6:44pm - Candlelighting

Vayikra-Shabbat Zachor

Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ YFO Daddies & Kiddies

Gabriel Gruenberg Family Shabbat Study Minyan USY Hamantaschen for Hunger

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26

10 Adar II 5776

11 Adar II 5776

12 Adar II 5776

13 Adar II 5776

14 Adar II 5776

15 Adar II 5776

16 Adar II 5776

Trope/BM Parents Purim Carnival CBS Knits

Life's Mysteries with Rabbi Carl Wolkin Board of Trustees

Religious School Sisterhood Book Review

FAST OF ESTHER Megillah Reading Megillah Mania

PURIM

SHUSHAN PURIM 6:52pm - Candlelighting

Tzav

HAZAK Shabbat Tefilla Yoga

Spring Break (March 25 - April 5) 27 17 Adar II 5776

28 18 Adar II 5776

29 19 Adar II 5776

30 20 Adar II 5776

Spring Break (March 25 - April 5)

31 21 Adar II 5776

congregation beth shalom

APRIL 2016 PESACH

HIGHLIGHTS 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/8-10 4/9 4/10 4/15 4/17

Nosh ‘n Drash Sisterhood Passover Program ShabbaTONE CHUSY Kinnus YFO Mom’s Night Out Breakfast by Men’s Club & Israel in Depth Shabbat with a Twist Breakfast by Men’s Club HUGS Chocolate Seder

4/4-6 4/22 4/23 4/23-24 4/25-28 4/29 4/30

Sisterhood Pesach Cooking First Seder Second Seder Pesach Chol Hamoed Pesach Pesach Pesach/Yizkor

*Special thanks to Sisterhood for baking all of the Pesach Kiddushim!*

SOCIAL ACTION 4/10

Collection: EARTH DAY recycle event - drop off at CBS 4/10 & 4/17 Volunteer: Pack & Deliver MAOT CHITIM food boxes for Pesach Contact: www.maotchitim.org 4/10-17 Collection: PASSOVER SHOPPING MITZVAH Buy extra Passover items to donate to the ARK 4/10-17 Collection: DONATE YOUR CHAMETZ to the Northfield Food Pantry

APRIL 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY 1

2

22 Adar II 5776

23 Adar II 5776

Day School Shabbat Dinner

Shemini-Shabbat Parah

Ilana Vernovsky

7pm - Candlelighting

Spring Break (March 25 - April 5) 3 24 Adar II 5776

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5

6

7

8

9

25 Adar II 5776

26 Adar II 5776

27 Adar II 5776

28 Adar II 5776

29 Adar II 5776

1 Nisan 5776

Kitchen Closed Ritual Committee

Religious School Finance Committee

Nosh 'n Drash House Committee Youth Commission

USY Lounge Night Sisterhood Passover Program

ShabbaTONE 7:07pm - Candlelighting

Tazria-Shabbat HaChodesh

School Board

Rachel Zlotowicz YFO Mom's Night Out

Sisterhood Passover Baking (April 4-6)

CHUSY Kinnus (April 8-10)

Spring Break (March 25 - April 5) 10

ROSH CHODESH Erica Mages

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14

15

16

2 Nisan 5776

3 Nisan 5776

4 Nisan 5776

5 Nisan 5776

6 Nisan 5776

7 Nisan 5776

8 Nisan 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC/ Israel in Depth MC Spring Blood Drive Social Action Drop-off CBS Knits Maot Chitim Packing

Executive Board YFO Committee

Religious School Social Action: PADS Sisterhood Meeting

MC Exec/Board

USY Lounge Night Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist 7:15pm - Candlelighting

Metzora-Shabbat Hagadol

Natalie Jeruchimowitz Talia Solomon Family Shabbat Study Minyan

CHUSY Kinnus 17

18

19

9 Nisan 5776

10 Nisan 5776

11 Nisan 5776

Maot Chitim Delivery Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC

Board of Trustees Kitchen Closed

Religious School

20 12 Nisan 5776

21 13 Nisan 5776

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23

14 Nisan 5776

15 Nisan 5776

Erev Pesach 1st Seder 7:23pm - Candlelighting

2nd Seder

HUGS Chocolate Seder PESACH 24 16 Nisan 5776

PESACH

25 17 Nisan 5776

26 18 Nisan 5776

27 19 Nisan 5776

CHOL HAMOED PESACH (April 25-28)

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30

20 Nisan 5776

21 Nisan 5776

22 Nisan 5776

7:30pm - Candlelighting

7:31pm - Candlelighting

Yizkor

PESACH

congregation beth shalom

MAY 2016 SHABBAT

HIGHLIGHTS 5/3 5/5 5/12 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/26

Sisterhood Culminating Program Men’s Club Yom Hashoah Program Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes Sunday School Ends YFO/Youth End of Year Bash CBS Annual Meeting Religious School Ends USY Culminating Dinner & Installation

5/6 5/7 5/20 5/21 5/28

YFO Dinner & Storybook Shabbat Cocoa & Donut Shabbat Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE Family Shabbat Study Minyan Tefilla Yoga

SOCIAL ACTION 5/1-31 Collection: IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY See list of items needed for the troops at bethshalomnb.org Contact: Jill Olefsky jolefsky@aol.com 5/1-31 Collection: GLASS SLIPPER PROJECT provides gently used formal dresses and accessories to less fortunate Chicagoland High School Students. Bring donations to Zengeler Cleaners in Northbrook.

Contact: www.glassslipperproject.org

MAY 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY 1

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

2

3

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY

4

5

6

7

23 Nisan 5776

24 Nisan 5776

25 Nisan 5776

26 Nisan 5776

27 Nisan 5776

28 Nisan 5776

29 Nisan 5776

Sunday School CBS Knits

Short-term Bar/Bat Mitzvah Meeting

Religious School Sisterhood Culminating Program Finance Committee

Nosh 'n Drash

YOM HASHOAH Men’s Club Yom Hashoah Program USY Lounge Night

YFO Dinner and Storybook Shabbat

Achrei Mot

Ritual Committee

8

9

10

11

7:38pm - Candlelighting

12

Cocoa & Donut Shabbat

13

14

30 Nisan 5776

1 Iyar 5776

2 Iyar 5776

3 Iyar 5776

4 Iyar 5776

5 Iyar 5776

6 Iyar 5776

ROSH CHODESH MOTHER'S DAY

Executive Board YFO Committee

Religious School

YOM HA'ZIKARON (Observed)

YOM HA'ATZMAUT (Observed)

7:46pm - Candlelighting

Kedoshim

House Committee

USY Lounge Night

Youth Commission

Spirits & Spirituality @ Pinstripes

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents

Samantha Gelfeld

Membership Committee

15 7 Iyar 5776

16 8 Iyar 5776

Sunday School Trope/BM Parents Breakfast by MC CBS Knits

22

17

18

19

20

21

9 Iyar 5776

10 Iyar 5776

11 Iyar 5776

12 Iyar 5776

13 Iyar 5776

Religious School

Nosh 'n Drash MC Exec/Board (Annual)

USY Elections Programming Committee

Shabbat with a Twist ShabbaTONE 7:53pm - Candlelighting

Emor

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26

Ashley Star Family Shabbat Study Minyan

27

28

14 Iyar 5776

15 Iyar 5776

16 Iyar 5776

17 Iyar 5776

18 Iyar 5776

19 Iyar 5776

20 Iyar 5776

Sunday School Ends Trope/BM Parents Ends Breakfast by MC YFO/Youth End of the Year Bash

CBS Annual Meeting

Religious School Ends

Sisterhood Book Review

LAG B'OMER USY Installation/ Culminating Dinner

7:59pm - Candlelighting

Behar

29 21 Iyar 5776

30 22 Iyar 5776

MEMORIAL DAY

31 23 Iyar 5776

Melody Immergluck Chase Oblonsky Tefilla Yoga

congregation beth shalom

SUMMER 2016 SHAVUOT

HIGHLIGHTS 6/3 6/17 6/25 6/27 7/22, 7/29 8/5, 8/12 8/12 8/19 8/27

YFO Storybook Shabbat & Oneg Shabbat with a Twist Tefilla Yoga Men’s Club Golf Outing & Installation Dinner Services Under the Stars Prospective Members Dinner Shabbat with a Twist Tefilla Yoga

6/11 6/12 6/13

Erev Shavuot Tikkun L’eyl Shavuot Shavuot Shavuot/Yizkor

SOCIAL ACTION DID YOU KNOW: CBS collects the following items on an ongoing basis: comics, empty ink cartridges, eye glasses, travel-sized toiletries, beanie babies and cell phones.

HIGH HOLIDAYS 5777 9/24 10/2 10/3-4 10/11 10/12

Selichot Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Kol Nidre Yom Kippur/Yizkor

JUNE 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY 1

Saturday

FRIDAY 2

3

25 Iyar 5776

26 Iyar 5776

27 Iyar 5776

House Committee

School Board

YFO Storybook Shabbat and Oneg

Bechukotai

8:04pm - Candlelighting

5

6

7

28 Iyar 5776

29 Iyar 5776

1 Sivan 5776

YOM YERUSHALAYIM CBS Knits

Long-term Bar/Bat Mitzvah Meeting Executive Board (Combined)

ROSH CHODESH Finance Committee Sisterhood Meeting

Greater Chicago Jewish Festival

8 2 Sivan 5776

9 3 Sivan 5776

12

13 7 Sivan 5776

Matthew Silver

10

11

4 Sivan 5776

5 Sivan 5776

8:09pm - Candlelighting

Bamidbar

EREV SHAVUOT TIKKUN L'EYL SHAVUOT 9:09pm - Candlelighting

Ritual Committee

6 Sivan 5776

4

24 Iyar 5776

14 8 Sivan 5776

15 9 Sivan 5776

16 10 Sivan 5776

Yizkor

17

18

11 Sivan 5776

12 Sivan 5776

Shabbat with a Twist 8:12pm - Candlelighting

Nasso

Marissa McCarthy Study Minyan

SHAVUOT 19

20

13 Sivan 5776

14 Sivan 5776

FATHER'S DAY

Board of Trustees (Combined)

26 20 Sivan 5776

21 15 Sivan 5776

22 16 Sivan 5776

23 17 Sivan 5776

24

25

18 Sivan 5776

19 Sivan 5776

8:13pm - Candlelighting

Beha'alotcha

Tefilla Yoga

27

28

21 Sivan 5776

22 Sivan 5776

MC Golf Outing and Installation Dinner

Calendar Meeting

29 23 Sivan 5776

30 24 Sivan 5776

JULY 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY 1

3

4 28 Sivan 5776

27 Sivan 5776

5

6 30 Sivan 5776

29 Sivan 5776

26 Sivan 5776

8:12pm - Candlelighting

Schlach Lecha

7 1 Tammuz 5776

INDEPENDENCE DAY

2

25 Sivan 5776

8

9

2 Tammuz 5776

3 Tammuz 5776

8:10pm - Candlelighting

Korach

ROSH CHODESH 10 4 Tammuz 5776

11 5 Tammuz 5776

17 11 Tammuz 5776

18 12 Tammuz 5776

24 18 Tammuz 5776

12 6 Tammuz 5776

19 13 Tammuz 5776

25 19 Tammuz 5776

13 7 Tammuz 5776

20 14 Tammuz 5776

26 20 Tammuz 5776

14 8 Tammuz 5776

8:06pm - Candlelighting

Chukat

22 17 Tammuz 5776

Service Under the Stars 8:01pm - Candlelighting

Balak

29 23 Tammuz 5776

Service Under the Stars

FAST OF TAMMUZ

7:54pm - Candlelighting

31 25 Tammuz 5776

23

16 Tammuz 5776

28 22 Tammuz 5776

16 10 Tammuz 5776

21 15 Tammuz 5776

27 21 Tammuz 5776

15 9 Tammuz 5776

30 24 Tammuz 5776

Pinchas

AUGUST 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY 1

26 Tammuz 5776

WEDNESDAY 2

THURSDAY 3

28 Tammuz 5776

27 Tammuz 5776

Saturday

FRIDAY 4

29 Tammuz 5776

5

6 2 Av 5776

1 Av 5776

ROSH CHODESH Service Under the Stars

Mattot-Massei

7:46pm - Candlelighting

7 3 Av 5776

8 4 Av 5776

9 5 Av 5776

10 6 Av 5776

11

12 8 Av 5776

7 Av 5776

13 9 Av 5776

Service Under the Stars Prospective Members Dinner

Devarim-Shabbat Hazon

Erev Tisha B'Av

7:36pm - Candlelighting

14 10 Av 5776

15 11 Av 5776

16 12 Av 5776

17 13 Av 5776

18 14 Av 5776

TISHA B'AV

19 16 Av 5776

Shabbat with a Twist

Va'etchanan-Shabbat Nachamu

7:26pm - Candlelighting

21 17 Av 5776

22 18 Av 5776

23 19 Av 5776

24 20 Av 5776

25 21 Av 5776

28

29 25 Av 5776

30 26 Av 5776

31

Ari Gerber

26 22 Av 5776

7:15pm - Candlelighting

24 Av 5776

20

15 Av 5776

27 23 Av 5776

Ekev

Daniel Klein Tefilla Yoga

SEPTEMBER 2016

3433 Walters Avenue | Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847.498.4100 | www.BethShalomNB.org

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Saturday

FRIDAY

1 28 Av 5776

2 29 Av 5776

7:03pm - Candlelighting

3 30 Av 5776 Re'eh

Joseph Eisenberg Dina Levin

ROSH CHODESH 4 1 Elul 5776

5

6 3 Elul 5776

2 Elul 5776

7 4 Elul 5776

8 5 Elul 5776

9 6 Elul 5776

LABOR DAY

6:51pm - Candlelighting

10 7 Elul 5776 Shoftim

Abby Schyman

ROSH CHODESH 11 8 Elul 5776

12 9 Elul 5776

13 10 Elul 5776

14 11 Elul 5776

15 12 Elul 5776

16 13 Elul 5776

Shabbat with a Twist 6:39pm - Candlelighting

18 15 Elul 5776

19 16 Elul 5776

20 17 Elul 5776

21 18 Elul 5776

22 19 Elul 5776

17 14 Elul 5776 Ki Tetze

23 20 Elul 5776

6:27pm - Candlelighting

24 21 Elul 5776 Ki Tavo

Andrew Telpner Tefilla Yoga SELICHOT

25 22 Elul 5776

26 23 Elul 5776

27 24 Elul 5776

28 25 Elul 5776

29 26 Elul 5776

30 27 Elul 5776

6:14pm - Candlelighting

SEPTEMBER 2016

2016-2017 JEWISH HOLIDAYS October 2016

OCTOBER 2016

NOVEMBER 2016

2 3 4 5 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah 5777 Rosh Hashanah 5777 Fast of Gedaliah Kol Nidre Yom Kippur/Yizkor Erev Sukkot Sukkot Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Chol Hamoed Sukkot Hoshana Rabba Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Simchat Torah

November 2016

DECEMBER 2016

1 2

JANUARY 2017

1 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Rosh Chodesh 1st Candle Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah/Rosh Chodesh Chanukah

January 2017

FEBRUARY 2017

1 8 28

Chanukah Fast of Tevet Rosh Chodesh

February 2017 11 26 27

March 2017 9 12 13 28

Tu B’Shevat Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh

Fast of Esther Purim Shushan Purim Rosh Chodesh

APRIL 2017

April 2017 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 27

Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh

December 2016

MARCH 2017

1st Seder Pesach Pesach Chol Hamoed Pesach Chol Hamoed Pesach Chol Hamoed Pesach Chol Hamoed Pesach Pesach Pesach/Yizkor Yom HaShoah Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh

May 2017 1 2 14 24 26 30 31

JUNE 2017

Yom Ha’Zikaron Yom Ha’Atzmaut Lag B’Omer Yom Yerushalayim Rosh Chodesh Erev Shavuot/Tikkun L’eyl Shavuot Shavuot

June 2017 1 24 25

MAY 2017

JULY 2017

Shavuot/Yizkor Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh

July 2017 11 24 31

Fast of Tammuz Rosh Chodesh Erev Tish B’Av

August 2017 1 22 23

Tish B’Av Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh

AUGUST 2017

congregation beth shalom

2015-2016 OFFICERS & BOARDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Larry Grossman President@BethShalomNB.org VICE PRESIDENTS FUNDRAISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diana Lewis FundraisingVP@BethShalomNB.org HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Olefsky HouseVP@BethShalomNB.org MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neil Rosengard MembershipVP@BethShalomNB.org PROGRAMMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raymond Rokni ProgrammingVP@BethShalomNB.org RITUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Irwin Gafen RitualVP@BethShalomNB.org SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Robert Spector SchoolVP@BethShalomNB.org SOCIAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tanya Solomon SocialActionVP@BethShalomNB.org YOUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Debbie Solomon YouthVP@BethShalomNB.org ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Shulman AcctRecSecretary@BethShalomNB.org FINANCIAL SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Donenberg FinSecretary@BethShalomNB.org TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad Shaps Treasurer@BethShalomNB.org ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara Weinstein AdminSecretary@BethShalomNB.org SISTERHOOD PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth Sher SisterhoodPresident@BethShalomNB.org MEN’S CLUB PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Rogoff MensClubPresident@BethShalomNB.org IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glen Roter ImmediatePastPresident@BethShalomNB.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Debbie Bell Ifaat Bosse Cheryl Braude Kevin Braude Harold Dembo Rick Dissen Steven Elisco Linda Foster Ellen Grossman Suzy Hakimian Frank Horwitz Pam Issen

Gina Kay Jean Kosova Rachel Laven Larry Levin Sandee Levin Marjorie Maxwell Teri Robins Jill Roter Len Rubin Randy Samborn Edna Schrank Marci Shapiro

Dan Shulman Howard Sigal Marti Sinton Ami Speigel William Weinstein Andy Widen Stephen Zaacks Alan Zelkowitz

PAST PRESIDENTS Samuel Roberman z’l Earl Rosenstein z’l Joel W. Weinstein Leonard Mason Dr. Herbert Rosenstein Howard Michaels Fred Katzenstein Jerome S. Stanton Barbara Petasnick Jack P. Knopoff Dr. Henry Rabinowitz Donald B. Levine

Dr. Joel B. Greenman George Platt Barbara Gelfeld Joe Wolke Marc K. Schwartz Dr. David Hakimian Michael Balter Michael H. Zaransky Brian Miller Lily Zoberman Tami Rokni Glen Roter

USY OFFICERS PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bari Sigal VICE PRESIDENTS EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maddy Kahn ISRAEL AFFAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evan Weis MEMBERSHIP KADIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Molly Isley RELIGION EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elana Greenberg SOCIAL ACTION TIKUN OLAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grace Elisco COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandon Gitles FRESHMAN REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Zelkowitz and Steven Zelkowitz IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Josh Hakimian

congregation beth shalom

SISTERHOOD

MEN’S CLUB

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth Sher SisterhoodPresident@BethShalomNB.org VICE PRESIDENTS EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leatte Gelfeld EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suzy Hakimian HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackie Zelkowitz MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lorna Cohen PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meryl Weis WAYS & MEANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robyn Rosengard SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellen Grossman FINANCIAL SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Debbie Stern TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marjorie Maxwell PARLIAMENTARIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marti Sinton

PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Rogoff MensClubPresident@BethShalomNB.org VICE PRESIDENTS EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Sher WAYS & MEANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Elisco PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Speigel RITUAL PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Weil MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chuck Gitles HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rich Kurnick HOUSE SPECIAL EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Larry Dechter TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Pike FINANCIAL SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Howard Freidin RECORDING SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lawrence LeVine CORRESPONDING SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rob Footlik CO-PARLIAMENTARIAN/PAST PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Larry Grossman CO-PARLIAMENTARIAN/PAST PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raymond Rokni

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Debbie Bell Ifaat Bosse Sara Budweg Jill Carter Lorna Cohen Michelle Crane Laurie B. Davis Cathy Gafen Sonya Gebel Leatte Gelfeld

Maureen Gold Ellen Grossman Suzy Hakimian Rita Janowitz Gina Kay Diana Lewis Karyn Liss Cindy Marder Suzanne Minkus Susan Nissen

Darlene Padnos Elissa Pelts Teri Robins Tami Rokni Fern Roseman Robyn Rosengard Susan Rosenthal Jill Roter Edna Schrank Elana Schrank

Elyssa Siegel Jody Sigal Sheri Smason Ami Speigel Adrianne Varhula Julie Warshawsky Lila Weiland Sara Weinstein Andy Widen

PAST PRESIDENTS Janice Roberman Ann Singer z’l Dolly Graff Joyce Goldberg z’l Marilyn Moris z’l Barbara Petasnick

Davida Horwitz Ann Lampert Marcia Rabinowitz Harlene Sperling Adele Zaveduk Judy Greenman

Caron Knopoff Judy Balter Matty Shechtman Terri Schwartz Ellen Grossman Sara Weinstein

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Vanessa Averbach Melissa Barany Isabel Mussman

Elisa Rotman Susan Stoehr Judy Wolkin

Leann Blue Naomi Weiss-Weil

Jill Roter Debbie Bell Jackie Isaacson Edna Schrank Marti Sinton Leatte Gelfeld

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bruce Bell Dan Berebitsky Barry Brusso Art Dolins Abe Drayer Jerry Edelman Neil Fialkow Alex Freund Adam Gelfeld Bob Goldwin

Elliot Goldman Dr. Sam Grief Jim Hamilton Frank Horwitz Norm Iglarsh Steve Isaacson Robert Israel Howard Jacob Dr. Ari Jaffe Jeff Kaminsky

Steve Krug Larence LeVine Howard Minkoff Norman Padnos Dan Porter Dan Rabinowitz Gregg Rosenthal Randy Samborn Scott Samuelsohn Michael Schnitzler

Joel Schwartz Russell Shapiro Howard Sigal David Solomon Gary Solomon Dr. Robert Spector Earl Strum Alan Zelkowitz

PAST PRESIDENTS Ira Berk z’l Harold Schy z’l Daniel Lichtman z’l Howard Michaels George Platt Martin Kahn z’l Harry Zale z’l

Alan Redman Robert Kipschultz Eugene Chodash Joseph Kitzes z’l Alan Morgan Robert Marder Melvyn Cohen

Steven Lessman Glen Roter Marc Weinstein Arlen Lasinsky Dr. Michael Greenberg Jim Donenberg Kevin Braude

Bradley Shaps Harvey Redfern Larry Grossman Raymond Rokni

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