Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | 8th of Iyyar, 5768

Upcoming Events

We are proud to offer a packed schedule of events for our congregants and guests. Please sign up and join us at the programs that interest you. Check back often for new events, as our schedule is updated regularly and new events are held throughout the year.

We also welcome suggestions for future programs. Please send your ideas to our Membership and Programming Director, Josie A. G. Shapiro.
Special Events

3rd Annual Children's Concert

Best for children under 6-years-old
Sunday, May 18, 3:30 p.m.

Join Rimma Khodosh, Rabbi Taron Tachman, Gan Shalom staff and all our Temple children as we take part in singing and playing instruments. All are welcome! Contact the Gan Shalom office at 773-525-4867 for more information.

May Events 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. June Events 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!
Details... Hide Details... WRJ Area Day Saturday, Jun 14, 8:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Join us as we enjoy the company and friendship of other WRJ members in the greater Chicago area for Area Day which will be held at Temple Sholom this year. For more information, contact Jodi Oskin, Temple Sholom WRJ Regional/National Liaison, at jtkoskin@aol.com. Details... Hide Details... Travel to Israel with Temple Sholom! Monday June 16 - Monday June 30.

Join us on Temple Sholom’s exciting trip to Israel! We have planned a three-track trip to accommodate families with children, adults only, and high school teenagers. You will enjoy hiking in the mountains, jeep tours in the Golan Heights, kayaking in the Jordan River, visiting both a Druz Village and a Beduin tent community, swimming in the Dead Sea, and exploring Masada. Applications should be sent to the attention of Iona Klimoski, and received by the Temple no later than Friday January 4, 2008 with a $600 deposit (per person), $300 of which is non refundable. Please make your checks payable to Temple Sholom. Feel free to contact any of our trip leaders (Rabbi Aaron M. Petuchowski, Cantor Aviva Katzman, or Sarah Hanuka) if you have any questions. Details... Hide Details... The Lakeview Action Colaition Convention Monday, Jun 16, 6:15 p.m. (Anshe Emet Synagogue (3751 N. Broadway)) As one of the largest institutional members of the Lakeview Action Coalition (LAC), Temple Sholom has the opportunity to play a major role in the upcoming LAC Community Convention. A Community Convention is a gathering of the community, the institutions, and concerned citizens to meet with elected officials in order to discuss the issues faced by the community, inform the elected officials of those issues, and receive commitments from those officials about their intended actions. For more information, and to join Temple Sholom at the convention, contact Jeremy Strozer at strozerj@gmail.com. Details... Hide Details... WRJ Informal Discussion with Author Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Book of Ruth, The Garden of Ruth)
Monday, Jun 16, 6:30 p.m. (The Home of a Temple Sholom Congregant) Join us at the home of a Temple Sholom congregant in a discussion on where author Eva Etzioni-Halvey gets her inspirations for her books Book of Ruth and The Garden of Ruth. Hear how they are connected to Shavuoth, which is the week prior. RSVP to Linda Armitage at 773-435-1536 for details and location. Let us know if you need transportation. Details... Hide Details... The Lakeshore Mercaz: Center for Older Jewish Adults Kabbalah: What is Jewish Mysticism?
Thursday, Jun 19, 1:00 p.m. ~ 2:15 p.m. (Emanuel Congregation, 5959 N. Sheridan Rd. (Transportation is available) ) Dr. Byron L Sherwin will present a survey of five major models of Jewish mystical experience as they developed during the history of Jewish mysticism, including some thoughts on the current popularity of Kabbalah today, and whether it is really authentic Jewish mysticism.

Dr. Sherwin is an internationally renowned Jewish theologian, ethicist and scholar of Jewish philosophy and mysticism. He is the author of over 25 books and 150 articles, many of which have been translated into Polish, Spanish, Italian, German, Czech and Chinese. He and his works have been featured in national and international media – most recently (2006), on the History Channel’s program, ‘Secrets of Kabbalah’. Since 1970, Dr. Sherwin has served on the faculty of Chicago’s Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, where he is currently the Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies.

Call 773.508.1006 or email lakeshoremercaz@cje.net to RSVP to attend the event and/or reserve free transportation, from synagogue to synagogue, which is provided by CJE SeniorLife. For more information about The Lakeshore Mercaz programs, contact Carol Crownover at 773.508.1108. July Events Details... Hide Details... The Union for Reform Judaism's Adult Study Retreat Fornerly Known as Kallah
Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH July 8-13

The theme is “Israel at 60” and URJ will be partnering with ARZA. The faculty will include Israeli and North American scholars who will connect their limmudim (study sessions) to Israel. The faculty will include: Anat Hoffman and Mark Rosenstein from Israel; Michael Morgan, Sue Levi Elwell, Mark Washofsky, David Nelson and others. A mini-Ulpan (hebrew language study), taught by Mira Angrist, will be offered. There will be a special track for educators on the teaching of Israel. Scholarships are available for the Adult Study Retreat. Please contact educate@urj.org for more information.

For those who would like to study in Israel, we are working with the NFTY in Israel Department to present the EIE-Adult Summer Institute, July 20-August 3. This program will be a blend of formal lecture and travel as we explore Israel through the chronology of her history, from Biblical times to the present. The group will be based at Kibbutz Tzuba, which is outside of Jerusalem. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for both the ADULT STUDY RETREAT and the EIE-ADULT SUMMER INSTITUTE. Visit www.urj.org/educate/adultstudy for more information.

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