Ezra Habonim,

The Niles Township

Jewish Congregration

4500 Dempster Street / Skokie, IL 60076

 

P:  (847) 675-4141 / F: (847)675-0327

 

 

Your Jewish Home for Learning, Living, Loving

Gold Medal winner Adult Education-USCJ

4500 Dempster St.
Skokie, IL 60076

ph: 847-675-4141
fax: 847-675-0327



 

REGULAR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Services Daily Minyon M-Th 7 PM Sat/Sun 6 PM

WEEKLY- Week of  of Feb. 1
These events will take place unless otherwise noted. Look on main door for location.
Monday 1 PM Yiddish lit course with Noah Marcell
Tuesday 7:30 PM Lehrhaus
  Wed. 1:15 Maimonides  Class
 4 Religious School
Friday 8 PM Erev Shabbat Services
 Saturday 9 Religious school
  Sunday Conversion class/Intro to Judaism 9:30 AM

Shabbat AM 9:30  Sanctuary Service or Skokie Egaliatarian Minyan in Youth Lounge. Shabbat am childcare downstairs 
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Feb 5-6 Dr Sandy Finkel davens and haftarah
 
Lunch and learn Session 2 of 2 on the status of cohen in contemporary Jewish life-halachah limaaseh
practical halachik parameters
 Feb 7
EHNTJC in collaboration with Beth Emet (BE) Congregation in Evanston is announcing the second part of the special three-session education course entitled, "Crossing the Streams: The History, Music and Theology of the Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Reform Movements."This part will be presented by Cantors Arik Luck (Beth Emet) and Howard Friedland and they will discuss and mainly sing the songs of The Music of Reform and Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism respectively. Their 90 minutes presentation will be followed by 30 minutes of audience questions and answers. We will be joined by fellow congregants from BE.This series is being sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago. The class will be held on Sunday, February 7, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Beth Emet sanctuary  Small refreshment will be served. Beth Emet is located 1224 Dempster Street, Evanston , Illinois .The program is free for the members.
Feb 12 Jeff and Janis
 Feb 13 Shaynee Lichtenstein davens. Ruth Sigal haftorah
Feb 14
Limmud comes to Chicago Oakton U Des Plaines campus
Note that the price includes all meals, snacks, and non-stop learning andculture for 15 hours.  For more information about the Conference, seelimmudchicago.org/conference/FAQs.  To get involved in Limmud Chicago before the conference, see limmudchicago.org/volunticipateor email
volunteers@limmudchicago.org.
 Limmud is a ground-breaking, cross-communal, learning event.  It is an opportunity to join a vibrant community coming together to share experiences, grow, and develop enthusiasm for all things Jewish.  It is a Jewish communiversity, a feastival of learning.  It is a pan-denominational, multi-generational and truly transformational experience.

Feb 19-20 Cantor Warschawski Returns. Last time until  April
Feb 20 Yiddish after Kiddish


Knead a Reason to Challah in Skokie?

Revive the art of challah making with your young children. Prepare a challah with your family, listen to a story told by Betsy Rotberg, Director of Gan Yeladim Daycare and Preschool, and study with Rabbi Ginsburg.

  Challah and crafts event is open to the community and geared for children ages 3, 4 and 5 with their parents.  
Walk-ins welcome, but RSVPs by February 12 to Betsy Rotberg at betsy@ehnt.org or  847.675.4152 help us plan the supplies needed. Join us in celebrating challah.


 


Fri Feb 26 New Soloist Naomi Weiss
 Sat. Steve Parker davens

PURIM  Night
Sat Feb. 27   $12 adults, $6 Children 7 and under
Spaghetti Dinner 6
 Maariv and Family Megillah reading 6:45 PM
Purim Shpiel 8 PM
Ken Dermer is writing a Purim Shpiel (spoof -a long standing custom) We are  looking for singers, actors, dancers, costume and stage designers. Contact dee@ehnt.org 847-675-4141 to volunteer. Sponsor the shpiekl-$100
Thanks to Remred Corp and Ada and Beryl rabinowitz for being our sponsors as of now. 
SUNDAY Feb 28
Carnival
and hot dog lunch 10-12:30. Sponsor a carnival booth for $50. Thanks to Marty and Shirley Lubowhich, Stewart and Debbie Reich, Howard Romanek, Sonya Dinnsen, Dr Howard and Carol Bartman, Carla and David Zavell, Shelley Sutker Dermer and Ken Dermer, Richard and Marsha Newman, Rosalie and Norman Persky, Deb and Bill Kruzel, and   for sponsoring a booth this Purim.
 March 5 Bibi Marcell
Sunday March 7 We host Jeff and Janis for afternoon concert  3 PM

Matzah Bakery One-of-a-kind experience - a fully functioning, state-of-the-art model Matzah bakery at EHNTJC   Wed. March 17 4:15-5:15 PM   No charge. The Matzah Bakery is an exciting, thrilling, and educational experience for children of all ages.  The bakery will have them actually kneading, rolling and baking their own round hand-made Matzah as the ancient Hebrews did over 3,300 years ago. The children will learn, experience and taste the tradition of eating hand-made Shmura Matzah on Passover. Every child will be given a specially designed baker’s hat to wear and keep as their souvenir.Bring your children and grandchildren Sponsored by the EHNTJC Religious School

   March 19 Layni and Dean     

 
March 21-23 AIPAC conference in DC
Join me register at http://www.aipac.org/

March 26 Lori Lippitz
PESAH
First seder  March 29
Community seder at EHNTJC March 30=Rabbi G and Cantor BMW  a seder you will never forget and yummy Pesadik food too. Reserve now
Yizkor April 6
Get your Yellow Holocaust yarzheit candler in the office-$18 donation requested 
Fri April 9 Holocaust Commemmorative Service
Jeff and Janis soloists
Sat April 10  FUN raiser-BINGO at EHNTJC


Sunday April 25 10 am  Prof Irv Cutler illustrated lecture on his new book-Jews of the West Side
May 1 Bat Mitzvah Hannah Sclair-Siegel
SUN MAY 2 WALK FOR ISRAEL  in the morning -in honor of Israel's 62nd birthday.   1 PM Afternoon movie at EHNTJC "The Case for Israel" with Alan Dershowitz.  A must see 77 minutes for more info go to www.thecaseforisrael.com/.    No charge
Sun May 16 JUF Brunch
Tues May 18 Erev Shavuot
Cantor davens May 19-22
Thurs May 20 yizkor
Fri May 21 Religious school Graduation,Confirmation, Honor our teacher's
May 21-22 Cantor BMW davens
May 23 Festival of Cultures Skokie
June 13 Chicago's Jewish Festival
June 18 Jeff and Janis soloists 
August 8 Cantor Concert A Night in Italy

ISRAEL TRIP Nov. 2010
 
November 5-7, 2010 Skokie will be hosting the annual conference of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust.  This is their website:  http://www.wfjcsh.org/


 

Welcome Home!

 Looking for a great Chicagoland synagogue?

  

UNIQUE: Conservative and Reconstructionist-as well as home to a  Traditional Egalitarian minyon,

We aim to serve the varied spiritual, religious, educational and social needs of the Jewish community.

Excellence in all we do:

-International USCJ Gold medal Winner Adult Education 

-Best Rabbi and Cantor combo around

-Religious school,  Youith Group, Full day Day Care,

-Midweek and shabbat classes and education 24/7 on the internet from our rabbi

and so much more

 

We welcome all individuals and families who are seeking a special place – a vital center to nurture their Jewish life. Through competent leadership and innovative programming, we aim to attract and retain members in all age groups. We take pride in our long and continuing history of egalitarian participation in all aspects of ritual activity, and in our being a warm, caring, supportive community.

 


From a member:

"There is no way I can accurately express the feelings I have regarding the two days of Rosh Hashana servicesat Ezra Habonim. Your sermons, the Hazzan, and the
choir were over the top. The best like from the
heavens. You said today that you had never seen anything like
it in 30 years as a Rabbi. What I felt matches your sentiments exactly. May the coming New Year be filled with many
fine rewards for your gifted talents and commitment.  You make a special difference in this world...and you
have in my life for the past two days. WOW!"


 

 


 

Come have refreshments and connecting time after 8:00 PM services Friday or lunch with us after 9:30 Shabbat morning services. You are invited to stick around and connect with people you may already know at EHNTJC or with people you might have met at EHNTJC. We want to get to know you!


Questions we help you try and answer at EHNTJC:

 

Who am I called to be, and what am I called to do?
When I am weak, where do I find strength?
When my vision is dim, where do I find insight?
How do I maintain my integrity in a world where power, success and money seem valued above all else?
How do I cultivate a sense of gratitude in my life?
How do I integrate the prophetic call for social justice—the demand to redress human suffering—into my life?
How do I keep the relevant questions of life perpetually before me?
What are the essential values that need to animate my existence so that I can be a Jew and act as a Jew in the world?
What is the Jewish people’s role in humanity?

Discarding the distractions of day-to-day existence and looking honestly into our souls is not easy. And so Shabbat services are designed to be much more than a retreat from the world, which would only serve to shield us from Heschel’s pointed calls for spiritual accounting. Rather, the synagogue should be a place where we learn how to live as our best and unique selves
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(from The S3k Study rabbis Matalon and Bronstein