Webmaster on April 29th, 2008

Our Community — South Suburban / Northwest Indiana — Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) rememberence will begin at 8:00 pm at Congregation Am Echad, Park, Forest.  Our Adult Choir will join in the observance.

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Webmaster on April 25th, 2008

This evening’s Erev Shabbat service begins at 6:15 pm and will be conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus.  Nancy Friedman will be the Chazanit Tomorrow morning’s serve will combine Shabbat and the concluding day of Pesach, including Yizkor.  Rabbi Dreyfus will conduct the service beginning at 10:00 am and Jerry Levine will be the Cantorial Soloist.  

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THREE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM LEAD A TRIALOGUE ABOUT A TWO-STATE SOLUTION, Peace Making in the Middle East and Beyond is the subject of the discussion which will follow Shabbat Service Friday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m. 
This special Shabbat is part of our community’s reflections on  the occasion of Israel’s [...]

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Webmaster on April 23rd, 2008

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner and Rabbi David Saperstein
To address area Consultation on Conscience

Two preeminent Jewish scholars will discuss the connection between Jewish thought and social justice when they appear as keynote speakers during a conference on social action and justice this April in Highland Park. Addresses by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, widely regarded [...]

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Webmaster on April 18th, 2008

This evening’s  Erev Shabbat Service on this Shabbat before Pesach will begin at 8:00 pm.  Rabbi Dreyfus will conduct the service; Carole Fefferman will serve as the Chazanit. Tomorrow morning’s Shabbat Service, conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus, will begin at 10:00 am.  Carole Fefferman will be the Chazanit.The parsha is Acharei Mot,  Leviticus 16:1-18:30.  After the death [...]

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Webmaster on April 11th, 2008

This evening’s Erev Shabbat Family Service,  conducted by Rabbi Dreyfus, will commence at 7:30 pm.  Nancy Friedman and members of the Youth Choir will provide music for the service.Rabbi Dreyfus will conduct a Tot Shabbat service beginning at 9:00 am tomorrow morning.  Bring your little ones for a 30 minutes of prayer, song and story. Our regular [...]

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Webmaster on April 6th, 2008

If you can give blood to the blood banks, stop over at the Temple until 2:00 - No reservations required.

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Webmaster on April 4th, 2008

This evening’s Erev Shabbat Service, conducted by will begin at 8:00 pm. The Adult Choir will provide music for the service. Rabbi Dreyfus will bless those couples celebrating wedding Anniversaries in the month of April.
Tomorrow’s Shabbat Service, in which Ryan Blitstein will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah, continues our [...]

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Webmaster on April 3rd, 2008

Keynote speakers Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, widely regarded as one of the most creative religious writers in America and Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel for the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism will bookend the  Chicago area Consultation on Conscience, “Moving from Ideas to Action.”  The event will be from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm, April [...]

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