Webmaster on August 21st, 2008

Rabbi Stanley and Resa Davids will share their experiences as Reform Jews living in Israel, and flex aliyah (extensive periods of time in Israel on an annual basis) at three North side reform synagogues in the second week of September:
Temple Beth Israel, Skokie,  7:30 PM, Tuesday, September 9
Beth Emet, The Free [...]

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Webmaster on August 1st, 2008

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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Webmaster on July 15th, 2008

For almost 25 years, a bequest from the estate of Hans Jacoby has helped our children to travel to Israel. In the last year high schoolers Sophie Kern and Adam Dreyfuss have each spent a semester in Israel touring and studying under the auspices of the URJ’s Eisendrath International Exchange (EIE), in part thanks to [...]

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Congratulations Mike and Sharon Kroopkin
Please plan to attend the State of Israel Bonds Dessert Reception at BYBS on Saturday evening, May 10th at 7:30 p.m. We encourage you to bring your friends. Reservations are not required. This is a great way to show support for and invest in Israel on her 60th Anniversary!
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Webmaster on April 1st, 2007

Gidon Doni Remba, Executive Director of Ameinu: Liberal Values, Progressive Israel will speak aftter service on Friday, May 4, on Israel - Recent Developments. All are welcome to join us to hear Mr. Remba.
Mr. Remba is a graduate of Hebrew University, and has completed his coursework for a PhD in political philosophy from the [...]

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Webmaster on August 21st, 2006

Join JUF for an advocacy and fundraising event on behalf of the Israel Emergency Campaign
7:30 p.m. Dessert Reception at Temple Anshe Sholom A Beth Torah,
20820 South Western Avenue, Olympia Fields, Illinois
The speaker will be Gil Tamari who is the Washington bureau chief from Israel Channel 1 and Kol Yisrael. An IDF soldier who was [...]

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Webmaster on August 4th, 2006

From Rabbi Dreyfus:
We are all concerned about what is going on in Israel. In my bulletin article, I suggested a couple of ways to respond, which some of you have already done. Here are some things YOU can do.
Aside from your prayers and your advocacy for Israel, the biggest need right now is for financial [...]

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Webmaster on July 15th, 2006

Please join Israeli Diplomat Baruch Binah and others at a solidarity gathering sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council this Monday July 17 at Noon at the Federal Plaza, Dearborn and Adams, Chicago, Illinois. (Please note this new location, which differs from the location that some of you may have [...]

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