Kol Beth El קצת
Irving and Janet Robbin Scholar-in-Residence:
December
2012
Beth El
Family Hanukkah
Celebration!
Families with Children in Kindergarten through 5th Grade are invited to celebrate Hanukkah at Beth El
Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin December 14-16, 2012 Rabbi Salkin’s dynamic presentations will include: • Congregational Shabbat dinner Friday night • Shabbat D’var Torah and Post-kiddush lecture • Sunday morning community presentation and • Special presentation to the Sokol Hebrew High School Cost: Adults $25 Children (ages 5-12) $12
Create your own Hanukkah crafts Paint driedels with Fired Works Play Maccabiah Gaga Search for the hidden oil Make your own olive oil And more! Cost of the program is $12 per child, adults are free! Lunch will be available for purchase. Questions? Contact Samantha Isenstein, Youth Community Director, at sisenstein@nssbethel.org or 847-432-8903 x 214
Senior Life Community at Beth El
Services begin at 6:15 pm and dinner follows at approximately 7:00 pm.
Beth El has recently formed a Senior Life Committee. Its mission is to make recommendations regarding programs, activities and services that would better serve the needs of Beth El’s Senior population. If you are interested in learning more about the work of the Senior Life Committee, or have an issue or suggestion that you would like the Committee to consider, please contact either Mally Rutkoff at 847432-2242 or Judy Smith at 847-945-4554.
RSVP to meskin@nssbethel.org or call 847-432-8900 x234.
End of the Year Donations Don’t forget to make your end of the year donations to NSSBE. All donations received by December 31, 2012 will be included in your year end-tax receipt from the synagogue which will be mailed in January. If you have any questions about gifts to NSSBE, please contact Nancy Kekst, Development Manager, at 847-432-8900 x237 or email nkekst@nssbethel.org.
Gray Cultural & Learning Center
Sisterhood
Monday, December 3, 7:00pm (Author Event)
Tips for a Healthier You: For Women Only
NSS Beth El will host the Spertus “One Book, One Community” Author Event with Mary Glickman. The complimentary dessert reception and book signing will begin at 7:00pm; Mary Glickman will speak about her novel, One More River, after evening Minyan at 7:45pm. This event is free and open to the community. Copies of One More River and Home in the Morning, both by Mary Glickman, will be available for sale for $16. RSVP to Marcie Eskin at meskin@nssbethel.org or 847-432-8903 x234.
Wednesday, December 5, 1:00pm (Museum Exhibit Lecture) Explore the techniques and styles represented in the new exhibit “City of Broad Shoulders and Bright Lights: The Spirit of Hanukkah through the Eyes of Chicagoland Artists” in the Rissman Family Kol Ami Museum. Marla Hand, Curator of the Robert B. Mayer Family Collection and art history professor at Loyola University, will focus on how the elements of light and color are used to convey the sentiments of Hanukkah.
Thursday, December 6, 6:45pm (Museum Reception) Welcome the artists featured in the new exhibit “City of Broad Shoulders and Bright Lights: The Spirit of Hanukkah through the Eyes of Chicagoland Artists” in the Rissman Family Kol Ami Museum and enjoy complimentary holiday treats and wine. Following Minyan, Jane Shapiro, former Associate Director of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, will lead a discussion from Jewish sources on how to add more meaning to our Hanukkah rituals and celebration. For more information, exhibit hours, and to RSVP for the museum events, contact Marcie Eskin at meskin@ nssbethel.org or 847-432-8903 x234.
Annual Used Book Sale Donations are now being accepted for the Annual Used Book Sale, February 1-10, 2013. Bring in gently used books (secular and Judaic, adult and children’s) to the Kaye Reading Room of the Gray Cultural and Learning Center. Receipts are available in the CLC. Please refrain from donating travel guides and test preparation guides that are more than 1-2 years old as well as magazines, newspapers, journals, and textbooks.
Save the Date! The 3rd Annual Havdalah, Dinner & A Movie will be January 19, 2013.
Hannukah Service Schedule Saturday, December 8 Erev Hanukkah First Hanukkah Candle Shabbat Service 8:50am Mincha/Ma'ariv Service 4:00pm Shabbat Ends 5:04pm
Guest Speakers Dr. Michael Rakotz and Dr Katherine Kirley from NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Group will be with Sisterhood on Tuesday December 18, 2012; 12:30pm-2:30pm in the Blumberg.
Sunday, December 9 First Day Hanukkah Second Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 8:45am Evening Minyan 7:30pm Monday, December 10 Third Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 7:00am Evening Minyan 7:30pm Tuesday, December 11 Fourth Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 7:00am Evening Minyan 7:30pm Wednesday, December 12 Fifth Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 7:00am Evening Minyan 7:30pm Thursday, December 13 Sixth Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 7:00am Evening Minyan 7:30pm Friday, December 14 Rosh Hodesh Tevet Seventh Hanukkah Candle Morning Minyan 7:00am Candle Lighting 4:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15pm Saturday, December 15 Eighth Hanukkah Candle Shabbat Service 8:50am Mincah/Ma'ariv Service 4:00pm Shabbat Ends 5:05pm Sunday, December 16 Last Day of Hanukkah Morning Minyan 8:45am Evening Minyan 7:30pm
Come join Sisterhood and learn what is the true definition of a healthy woman. Learn the proper questions to ask your physician when you go in for your yearly physical. Find out which medical tests are recommended. Join us and learn how to be proactive about your health! Come join us and hear what Dr. Michael Rakotz and Dr. Katherine Kirley have to say.
Mah Jongg December 19; 12:30pm-2:30pm Same Time-New Location (Blumberg) Bring your card, set and let us know your level of play. RSVP- Michelle KrawitzWebs70@aol.com or 847-951-4890.
Men's Club Bagels For Your Brains Sunday, December 2 Torah Study with Ron Goldberg Sunday, December 9 Men's Club and Religious School Latkes Event
Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Pre-School Pre-School and Camp Registration is Underway! Registration is now underway at the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Pre-School for the 2013-2014 school year and for our 7 week summer camp for infants through 4 year olds. We have classes for infants through toddlers with an adult called “Small and Tall”. Pre-School begins with Adult/ Toddler and Transition classes for children 15 months old and continues through 4 year old Pre-Kindergarten. For information and to arrange a tour, please contact our Director, Caron Knopoff at the Pre-School office 847432-2830.
Terrific Tuesday Open Gym on December 11th at 3:30-4:30pm in the Grossinger Brickman Activity Center.
Pre-School Tot Shabbat December 15th at 11:00 am in the Zell.
Ashley Hendler, daughter of Anton and Tracy Hendler Shabbat, December 1, 2012
Kol No'ar The Voice of the Youth Upcoming Programs and Events! Shabbat, December1st Teen Minyan Shabbat Morning Services and Shabbat Lunch Sunday, December 2nd Beth El Family Hanukkah Celebration; 11:00am -1:00 pm (Program geared towards Shalom Club and M&M Club) Tuesday, December 4th USY Zumba Lounge Night: 7:00pm-9:00 pm Shabbat, December 8th Shalom and M&M Club Shabbat Lunch and Games after services (12:15pm) Saturday Evening, December 8th USY Domination Evening Program; 6:00pm-9:30pm meet in the Youth Lounge. $15 for members and $20 for non-members Monday, December 10th Teen Minyan Committee Meeting and Free Dinner: 7:30 - 9:00pm Tuesday, December 11th USY Café BEANS: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Sarah Fishbein, daughter of Todd and Lisa Fishbein Shabbat, December 15, 2012
Wednesday, December 12th Kadima Hanukkah iProgram with CRS: 4:15pm- 6:15 pm Kadima Board Meeting: 6:15pm-8:00pm Tuesday, December 18th USY Board Meeting: 7:00pm-9:00pm Wednesday, December 19th Kadima Lounge Night: 6:15pm-8:00pm
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 1175 Sheridan Road Highland Park, IL 60035
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It's All in the Beth El Family.... Congratulations To -Dana and Joshua Atlas on the birth of their son, Miles Penn Atlas - Jodi and Seth Gastwirth on the baby naming of their daughter, Libbi Margot Gastwirth - Renee and Eugene Goldfarb on the marriage of their son, Justin, to Rachel Gross - Melissa and Todd Halperin on the birth of their son - Heidi and Richard Maletsky on the baby naming of their daughter, Hannah Sachs Maletsky - Rinna and Eric Maletsky on the baby naming of their granddaughter, Hannah Sachs Maletsky
- Jane and Nathan Pickus on the birth of their grandson, Boaz Wolfe - Jodie and Mark Silberman on the birth of their daughter - Margaret and Alan Silberman on the birth of their granddaughter - Rena and Daniel Sternberg on the marriage of their son, William, to Elly Fine - Mayer Stiebel and Cara Madansky Stiebel on the marriage of Victor Stiebel to Cheryl Gold - Barbara and Jeffrey Wohlstadter on the marriage of their daughter, Johanna, to Greg Shapiro
Condolences To - Barbara (Ira) Berger on the loss of her mother, Roslyn Greenfield - Debbi Dworin on the loss of her mother, Elaine Krumbein - Burt Ehrlich on the loss of his mother, Tobie T. Ehrlich - Leslie Glazer on the loss of her father, Arthur Jerome Levin - Eileen Goldberg on the loss of her brother, John Ferns - Milton Greenfield on the loss of his wife, Roslyn Greenfield - Gail Greenspahn on the loss of her father, Harold Goldenberg - Judy Hirsch-Zelin on the loss of her mother, Miriam Hirsch - Judy Kessel on the loss of her sister, Linda Sue Kesselman - Aaron Krumbein on the loss of his mother, Elaine Krumbein
- Eliezer Krumbein on the loss of his wife, Elaine Krumbein - Judith Miller on the loss of her mother, Blanche Levy - Susan (Jason) Millner on the loss of her grandmother, Roslyn Greenfield - Daniel Perlman on the loss of his father, Milton Perlman - Anne Rossen on the loss of her father, Charles English - Sally Schechter on the loss of her husband, Daniel Schechter - Marlene Senescu on the loss of her mother, Myndel Rubin - Miriam Tabachnik on the loss of her sister, Ann Davenport - Mira Temkin on the loss of her father, Harold Hymen
In Memoriam - Roslyn Greenfield - Elaine Krumbein
Synagogue Survey: Second Night Seder at Beth El in 2013?
- Myndel Rubin - Daniel Schechter
Please take this quick survey to let us know if you would be interested in attending Second Seder at NSS Beth El. Responses are due by December 31, 2012! Thank you. *Required Would you consider joining your Beth El Community for a Seder at 8:00pm on the Second Night of Passover, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at NSS Beth El? * O Yes O No O Not Sure
Return Survey to: NSS Beth El 1175 Sheridan Road Highland Park, IL 60035
Would you be willing to pay $50.00 per adult to attend the seder? * O Yes O No O Not Sure
How many people from your family would be attending the seder? *
If you are not sure that you would attend, what is your main concern? *
O One to Two O Two to Four O Four to Six O Other:
O Timing of Event O Cost of Event O Transportation O All of Above
Please indicate the number of adults and children who would attend. *
Do you have any other concerns than those listed above?