Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9:10am-Meditation 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Torah Study

2 No JLC No Chai School 2:00pm-HUGS Chocolate Seder at Congregation Beth Shalom

3 5:30pm-Sisterhood Women’s Seder

4 4:30pm-JLC Tuesday 7:00pm Wise Aging

5 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 1:00pm-Jewish Mindfulness Meditation 4:30pm-JLC Wednesday 6:30pm-SYG Lounge Night/Board Meeting 7:30pm-Executive Board Mtg

6 7:30am-Tai Chi

7 Chava Center Seder 7:30pm-Mizmor L’Shabbat Service honoring Rabbi Stoller

8 9:10am-Meditation 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 9:30am-Tot Shabbat 10:45am-Shapiro B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00-Rachmiel/Rachmiel B/M

9 8:30am-Breakfast & Discussion w/ Congressman Brad Schneider 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:30am-2nd Grade Family Program 9:45am-Sisterhood Kid’s Club Messploration 12:00pm-Chai School 2:00-All Youth Groups Chocolate Seder

10 Erev Passover 1st Seder No Chava Center BJBE Office Closes at Noon

11 Passover No Chava Center No JLC BJBE Office Closed 9:30am-Passover Service 5:30pm-Congregational Second Seder

12 Passover No JLC 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 1:00pm-Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

13 Passover 7:30am-Tai Chi 7:15pm-PFLAG Meeting

14 Passover 7:30pm-Shabbat Service

15 Passover 9:10am-Meditation 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Torah Study

16 Passover No JLC No Chai School BJBE Building Closed

17 Passover BJBE Office Closed No Chava Center 9:30am-Passover Service with Yizkor

18 Last Day of Passover No JLC 10:00am-Symposium with Rabbi Wendi Geffen

19 No JLC 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 1:00pm-Jewish Mindfulness Meditation 7:30pm-Board Meeting

20 7:30am-Tai Chi

21 NFTY KOLBO Junior Choir Retreat at OSRUI 5:15pm-Matzah Ball Oneg 6:00pm-Family Shabbat Service

22 NFTY KOLBO Junior Choir Retreat at OSRUI 9:10am-Meditation 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 10:45am-Fischer/Manone B/M 11:00am-Torah Study

23 Erev Yom HaShoah NFTY KOLBO Junior Choir Retreat at OSRUI 9:00am-Project Nourish 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:30am-Kindergarten Family Program 9:45-11:45am-Adult Ed: Screening of “Regina, The World’s First Female Rabbi” 12:00pm-Chai School 5:00pm-SYG & JYG Serve at PADS

24 Yom HaShoah 1:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta 3:00-7:30pm Senior Health Insurance Counseling Appointments

25 10:00am-Symposium with Rabbi Wendi Geffen 4:30pm-JLC Tuesday

26 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 1:00pm-Jewish Mindfulness Meditation 4:30pm-JLC Wednesday 7:30pm-Sisterhood Board Meeting

27 7:30am-Tai Chi

28 7:30pm-Shabbat Service- Yom Ha’Atzmaut with festive oneg

29 9:10am-Meditation 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 10:45am-Erdman/Weinberg B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00pm-Sherman/Sherman B/M

30 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:30am-4th Grade Family Field Trip 9:45am-Adult Ed: Holocaust Survivor, Fritzie Fritzshall 12:00pm-Chai School 2:00pm-Sisterhood Farewell Open House for Rabbi Stoller 4:00pm-Circle of David Reception

APRIL 2017

Note: For the most up-to-date

information, please visit: www.bjbe.org

BJBE SISTERHOOD WOMEN’S SEDER, MONDAY, APRIL 3rd

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE BJBE OFFICE: 1-847-940-7575

*SEATING WILL BE ON A “FIRST COME” BASIS. DOORS OPEN AT 5:00

�*Table for Groups of 8-10-or 12. List Captain and guests on reverse side.

�*Choose Hospitality table if you would like to meet new people.

Please send your check (made out to BJBE Sisterhood) and information by

Friday, March 24th

Rituals of old fill our hearts Stories and song make our cares depart,

The Seder calls, as so long ago, to make us rejoice in the freedom we know.

Women of all ages gather, our numbers are strong. So we join to worship and praise in song.

In a Seder for generations, the idea’s not new, but it means so much

when we share it with you!

Monday, April 3rd 5:30-8:30pm B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim 1201 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield $36 Adult-Sisterhood Members

$41 Adult-Non-Members $15/Girls of Religious School Age

RIBBIT? NOPE!DIP-DIP

BJBE Sisterhood Presents…A Kids’ Club Event

Calling all children from 0-5 years old.

Grab an adult and join us to have fun and get messy!

Messploration

Date: Sunday, April 9, 2017

Time: 9:45-10:45am

Place: The Multi-Purpose Room at Congregation BJBE 1201 Lake Cook Rd in Deerfield

Suggested Donation: $5 per family. The cost includes art supplies.

RSVP by March 31 to Marni Cooper & Jackie Berk: pandjberk@comcast.net

Breakfast with Congressman

Brad Schneider

Hear a report on the first three months of this new session of Congress.

What’s changed in two years and what has stayed the same.

April 9, 20178:30 AMCongregation BJBE1201 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield

Questions? Contact Marilyn Glazer at 847.373.9363

Join BJBE SYG & JYG (8th only) to

Serve for PADS on 4/23

On April 23rd, both JYG (8th only) & SYG have the opportunity to participatein the PADS program, where we will be serving meals to the homeless at

Deerfield’s 1st Presbyterian Church.

Who: Any 8th-12th When: April 23rd, 6-9 PM

Where: 1st Presbyterian Church

824 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield

RSVP: Eddie Simon (JYG & SYG Adviser) at

847-987-6819

or at esimon@bjbe.org

Participant(s) Name(s):________________________ Age(s)_____

Emergency Contact Name________________________

Emergency Contact #___________________________

Parent/Guardian Signature____________________________________________

CONGREGATION BJBE presents

Passover Second Seder Led by Rabbi Brian Stoller and Cantor Rayna Green

Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

Join us as we experience the spiritual freedom of Pesach surrounded by family and our multi-generational community. We

will sing, pray, and enjoy the wonderful tradition of our heritage.

Adult Menu: • Chopped liver, gefilte fish, eggs, matzo ball soup • Buffet consisting of beef brisket & chicken • Potato kugel & roasted vegetables • Wine, Passover pastries, coffee & tea

Kids’ (3 years & under) Menu: • Gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, chicken fingers • Matzo kugel & apple sauce • Juice, Passover brownies

Sign-up Deadline: Monday, April 3 Seating only guaranteed with advance payment . Non-members must pay in advance

Please let us know if you can help with set-up on Tuesday afternoon (1-2 hours)

Questions? Contact Lynne Kleiman, 847-215-1357, lynne.kleiman@sbcglobal.net

Fill out the form below and mail with your check to: BJBE, 1201 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015 ==========================================================================================

Please give us one name, email & phone number where we can reach you. Name ______________________________________________________________________________________ Email ______________________________________ Phone Number _______________________________ ____ Adults @ $39 (member) = ________________ _____Adults (non-member) @ $44 = _____________

_____Vegetarian Meal (member) @ $39 = _________ _____ Vegetarian Meal (non-member) @ $44 = _____

_____Fish plates (adult/kids member) @ $40 = _____ _____ Fish plates (adult/kids non-mbr) @ $45 = _____

_____Child 5-12 years (member) @ $18 = _________ _____Child 5-12 years (non-member) @ $23 = ______

_____Child 4 and under: no charge. Do you need a high chair? _____

$____Total enclosed for _____people

We would like to sit with ______________________________________________________________________ (We will make every effort to seat you with your friends; the earlier you sign up, the easier it will be to accommodate your request.)

Can you help with room set-up (1-3 hours) Tuesday afternoon? YES!

As the world commemorates Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), BJBE is honored to welcome survivors of the Holocaust to share their stories of heroism, survival, and renewal. It is a privilege and a sacred duty to bear witness to their stories.

SCREENING OF “REGINA: THE WORLD’S FIRST FEMALE RABBI”

April 23, 2017, 9:45-11:45 a.m.

FRITZIE FRITZSHALL April 30, 2017, 9:45-11:00 a.m.

BARNEY SIDLER May 7, 2017, 9:45-11:00 a.m.

This documentary film tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944), a strong woman who made history by becoming the first properly ordained woman rabbi in the world. During the Nazi era, her sermons and her unparalleled dedication brought encouragement to the persecuted German Jews. Regina Jonas was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Using amazing archival footage, this remarkable film paints a vivid picture of early-20th-century Jewish life in Berlin and brings us a story of a person whose image is known through one phoone photograph alone. Discussion led by Rabbi Kedar.

Born in Czecholslovakia, Fritzie was taken at age 13 to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she lost her mother, her brothers, and her aunt. She has vivid memories of the notorious Dr. Joseph Mengele, known as “The Angel of Death,” surveying prisoners and choosing some for his diabolical human experiments. Fritzie has been an active voice against anti-semitism in the Chicago area for many years and currently serves as president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie.

After the Nazis conquered Poland when Barney was a child, he spent years moving from Jewish ghettos to labor camps before being liberated in 1945. Arriving in the U.S. with virtually no education, Barney worked hard and eventually became a successful, self-made businessman. He speaks frequently to children around Chicagoland, encouraging them to take advantage of the amazing educational opportunities available to them.

Holocaust Stories, In Their Own Words

Congregation BJBE | 1201 Lake Cook Road | Deerfield, IL 60015847-940-7575

PLEASE JOIN US AS WE HONOR

Sandy Robbins, RJE ON HER RETIREMENT

May 5, 2017 - 7:30pmMIZMOR L’SHABBAT SERVICE,

FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATORY ONEG

May 6, 2017 - 9:30amKOL SHABBAT SERVICE & TORAH STUDY,

FOLLOWED BY A RABBI’S TABLE LUNCHEON AT NOONPLEASE RSVPPLEASE RSVP TO DEBBIE FOR RABBI’S TABLE AT DHEYWOOD@BJBE.ORG

May 7, 2017 - 9:30amLAST DAY OF SCHOOL - INCLUDING A FESTIVE GOODBYE ASSEMBLY, A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT, & A SWEET TREAT.

"Come Let Us Have Some Tea and

Talk of Happy Things!" Chaim Potok

This Mother’s Day Honor the special women in your life by telling them how much they mean to you. For a $10 donation, you can have a “Virtual Tea Party” with a wonderful mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, aunt, sister, grandmother, or friend. We will send her a beautiful personalized letter, expressing your love, to let her know just how much she is valued and appreciated. A letter, containing a tea bag, will arrive before Mother’s Day to the woman listed below.

Please send the bottom portion with your check made out to BJBE SISTERHOOD for $10 for each person honored by May 3, 2017

Melanie Miller 1610 Greenwood Drive, Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Questions? Call 847-827-1879

BJBE Sisterhood works to benefit women and children throughout the world as well as enhance our temple life to perpetuate our Jewish traditions.

Please Print (You may duplicate this form for more orders.)

Enclosed is my check for $10.00 each person in support of the

many projects done by the B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim Sisterhood. Send Letter To: _____________________________________________________

Their Address: _____________________________________________________

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_____________________________________________________

Your name: _____________________________________________________

Your Phone: _____________________________________________________

Your Email: _____________________________________________________

How do you want it signed? (Example: Happy Mother’s Day Lindsey, Love Rachel)

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Open to all BJBE Members, RSVP to:Jeff Segal & Dave Kaufman:

rsvp@bjbestars.org

Monday, May 8th, 7:30 - 9pm @ BJBE

BJBE Stars for BusinessEducation & Collaboration for all:

New Careers & New DirectionsChanging Course: Different Career, Same You

Expert Kim Svoboda traveled around the world.Hear about her journey, and how she helps others, with:

Save the Date!JUF Annual Speaker

Consul General Aviv EzraTuesday, May 16

7:00 PMCongregation BJBE

202017 JUF Event Co-ChairsJennie & Scott Cohen

Holly & Barry MetzgerSofiya & Paul Stepankovskiy

Babysitting available | Invitation to follow

Passover is Coming! Looking for those last-minute Passover essentials? The Judaica Shop has

Seder Plates Elijah Cups Plague Puppets And Miriam Cups, Saltwater Bowls, Horseradish Bowls, Charoses Bowls, and Kid’s Placemats, and Jumping Frogs and Matzo covers and Afikomen bags, but no

Come see us:

• Friday nights before & after services • Sunday mornings 9:30-11:30 • Wednesdays 4:30-6:30.

Not convenient? Call for an appointment. Lynne Kleiman 847-215-1357.

Summer Mahonick/CIT Program

Looking for a fun opportunity this summer?

Fun in the Sun with Friends, BJBE’s Early Childhood Camp is accepting applications for our summer mahonick/CIT program. A great way to spend time with young children while enjoying summer fun. Full and partial summer options. For more information, contact Susie Wexler, Chava Center Director, at swexler@bjbe.org or call the temple office.

Standing on the Edge of Sinai.An evening of music, poetry, and prayer.

Shavuot 5777/2017

Join BJBE clergy as we come together with other North Shore congregations to celebrate Erev Shavuot as a strong and vibrant community, featuring

Neshama Carlebach, Stacey Zisook Robinson, and Rabbi Michael Sommer

Tuesday, May 30th7:00pm

Am Shalom (840 Vernon Ave, Glencoe)

NeshamaNeshama Carlebach, a leading superstar in Jewish Entertainment, is continuing the legacy established by her father Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Like her father, Neshama's talent and charisma captivate and endear her to people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds. Neshama has performed and taught in cities worldwide, has sung on the Broadway stage, has sold more than one million records, and was a six-time entrant in the 2011 Grammy Awards. Neshama was one of the creators of the Broadway play "Soul Doctor". In November of 2016, Neshama was inducted into the Brooklyn Hall of Fame, where she received a Certificate of Congressional RecognitionRecognition for her work. Neshama is currently touring with a new band and gospel choir and joyfully raising her two sons, Rafael and Micah.

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Dated Material

Welcome to BJBE!We are excited to welcome our new Assistant Rabbi,

Jason Fenster, and his wife Gavi, and our new Director of Education, Missy Bell, to the BJBE Community!