REGULAR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Services Daily Minyon M-Th 7 PM Sat/Sun 6 PM
WEEKLY- Week of of March 8 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 NO Wed. 1:15 Maimonides Class 4 Religious School Friday 8 PM Erev Shabbat Services- Naomi Weiss soloist 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
March 12 Naomi Weiss soloist March 13 Urbans sponsor lunch in honor of George's birthday -change clocks forward 2 am Sunday March 14 "A Song of Peace - Sim Shalom" by North Shore Choral Society March 14 with Music Director Dr. Julia Davids North Shore Choral Society (NSCS) invites you to explore peace and relationships through sacred and secular pieces by Jewish and Christian composers, Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3 PM at Ezra Habonim Synagogue, 4500 Dempster Street, Skokie.Works by Michael Isaacson, Leonard Bernstein, Srul Irving Glick, Elizabeth Alexander, Eric Whitacre and Randall Thompson will be performed under the baton of Music Director, Dr. Julia Davids. Violinist Martin Davids and Pianist Sharon Peterson will be featured. Single tickets at the door are Regular $25, Senior (65 and older) $22, Student $15.Check www.northshorechoral.org to order pre-concert priced tickets or call 773-956-8420. Director Julia Davids, and violinist Marty Davids - are members of the synagogue. This is 140 voice community choir. You can buy tickets here during the Purim festivities? - Marty will be playing the "Theme from Schindler's List" and "Hebrew Melody" as well as accompanying the choir in "Five Hebrew Love Songs" by American composer Eric Whitacre. It is a great program of diverse and beautiful music that we would be pleased to share with everyone in this community.
Maot Chitim organization is planning to deliver Passover food boxes to the needy across the Chicagoland Jewish community on Sunday, March 21. EHNTJC is once again participating in the pre-packing of non-perishables the Sunday before the delivery, on March 14. If you'd like to help fill boxes with matzo, wine, candles and other dry goods, join the EHNTJC group at 12:15 that day at the warehouse to help with this wonderful hands-on mitzvah. Contact Social Action chair Cynthia Brown by leaving your name with the synagogue office, or via email (leahnatanel@yahoo.com). If you'd like to help deliver packages, bring your car to the Maot Chitim warehouse in Morton Grove on March 21 - flyers with directions are available in the Social Hall. Maot Chitim is proud that they are able to continue their over-100-year tradition, delivering as many packages as are needed, based on the financial support from the entire Chicagoland Jewish community. This year, more than ever, please consider their needs as you prepare for your own Passover holiday. (More information at http://www.maotchitim.org)
Safer Synagogues Pilot We' ve been selected to be a pilot synagogue for JCARES (Jewish Community Abuse Resources Education & Solutions)- a coalition of Chicagoland Jewish and secular organizations, agencies, rabbis and advocates that collaboratively create, support and influence initiatives and policies to prevent, address and respond to abuse in Jewish homes, families and relationships. JCARES is administered by Jewish Child & Family Services. If you are willing to be part of the leadership team on this, let me know. Understanding Spousal/Partner Abuse and Its Impact on Individuals, Families & Communities will be presented twice so that anyone who wishes to attend has an opportunity to do so. Clergy, professional staff, lay leaders, board members, and congregants - those who have limited knowledge, those who would like to refresh their knowledge, and those who would like to share their experience - are all encouraged to join in our conversation. Both sessions will take place at Jewish Child & Family Services, 5150 Golf Road, Skokie on: SUNDAY, MARCH 14th -- 1:00-3:30 p.m. OR MONDAY, MARCH 15th -- 4:00-6:30 p.m. We look forward to learning together and expect that this will be an informative, interactive session. Presenters include Rabbi David Rosenberg, Coordinator of Jewish Education for Jewish Child & Family Services and Bobbie Gordon, Community Educator for SHALVA. So that we can prepare the appropriate amount of snacks, materials and chairs, we ask that individuals register by emailing JCARES Training Liaison Betsy Lazerow (betsylazerow@jcfs.org <http://us.mc576.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=betsylazerow@jcfs.org> ) their name, congregation, congregational role, and date they will attend.
Matzah Bakery MARCH 17 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 20 Yiddish after kiddush
March 21-23 AIPAC conference in DC Join me register at http://www.aipac.org/ Now Confirmed: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
 At this moment in history, you will tell the next generation that you came to Washington and helped affect Israel's future. Please consider bringing a friend. *CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS: - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Amb. Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the United States
- Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan
- Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
- Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Dan Senor, co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- Robert Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
March 26 Lori Lippitz
PESAH
Siyum bichorim Monday 3/29 7:45 am
First seder March 29-no Minyan Schedule Main Sanctuary Tuesd. 3/30 9:30 First day Yom Tov - Rabbi & Cantor Warschawski/Steve Blonder Haftarah 5:45 pm Minyan 3/30 6:15 Second Congregational Seder - Rabbi & Cantor 3/31 9:30 Second day Yom Tov Services - Egal Minyon leads Fri. 4/2 8 PM Shabbat - Hol Hamoed Service Rabbi and Cantor Sat. 4/3 9:30 AM Shabbat Hol Hamoed Service Rabbi and Cantor/Dr Sandy Finkel Haftarah/Rabbi G Torah Sat 4/3 6 PM Hol Hamoed Minyan Service Rabbi and Cantor Sun 4/4 6 PM Erev Yontiff Minyan Service Mon. 4/5 9:30 Seventh day Yom Tov Service Rabbi and Cantor 4/5 6 PM Maariv/ Yom Tov Tues 4/6 9:30 am Eight Day Pesach/Yizkor Alan and Carol Friedlander Haftarah Maariv - Pesach over FIRST DAY YONTIFF DAVENING Tues 3/30 9:30 Cantor davens /Steve Blonder haftarah Community seder at EHNTJC March 30 Rabbi G and Cantor BMW- a seder you will never forget and yummy Pesadik food too. Reserve now Any questions, call: (847) 299-9440 or E-mail: carrollflngrp@aol.com We need volunteers!
2nd day yontiff 9:30 3/31 Wednesday. We join Egalitarian Minyon for services. Shabbat Chol hamoed 4/2-3 Cantor davens, Sandy Finkel haftarah Yontiff day 7 Mon. 4/5 Cantor davens Yizkor April 6 Friedlanders haftarah. Cantor davens
Get your Yellow Holocaust yarzheit candles in the office-$18 donation requested Fri April 9 Holocaust Service Dr Sandy Finkel davens Sunday morning Movie for Yom Hashoah-Holocaust Day April 11 10 am free DEFIANCE Four Jewish brothers living in Nazi occupied Poland escape into the forest where they join up with Russian resistance fighters in battling the Nazis. Throughout the war they built a village inside the forest and saved the lives of more than 1200 other Jews. Based on a true story. | Genres: | Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation and War | | | | | April 16 Dr Jeff Winters davens and sermonizes
Sat. April 17 Rabbi Shlomo Levine officiates
Fri April 23 Layni and Dean Myers
Saturday night April 24

| April 24 Yiddish after Kiddush Shayneee Lichtenstein davens
SPECIAL SHOW starring Ronnie Rice Sat April 24 8:15 PM sponsored by the Ways and means Committee
Sunday April 25 10 am Prof Irv Cutler illustrated lecture on his new book-Jews of the West Side /Free April 30-May 1 Cantor BMW davens
May 1 Bat Mitzvah Hannah Sclair-Siegel
SUN MAY 2 WALK FOR ISRAEL in the morning Nancy Marsala is our chair. Reserve your place on the bus-departs 9 am from our lot/returns 12 pm
Skokie/Lincolnwood/Rogers Park/Peterson Park Walk Bernard Horwich JCC 3003 W. Touhy Ave., Chicago 9:00 am: Registration ONLINE at http://www.juf.org/walk/part_reg.aspx?l=1 10:00 am: Kickoff, 3 Mile Walk with Israel & 1 Mile Family Walk 11:00 am: Taste of Kosher Chicago, entertainment featuring the King David Drummers, haircuts and more! Third and final of 3 part series Crossing the Streams with Beth Emet May 7 Bibi Marcell soloist May 14-15 Dr Sandy Finkel davens and haftarah
Sun May 16 JUF Brunch 9:30 am The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is one of the largest not-for-profit social welfare institutions in Illinois and the central address of Chicago's Jewish community. JUF provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to 300,000 Chicagoans of all faiths and two million Jews around the world. JUF/Federation funds a network of nearly 70 agencies and programs that care for people at every stage of life, regardless of the ability to pay. Since 1900, JUF/Federation has worked to give voice to the community, and to assure that necessities are provided for its most vulnerable members-children, immigrants, the poor, the elderly and the disabled. Our speaker Adam Langer is a journalist, author, playwright and filmmaker. His work has been featured most recently on NPR's Selected Shorts), in The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2000, and The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2000, as well as in the Chicago Reader's Fiction Issue, and in the literary magazine Salt Hill. His plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and numerous other cities throughout the United States. His 2000 play, Coaster, received rave reviews from numerous publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. He is the writer and director of the film The Blank Page, distributed by Troma. In addition to his two novels, Crossing California and The Washington Story, Langer is the author of three nonfiction reference works: "CitySmart Guide to Chicago," "Film Festival Guide," and "The Madness of Art." As a journalist, he worked as a features writer and theater critic for the Chicago Reader and has had his work published in numerous newspapers and periodicals, including Mother Jones, the Chicago Tribune, Men's Journal and Rolling Stone. . Joel Farber EHNTJC JUF Brunch Chair 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 Baye Miller haftarah
May 23 Festival of Cultures Skokie May 28 Naomi Weiss soloist May 29 Harry Wayne Haftarah June 5 Mike Horowitz Haftarah June 6 Case for Israel movie 10:30 -in honor of Israel's 62nd birthday. at EHNTJC "The Case for Israel" with Alan Dershowitz. A must see 77 minutes for more info go to www.thecaseforisrael.com/. No charge June 11-12 Cantor BMW davens
June 13 Chicago's Jewish Festival June 18 Jeff and Janis soloists August 8 Cantor Concert A Night in Italy
ISRAEL TRIP Nov. 2010 N ovember 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/
Nov. 14 Annual Solomon Schechter Dinner at the Art Institute honoring my sister and brother-in law, Beth and Dr Jeff Kopin as they establish a new fund in honor of pur parents Marvell and Stanley Z'L Ginsburg March 19-20 Purim/Carnival/Shpiel
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