Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 24th of Sh'vat, 5770

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, Lisa Kaplan.
Special Events

Erev Purim Redux and Cabaret Night

Saturday, February 27 at 4:30 p.m.

Laugh till you can’t tell Esther from Haman at this celebratory evening. Our jovial remembrance of the story of Purim will be followed by distinctly irreverent variety acts and noshing. Costumes are optional, but encouraged. Dress as a character from the Purim story or any memorable personality (including your own). Entertainment will be provided by talented and irrepressible members of Temple Sholom’s staff and congregation as well as performances by our Klezmer Band, Shir Shalom Adult and Children’s Choirs, with everything from comedy to cabaret to classical – and the person with the best costume will win a small but disappointing prize. Enjoy light snacks and a cash bar with suggested donation for beer and wine. This is a fun-filled evening not to be missed! Price is $5/member, $10/non-member. Register with Jason Lindner by Tuesday, February 23at Jason@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1533. Pre-payment is required to confirm your reservation.

Purim Carnival

Sunday, February 28, 10:00 a.m.

Please join us on Sunday, February 28 for the annual Purim carnival and come dressed as a character from the story of Purim. The carnival will take place in Bettie Port Hall, beginning at 10:00 a.m. for families with children under five years old and 10:30 a.m. for Religious School students and families. Enjoy games, prizes, raffles, and lunch as we come together to celebrate Purim. Wristbands can be purchased in the Religious School office by contacting Lisa Rausa at 773-525-4707, ext 343. Children under 2 and adults accompanying children are free.
February Events Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Feb 9, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, Feb 9, 7:00 p.m. Meeting of the Temple Sholom Board of Directors Details... Hide Details... Gan Shalom Coffee Club Wednesday, Feb 10, 9:00 a.m. Drop off your child at school and join us for a discussion on how to make your homes more
“green.” Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Feb 10, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Crown Family High School Wednesday, Feb 10, 6:15 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Feb 10, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Feb 14, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Feed the Hungry Sunday, Feb 14, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Assemble sandwiches and other healthy foods to 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. Please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org for details. Details... Hide Details... Social Action Blood Drive Sunday, Feb 14, 9:30 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. The greatest mitzvah anyone can give is the gift of life. Any reasonably healthy adult who last donated more than eight weeks ago and who can spare 30 minutes and a pint of their blood can assist Temple Sholom and LifeSource in this most important duty, providing local hospitals with the resource that lets your loved ones live. Reserve a time slot or walk in. For more information, please contact Kevin at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org.

Details... Hide Details... Stem Cell Donor Screening Sunday, Feb 14, 9:30 a.m. Temple Sholom will be sponsoring a drive with the Gift of Life to help Kathryn Meacham, a Jewish 26 year old, who is battling cancer and is in urgent need of a blood stem cell transplant. Since tissue type is inherited, Katie’s best chance of finding a genetically matched donor lies with those of Jewish ancestry. Registration involves completing a brief health history form and swabbing your cheek with a q-tip. You could be the one to save Katie’s life or the 6000 others who are searching for a match every day. Details... Hide Details... Sunday School Sunday, Feb 14, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School classes Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Feb 14, 10:00 a.m. Adult Education Classes Details... Hide Details... 5th Grade Family Learning Open House Sunday, Feb 14, 10:30 a.m. Come and join your children for a day of learning and fun, and see what they do at Religious School. Details... Hide Details... 2010-2011 School Registration Deadline Applications for the 2010-2011 school year are due by today. Please call the Gan Shalom office at 773-525-4867 to schedule your observation appointment. Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Mitzvah Program partially sponsored by Gan Shalom JK students and their wonderful parents
Monday, Feb 15, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and
more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.**

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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet each other and to give back to the community. To volunteer, contact Kevin Gladish at 773-525-4707 x324.

**The Monday Meal is self- supporting
and always looking for volunteers and sponsors.

Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Feb 15, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines."
Details... Hide Details... The Lakeshore Mercaz Center presents: Reviving Zionism Tuesday, Feb 16, 1:00 p.m. (Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel Synagogue - 540 West Melrose) Rabbi Asher Lopatin is planning on making aliyah in a year-and-a-half to Carmit, a new diverse and pluralistic community in the northern Negev. He will discuss why he thinks that it is not only possible to create, but crucial to Israel’s future.

The Lakeshore Mercaz: Center for Jewish Older Adults is a collaborative effort between Anshe Emet Synagogue, Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel, CJE SeniorLife, Emanuel Congregation and Temple Sholom of Chicago. Details... Hide Details... Starlight Supper with the Night Ministry Attention Teens!
Tuesday, Feb 16, 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Meal Preparation
6:00 p.m. Travel with Night Ministry Bus

Join the Night Ministry in assisting Chicago's under-served youth and adults in need. We will prepare delicious food, then board the Night Ministry bus to serve in Humboldt Park. Families (8th Grade and up) are welcome. You don’t have to participate in both phases of the event. Just come help us cook, or join us after work as we distribute the food. To volunteer, contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or Kevin@sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Feb 16, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... The Sisterhood presents - Passover Food for Thought Tuesday, Feb 16, 6:00 p.m. (Temple Sholom) .Looking for ways to jazz up our "non-leavened" week, join Josie, A.G. Shapiro, the Temple's prize-winning chef and Chief Development Officer, for a special Passover cooking demonstration and tasting. And learn about unsung women heroes with Rabbi Conover while we nosh...
Usually when we celebrate Passover and the Exodus from Egypt, we think of the miracles God performed through Moses. Yet, none of those miracles could have occurred if it weren't for a couple of rogue midwives--Shifra and Puah--who had the courage to deliver Israelite baby boys. Come and hear their story.
There is no charge for this event, but please RSVP by email with Kevin Gladish or at 773-435-1536. Sponsored by the Temple Sholom Sisterhood All Are Invited!
Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Feb 17, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Mercaz New Yorker Discussion Group Wednesday, Feb 17, 1:00 p.m. (Temple Sholom) This month, group member Paul Perkins will faciliatate a discussion of, “A Risky Proposal,” by Margaret Talbot. For more information, call 773-508-1006.
Details... Hide Details... NO Crown Family High School Wednesday, Feb 17, 6:15 p.m. Religious School classes Canceled today. Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Feb 17, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Orr Shalom Youth Group Retreat - February 19-21 Rabbi Sandmel, along with our Youth Group Advisor, Lisa Haber, and members of the Temple Sholom Clergy, will lead our annual weekend retreat with our Crown Family High School Students, which focuses on Jewish values, friendship and social action. Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Feb 21, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Sunday School Sunday, Feb 21, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School classes Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Feb 21, 10:00 a.m. Adult Education classes Details... Hide Details... JUF Book Buddies featuring Rabbi Aaron Petuchowski D.D. Sunday, Feb 21, 10:30 a.m. (Borders Books, 2755 W. North Avenue) Be a part of this joyfully Jewish program for families with young children. This month, our very own Rabbi Petuchowski will be leading story-time and helping us learn more about Purim. “Boo” Haman and cheer for Esther; bring your friends, and meet new ones, too!
Pre-registration is encouraged – In order to register please visit: http://www.juf.org/book_buddies/register.aspx Details... Hide Details... 6th Grade Family Learning Open House Sunday, Feb 21, 10:30 a.m. Come and join your children for a day of learning and fun, and see what they do at
Religious School. Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Mitzvah Program sponsored by Steve Koch in memory of his beloved wife, Ellen Libman.
Monday, Feb 22, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and
more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.**

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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet each other and to give back to the community. To volunteer, contact Kevin Gladish at 773-525-4707 x324 or kevin@sholomchicago.org.

**The Monday Meal is self- supporting
and always looking for volunteers and sponsors.
Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Feb 22, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Feb 23, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Feb 24, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Crown Family High School Wednesday, Feb 24, 6:15 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom Sisterhood presents the Evening Book Club "Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Wednesday, Feb 24, 6:30 p.m. In "Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time", Greg Mortenson, and journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the journey that led Mortenson from a failed 1993 attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully establish schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to promote peace with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote communities in central Asia. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.

For information about this month and future Book Club meetings, contact Debra Magad at debramagad@gmail.com. Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Feb 24, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Parents’ Night Out Fund Raiser Ticket prices: $50 in advance/$60 at the door
Thursday, Feb 25, 6:00 p.m. (Carnivale, 702 West Fulton Street)
Thursday, February 25, 6:00-8:00 p.m.


Buy your ticket in the Gan Shalom office or contact Julie Brodsky at 773-525-4867. RSVP early, this event may sell out!
Cocktails – Appetizers – Teacher Playdate Auction - Raffle! Please help Gan Shalom raise much needed funds to buy school supplies, cameras and computers for our kids. In addition to attending the event, consider buying raffle tickets (win Oprah Tickets and more!) and looking at our online registry at: http://registry.sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... Parents’ Night Out Fund Raiser Ticket prices: $50 in advance/$60 at the door
Thursday, Feb 25, 6:00 p.m. (Carnivale, 702 West Fulton Street) Buy your ticket in the Gan Shalom office or contact Julie Brodsky at 773-525-4867. RSVP early, this event may sell out!
Cocktails – Appetizers – Teacher Playdate Auction - Raffle! Please help Gan Shalom raise much needed funds to buy school supplies, cameras and computers for our kids. In addition to attending the event, consider buying raffle tickets (win Oprah Tickets and more!) and looking at our online registry at: http://registry.sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... 20s and 30s Sushi Shabbat Friday, Feb 26, 8:00 p.m. Join us for the ever popular 20's and 30's Sushi Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Tachman. Enjoy a familiar, upbeat Shabbat Service with guitar, visit with friends and meet new ones. There is no charge for this evening, but please RSVP to Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or Kevin@sholomchicago.org by Wednesday, February 24. Details... Hide Details... Erev Purim Redux and Cabaret Saturday, Feb 27, 4:30 p.m. Laugh till you can’t tell Esther from Haman at this celebratory evening. Our jovial remembrance of the story of Purim will be followed by distinctly irreverent variety acts and noshing. Costumes are optional, but encouraged. Dress as a character from the Purim story or any memorable personality (including your own). Entertainment will be provided by talented and irrepressible members of Temple Sholom’s staff and congregation as well as performances by our Klezmer Band, Shir Shalom Adult and Children’s Choirs, with everything from comedy to cabaret to classical – and the person with the best costume will win a small but disappointing prize. Enjoy light snacks and a cash bar with suggested donation for beer and wine. This is a fun-filled evening not to be missed! Price is $5/member, $10/non-member. Register with Jason Lindner by Tuesday, February 23at Jason@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1533. Pre-payment is required to confirm your reservation. Details... Hide Details... Feed the Hungry Sunday, Feb 28, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Assemble sandwiches and other healthy foods to 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. For more information contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or Kevin@sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Feb 28, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Purim Carnival Food Drive Giving to the poor is a mitzvah all year round. However, the mitzvah to do so on Purim is separate even from the general mitzvah of tzedakah. To fulfill the mitzvah of Matanot L’evyonim, gifts to the poor, one must give charity to two individual poor people. One should give each poor person enough money or the equivalent in food to provide for a meal. With this in mind, please bring non-perishable food to the Stratford St. entrance on Sunday, February 28, when you come for Purim festivities. Members of the Social Action Committee will be there to accept your donations and have them transported to Lakeview Pantry to help feed the needy among us. Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Feb 28, 10:00 a.m. Sign up now and share in the lifelong learning opportunities that are part of your membership at Temple Sholom. Go to the adult education page for the complete listing of classes. Then contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or Kevin@sholomchicago.org to sign up. Details... Hide Details... Purim Carnival Sunday, Feb 28, 10:00 a.m. Please join us on Sunday, February 28 for the annual Purim carnival and come dressed as a character from the story of Purim. The carnival will take place in Bettie Port Hall, beginning at 10:00 a.m. for families with children under five years old and 10:30 a.m. for Religious School students and families. Enjoy games, prizes, raffles, and lunch as we come together to celebrate Purim. Wristbands can be purchased in the Religious School office by contacting Lisa Rausa at 773-525-4707, ext 343. Children under 2 and adults accompanying children are free. Details... Hide Details... Sisterhood Presents - Cook Charoset with Us! Sunday, Feb 28, 12:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) If you’re interested in joining us to prepare several delicious charoset recipes to enjoy at our Women’s Seder, please contact Kevin Gladish at Kevin@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1536. March Events Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal sponsored by Bether and David Weiss in honor of their daughter, Isabel’s Bat Mitzvah
Monday, Mar 1, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time. 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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet
each other and to give back to the community.


Monday Meal is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If any person or organization wants to sponsor or volunteer at the meal, please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org. CPS students can volunteer and get community service hours. Details... Hide Details... Jewish Vocational Services presents Social Networking sponsored by Brotherhood
Monday, Mar 1, 6:30 p.m. As a second leg of the Business Networking Group, and in partnership with the Temple Sholom Brotherhood and some dedicated volunteers, Temple Sholom will be offering Job Search and Job Skills workshops to provide further assistance to those looking for work. The first session of this series, led by the staff of JVS, the Jewish Vocational Service, will take place on Monday, March 1st at 6:30 p.m. and will focus on Social Media Networking and the effective use of LinkedIn. For more information or if you would like to attend this program, please contact Kevin Gladish at Kevin@sholomchicago.org.
Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Mar 1, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Downtown Study Group Tuesday, Mar 2, 12:00 p.m. Meet downtown with one of our Clergy or layleaders to explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Mar 2, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... The Sisterhood presents - Multi-Generational Women’s Seder Tuesday, Mar 2, 6:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Celebrate Passover with us. This annual tradition has become one of the highlights of our year.Our special Service is presented with a unique women’s perspective. Bring your daughters, mother, friends or colleagues. It is a wonderful time for women of all generations to celebrate together. $36 for members and their non-Temple member guests; $45 for non-Sisterhood members; sponsor for $60. In this difficult economic time, scholarship assistance is available; confidential inquiries should be directed to Rabbi Conover at 773-435-1534. Please RSVP to Kevin Gladish at Kevin@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1536. Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Mar 3, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Crown Family High School Wednesday, Mar 3, 6:15 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 3, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom Sisterhood presents the Morning Book Club featuring: "Blindspot" by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore
Thursday, Mar 4, 11:00 a.m. Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter fleeing his debtors in Edinburgh, has washed up on the British Empire's far shores in the city of Boston, lately seized with the spirit of liberty. Eager to begin anew, he advertises for an apprentice, but the lad who comes knocking is no lad at all. Fanny Easton is a fallen woman from Boston's most prominent family who has disguised herself as a boy to become Jameson's defiant and seductive apprentice. Written with wit and exuberance by accomplished historians, Blindspot is an affectionate send-up of the best of eighteenth-century fiction. It celebrates the art of the Enlightenment and the passion of the American Revolution by telling stories of ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary time.

For more information on the club, please contact Lauren at 773-435-1559. Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Mar 7, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Sunday School Sunday, Mar 7, 9:45 a.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Mar 7, 10:00 a.m. Adult Education classes Details... Hide Details... Sisterhood Holocaust Museum Tour (co-sponsored with Brotherhood)
Sunday, Mar 7, 1:00 p.m. Join us for a very special docent-led tour of the Holocaust Museum. Ralph Rehbock, whom you’ll recognize as Temple Sholom’s shofar blower extraordinaire and who is a survivor and member of the museum board, will speak to our group about his experiences. $10 per person. RSVP to Kevin Gladish at Kevin@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1536. Let Kevin know if you need a ride. We’ll meet at the Temple at 12:15 p.m. for those driving together. Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal sponsored by Gan Shalom 3-year-old students
Monday, Mar 8, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.

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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet
each other and to give back to the community.


Monday Meal is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If any person or organization wants to sponsor or volunteer at the meal, please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org. CPS students can volunteer and get community service hours. Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Mar 8, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Mar 9, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, Mar 9, 7:00 p.m. Monthly meeting of the Temple Sholom Board of Directors Details... Hide Details... Gan Shalom Coffee Club Wednesday, Mar 10, 9:00 a.m. How many times have you dropped your youngster(s) off at school only to get back in your car, look at the clock and realize that: 1. You don't have enough time to run your errands, 2. You have lost inspiration for that grueling spinning class, or 3. By the time you
get home, your to do list is way too daunting to even begin step one? YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Join us in a monthly gathering to drink a second (or third) cup of coffee and enjoy time spent chatting about current issues affecting you and your family. Now you won't be alone feeling guilty for not: 1. Shopping at Whole Foods (again), 2. Attending your training session, or 3. Checking an item off of your to do list. After your little one(s) are safely in class, make sure you join in for coffee and conversation! Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Mar 10, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Crown Family High School Wednesday, Mar 10, 6:15 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 10, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Feed the Hungry Sunday, Mar 14, 9:30 a.m. (Temple Sholom) Assemble sandwiches and other healthy foods to 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. Please contact Kevin Gladish for details. Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Mar 14, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Sunday School Sunday, Mar 14, 9:45 a.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Mar 14, 10:00 a.m. Adult Education Classes Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Monday, Mar 15, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.

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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet
each other and to give back to the community.


Monday Meal is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If any person or organization wants to sponsor or volunteer at the meal, please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org. CPS students can volunteer and get community service hours. Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Mar 15, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Mar 16, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Genetic Education and Screening Program for Young Jewish Adults Tuesday, Mar 16, 6:30 p.m. (Congregation Beth Shalom, Northbrook) When Temple Sholom hosted this program in the fall it filled up almost immediately. $90 per person, or $36 for full-time students with current, valid student ID. To register or for more information, contact Taryn Brickman, at Tarynbrickman@juf.org Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Mar 17, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... Mercaz New Yorker Discussion Group Wednesday, Mar 17, 1:00 p.m. (Temple Sholom) On the third Wednesday of each month, we will meet at Temple Sholom to discuss one article from a recent issue of The New Yorker. The group will be led by a volunteer participant facilitator. Discussion group members are eligible for subscriptions at the discounted rate of $25 a year. For more information contact 773-508-1006 or lakeshoremercaz@cje.net. Details... Hide Details... NO Crown Family High School Wednesday, Mar 17, 6:15 p.m. These Religious School classes are canceled today. Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 17, 7:00 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Warm Up America Sunday, Mar 21, 9:30 a.m. Join the knitting group to make squares which will be sown together to create blankets. Meets Sundays when there is adult education. Details... Hide Details... Bagels & Schmooze with Rabbi Aaron M. Petuchowski,D.D. (Jewish Parenting Part III)
Sunday, Mar 21, 9:45 a.m. Do you have questions about raising a Jewish child? Interested in meeting other Temple parents? On Sunday, March 21st, drop your child and yourself off at Temple Sholom. Join us at the “Coffee Corner” in Bettie Port Hall for a relaxing Sunday morning with bagels, juice and words of wisdom from Rabbi Petuchowski. Rabbi Petuchowski will be speaking on the following topic:

Jewish Parenting (Part III)
Exploring the essence of Judaism and how we can impart our beliefs to our children
Details... Hide Details... Sunday School Sunday, Mar 21, 9:45 a.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Sunday, Mar 21, 10:00 a.m. Sunday Adult Education Classes Details... Hide Details... SHOUT Culture Club (40s, 50s+) Passover Cooking Demonstration Check us out on Facebook – enter Sholom Shout!
Sunday, Mar 21, 1:00 p.m. Chef Jennifer Cafferty is going to share her secret recipes of preparing mouth watering desserts using matzah.
Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Sponsored by the Sisterhood
Monday, Mar 22, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.

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 organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet
each other and to give back to the community.


Monday Meal is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If any person or organization wants to sponsor or volunteer at the meal, please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org. CPS students can volunteer and get community service hours. Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Mar 22, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Mar 23, 4:30 p.m. Religious School classes Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Mar 24, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... NO Crown Family High School Wednesday, Mar 24, 1:00 p.m. These Classes are canceled today. Details... Hide Details... Temple Sholom Sisterhood presents the Evening Book Club--"Days of Awe" by Achy Obejas (Open to all Temple Members)
Wednesday, Mar 24, 6:30 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Obejas's second novel may be the first in the subgenre of both Jewish American and Cuban American fiction: the Jewish-Cuban-American novel. In this well-considered and heartfelt examination of exile and return, two-year-old Alejandra San Jos has left Cuba in 1959 with her parents. Her father is Jewish, though he hides it, even breaking a window in anger when his daughter and her friends spy him praying in his basement office in Chicago. Her mother is both Catholic and a sometime believer in the Santeria gods. Ale's visits to Cuba in 1987 and 1997 lead her to extraordinary discoveries about herself, her cultures, and her family, as she slowly learns of her great-grandfather's and father's clinging to a religion whose Cuban adherents have become scarce over time. Her own sexual experiences, more vivid in Cuba than in the United States, help her recognize that Cuba, Judaism, and tropical eroticism make up a complex personality, which Ale bears on her back like a Bedouin. With intelligent, intense writing, Obejas approaches, in ambition, the heady climes of Cuban American stalwarts Oscar Hijuelos and Cristina Garcia.
Contact Debra Magad at debramagad@gmail.com for more information. Details... Hide Details... Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 24, 7:00 p.m. Religious School Classes Details... Hide Details... 20s and 30s Sushi Shabbat Friday, Mar 26, 8:00 p.m. Join us for the ever popular 20's and 30's Sushi Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Tachman. Enjoy a familiar, upbeat Shabbat Service with guitar, visit with friends and meet new ones. There is no charge for this evening, but please RSVP to Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or Kevin@sholomchicago.org. Details... Hide Details... NO Warm Up America Sunday, Mar 28, 9:30 a.m. The knitting group will resume at its normal time next week. Details... Hide Details... NO Sunday School Sunday, Mar 28, 9:45 a.m. NO Sunday School classes today. Details... Hide Details... NO Sunday School Sunday, Mar 28, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School classes are canceled in preparation for Passover. Details... Hide Details... NO Adult Education Classes Sunday, Mar 28, 10:00 a.m. Classes are canceled because of preparations for Passover. Details... Hide Details... Passover Mitzvah Bakers Sunday, Mar 28, 11:30 a.m. (at the Hallmark) Bring your favorite macaroons to the Hallmark as we celebrate Passover and sing songs to the residents with Cantor Katzman.

Details... Hide Details... NO Monday Meal Monday, Mar 29, 3:30 p.m. There is NO Monday Meal on this date as the Temple kitchen prepares for Passover. Details... Hide Details... Adult Education Classes Monday, Mar 29, 7:00 p.m. Monday Night Adult Education Classes, including Film Class and "Israel Beyond the Headlines." Details... Hide Details... Tuesday Midweek Hebrew Tuesday, Mar 30, 6:30 p.m. Religious School Classes Details... Hide Details... Kehilla Seder for 20’s and 30’s Tuesday, Mar 30, 7:00 p.m. (Temple Sholom) Join Kehilla for our annual Seder led by Rabbi Taron Tachman. This Seder is open to all young adults, no matter your Jewish background. $25 before March 23, $36 after March 23, at www.shurekehilla.org. Questions? Contact Rachel at rdreytser@gojcc.org or 773-871-6780. Kosher for Passover dietary laws observed. Sidney N. Shure Kehilla is a partnership of the Heller JCC, and congregations Anshe Emet, Anshe Sholom, Temple Sholom, Emanuel and Or Chadash.
Details... Hide Details... Study Group Wednesday, Mar 31, 10:00 a.m. Explore a variety topics that affect and influence all aspects of Jewish life. Details... Hide Details... 2nd Night Passover Seder Wednesday, Mar 31, 6:00 p.m. Gather around the Passover table with
Temple Sholom clergy, congregants
and friends. Details... Hide Details... NO Crown Family High School Wednesday, Mar 31, 6:15 p.m. These classes are Canceled today Details... Hide Details... NO Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 31, 7:00 p.m. Classes are canceled. Details... Hide Details... NO Wednesday Midweek Hebrew Wednesday, Mar 31, 7:00 p.m. Classes are canceled. April Events Details... Hide Details... Monday Meal Monday, Apr 12, 3:30 p.m. Preparation starts at 3:30 p.m. and more volunteers for serving should arrive by 5 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged, also, to stay for the entire time.

Volunteers are needed to shop, prepare, serve and clean up, as well as prepare bagged meals for guests to take home and for any overflow crowd. This project is organized entirely by members of our congregation and provides an opportunity for Temple members to meet
each other and to give back to the community.

Monday Meal is always looking for sponsors and volunteers. If any person or organization wants to sponsor or volunteer at the meal, please contact Kevin Gladish at 773-435-1536 or kevin@sholomchicago.org. CPS students can volunteer and get community service hours. May Events Details... Hide Details... Israel Solidarity Day with Walk With Israel
Sunday, May 2, 9:30 a.m. Our Temple Sholom community will participate in the annual city Walk With Israel. Details... Hide Details... Children's Musical Concert and Sing Along Sunday, May 16, 4:00 p.m. Join us for our 5th annual Children's Concert. Rimma, Rabbi Tachman, Gan Shalom staff and Temple Sholom children will take part in singing and playing instruments. June Events Details... Hide Details... 2010 Gala to Benefit Temple Sholom and Gan Shalom Rabbi Petuchowskis's Bar Mitzvah
Saturday, June 5th In commemoration of the Rabbi's 13th year at Temple Sholom and to honor everything he has done for the congregation, you are invited to celebrate as Rabbi Petuchowski becomes a Bar Mitzvah once again-- this time in Temple Sholom's Sanctuary.

Bar Mitzvah Service
Saturday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m.
Gather in the sanctuary as Rabbi Petuchowski reads from the Torah and becomes a Bar Mitzvah all over again. Babysitting available for $10 per child.

Torah Parade
Saturday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m.
Carry the torah through the sanctuary and into Bettie Port Hall with Rabbi Petuchowski. Joyous music provided by our very own Temple Sholom Klezmer-on-the-Lake Band. Families with young children encouraged to join in the Torah parade.

Kiddush Luncheon
Saturday, June 5 at 12:00 p.m.
Wish Rabbi Petuchowski a hearty mazal tov and celebrate with a congregational hora, tasty food, and games for the kids. The Kiddush Luncheon will be open to the entire congregation.
Fundraising Component: Online Tzedakah Registry Stations

Gala Fundraising Celebration
Saturday, June 5 at 6:00 p.m.
Adults are invited to attend an incredible party at the Ravenswood Event Center. The theme for the evening is "1969", the year Rabbi Petuchowski became a Bar Mitzvah for the first time. Join us for fantastic food, a Silent Auction, music from the era, and a chance to have fun with Rabbi Petuchowski and your Temple Sholom family.
Fundraising Component: Auction, Tribute Book

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