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Short List: BE's Upcoming Programs at a Glance:
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Count the Omer with the BE Community!
Would you like to BE involved and help Beth Emet count the Omer (What is this?). Send us a short video of you doing the Brachot for your chance to be featured on the website and EmetMail! If you're interested please email Pierce.
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Let’s Talk Community Solar: A Win-Win Option
Our monthly blog, edited by Dayenu (climate action and environmental justice) Circle members Chris Wynn and Sharon Smaller, will give you ideas, information, resources, and actions you can do to make this world a better place environmentally. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to email Chris.
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Check Out Beth Emet's Geniza with Beit Sefer Students
Thursday, May 2 | 5:00 pm | In-person
A Geniza is a place to store sacred Jewish documents and objects no longer used by a synagogue. On Thursday, May 2 we will open the Geniza with our Beit Sefer students and add to the cache of sacred materials that Beth Emet does not use. Please join us for a look into this sacred space. Members are encouraged to bring worn-out prayerbooks, Torah commentaries, or text study sheets on religious topics to be buried in this ceremony. Feel free to drop them off in the front office during regular business hours all week. Click to learn more about Geniza Burial or to check what qualifies to be buried.
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Connections for the Homeless Shoe Collection
Beth Emet continues our partnership with Connections for the Homeless by participating in an adult shoe collection. We are accepting gently used adult shoes, both ladies and men’s. No high heels please. The shoes collected will be distributed at Connection’s Hilda’s Place clothing room in Evanston. The shoes will be collected in the wooden bin located in the hallway across from the admin offices. We will collect the shoes until May 3.
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Dayenu Circle
Tuesday, April 30 | 7:30 pm | Zoom
Want to address climate change through education, sustainability, and advocacy work? Attend the next Dayenu Circle (Beth Emet’s green team) For more information, contact Sharon Smaller.
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Choir Rehearsal
Wednesday's, May 1 | 7:00 pm | In-person only
Cantor young leads the Beth Emet choir. Practices meet each Wednesday in May leading up to a culminating Shabbat on June 7th.
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Young Family Picnic
Sunday, May 5 | 9:30 am | In-person only
Let’s meet at the Burnham Shores Playground! We’ll enjoy snacks, singing, and springtime outdoors. Bring your water bottles and a blanket to sit on. Grandparents and friends are invited too!
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New Christians, Story of a Female Conversa
Friday, May 10 | 11:00 am | In-person and Zoom
Is it possible to recover the religious experience of New Christians (Jews who were forcefully baptized to Christianity), also known as crypto-Jews or anusim ("forced ones"), from the thousands of records left by the Spanish Inquisition? In this class, we will learn about one of the most notorious institutions of Spanish and Jewish history, and read closely a testimony left by a female conversa.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Services Commemorating Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day)
Friday, May 10 | 5:45 pm Oneg; 6:30 Shabbat Services | In-person and LiveControl
This year we will observe Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) on Friday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 14. Given how difficult this year has been with the war between Israel and Gaza and attacks on Israel from Hezbollah and Iran, Cantor Young and Rabbi London invited some of our Israeli colleagues to send us a video about how they are marking Yom Ha’atzmaut this year. We will air that video during Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday, May 10. Cantor Young and Rabbi London will also share their thoughts and some prayers via video as they will be out of town on May 10. On the actual day of Yom Ha’atzmaut, May 14, Beth Emet is cosponsoring a musical event at (give details). Noa is not only a fine Israeli musician, but her performances are soulful and heartfelt and will help us reflect on this moment.
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Hope & Resilience: Celebrate Israel at 76 with Achinoam Nini
Tuesday, May 14 | 7:00 pm | Am Shalom (840 Vernon; Glencoe) Beth Emet is a Joint Sponsor
In celebration of Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) Israeli musician and internationally acclaimed singer, Achinoam Nini — known simply as Noa — will join the Chicago Jewish community for a celebration of song. Her unique fusion of 1960s folk sounds with her Yemenite roots and the jazz beats of her musical partner, Gil Dor, reflects the essence of multicultural Israel.
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Let's Talk About Israel
The Jewish Book Council wrote this review of Sokatch’s book: "Can We Talk about Israel? is a supremely nuanced discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, past and present. Please watch Part 2 here.
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Lunch and Lean: Toddlers & Technology
Tuesday, May 7 | 12:15 pm | Zoom
Please join JCC Chicago & Sarah Pila, Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (and JCC Chicago at Beth Emet Parent), as she shares information about the effects of media and technology on child development (the positives AND negatives). Sarah will also discuss real-world best practices guided by research in this area. Sarah earned her doctorate in Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University, working in the Center on Media and Human Development. Her research interests focus on the benefits of prosocial and educational media for young children.
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Spring Tzedakah Box Drop-Off and Exchange
Sunday, May 19 | 11:00 am | In-person
The Tzedakah Committee members will be at Beth Emet to accept your donations, hand out new boxes, and respond to any questions you may have regarding the tzedakah grant program. Donations may also be made by credit card, e-check or billed to your account. As always, contributions received are used exclusively to fund our grant program for the benefit of local and Israeli not-for-profits whose missions align with Beth Emet’s social justice core values. Click the link above for more details.
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Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat
Next Oneg: May 3 | 5:45pm | Sponsored by David Turner in memory of his brother, Howard Turner
An Oneg Shabbat is such a wonderful way to welcome Shabbat together as a community. Consider sponsoring an Oneg to honor a special occasion or remember a loved one... or just because you'd like to sponsor one! You may either make/bake your own or have it catered. For more information or to help organize regular Onegei Shabbat, contact Bekki.
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Soup Kitchen Volunteers Needed for May and June! Sign Up Today!
The Rabbi Peter and Elaine Knobel Soup Kitchen at Beth Emet has served dinner on Wednesday night for more than 20 years. Each week a team of adult volunteers works a 4:15 - 7:00 pm shift to cook and serve dinner, and they also contribute by purchasing and bringing ingredients used in the meal preparation. We have some limited spaces for youth ages 6-15. We are currently making assignments for May and June, and Beth Emet members who are interested should contact the Soup Kitchen for availability.
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Sign Up to Receive Lifecycle Notices
To receive announcements for all births, weddings, and deaths, add your name to the mailing list through MyBethEmet (our member portal) on your individual page or contact Miriam.
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Membership Year Drawing to a Close; Please Check Your Account Balance
As we near the end of the membership year on June 30, we ask you to please check your account to confirm that all balances are paid or plan to be paid by the end of the year. If you pay on a regular cycle through auto pay, those scheduled payments will come to a close as well and may not include any donations that were pledged during the year. Payments may be made easily online through the My Beth Emet portal of the Beth Emet website. And please note, all auto pay plans must be renewed each year and for each specific charge (e.g. Membership Commitment, Beit Sefer and Kabbalat Mitzvah Fees) Questions? Email Debbie.
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Consider a Donation to Beth Emet!
It's a great way to honor or remember someone special or celebrate a wonderful moment in the life of the congregation. This is one important way to support our community. For questions, contact Miriam.
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Looking for a Lost Item at Beth Emet
Our Lost and Found Box is overflowing! If you've been looking for a lost item, check out the box in the front office at Beth Emet. Note that all items that have not been picked up by the end of May will be donated.
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Services at Beth Emet (4/25-5/2) | |
Join us for an immersive experience! Find all the links for LiveControl (streaming from the Sanctuary), Zoom, and registration exclusively on our website. | |
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