Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 6 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday Last Day 9:30am-5th Grade Family Program 10:30pm-Confirmation 12:00pm-JLC Celebratory Picnic Lunch 7 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta 7:00pm-Sisterhood Executive Board Meeting 13 Mother s Day 14 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta 4:00pm-Senior Health Insurance Counseling Sessions 7:30pm-BJBE Stars for Business: Every Click You Make 1 11:00am-Counting the Omer with Rabbi Kedar 4:00pm-Fundraiser at Culver s Buffalo Grove to benefit Kolin & Israel 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool Last Tuesday 8 7:00pm-Annual JUF Speaker Featuring Alon Ben-Gurion 15 11:00am-Counting the Omer with Rabbi Kedar 12:00pm-Sisterhood Afternoon Book Club 7:30pm-Sisterhood Event: Talking Statues 2 Erev ag mer 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool Last Wednesday 7:30pm-Exec Board Meeting 9 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 5:30-Sisterhood Games Galore 16 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 7:30pm-Board Meeting MAY 2018 3 ag mer 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation 10 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation 7:00pm-Illinois Premiere of The Long Shadow 7:15pm-PFLAG Meeting 17 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation 12:00pm-Jewish Rock Radio Concert 4 7:00pm-SYG Shul-In & Elections 7:30pm-Mizmor L Shabbat Service 11 7:30pm-Shabbat Service followed by 125th Anniversary Celebratory Oneg 18 5:15pm-KYG Undernighter 5:15pm-Matzah Ball Oneg 6:00pm-Family Shabbat 7:00pm-Chai School Family Shabbat Dinner 5 9:00am-SYG Shul In ends 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Hecht B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00pm-Pinsky B/M 12 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 9:30am-Tot Shabbat 11:00am-Kluge/Zimring B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00pm-Hertzberg/ Schmidt B/M 7:30pm-After Hours Game Night 19 Erev Shavuot 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Bromberg B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 4:30pm-PJ Shavuot Tikun 7:00pm-Community Tikun Leil Shavuot @ Am Shalom, Glencoe 20 Shavuot 9:30am-Shavuot Service 21 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta 22 5:00pm-Family Night at Max & Benny s 23 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 7:30pm-Sisterhood Board Meeting 7:30pm-Next Steps to Justice Town Hall 24 NFTY Camp CAR 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation 25 NFTY Camp CAR 7:30pm-Shabbat Service 26 NFTY Camp CAR 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Resnick B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 27 NFTY Camp CAR 9:00am-Project Nourish 28 Memorial Day No Chava Center BJBE Office Closed 29 30 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 31 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation Note: For the most up-to-date information, please visit: www.bjbe.org
FUNDRAISING NEVER TASTED SO GOOD!!! Have a delicious meal Support BJBE S Teen Mission to Kolin & Israel Culver s of Buffalo Grove 450 McHenry Rd. 847-229-1123 TUESDAY, MAY 1 4pm-8pm Dine-in or Carry-out Culver s is donating 25% of sales Please bring this flyer or just mention to the cashier that you are with BJBE. It s that easy! Bring your family and friends. Don t miss out on a great opportunity You might even see our clergy and staff serving delicious treats! Hope To See You There!
Please join Congregation BJBE for our Annual JUF Reception on behalf of the 2018 Jewish United Fund Annual Campaign Tuesday, May 8, 2018 7:00 p.m. At Congregation B nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim 1201 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER Alon Ben-Gurion The Legacy of David Ben-Gurion and the Creation of the State of Israel Alon Ben-Gurion is the grandson of the late Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. Jennie & Scott Cohen Holly & Barry Metzger 2018 JUF Event Chairs For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sandi Kaplan at 312-444-2841, email SandiKaplan@juf.org or register online at juf.org/bjbe
125 Years 1893-2018 Celebrate BJBE s 125th Anniversary! May 11, 2018 7:30 pm Shabbat Services followed by a festive Oneg Join us in sharing memories of years gone by: First Rabbi Moritz Weil Longest Serving Rabbi Mark Shapiro First President Adolph Ball 1965 BJ merged with BE Congregation BJBE 1201 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015 847.940.7575 www.bjbe.org
NEXT STEPS TO JUSTICE Building power at BJBE for change in Illinois We are continuing from the success and excitement of the launch of Reform Illinois on April 25th. Learn about campaign accomplishments: Reform IL - Civic Engagement Initiative Help determine the impact we want BJBE to have, and the work we want to do NOW! Wednesday, May 23rd 7:30pm to 9:00pm Congregation BJBE Please bring a non-perishable item for the food bank! RSVP to Dani at dglass@bjbe.org Questions? Contact Susan Drucker: sdrucker@gemguide.com Sponsored by the BJBE Social Justice Team All are welcome to attend this virtual tour of the city s finest talking statues. Please invite friends to attend this wonderful program. No tickets are required, and there is no charge. Please RSVP by May 7 th to Sisterhood Program Vice President Gloria Marron gloria.r.marron@gmail.com 847 272-6082 HOSTED BY BJBE SISTERHOOD TUESDAY, MAY 15 TH. 7:30PM AT CONGREGATION BJBE Congregation BJBE 1201 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015 847.940.7575 www.bjbe.org
Fourth Annual Community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot Saturday, May 19, 2018/5 Sivan 5778 am shalom 840 vernon avenue, glencoe On Shavuot we mark the moment when God s voice spoke at Mount Sinai. The sages in the midrash tell us that each person who stood at Sinai heard God s voice differently. Everyone Has A Story: An Evening of Story, Song & Learning MUSICIAN & SONGWRITER CRAIG TAUBMAN STORYTELLER RICK LUPERT GUITARIST SEAN HARKNESS...AND FEATURING LOCAL CANTORS AND RABBIS 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00pm PROGRAM Opening Session Everyone Has A Story Dessert Reception Shavuot Study PARTICIPATING CONGREGATIONS Am Shalom Am Yisrael Aitz Hayim BJBE Congregation Hakafa Congregation Sukkat Shalom Har Shalom Lakeside Congregation North Shore Congregation Israel Temple Beth-El Temple Jeremiah All are welcome! Please register online at amshalom.com. For more information, please call 847.835.4800.
BJBE POST CARPOOL CLUB BRUNCH AND A MOVIE SUNDAY, JUNE 24 TH 10:30 AM AT BJBE CRITICS PICK: NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES Nominated for 5 Israeli Academy Awards, and the hit of the Chicago Jewish Film Festival 2017. An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. Join our merry band of mature members and friends of BJBE for Brunch and a special showing of the Israeli film the Women s Balcony, with a lively discussion lead by Rabbi Jason Fenster. "The Women's Balcony" is an eccentric portrait of a devout community suddenly under pressure from a super Orthodox rabbi to observe their faith in a more rigid way. This movie is in Hebrew with subtitles. Come ENJOY THE FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, MOVIE, and DISCUSSION, and please invite your friends to join us! BJBE Post Carpool Club Movie and Brunch Reservation Form Name(s) Phone Reserve places at $20.00 per person for BJBE Members. When the women s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi in shock and his wife in a coma, the congregation falls into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control, testing the women s friendships and creating a rift between the community s women and men. Reserve places at $22.00 per person for NON BJBE Members. Total enclosed. I/We would like to help with shopping set up serving. Reservations DUE BY 6/15 with your check made out to Congregation BJBE. Please mail to Carol Berger. 4552 Lindenwood Lane, Northbrook, IL 60062 Stay tuned for more Post Carpool Club Events. We will once again meet at Botanic Gardens and Ravinia this summer. Watch This Week at BJBE and the mid-month mailer for updates. Do you have an idea for future programming? Please contact Carol 847 205-9793 ponderer4552@sbcglobal.net
WHAT DO YOU DO IN MAY AND JUNE? GO TO WEDDINGS AND GRADUATIONS, OF COURSE! THE GIFT SHOP HAS GREAT GIFTS FOR THESE AND ALL OCCASIONS THE SHARDS OF THE GLASS THE GROOM BREAKS WIL BE SAVED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL MAZZUZAH. SOMETHING NEWLYWEDS WILL TREASURE. OR IN THIS MEANINGFUL SCULPTURE! (Ahava = Love) Hours of Operation Summer Hours (starting May 6) Sunday mornings 9:30-11:30am Wednesday afternoons 1:00-3:00pm Friday evenings ½ hour before & ½ hour after services If you'd prefer to make an appointment to come and shop, please call: Lynne 847-528-1359
Congregation B nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim 1201 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015 where community matters Or Current Occupant Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 269 Skokie, IL Dated Material Summer Mahonick/CIT Program Looking for a fun opportunity this summer? Fun in the Sun with Friends, BJBE s Early Childhood Camp is accepting applications for our summer mahonick/cit program. A great way to spend time with young children while enjoying summer fun. Full and partial summer options. For more information, contact Susie Wexler, ECC Director at swexler@bjbe.org or by calling the temple office.