Saturday, September 24, 10:30 am
Join with other young families for a dynamic
service followed by a special Kiddush.
Have fun, learn, visit with old friends and meet new ones!
Service meets every Shabbat morning all year long at 10:30 am
and is geared for families from pre-school through 2nd grade.
• Sing Shabbat songs
• Learn to pray in Hebrew and English
• March with the Torah
• Act out the Torah portion
• Play games and hear stories
• Join the main Service to lead Ein Keiloheinu
• Celebrate birthdays
• Visit with old and new friends
At least one parent or adult should accompany each child.
Alex Felch, Rabbi Building a vibrant
1558 Wilmot Rd. Jewish community
Deerfield, IL 60015 for over 30 years
847/945-0470
wwww.bnaitikvah.net
HIGH HOLIDAY FAMILY
ART PROJECT Date: Monday evening, October 17 SERVICES Sept. 29, Oct. 8
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm Simchat Shabbat
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Place: B’nai Tikvah’s Sukkah
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6. Enjoy your home‐made Join with Rabbi Alex in shaking the lulav, Young Family Shabbat
Sukkah!
eating in the sukkah and Services‐ Shabbat Mornings @
Looking for more info on Youth, 10:30 am
Family or Adult programming? enjoying Sukkot together!
Check us our on the web at
www.bnaitikvah.net
or contact the synagogue office Register online at crm.bnaitikvah.net/sukkot
@ 847‐945‐0470 SAVE THE DATE: Chanukah
or call Sam Rodin at 847-945-0470 Program – December 24
Join the fun and great joy of these Festival celebrations at
CONGREGATION B’NAI TIKVAH
FESTIVAL OF SUKKOT
Wedneday, October 12, 6:30 p.m. - EREV Sukkot I
Thursday, October 13
9:00 a.m. - SUKKOT I
6:30 p.m. - EREV Sukkot II
Friday, October 14, 9:00 am - Sukkot II
Lulav and Etrog Procession - Kiddush in Sukkah
The Festival of Sukkot is a most auspicious and delightful
opportunity for family and community to celebrate!
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Sukkot is Around the Corner! - Order your Lulavim and Etrogim now!
As we begin our preparations for the High Holy Days and the Festivals following, we remind you to
order your Lulavim and Etrogim, and your s’chach for your sukkah as soon as possible. We are unable to
order extra sets at the last minute. Please call the Synagogue office.
Lulav and Etrog are $50.00. Orders must be placed by September 15. S’chach is $20.00 per
bundle. They will be available for the holiday for those who have ordered in advance.
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SHEMINI ATZERET
Wednesday, October 19, 6:30 pm - Erev Shemini Atzeret
Thursday, October 20, 9:00 am
Shemini Atzeret Festival Service/Yizkor
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Sing Hooray,
Sing Hurrah,
Moshe gave us the Torah . . .
Let us celebrate the
FESTIVAL OF SIMCHAT TORAH
Adults and children alike will join in the
Hakafot
and sing and dance in celebration of our Torah and our Heritage
Thursday Evening, October 20 - 6:30 pm
Service/Hakafot/Torah Procession
and
Friday Morning, October 21 - 9:00 am
Service/Hakafot/Torah Procession
Refreshments for all!
CHAG SAMEACH!
The Challenges Presented by
the Palestinian Campaign for
UN Recognition
An Empty Nester Program
Featuring B’nai Tikvah’s Own
Daniel Elbaum
Executive Director
American Jewish Committee
Sunday Evening, September 18 / Cost: $6 per person
Dessert and Coffee: 7:00pm / Presentation: 7:30pm
FROM CHICAGO TO THE WORLD… You wouldn't think the Chicago office of a national Jewish organization could
have much impact on an international issue like Palestinian statehood. You'd be wrong. As the time for the
Palestinians to seek recognition of the state of Palestine in the United Nations -- a move that many observers
believe would greatly hinder peace negotiations with Israel and could lead to renewed violence -- the Chicago office
of the American Jewish Committee “is making (the issue) our number one priority,” according to Executive
Director Daniel Elbaum.
While similar meetings are going on in many cities, Chicago nevertheless is “a priority spot,” Elbaum says. Many
nations have consulates only in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and the city takes on even more importance
abroad as President Barack Obama's home town. “These people are on our turf,” Elbaum says. “This is our chance to
shape world opinion without leaving Chicago.” (http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=5&id=254749 for
complete article.)
Dan Elbaum has devoted his professional career to public service and the advancement of Jewish causes. He
became Regional Director of AJC Chicago in December of 2009. Dan has appeared in media outlets ranging from
NBC Dateline to Al Jazeera. He regularly meets with diplomats and members of government. He was recently
selected as one of the only staff representatives for the National AJC Immigration Task Force which sets AJC’s
national direction on comprehensive immigration reform. Prior to entering Jewish communal life, Dan was a
prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. During his tenure at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s
Office, he tried over 100 bench and jury criminal cases in the domestic violence division and the narcotics
prosecution bureau.
Reservation Form for the Daniel Elbaum Program
Name(s) _____________________________ Email___________________________________
Daytime Phone ________________________ Evening Phone______________________________
Reserve_____places for Dan Elbaum program, 7:00 pm, September 18. Cost: $6 per person.
Fax to 224-315-3600 or mail to Congregation B’nai Tikvah Empty Nesters, 1558 Wilmot Road, Deerfield,
IL by September 12. Questions? Call 84-945-0470.
Study with us on Sunday mornings . . .
THE WONDERS OF OUR JEWISH HERITAGE:
FUNDAMENTALS OF JUDAISM
Instructor: Nancy J. Labbie
Fall Dates: September 18, 25; October 2, 23;
November 6, 13, 20, 27; December 4, 18 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
This class addresses the fundamentals of Judaism, using traditional text study and modern scholarship
to uncover the extraordinary Wonders of our Jewish heritage. We’ll study the theological foundations
of Jewish holidays; encountering God through ritual, text and prayer; Jewish history
as the greatest and most interesting story ever told; mitzvot as the structure of
Jewish life; Jewish ethics; the core values of Conservative Judaism; the centrality
of revelation; the organic and
changing nature of halachah; various sacred Jewish texts: what they contain and
when they were produced and a great deal more.
If you’d like to enhance your Jewish understanding, connect more deeply to
Jewish traditions, or pursue an aspect of Judasim in which you’ve always been
interested, this class may help you meet your goals.
There is no charge for the class.
Note: The class will continue through May, 2012. Class dates for winter and spring TBA.
Save The Date!
Upcoming B’nai Tikvah Empty Nester Program
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
I’m From Division Street
7:00 pm Dessert / 7:30 Program pm
Cost: $6/person
Author/Attorney Kenneth N. Green’s book I’m From Division Street, graphically
describes how his turbulent boyhood and teenage years in Chicago’s tough Humboldt
Park neighborhood gave him the grit and motivation to succeed in life as a public
defender and defense lawyer in California, an amateur boxer, and as a single parent
of a son.
Green is listed among the SuperLawyers in California and has been inducted
into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the retired Bureau Chief of the
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and now practices criminal defense
law. He is the legal advisor to the California Professional Boxing Referees and a
member of the Board of Directors of the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
CONGREGATION B’NAI TIKVAH
MEN’S CLUB “KICKOFF” EVENT
BEARS vs. PACKERS
September 25, 2011
• Where: Alan Kalfen’s house – Deerfield
• When: Game time 3:00
• Who: Bring your entire family
• Snacks, Kosher Tailgate at halftime and a short planning
meeting
• Cost:
o $18 per adult over 18
o $10 per child
or
Your family is free with your $36 Men’s Club dues payment
for 2011-12 year paid at or prior to the event.
RSVP by Wednesday September 21 to:
Alan Kalfen akalfen@koscpa.com or Rick Patinkin
tink0004@aol.com or call Alan @ 847-940-1985
Palestinian Leadership:
A Unique Perspective from an
Israeli Arab Journalist
CONGREGATION B'NAI TIKVAH & THE AMERICAN
ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC)
Cordially Invite You To A Community Briefing Featuring:
Khaled Abu Toameh Khaled Abu Toameh
is an Israeli Arab
West Bank and Gaza Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and U.S.
News and World Report & Palestinian Affairs Producer for NBC News journalist and docu-
mentary filmmak-
er. He is the West
Sunday, October 16, 2011 Bank and Gaza cor-
respondent for The
6:00 p.m. • Leadership Dinner Jerusalem Post and
(The Leadership Dinner is exclusively for Club Members who generously U.S. News and
contribute a minimum of $1,500 to AIPAC’s annual campaign) World Report, and
has been the Palestinian affairs producer
7:00 p.m. • Community Program & for NBC News since 1988. His articles
Dessert Reception in the Sukkah have appeared in numerous newspapers
around the world.
Congregation B’nai Tikvah Khaled Abu Toameh was a correspondent
for Al-Fajr, which he describes as a front
1558 Wilmot Road • Deerfield for the PLO. He has produced several
documentaries on the Palestinians for the
There is no cost to attend and this program is open to the community BBC, Channel 4, Australian, Danish and
Swedish TV.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Abu Toameh was born in the West Bank
To register, or for more information, city of Tulkarem in 1963 to an Israeli Arab
father and a Palestinian Arab mother
please contact Teri Herbstman, Assitant from the West Bank. Abu Toameh studied
Chicago Area Director, at (312) 253-8964 English Literature at the Hebrew
University.
or therbstman@aipac.org.
Abu Toameh is often praised for his "Even
Handed Approach to Arab-Israeli Conflict
and open criticism of corruption in the
Palestinian Authority."
AIPAC Midwest Office • P.O. Box A3996 • Chicago, IL 60690 • Tel 312-236-8550 • www.aipac.org
JEWISH DENOMINATIONS:
Addressing the Challenges of Modernity
RACHEL WASSERMAN MELTON SCHOLAR SERIES
This Scholars course offers a fascinating study of the explosion in contemporary Judaism as
reflected in the denominations and a fresh examination of Jewish identity and religious expression,
against the backdrop of dramatic, political and social change of the past 300 years. Participants will
gain extensive insights into the historical and ideological developments of the major movements,
while exploring the impact of gender, assimilation, Israel, and pre and post-denominationalism on
the movements and the Jewish people.
Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1558 Wilmot, Deerfield
Thursday evenings, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Starting October 27, 2011 10 sessions
(Oct. 27; Nov. 3, 10, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15, Jan. 5, 12, 19)
Faculty: Rabbi Michael Balinsky
Rabbi Michael Balinsky is the Executive Vice President of the Chicago Board of Rabbis, and previously was Director of
Faculty Development for the Florence Melton Adult Mini-Schools. He served as Hillel Director at Northwestern University
for 19 years and Associate Director of Hillel at the University of Michigan. A master teacher, who engages his students with
wisdom and humor, Rabbi Balinsky has taught at the University of Michigan, Loyola University, and numerous adult
education settings, including Havurah Institutes, CAJE conferences and the United Jewish Communities General
Assembly.
Tuition & material fees: $285.00
Congregation B’nai Tikvah members: $205.00
Special $80 stipend provided by Mr. Norton Wasserman, in memory of Hazzan Joseph E. Davis, z”l.
To register, complete this form and return to: Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago
Attn. Paula Spitz, 3320 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.
Please include your tuition payment, made out to
“Board of Jewish Education”.
Questions: please call Paula at 847-291-7788. Ext. 1321.
Name: _________________________________ Address: _________________________________________
City: ____________________ State: ___ Zip: _______ Email:________________________________
Day Phone: __________________ Evening Phone: _________________ Cell: __________________
This class is partially funded through the generosity of The Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation.
Jewish Denominations is dedicated to HAZZAN JOSEPH E. DAVIS, z”l in loving memory. Hazzan Joseph E. Davis, z”l served as
Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s cantor from 1979 through 2010. During his many years of service, B’nai Tikvah grew from 150 to 650
families. Hazzan Joe was passionate about Jewish education – both formal and informal. He was beloved for his unique spirit, deep
knowledge and, above all, for being a mensch.
BEYOND BORDERS:
RACHEL WASSERMAN MELTON SCHOLAR SERIES
Understanding the Arab-Israel Conflict
This Scholars course provides students with a strong, text-based historical overview from the late nineteenth
century through today. Course material is designed to encourage discussion and debate, and to challenge
students to appreciate the basis of the conflicting historical claims made by all sides in the conflict. The
complexity of the conflict forces students to grapple with issues of religion, culture, history, politics, economics,
identity and survival—all reflected through primary sources, including newspaper articles, poetry, songs,
government documents, speeches, photographs and memoirs. The 10-lesson course will provide students with
new tools for understanding and critiquing texts and events as the conflict continues to unfold.
Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1558 Wilmot, Deerfield
Thursday evenings, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Starting February 2, 2012 10 sessions
(Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23; Mar.1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Apr. 5)
Faculty: Rabbi David Rosenberg
Rabbi David Rosenberg received his BA in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University and a master’s
degree in Bible and rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University. He has taught Melton core and graduate classes for five
years at the BJE of Metropolitan Chicago. He currently serves as Coordinator of Jewish Educational Services at Jewish
Child & Family Services in Chicago.
Tuition & material fees: $285.00
Congregation B’nai Tikvah members: $205.00
Special $80 stipend provided by Mr. Norton Wasserman, in memory of Hazzan Joseph E. Davis, z"l.
To register, complete this form and return to: Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago
Attn. Paula Spitz, 3320 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.
Please include your tuition payment, made out to
“Board of Jewish Education”.
Questions: please call Paula at 847-291-7788. Ext. 1321.
Name: _________________________________ Address: _________________________________________
City: ____________________ State: ___ Zip: _______ Email:________________________________
Day Phone: __________________ Evening Phone: _________________ Cell: __________________
This class is partially funded through the generosity of The Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation.
Beyond Borders is dedicated to HAZZAN JOSEPH E. DAVIS, z”l in loving memory. Hazzan Joseph E. Davis, z”l served as
Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s cantor from 1979 through 2010. During his many years of service, B’nai Tikvah grew from 150 to 650
families. Hazzan Joe was passionate about Jewish education – both formal and informal. He was beloved for his unique spirit, deep
knowledge and, above all, for being a mensch.
MAZAL TOV!
Congregation B’nai Tikvah
invites you to join us for our
RECONSECRATION CEREMONY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27- 12 noon
for couples celebrating their
5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th
and every wedding anniversary thereafter
Rabbi Alex Felch Officiating
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THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
The Day of the Rejoicing of the Heart
Day in and day out, as we affirm our love and commitment to God and Judaism, we quote
the prophet Hosea (2:21), as he said, I will betroth you to me forever, I will betroth you to me
with love, I will betroth you to me with faithfulness.
Hosea expressed these words as the ideal contract between our Creator and us, but, of course,
he had in mind our daily relationship with our dear beloved companion in life.
Marriage, kiddushin, is about togetherness, it is about sharing, it is about companionship
throughout the years. Marriage, kiddushin, is about not taking each other for granted, appreciating
every moment spent with our soul mate.
As a way to express our joy and gratitude for a life together, all couples celebrating their 5th,
10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th wedding anniversary and beyond are invited to rededicate
their lives and love to each other in a special wedding anniversary ceremony to be held at B’nai
Tikvah.
On Sunday, November 27, those observing these anniversaries are invited to stand under
their own chuppah, surrounded by loved ones. They will share a Ketuvah especially designed
for this occasion and exchange vows to reaffirm their love and commitment to the blessings and
possibilities of family life. It will be my pleasure and honor to officiate at this Reconsecration
Ceremony.
If you are observing one of these anniversaries and would like to participate with your family
in what will be a truly memorable event, please return the bottom portion of this invitation to the
Synagogue office, so that we may prepare your own Ketuvah and arrange for the reception
following the ceremony on November 27.
Mazal Tov!
Rabbi Alex Felch
We are interested in participating in the annual
Reconsecration Ceremony on
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Names
(please print)
Marriage Date
Phone
E-Mail