Monday, September 17 | 8 Tishrei 5779
Coming Up at Beth Emet
Tuesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m. - Kol Nidre
Wednesday, September 19 - Yom Kippur (see schedule below)
Sunday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. - Erev Sukkot Service
Monday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m. - Sukkot Morning Service followed by Lunch in the Sukkah
Tuesday, September 25 at 5:00 p.m. - Open Sukkah
Wednesday, September 26 at 5:30 p.m. - Pizza in the Hut for Families with Young Children
at 7:00 p.m. - Three Contemporary Jewish Philosophers with Rabbi Peter Knobel (this is the first of a three-session course)
Thursday, September 27 at 6:15 p.m. - Pizza in the Hut for All Families
Friday, September 28
at 5:45 p.m. - Festive Oneg
at 6:45 p.m.- Kabbalat Shabbat Sukkot and Renovation Dedication
Saturday, September 29 at 12:00 p.m. - Shabbat Potluck Lunch in the Sukkah
Sunday, September 30 at 4:00 p.m. - Erev Simchat Torah Scroll March from TJM to Beth Emet
at 6:00 p.m. - Erev Simchat Torah Dinner
at 6:00 p.m. - Garinim (grades 4 & 5) Simchat Torah Family Program
at 7:00 p.m. - Erev Simchat Torah Service
Monday, October 1 - Simchat Torah
at 9:15 a.m. - Tot Simchat Torah
at 10:00 a.m. - One Jewish Evanston Liberal Simchat Torah Service followed by lunch and learning
Kabbalat Shabbat Sukkot and Renovation Dedication
Friday, September 28 beginning at 5:45 p.m. with a festive Oneg; Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:45 p.m.
After years of planning and fundraising, we have reached an important milestone as we come together for this year’s High Holiday season in our newly renovated space. We honor all those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make our newly renovated space a reality and to everyone within our community who supported the vision with generous contributions.  Sukkot is a holiday in which we are grateful for the plentiful harvest and all that has nourished our souls during this past season. It is a holiday when we build temporary booths to signify the Israelites who wandered the desert for 40 years since the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai, and it’s a season that commemorates the dedication of the First Temple by King Solomon. During Shabbat Sukkot, we will formally dedicate our newly renovated space and celebrate our bounty with a community dedication service. City and faith leaders from our greater community will join in the festivities. We have much for which to be thankful this holiday.
High Holidays
High Holidays 5779/2018
Yom Kippur
Tuesday, September 18
7:00 p.m.   Kol Nidre Service 
D'var Torah: Rabbi Andrea London
Wednesday, September 19
9:00 a.m.   Yom Kippur Chavurah Service
D'var Torah: Rabbi Andrea London
9:00 a.m.   Adult Study with Rabbi Amy L. Memis-Foler
11:00 a.m.  Perlman Room Open for Post B’nei Mitzvah Students following the Chavurah Service
11:30 a.m.  Yom Kippur Traditional Reform Service 
D'var Torah: Rabbi Peter Knobel
2:15 p.m.  Adult Study with Rabbi Andrea London
2:15 p.m . Family Service for Young Children (age five and under) in Room 208
2:15 p.m.  Family Service for Grades 1 - 3 (and children of all abilities) in the Weiner Room
3:45 p.m.  Concluding Services (Afternoon, Healing,  Yizkor , and  N'ilah )  Yizkor  D'var Torah: Rabbi Amy L. Memis-Foler
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High Holiday Food Drive Volunteers - Start the Year Doing a Mitzvah!
This year's Yom Kippur Food Drive will be supporting The ARK and their food pantry which supports nearly 4,000 Jews in the metropolitan Chicago area who have experienced hard times and/or distress. We are seeking volunteers for two volunteer opportunities: distribution of paper bags following Kol Nidre 
Services (to sign up, email Barry Isaacson), and on Yom Kippur, to work 60-minute increments to assist worshipers take bags of donated food from cars and load into designated bins. Sign up today!
Donate to the Yom Kippur Food Drive
You can provide sustenance for Chicagoland Jews facing adversity. The ARK's food pantry distributes kosher food and toiletries. Featured items to donate include:
  • Goya, Heinz, or Green Giant vegetarian canned beans and vegetables
  • Dole/Del Monte canned fruit
  • Rice, quinoa, oatmeal
  • Olive, vegetable, or canola Oil
  • Peanut butter, jelly, honey
  • Full-size toiletries: shampoo, toothpaste, bath tissue, baby wipes, diapers, feminine products
See full list of needed items.  Due to current space constraints, please do not drop off donations prior to Yom Kippur. Monetary donations can be made directly to The ARK.
Holidays Continue with Sukkot &
Simchat Torah
Erev Sukkot Service
Sunday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m.

Sukkot Morning Service Followed by Lunch in the Sukkah
(Babysitting available with advance registration 847-869-4230 or info@bethemet.org.)
Monday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m.

Open Sukkah
Tuesday, September 25 at 5:00 p.m.
Bring your own dinner and dine in our sukkah among friends new and old!

Pizza in the Hut for Families with Young Children (For families with children under 6)
Wednesday, September 26 at 5:30 p.m.
Pizza in the Hut for All Families
Thursday, September 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Children and parents are invited to make sukkah decorations, enjoy a pizza dinner in our Sukkah, and hang out with friends! RSVP $5/person or $20/family by September 21, or $7/$30 at the door thereafter.

Kabbalat Shabbat Sukkot and Renovation Dedication
Friday, September 28 beginning at 5:45 p.m. with a festive Oneg; Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:45 p.m.

Erev Simchat Torah Scroll March from TJM to Beth Emet
Sunday, September 30 at 4:00 p.m. at TJM; 4:30 p.m. at Beth Emet; 6:00 p.m. dinner
This year, our Simchat Torah celebrations begin prior to worship services as participants from both congregations will make the journey to move Temple Judea Mizpah’s Torah scrolls down Dempster Street, to their new home at Beth Emet! The march begins at TJM (8610 Niles Center Road) where TJM members will proceed down Dempster to Beth Emet (1224 Dempster Street, Evanston).
 
Beth Emet members are invited to meet at Beth Emet at 4:30 p.m. to walk to either the corner of McCormick Blvd., or on the corner of Dodge, to greet our new members, and to help carry the Torah scrolls the rest of the way to Beth Emet. Please wear comfortable shoes. After the march, stay or come for dinner prior to Simchat Torah Services that will begin at 7:00 p.m.
 
Dinner: $6/person; $20 for family of four by Wednesday, September 26; $8 and $25 thereafter. RSVP by email to info@bethemet.org or call 847-869-4230 ext. 301.

Garinim (grades 4 and 5) Simchat Torah Family Program
Sunday, September 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Our fourth and fifth grade students and their families will celebrate Simchat Torah together on Sunday evening with a festive meal and an engaging family activity, followed by congregational worship and spirited singing and dancing with our Torot. Dinner is $6 per person and $20 per family (of four). Please RSVP or call 847-869-4230 ext. 314

Erev Simchat Torah Service
Sunday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the completion of the annual reading of Torah! Services include the seven hakafot - the festive processions with the Torah throughout the Sanctuary. Simchat Torah continues on Thursday morning with a festival service and Yizkor.

Tot Simchat Torah  Torah   (for children ages 2-5)
Enjoy story, song and dance, and see the Torah unrolled! 
Monday, October 1 at 9:15 a.m.

One Jewish Evanston Liberal Simchat Torah Service 
(babysitting available with advance registration 847-869-4230 or info@bethemet.org)
Monday, October 1 at 10:00 a.m.
At this Service, we celebrate the completion of the Torah cycle and starting anew! We will unroll the Torah scroll around the perimeter of the Sanctuary--this is an experience you should not miss. Stay for Simchat Torah lunch and learning with One Jewish Evanston!

One Jewish Evanston, comprised of six different congregations and affiliations, gathers on various holidays throughout the year to worship, learn, and feast. Following worship services, there will be a catered Kosher lunch and learning session titled Matters of Renewal and Rebirth: Physical and Spiritual, moderated by Rabbi Andrea London with panelists: Rabbi Peter Knobel, Dr. Claire Suffrin, and Rabbi David Eber. Lunch and learning is $18 adult (no charge for children). Please RSVP here. For questions, please contact Dan Cedarbaum.
Community News & Events
Adult Education
Hebrew 1 , Hebrew 2 , Hebrew 3 classes begin Sunday, September 30
Whether you're a Hebrew novice or are familiar with grammar and vocabulary, we have a class that will increase your knowledge! Click on the links in the header to learn more about each class!
with Rabbi Peter Knobel
Wednesdays, September 26 and October 3, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m; Friday, October 12 at 10:45 a.m.
These three sessions will introduce you to contemporary Jewish philosophers you may not be familiar with, and their important, interesting, and sometimes difficult ideas about Judaism. At the first session we will look at the work of Hans Jonas—a student of Heidegger, a refugee from Nazi Germany, the inventor of the field of bioethics, the first to warn of the dangers of technology, and a post-Shoah theologian. To register email school@bethemet.org .
Community
In the News
Read Rabbi London's reflection written for The Two-Way Street: Reflections for Rosh HaShanah on JStreet.org.

Skokie Temple Judea Mizpah joins Beth Emet Synagogue read the article in the Skokie Review and on the Evanston Patch.
A Delicious Way to Support Beth Emet's Early Childhood Program
Thursday, September 20 at Dengeos (3301 Main Street, Skokie)
Present this flyer or mention our school's name on September 20 and 20% of your bill will be donated to the Early Childhood Program!
Early Childhood Spots Still Available
Are you looking for a nurturing, play-based nursery school for children ages two through five, beginning this September? We offer early drop off (8:00 a.m.) and Lunch Bunch. Spots open in our Friday morning adult/tot class, and our Tuesday/Thursday class for two year olds. Check out Beth Emet Synagogue's Early Childhood Program. Questions? Contact Kathy.
Social Justice
Life Cycle
B'nei Mitzvah
daughter of Andrea & Randy Needlman
September 29

Andrea & Randy Needlman
September 29

Deaths
Phillip LeBoy
Husband of Andrea LeBoy
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