Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei Celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Maya Saba at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation

September 16 – 17, 2016 / 14 Elul 5776

540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 248-9200 • www.asbi.org

SCHEDULE FOR SHABBAT

Friday, September 16 Light Candles 6:39 PM Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv 6:45 PM

Saturday, September 17 Hashkama Minyan 8:00 AM Shacharit with D’var Torah by Maya Saba 9:00 AM Youth Tefillah Groups (see inside for details) 10:30 AM Daf Yomi & Parsha Discussion with Dr. Leonard Kranzler 12:30 PM Class with Rabbi Wolkenfeld 5:40 PM Kiddush in Shul on Friday Night: History of a Custom Mincha followed by Shalosh Seudot 6:25 PM Shabbat ends, Havdalah at shul 7:37 PM

Repeat Evening Sh’ma: September 16, after 7:38 PM Latest time to recite Morning Sh’ma: September 17, 9:38 AM

Kiddush is sponsored by the Saba family in honor of Maya’s Bat Mitzvah.

Daily Services: September 18 – 23 Shacharit:

Sunday 8:30 AM Monday & Thursday 6:45 AM Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7:00 AM

Join Rabbi Wolkenfeld and the minyanaires for Daf Yomi, the synchronized study of one Talmudic page each day, every weekday morning after Shacharit.

Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv: Sunday through Thursday 6:35 PM Friday 6:30 PM

Readings for Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei Torah: Haftorah:

Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Isaiah 54:1-55:5

Hertz: Page 840 Hertz: Page 857

Kaplan: Page 966 Kaplan: Page 1238

Stone: Page 1046 Stone: Page 1201

JPS Commentators: Page 142

Welcome to our newest members, Daniel Fleisher & Deborah Winter and Sarah, Joel, Noah, Jacob & Yael Sunshine, who have joined our ASBI community.

ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES

Aliyah Barry Mogil

In Honor Barry Mogil & Family in honor of Lauren & Alyssa Mogil, the Bitton, Goldberg, Gaffen & Mamann

Families, Rabbi Wolkenfeld & Family, and the shul staff

Yahrzeit Herb Eiseman in memory of his father, Henry Eiseman, a”h

Roberta Goldner in memory of her father, David Goldner, a”h Michael Passman in memory of his parents, Miriam & Harold Passman, a”h, and his

grandparents, Barney, Molly & Eva Passman, a”h

Donations received after September 14 will be listed in next week's bulletin. Many thanks for these generous donations.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazal tov to the Saba family on the Bat Mitzvah of Maya Saba, celebrated this Shabbat at ASBI. May she go from strength to strength! Mazal tov to the Faier family on the Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Faier, to be celebrated next Shabbat, September 24, at ASBI. May he go from strength to strength! Mazal tov to Jayme & Sam Besser on the birth and naming of their daughter Aviva Rose Besser (Aviva Vered). If you would like to help with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Besser, Password: 0908). May this child’s life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supportive love of family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen! Birthday/Anniversary/Special Occasion Kiddush: Participate as a co-sponsor for Kiddush on Saturday, October 1, as a great way to honor your friends and loved ones and mark a special occasion, anniversary, birthday, or other life event. Co-sponsorships begin at $100. Please visit asbi.org/payment.php, select “Birthday/Anniversary Kiddush” from the drop-down menu, and leave your message for the bulletin in the notes box. If you would like to arrange to have someone walk you home after Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur services, please email Peggy Kaz at peggy@rextravel.com. Gan Shabbat & Kiddush Babysitting will take place in JCC Room 202 for the month of September. Birnbaum Machzorim: Our new Koren Machzorim have arrived! If you would like to take home any Birnbaum Machzorim to keep, please contact shul@asbi.org. Thank you to this week’s Volunteer Tot Shabbat Leader, Tamar Cytryn.

Become a Volunteer Mikvah Attendant! The Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah is seeking new Mikvah attendants for our beautiful and welcoming communal mikvah. We will be running a training session in September (time TBD, based on the availability of those

interested). If you are a married woman who can volunteer at least one night a month to give back to our community, please email sarawolkenfeld@gmail.com.

STAY IN TOUCH WITH ASBI

Stay updated on the status of the Eruv at twitter.com/lakefronteruv. To set up an appointment with Rabbi Wolkenfeld, please email shul@asbi.org. If there is something urgent that you need to discuss with him, please call his cell phone at 917-621-5678. Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: To make an appointment, please email mikvah.asbi@gmail.com at least 48 hours in advance. Get Social with ASBI: “Like” ASBI’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/asbichicago and search “ASBI Congregation” at YouTube.com.

HIGH HOLIDAYS AT ASBI

Open Seating tickets are still available for the Holidays! Please note that we can no longer accept any reserved seating

requests. Visit asbi.org/holidays to complete an open seating or non-member ticket request or to learn more.

1. YOU MUST SUBMIT A TICKET REQUEST FORM OR YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS. Tickets are required for everyone attending High Holiday services at ASBI. Due to the high volume of ticket requests, all requests MUST be made by submitting a ticket request form. Please DO NOT call the shul office to make a ticket request over the phone.

2. BE IN GOOD STANDING BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR REQUEST. We cannot process your request until you are in good standing. This means that at least half of your membership dues have been paid and you have no previous outstanding balances, or you have initiated a payment plan. If you need to request an adjusted dues amount, please fill out a Dues Adjustment Form (asbi.org/duesadjustment) and make at least a partial payment so that you can be in good standing.

Lulav & Etrog Sets are now available for purchase! Place your order at asbi.org/lulavetrog by Friday, October 7, at 12:00 PM.

Pre-ordered sets will be available for pick-up at ASBI, starting Friday afternoon,

October 14, through Sukkot. Israeli grown, all etrogim are individually inspected.

STANDARD LULAV & ETROG $70 (members) / $80 (non-members)

DELUXE LULAV & ETROG $100 (members) / $110 (non-members)

ASBI MEMBERS: Be sure to log into your account to claim your member discount!

UNLIKELY PARTNERS FOR PEACE

Ali Abu Awwad is a leading Palestinian activist teaching his countrymen nonviolent resistance, and reaching out to Jewish Israelis at the heart of the conflict. Ali has toured the world many times over, telling his riveting story of violent activism, imprisonment, bereavement and discovery of the path of nonviolent resistance—a story of personal transformation.

Sunday, October 9 | 7:00 PM | ASBI Congregation

Join Ali Abu Awwad and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger as they share personal stories of their efforts to build a better future for their peoples. They come with no ready peace plans in hand, but only with the conviction that human understanding and trust will be the prerequisites for lasting justice, freedom, and peace on that tiny

sliver of land that they both call home.

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger is an Orthodox rabbi and teacher and a passionate Zionist settler who has been profoundly transformed by his friendship with Ali. His understanding of the reality of the Middle East conflict and of Zionism has been utterly complicated by the parallel universe that Ali has introduced him to.

Sponsored by:

540 West Melrose Street, Chicago, IL 60657 www.asbi.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

Get Out the Vote! Because this Election Season is (pick your own adjectives, because we

just don't have the words....) Sunday, September 18, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

At Anshe Emet Synagogue (3751 North Broadway)

ASBI’s Social Action Committee, in partnership with Anshe Emet Synagogue, is offering an opportunity for our area synagogues to share in the act of voter engagement. We will meet at Anshe Emet at 11:00 AM to eat together and explore texts that engage with the question of why is it important, as 21st Century Jews, to participate in the rights and privileges of our democracy. Following the session, we will have a brief training session on how to approach our neighbors and encourage them to register to vote in the November election. Those who wish will go out into the immediate neighborhood to participate in voter registration.

Please RSVP to SocialAction@asbi.org.

Nechama: A Workshop to Comfort the Bereaved Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Temple Sholom (3480 N. Lake Shore Dr.)

Nechama is for grievers and their loved ones who have experienced a loss during the past 9 months. We will look at how Judaism lays the groundwork to provide comfort for the bereaved through the use of ritual and connection to

other mourners. Participants will learn about the grief process, coping mechanisms, different grieving styles, and how to gain and receive support

from friends and family.

This is a free workshop. To register, please contact Elizabeth Siegel Cohen, LCSW, at 847-745-5404

or ElizabethCohen@jcfs.org.

Co-Sponsored by Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Mishkan Chicago, and Temple Sholom.

UPCOMING EVENTS "PIOUS IRREVERENCE" BOOK LAUNCH WITH DOV WEISS

Wednesday, September 21, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join community member Dov Weiss at ASBI to celebrate and learn about his recently-published book, Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism. Copies of the book will be for sale at a special discount.

About Pious Irreverence: Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. Unlike Christianity and Islam, it is said, Judaism endorses a tradition of protest as first expressed in the biblical stories of Abraham, Job, and Jeremiah. In Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age.

Dov Weiss is an Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed his PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School as a Martin Meyer Fellow in 2011 and was the Alan M. Stock Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Jewish Studies in 2012. After receiving rabbinic ordination from RIETS (Yeshiva University) in 1999 as a Wexner Graduate Fellow, Dov helped found Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) Rabbinic School where he served as Director of Operations and instructor of Talmud and Jewish Law.

Israel Movie Night “To Be or Not to Be” (1942)

Monday, September 26, 7:00 PM

When the Nazis invade Poland, a group of Polish actors with a lot of Nazi uniforms on their hands find a new role to play. As a spy arrives in Warsaw to

give the Nazis his latest information, the actors, led by Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) and his wife Maria (Carole Lombard), lead the Nazis a merry dance

with various charades, rescues and escapes.

Sponsored by the Israel Committee. Pizza, pop, popcorn, and chips will be served.

GAN ROSH HASHANAH CELEBRATION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Join us for a Rosh Hashanah celebration for children ages 3 years through kindergarten, including Rosh Hashanah-themed centers, a Rosh

Hashanah story and discussion, a Rosh Hashanah craft, and edible art related to Rosh Hashanah. The cost to participate is $8 for one child and $6 for each

additional sibling.

Register at asbi.org before midnight on Saturday, September 17.

ASBI FAMILIES

Camp Shana Tova Kids’ High Holiday Programming at ASBI

We will be offering babysitting and/or programming for ages 12 months through fifth grade.

Learn more and register your children at asbi.org/form/hhd-youth-registration-2016.html.

ASBI 8th Grade Families

ASBI is launching an exciting new initiative this year for our 8th graders. Five times during this coming year, our 8th graders will have the opportunity to join with the 8th graders of Temple Sholom and Anshe Emet to make new friends and learn more deeply about the other branches of Judaism. Please write these dates on your calendar now so that your child can join us!

10/30 at The Ark – meet at The Ark at 10:00 AM 12/11 at Temple Sholom – meet at ASBI at 10:00 AM 2/12 at Anshe Emet – meet at ASBI at 10:00 AM 3/26 at Anshe Sholom – meet at ASBI at 10:00 AM 4/30 closing brunch at Milt’s – meet at ASBI at 10:00 AM

If you have questions, please contact David Schwartz at Programs@asbi.org. We look forward to seeing your 8th grader at these events!

ASBI YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Young Professionals Baseball Dinner

Friday, September 30

Come celebrate the end of Baseball season. Whether you are

raising a glass to your team's wins, or drinking away your sorrows...there's always next year!

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:20 PM Dinner 7:30 PM

Followed by an Oneg

ASBI Members: $15 per person / Non-Members: $18 per person Please RSVP and pay at asbi.org by Monday, September 26.

ASBI Members: Log into your account to redeem your member discount.

Please note: a limited number of seats may be available after September 26, but be sure to register early because the price increases to $20 on Tuesday, September 27. If

you have any dietary restrictions, please note them on the registration page.

Registration is required to attend. The ASBI Young Professionals Committee organizes Shabbat dinners and social events for young

adults in their 20's and 30's.

ASBI Young Professionals are sponsoring Kiddush!

Contribute to a YP-sponsored Kiddush on Saturday, October 8. Visit asbi.org/payment.php and donate to “General Kiddush” with a

note that your contribution is for the October 8 YP Kiddush.

KOREN MACHZORIM IN 5777

ASBI is replacing our aging Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur machzorim with the machzorim that were published just a few years ago by Koren Publishers in Jerusalem, featuring the translation and commentary of former British chief rabbi, Rabbi Dr. Lord Jonathan Sacks. Koren's machzor enables English-speaking worshippers to connect in new ways to one of Judaism's oldest books. We invite you to honor your friends and loved ones and to support the spiritual life of the shul by dedicating one or more machzorim sets, or making a donation towards the purchase of machzorim.

Visit asbi.org/mahzor-5777.html to participate or learn more. This is a special opportunity to make an investment into the spiritual future of our congregation, as these new machzorim will be a tool for our prayers for years to come. Rosh Hashanah starts October 2, so be sure to make your dedication soon!

Volunteer with Maot Chitim As the holidays approach, Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago is looking for volunteers! If you are interested in putting together an ASBI group to work together, contact David Schwartz at programs@asbi.org. Or, if you’d like to volunteer on your own, contact Maot Chitim directly at 847-674-3224 or info@maotchitim.org.

Packaging Food – This Sunday, September 18 Volunteers are needed to assemble boxes and to put non-perishable food items in the packages. All warehouse volunteers must be at least 12 years old.

Food Delivery – Next Sunday, September 25 Drivers are needed with trucks to deliver to multiple addresses in the city and suburbs, or driving a car, minivan or SUV to deliver to individuals and/or homes. Anyone and everyone, including singles and families with small children (no age restrictions), is invited to help out with the delivery of the packages.

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE BEIT MIDRASH WEDNESDAYS

Join us at ASBI, for a series of accessible and thought-provoking shiurim. Snacks will be provided.

November 2016 11/2 - “Community & Community-Standards: Halakhah in a Diverse Jewish World” with Rabbi Wolkenfeld

Three Part Series with Rabbi Yona Reiss: “Law in the Shadow of Tragedy: The Halakhic Response to September 11th” 11/9 - Week 1: The Resolution of the 9-11 Agunah Cases 11/16 - Week 2: Shiva, Burial and Chalitza in the aftermath of September 11th Monday, 11/28 - Week 3: Kohanim at Ground Zero and at the 9-11 Memorial Museum

Rabbi Yona Reiss is Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council. A noted Torah scholar, attorney, and jurist, Rabbi Reiss is a summa cum laude graduate of Yeshiva College (YU) and went on to receive his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was senior editor of the Law Journal. He received rabbinic ordination from RIETS, where he also earned the distinction of Yadin Yadin. Rabbi Reiss served as director of the Beth Din of America from 1998 to 2008. A frequent writer on a variety of topics relating to both Jewish and secular law, he has published widely in Jewish publications, as well as in the Wall Street Journal and New York Law Journal.

December 2016 Three Part Series with Rabbi Wolkenfeld: “Torah & Torah Scholars” 12/7 - Week I: Rabbi Chaim Brisker 12/14 - Week II: Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog 12/21 - Week III: Dr. Deena Zimmerman and Malka Peterkovsky

January 2017 Three Part Series with Professor Malka Simkovich: “Modern Discovery of Ancient Jewish Texts” 1/18 - Week 1: “The Modern ‘Rediscovery’ of the Cairo Genizah and the Story of Solomon Schechter” 1/25 - Week 2: “The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and its Fifty-year Publication Process”

February 2017 2/1 - Week 3: “The Ancient Jewish Texts of Greek Orthodox Monasteries”

Dr. Malka Simkovich is a visiting instructor of Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union. She earned an MA degree in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University and a BA in Bible Studies and Music Theory from Stern College of Yeshiva University. She recently completed a doctorate at Brandeis University, where she studied Second Temple Judaism, early Rabbinic literature, and early Christian literature. Dr. Simkovich also works as an editorial assistant for the Harvard Theological Review.

Please review the following chart and let the office know if you would like either to read Torah or to sponsor or co-sponsor a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot. We’ll be happy to help with the arrangements.

DATE KIDDUSH SHALOSH SEUDOT TORAH PORTION HAFTORAH

September 24 Ki Tavo

Taken Taken Taken

October 1 Nitzavim

Bday/Anniversary Taken

October 8 Vayeilech

YP Kiddush

Celebrate your own, your child’s, or a loved one’s birthday/anniversary/milestone by sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Kiddush or Shalosh Seudot.

You may co-sponsor a Kiddush by contributing a smaller amount.

Many menu and pricing options are available. Please call the shul office for details at 773-248-9200 or email office@asbi.org.

Kiddush Sponsorship Shalosh Seudot Sponsorship Coffee Bar Sponsorship

Starting at $950 Starting at $118 $118 for 1 month

New Siddur/ Chumash

Small Tree of Life Leaf

Large Tree of Life Leaf

Stone Tree of Life

Memorial Plaque

Koren Mahzor Set

$54 $180 $360 $1,080 $680 $100

Dedication Opportunities Honor your loved ones with a dedication plaque or book plate.

Prayer for the United States and Its Government based on "deSola Pool Siddur"

God on high, bless this our country, the United States of America, and all who dwell therein. Bless the constituted officers of government of this land. Set into their hearts the spirit of wisdom and understanding to

uphold peace and freedom.

Security—If you see something, say something. Alan Hepker: (847) 980-5630

Youth Tefillah Groups

Babysitting Services (for children ages 1 through 7 only) with Mollie Raab

9:30 AM until Kiddush in the ASBI Playroom Kiddush until 12:30 PM in JCC Room 202

Group leaders and babysitter are subject to change without notice.

Tot Shabbat (children 2 and under, with a parent) 10:45 AM in the Social Hall with Tamar Cytryn

Gan Shabbat (ages 3-JK) 10:30 AM in JCC Room 202 with Tara Holden, assisted by Sidonia Ohringer

Yeladeinu (K-2nd grade) 10:30 AM in JCC Room 204 with Tracey Meyers

Na’areinu (3rd-5th grade) 10:30 AM in the JCC Room 104 with Maor Gordon-Guterman

Tefillah Off the Deep End (6th -7th grade) Not meeting this week due to the Bat Mitzvah of Maya Saba

Steve Miller Hayley Leventhal Barbara Pjetrushi David Schwartz

Executive Director Executive Assistant Custodian Director of Family Education & Programming

office@asbi.org shul@asbi.org programs@asbi.org

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld RabbiW@asbi.org

OFFICERS – 2015-2016 / 5776-5777

President – Jeremy Treister Immediate Past President – Rabbi Paul Saiger Vice President - Ways and Means – Ross Weisman Vice President - House – Margalit Segal Vice President - Membership – Danielle Gershon Vice President - Ritual – Dr. Ira Halper Vice President - Education – Ahuva Wiesenfeld Vice President - Financial – Asher Zarkowsky Recording Secretary – Ruth Lipman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2015-2016 / 5776-5777

Dr. Stuart Sprague - Chair Julia Aaronson Beverly Agdern

Elyce Bader Linda Cohen

Herbert Eiseman Aaron Feigelson

Steve Feiger Eytan Fox

Ashlyn Gorlin Seth Greenberg

David Harris Toby Heizler

Ira King Michael Leib

Jules Levenson Norman Levitz Jennifer Loeb

Ava Madoff Michael Newberger

Scott Newberger Jacques Aaron Preis

Linda Saiger Rabbi Melvin Shapiro

Alan Skidelsky Adam Smoler

Andrew Weprin

ASBI COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS

Adam R. Straus Memorial Mikvah: mikvah.asbi@gmail.com

Dedications and Donations

Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation is indebted to Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, a”h, for his generosity to the synagogue and to the Marovitz Scholarship Fund.

The George Kranzler Library of Judaic Classics is donated in loving memory of Mr. George Kranzler by the Kranzler and Saltzman families.

The Learning Center was dedicated on 29 Av 5761 in memory of Rose and Dr. Abe Aaronson who inspired us in learning and charity.

There is a sense of wholeness and artistic integrity in our sanctuary, thanks to our beautiful stained-glass windows on the east wall, dedicated in memory of Bernard Preis, a”h.

The windows on the south wall are dedicated in memory of George Friedman, a”h.

The Louis A. Lerner Institute of Torah Texts sponsors all the Torah text classes at ASBI.

Chesed: Linda Saiger & Sara Wolkenfeld Mikvah: Ruth Lipman Education: Ahuva Wiesenfeld Ritual: Dr. Ira Halper Family: Jennifer Loeb Security: Peggy Kaz Hospitality: David Eisenstein Social Action: Irene Lehrer Sandalow Israel: Herbert Eiseman Young Professionals: Ann Levenson, Kiddush: Beverly Agdern Ava Madoff & Rachel Schwartz

Gabbai: Dr. Josh Ehrlich Gabbaiyot: Karli Salinger & Judith Wolf