Friday, May 9, 2008 | 4th of Iyyar, 5768

As one of the oldest congregations in Chicago, Temple Sholom is a vibrant and spiritual Reform Jewish community.

We strive to educate and inspire children, youth and adults to participate actively in worship, Torah study and Jewish life experience, and to put Reform Jewish religious and ethical principles into action.

We seek to enrich the lives of our members, contribute to the continuance and vitality of the Jewish people, and work in pursuit of Tikkun Olam ― to help "repair the world."

Upcoming Events Details... Hide Details... Feed the Hungry Sunday, May 11, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Assemble sandwiches and other healthy foods which will be distributed as bag lunches to the hungry. This is a monthly program sponsored by Temple Sholom and several other area synagogues. Volunteers are needed for an hour (or less!) to prepare the lunches. Register to volunteer with Linda Armitage at 773-435-1536 or Linda@sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... Caring Commmittee Mitzvah Bakers Sunday, May 11, 12:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Join the Caring Committee Mitzvah Bakers in the kitchen to make soup and other goodies for our friends who are in need of some extra TLC. Let us know if you know of a congregant who is ill, recently suffered a loss, or just had a baby and could use some help so we can add them to our Caring Committee food delivery list. Contact Josie A.G. Shapiro at Josie@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1541 if you can help us cook, deliver, or want to tell us about a congregant in need. Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Monday, May 12, 3:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) 3:30-5:30 p.m. Preparation & Set-up 5:30 p.m. Meal & Clean Up Volunteers are needed to shop, prepare, serve, and clean up, as well as prepare bag “meals” for guests to take home and for any overflow crowd. This project is now in its third year and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet each other and to give back to the community. To volunteer, contact Linda Armitage at 773-435-1536 or email Linda@sholomchicago.org. **Monday Meal is scheduled to expand to every Monday starting in June and we will need volunteers on a regular basis. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering.** Details... Hide Details... The Lakeshore Mercaz: Center for Older jewish Adults Remembrance and Celebration: Israel at 60 Tuesday, May 13, 1:00 p.m. (Anshe Emet Synagogue (3751 N. Broadway)) Again we have the pleasure of hearing Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi as he gives a concert for the participants of the Lakeshore Mercaz; we will hear a medley of glorious music in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday. To make reservations or request free transportation from Temple Sholom to the event, please call CJE SeniorLife at 773-508-1006. The Lakeshore Mercaz is a joint venture between Temple Sholom, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Emanuel Congregation, and CJE SeniorLife. One goal of the Mercaz is to engage people in free, interesting and intellectually stimulating monthly programming, with free transportation provided (if needed) by CJE SeniorLife between synagogue locations. For more information, please call our Temple member Carol Crownover at SeniorLife, 773-508-1108. Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom of Chicago's Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 13, 6:00 p.m. (Temple Sholom) All Temple Sholom members are invited to attend our 140th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 13, at 6:00 p.m. Join us as we elect Temple Sholom’s Board Officers and Directors and discuss other Temple Sholom business Details... Hide Details... 20’s & 30’s Blue & White Bar Night Hosted by the Jewish United Fund’s Young Leadership Division Thursday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. ~ 10:30 p.m. (Climax Lounge, 324 W. Chicago Ave.) Celebrate 60 with Chicago’s young Jewish adult community. 7:30- 8:30 complimentary cocktails. 8:30-10:30 cash bar. Featuring blue & white martini specialty drinks, Israeli hip-hop and much more! Meet up with Rabbi Tachman at 8 p.m. in front of the Climax Lounge so our Temple Sholom group can head into the party together. Register for this event with the Jewish United Fund by filling out your information on-line at www.juf.org/yld/blue_white.aspx Cost is $15 if you pre-register and $20 at the door. If you want to meet Rabbi Tachman at 8 p.m. before going into the party, you must let Temple Sholom know so we know who to look for! Talk to Linda at 773-435-1536 or Linda@sholomchicago.org if you have registered for Blue & White Bar Night and want to meet Rabbi Tachman at 8 p.m. Details... Hide Details... Graduation Service Friday, May 16, 7:45 p.m. (Temple Sholom) You are cordially invited… Please join us in worship on Friday, May 16th at 7:45 p.m. for a special Shabbat Service, which will be led by our Crown Family High School students. During the Service, our 12th grade studentswill participate in a Graduation/Confi rmation ceremony, and will present portions of their Self Portraits to the congregation. We hope you will be in attendance at this Service and support our graduating seniors on this momentous occasion. Details... Hide Details... Tot Shabbat Saturday, May 17, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Please join temple Sholom's families with young children and Gan Shalom for a Tot Shabbat Service, an entire Shabbat experience designed to teach children to love the Sabbath and to provide parents and their children with an opportunity to engage in activities together. All are welcome! Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom's Volunteer Choir Performs at the Hallmark Sunday, May 18, 2:00 p.m. (2960 N. Lake Shore Drive) Hallmark senior residents and friends are invited to attend a concert put on by Temple Sholom’s amazing Shir Shalom Volunteer Choir at The Hallmark Senior Residence home. For more information, contact Elaine Roth at egactress@aol.com. Details... Hide Details... 3rd Annual Children's Concert Sunday, May 18, 3:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Join Rimma Khodosh, Rabbi Taron Tachman, Gan Shalom staff and Temple Sholom children as we take part in singing and playing instruments. Contact the Gan Shalom office at 773-525-4867 for more information. All are welcome! Details... Hide Details... Monday Monthly Meal Monday, May 19, 3:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) 3:30-5:30 p.m. Preparation & Set-up 5:30 p.m. Meal & Clean Up Volunteers are needed to shop, prepare, serve, and clean up, as well as prepare bag “meals” for guests to take home and for any overflow crowd. This project is now in its third year and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet each other and to give back to the community. To volunteer, contact Linda Armitage at 773-435-1536 or email Linda@sholomchicago.org. **Monday Meal is scheduled to expand to every Monday starting in June and we will need volunteers on a regular basis. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering.** Details... Hide Details... Sholom Evening Book Club Tuesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Meet in the Temple Sholom Library on the 4th floor. Join a group of Temple Sholom members for our evening book club. During our next meeting we will be reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March. Brooks has turned the intriguing but sparely detailed history of the Sarajevo Haggadah into an emotionally rich, thrilling fictionalization. Readers will experience crucial moments in the book’s history through a series of fascinating, fleshed-out short stories. This is a complex love story, thrilling mystery, vivid history lesson, and celebration of the enduring power of ideas. Interested in learning more? Contact congregant Enna Vistman at ennavist@yahoo.com. Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom of Chicago's Board Installation and Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat Service Volunteer Appreciation Dinner to Follow Friday, May 30, 5:45 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Wine & Cheese at 5:45 p.m. Shabbat Service at 6:15 p.m. Join us for a special Shabbat Service to install our Board of Directors and honor all our Temple Sholom volunteers. A special dinner sponsored in part by the Temple will be served after Services. We invite all members of our community who have volunteered their time to support Temple Sholom (Board Members, Committee Members, Ambassadors, Monday Meal helpers and anyone else who has volunteered at the Temple) to attend. Volunteers, please plan to make your reservation with a contribution of at least $5 per person. Guests and other congregants are invited to attend with a contribution of $20 per person. Make reservations by Thursday, May 22, with Jennifer Adams at 773-435-1557 or jenniferl@sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... Guest Speaker and Disinguished Historian: Gary Willis, Author of "What Paul Meant." Monday, Jun 2, 7:00 p.m. (In the Mendelson Gallery during our "Tolerance of Belief Art Exhibit) Join us in the Mendelson Gallery during the last week of our “Tolerance of Belief” Art Exhibit. Dr. Garry Wills will be discussing anti-Semitism based on his new book, What Paul Meant. Wills is the author of numerous books, including Saint Augustine, Papal Sin, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lincoln at Gettysburg. He has won many other awards, among them two National Book Critics Circle Awards and the 1998 National Medal for the Humanities. He is currently Professor of History Emeritus at Northwestern University. Details... Hide Details... Annual Dinner Celebration Tuesday, Jun 3, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate the year of wonderful programming and welcome the new Board at a French Bistro in Lincoln Park (details to come). A three-course delicious meal will be served in our own private room. All WRJ members are invited to join in the festivities. Rabbi Conover and the WRJ leadership will share their thoughts on the 2008/09 year and welcome member input. Cost is the same as last year: $35 all-inclusive for three courses, soft drink, coffee, tip and tax. Cash bar will be available. Sponsors are welcomed at $50. For more details and RSVP, contact Linda Armitage at 773-435-1536 or Linda@sholomchicago.org. See Rabbi Conover about special support if you want to join us but do not have the full amount in your budget. Details... Hide Details... Tot Shabbat Dinner Friday, Jun 6, 5:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Please join us for our end of the year Tot Shabbat Dinner and Services. Details... Hide Details... 3rd Annual "10,000 Steps" Walk for Social Justice Sunday, Jun 8, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Join the Social Action Committee outdors on this beautiful Sunday morning for a walk along the lake. This is our 3rd Annual Walk for Social Justice and all funds from the $15 adult pre-registration fee go to support our weekly Monday Meal for Those Less Fortunate in Lakeview. Whether you walk 10 steps or 10,000, please join us. Children dogs and anything that rolls are most welcome! More... Less... News from the Union Help the People of Burma: Reform Jewish Leader Full Article RAC PR Interfaith Cooperation Defeats Anti-Israel Resolution at United Methodist Church Convention Full Article RAC PR SAVE Act "fatally flawed," says Reform Jewish Leader Full Article RAC PR Reform Jewish Leader Celebrates Cover the Uninsured Week Full Article RAC PR Reform Jewish Leader Celebrates Cover the Uninsured Week Full Article RAC PR Reform Jewish Movement Observes 39th Annual International Earth Day Details... Hide Details... RAC PR Full Article... Boycott Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, Reform Jewish Leaders Urge Details... Hide Details... URJ PR Washington, D.C., April 14, 2008 ? Reform Jewish leaders joined the growing movement calling for President Bush?s moral boycott of the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China. Full Article... Why should you be passionate about social action? Details... Hide Details... URJ iTorah Steven Moss / Social Action / April 13, 2008 Full Article... Parashat M?tzorah (Leviticus 14:1 ? 15:33): Searching for the Issues on the Campaign Trail and in the Torah Details... Hide Details... URJ iTorah Aaron Arbiter / Torah / April 6, 2008 Full Article... How can working to change the world change your life? Details... Hide Details... URJ iTorah Alex Condoluci / Social Action / March 30, 2008 Full Article... Groundbreaking New Torah Commentary Brings Women?s Voices to the Forefront of Scripture Details... Hide Details... URJ PR Eve doesn?t have to take the blame any more! With the publication of The Torah: A Women?s Commentary the rich voice of women in our tradition will be heard loud and clear. Created in a partnership between the URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism, this groundbreaking commentary presents the women?s side of our story. Full Article... Rabbi Eric Yoffie Calls for Increased Shabbat Observance in Reform Movement Details... Hide Details... URJ PR Almost 150 years ago the founder of the Reform Movement transformed American Jewry by moving the major Shabbat worship service to Friday night, thus accommodating Jews who had to work on Saturday. Today the president of the Union for Reform Judaism began another major transformation, calling for a renewal of communal Shabbat morning worship and encouraging Jews to observe a full 24 hour day of rest. Full Article... Rabbi Eric Yoffie Outlines Agenda for Reform Jews: Health Care, Muslim Dialogue and Increased Shabbat Observance Details... Hide Details... URJ PR Reform Jews at the largest Jewish convention in North America were urged to return to their homes and become community activists, advocating for universal health care in their state and opening dialogue with Muslims in their communities. Full Article... Survey Confirms Trend Toward Reform Embrace of Ritual Shabbat Observance Greater in Those Under 40 and Jews-by-Choice Details... Hide Details... URJ PR A recent survey of Reform Jews affirms the trends toward a greater observance of Shabbat and the embrace of traditional rituals, with the trend most visible among those who are under 40 and in Jews-by-choice. The trend is in keeping with the major initiative announced today by Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, at its Biennial convention, namely, an effort to encourage Reform Jews to observe a full 24 hour day of rest. Full Article... More... Less...

Worship Services Friday, May 9 5:45 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service Oneg to Follow Saturday, May 10 9:15 a.m. Bagels, Coffee, and Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Service Maxwell Duboff & Remy Spanierman B'nai Mitzvah Friday, May 16 5:45 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception 6:15 p.m. Kabalat Shabbat Service 7:45 p.m. Shabbat Service led in part by our Crown Family High School students Oneg to Follow Saturday, May 17 9:15 a.m. Bagels, Coffee, and Torah Study 9:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Service Rachel Star Bat Mitzvah Friday, May 23 5:45 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service Oneg to Follow Saturday, May 24 9:15 a.m. Bagels, Coffee, and Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Service Friday, May 30 5:45 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service with Board Intallation, Honoring Volunteers and Friday Night Live Dinner to Follow Saturday, May 31 9:15 a.m. Coffee, Bagels, and Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Service Daniel Rosenberg Bar Mitzvah More... Less... Announcements Details... Hide Details... "Tolerance of Belief" Art Exhibit Temple Sholom - Mendelson Gallery View our newly installed art exhibition, “Tolerance of Belief,” featuring ten acclaimed Arab and Jewish artists from around the world, including Libya, Israel, Lebanon, France, Egypt, and the United States. These featured artists have come together in their belief that different religious convictions can be respected, even when they are not understood, and that respect for religion and human dignity is fundamental to the ongoing peace process in Israel and the Middle East. The exhibit will be open to the public between April 1 and June 6 whenever the Temple is open. At various times during the exhibit, Robert Wayner, curator of the exhibit, will be available to answer any questions. Please come and visit this exciting collection of international artwork.

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