SWIFT (South West Interfaith Team) is having a Pizza Night - “Youth’s Experiences in Diversity ” offers an enlightening and educational evening of conversation and sharing.
Youth will be seated at their own tables. High-school students, college students, and adults are invited to this special program on Sunday, August 17 from 5:00 - [...]
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“OUT OF FAITH”, a feature-length documentary will be shown at the Prairie State College Auditorium on Monday, August 18, 7:00 p.m. The documentary follows three generations of the Welbel family as they are pulled apart by interfaith marriage. We see the family as they struggle with complex and emotionally charged conflicts [...]
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ISRAEL PROGRAM ? Monday, August 4, 7:15 pm. at the Anita Stone JCC in Flossmoor. StandWithUs is sponsoring an ice cream social for students and parents to raise awareness of the ongoing anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses. This event will feature a screening of the documentary ?Tolerating Intolerance?, as well as raffle [...]
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This evening’s Erev Shabbat Service and surrounding events, presented by the Cooperative Jewish Council, will take place at Temple Anshe Sholom in Olympia Fields. Food, drink, good times, greeting old friends from other congregations, begin at 6:30 pm. Services at 7:30 pm.
THERE WILL BE NO FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES AT BYBS. DON’T GO THERE.
Tomorrow morning, on [...]
The tradition is all night but we’ll end out late night Shavuot Study at 11 pm. This will be an opportunity for late-night study sessions on Biblical texts led by our Rabbis. Rabbi Podwol will discuss the Hebrew Prophets and their importance; Rabbi Dreyfus will discuss the Aseret HaDebrot — The Ten [...]
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The COOPERATIVE JEWISH COUNCIL’s Community Shabbat will take place on Friday, June 20 at Temple Anshe Sholom, 20820 Western Ave, Olympia Fields. Barbecue dinner (hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers) begins at 6:30 pm followed by Shabbat service at 7:30 pm.
Tracey Lipsig Kite, director of the [...]
Confirmation marks the end of our 10th graders’ formal United Religious School studies.
Congratulations to this years confirmation class:
Matthew Alexander, son of David and Gina Alexander
Scott Carlson, son of Arthur and Mindy Carlson
Samantha Gbur, daughter of Dan and Tommie Gbur
Risa Herbstman, daughter of David and Janet Herbstman
Claire Kern, daughter of John and [...]
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The Union for Reform Judaism, already boasting an extensive web site at www.urj.org, has added a new blog (Web Log). According to a spokeperson:
This week the Union launched a new blog — RJ.org: News and Views of Reform Jews that will, we hope, become a free marketplace of ideas about Judaism and the role it [...]
Each summer we move out of the sanctuary for a couple of months, to save on air-conditioning costs and to allow our maintenance staff to put the sanctuary in its best shape before the holy days.
We gather each Shabbat evening and morning in the Garfien Wing, the multi-purpose room at the north side [...]
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On Friday, June 20, the South Suburban Jewish Community will gather to celebrate Shabbat together at Temple Anshe Sholom in Olympia Fields. The barbecue dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., with a Shabbat service at 7:30 pm.
Tracey Lipsig Kite, director of the Jewish Healing Network of Chicago, will speak during the service. Watch the [...]
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