An interactive singing experience for all ages! 5:30 pm Appetizers 6:00 pm Experience prayer in a vibrant engaging communal singing experience
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Is it ethical to write fiction about the Holocaust? How should fiction writers navigate the complicated issues surrounding this controversial subject? These are some of the questions that will be addressed by Sharon Hart-Green, author of the novel Come Back for Me and two non-fiction works, Bridging the Divide: The Selected Poems of Hava Pinhas-Cohen and Not a Simple Story: Love and Politics in a Modern Hebrew Novel. Open to the community, free of charge. A light breakfast will be…
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Israel Impressions: Photography by Paul Margolis Working in the streets, market places and homes with his quiet, discreet Leica camera and black and white film, documentary and fine art photographer Paul Margolis documents modern Israel in a fluid, fast-moving style. From pastry merchants discussing their wares, a seventh-generation Arab fisherman, and a portly bedding merchant re-lighting his cigarette to a young man in a women’s clothing store with an automatic rifle slung across his back, a pregnant young woman in…
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A training session for interested volunteers to visit our sick Beth El congregants and be part of our Bikkur Cholim Committee. Contact Dina Lissos at (847) 772-4634 or Barbara Hochwert at (847) 922-8402 if interested. This session will be led by Rabbi Alex Freedman.
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Over 200 people joined our first "Rinat Shabbat" Kabbalat Shabbat service on May 3rd. In continuing with this program, we will offer another interactive communal prayer service with singing and music. Join us for appetizers before the service!
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Since the 1970s scholars have rediscovered the treasure trove of stories found in the Talmud and other rabbinic works as literature. Join Dr. Barry Wimpfheimer and learn how his early work on this material focused on the lessons and values that are communicated by these stories. This presentation will talk about the limitations of searching for a moral and talk about other ways to think about these rabbinic stories.
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8:00 p.m. Mincha 8:30 p.m. Seudah Shlisheet 9:00 p.m. Ma’ariv 9:20 p.m. Rabbi Philip Lipis Memorial Lecture with Rabbi Noah Bickart PhD Impurity was More Difficult Than Bloodshed: What Immorality in the Temple can teach us about Religious Values 10: 20 p.m. Dessert Break 10:50 p.m. Rabbi Philip Lipis Memorial Lecture #2: Kiddushin, Hekdesh, and Shavuot: Why do the Rabbis understand Shavuot as a Wedding? 12:00 a.m. Pizza break and all night Study sessions begin 4:10 a.m. Sunrise…
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Join historian Dr. Tony Michels to explore the odyssey of Jewish immigrants to America. Dr Tony Michels is the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of UW's Jewish Studies. This is a 3 session Mini-course, the dates are as follows: June 13 June 20 June 27 Please RSVP at www.spertus.edu
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Join historian Dr. Tony Michels to explore the odyssey of Jewish immigrants to America. Dr Tony Michels is the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of UW's Jewish Studies. This is a 3 session Mini-course, the dates are as follows: June 13 June 20 June 27 Please RSVP at www.spertus.edu
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Celebrate the joy of welcoming Shabbat and community with this unique pre-Shabbat event. A cocktail hour with a Spanish theme will feature hot and cold tapas, prepared by Chef Laura Frankel. Enjoy savory bites, sangria, and live music on the patio by the lake. A spirited prayer service will follow. Reservations are now closed. To be put on the wait-list please email ekline@nssbethel.org, or call (847) 432-8900. Babysitting will be available. This event is generously sponsored by Jeffrey and Lisa…
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