Webmaster on May 30th, 2007

It is too late to get the prized first-one-in-to-shop award, but there’s lots of stuff still around, if you’d like to stop by and pick out the best of what is left.  (I haven’t asked, but I assume that if you have some great stuff to donate it still isn’t quite too late to bring [...]

Continue reading about Thrift Shopping / Dropping - May 30 / 31

Webmaster on May 25th, 2007

This evening’s Erev Shabbat service, conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus, will begin at 6:15 pm. Nancy Friedman will be the Cantorial Soloist
Tomorrow morning’s Shabbat Service, conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus, will begin at 10:00 am. Barry Bayer will be the Cantorial Soloist.
The Parsha is Naso, Numbers 4:21 - 7:89, a section with a number of [...]

Continue reading about Shabbast Shalom - 9 Sivan

Webmaster on May 17th, 2007

This evening’s Erev Shabbat Service, conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus, begins at 7:30 pm. Nancy Friedman will be the cantorial soloist. This service will celebrate the students in our music program and children’s choir and will also recognize Shira Gottlieb, Lauren Mahler and Aaron Rusnak, the graduating seniors who have contibuted [...]

Continue reading about Shabbat Shalom - 2 Sivan

Webmaster on May 16th, 2007

When I first travelled to Israel in 1960 I looked down on the Old City of Jerusalem from the heights of the new city. As an American Jew I was forbidden to visit the Hospital on Mount Scopus, ancient Jewish cemeteries and, of course, the Kotel, the Western Wall. Forty Years ago, today, on Iyar [...]

Continue reading about Yom Yerushalayim Samayach

Webmaster on May 13th, 2007

The 2006 - 1007 confirmation class will be confirmed at our Erev Shavouot Service, Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm.
Our students to be confirmed are
Daniil Abramov
son of Tat’yana & Grigoriy Abramov
Michelle Chiera
daughter of Elizabeth Proctor & John Chiera
Adam Dreyfuss
son of Anita Shore & Stanley Dreyfuss
Benjamin Koltun
son of Eila & Doug Koltun
Katie Lassen
daughter of Peggy & [...]

Continue reading about Confirmation - May 22

Webmaster on May 13th, 2007

Jewish United Fund
Cooperative Jewish Council Event
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2007, 6:45 p.m.
at Temple Anshe Sholom
Dessert Reception
$18/person
Guest Speaker
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
Honoring:
Steffi Bierig, Anita M. Stone JCC
Jerry Dreyfuss, NCJW South Cook Section
Judy Levy, B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom
Ronald Rutzky, Chai Unit B’nai B’rith

Continue reading about JUF / CJC - Honoring Our Leaders

Webmaster on May 13th, 2007

It is hard to believe that the Sisterhood Closing Event is coming up on May 24. It seems like yesterday that plans were being made for the Opening Event.
It has been a busy time, and a time for learning for us as vice-presidents/presidents. We thank those who have helped out along the [...]

Continue reading about Report From the Sisterhood . . . .

Webmaster on May 13th, 2007

 Rabbi Richard Address, director of the Union for Reform Judaism’s Department of Family Concerns, will speak at our annual meeting on June 11 at 7:00 pm. Do not miss this opportunity to hear him speak about Kehillat Chesed: creating and sustaining a caring community within our congregation.  Rabbi Address is a dynamic speaker who will [...]

Continue reading about Annual Meeting - June 11

Join the members of the  BYBS Sisterhood at  its closing event for the 2006 - 2007 year at the Dragon Inn, at 6:30 PM, Mary 24.  Marikey Peter Witlock, will speak on a multi-media presntatsion of her landscape paintings and drawing including interaction with the Indiana Dunes Nastional Lakeshore and her work as a landscape [...]

Continue reading about Sisterhood Closing Event - Marikay Peter Witlock - May 24

April 30,2007 - Chicago, Illinois
It is a great honor to participate with this distinguished panel to commemorate ten years of Cardinal George’s leadership of the Archdiocese of Chicago, to celebrate his presence in our midst and to reflect on his influence on the multi-faceted religious community in this region. I [...]

Continue reading about Rabbi Dreyfus’s Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of Francis Cardinal George as Archbishop of Chicago