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Many Faces, Many Voices "We were married at Beth Emet. While at Beth Emet preschool, our children played in the same place we danced at our wedding. Beth Emet is where we pray and study and celebrate."- Nisan Chavkin, with daughters Kadya and Eliana
For more than 50 years, Beth Emet has worked hard to balance innovation and tradition in all aspects of communal life. Always willing to experiment, we seek creative ways to integrate the new with the old in worship, education, and community-strengthening, often initiating meaningful change. We welcome you to explore everything our website, and our community, has to offer. Events & Notices for the Next Few Weeks
Got Sukkot Plans?Join Beth Emet for Sukkot Services and Dinner on October 13 and a Sukkah Crawl on October 18 Celebrate
Sukkot with us on MONDAY, OCTOBER 13; Dinner at 6 p.m., services at 7 p.m. At
dinner we'll offer special activities for families with young children. We'll
create a variety of sukkah decorations, hang them in Beth Emet's sukkah (or take
them home for your own sukkah) and sing Sukkot songs together. See you in the
sukkah! To RSVP, email us or call
ext. 301. Cost is $8 per adult; $5 for children 5-13. Reservations made after
October 10 will be $10 per adult, $7 per child.
Also....mark your calendars for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 to join us for
Beth Emet's annual Sukkah Crawl Pot Luck three course meal with each course
hosted in a member's sukkah.Join us for all the courses, or feel free to drop in for one or two. Children are most welcome! We will meet at Kahal services on October 18 to get maps and directions to the sukkahs and will leave from there together to begin our fun and gastronomically pleasing crawl. Or you can get maps/directions by contacting Betsy Fuchs at 773-338-8078. Sukkah Crawl schedule: 12:15-1:15 p.m. Appetizers/first course hosted by Roy and Barbara-Ann Lewis 1:30-2:45 p.m. Main course hosted by Anita Jacobson and Eddie Feldman 3:00-6:00 p.m. Desserts hosted by Rabbi Andrea and Danny London We appreciate RSVPs for the appetizers and main course. Also let us know what you will bring for one of the Sukkah Crawl courses. To RSVP, call or email Betsy Fuchs. Jews and Non-Jews: Living in Interfaith FamiliesSave the Date: Kathy Kahn, Scholar-in-Residence, October 17-19 Join us for an exciting weekend of exploration and programming with Kathy Kahn,
National Director of Outreach and Membership in the William and Lottie Daniel
Department of Outreach of the Union for Reform Judaism. In her eighteen years of
service to the Union, Kahn has written many articles on interfaith and
conversion issues and created and developed programs in counseling and
programming for rabbis, supporting those in the process of conversion and
increasing attention to synagogue membership in the areas of recruitment,
engagement and retention.Kahn has also served as faculty and administrator of the three URJ-CCAR Fellows Programs for: Conversion Certification, Membership Fellows Certification and Interfaith Couples and Families Certification at HUC in Cincinnati., as well as at the annual Gerecht Family Institute On Conversion for all 3rd year rabbinic and cantorial students on all 3 HUC-JIR campuses. She is the prime mover in the development, implementation and administration of the widely acclaimed national program, "A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?" which has welcomed more than 75,000 people to learn about Judaism since 1994 in synagogues across the U.S. and Canada. Kahn and her husband Clifford are the proud parents of two daughters and reside in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Schedule of Events: Friday, October 17 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat service 8:00 p.m. Catered Dinner 8:30 p.m. Discussion with Kathy Kahn entitled "The Past and Future of Outreach in the Reform Movement: A Revolution in Progress" Saturday, October 18 9:30 a.m. At our Kahal service, Kathy Kahn will participate in and present the D’var Torah Sunday, October 19 10:30 a.m. Kathy will lead a discussion entitled "What are the Realities for Interfaith Couples? A program for interfaith couples and their parents" Dancing
with the Torah… and so much more!
Join us on Monday, October 20th as we celebrate the holiday of Simchat Torah.
This meaningful holiday marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of the reading
of the Torah and the beginning of a new cycle with the first parasha of Genesis.
Services begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary and include the seven hakafot,
festive processions with the Torahs throughout the Sanctuary. Following
services, continue dancing in the Crown Room with a celebratory reception filled
with donuts! Simchat Torah continues on Tuesday morning with a festival service
and Yizkor, beginning at 10:00 a.m. |
To listen to services by phone, see instructions at end of service list.
Click here for Yom Kippur Service Schedule
Erev Shabbat
Shabbat Morning
Erev Sukkot
Sukkot Morning
Interfaith Outreach Weekend Erev Shabbat
Shabbat Morning
* Trienniel Cycle
We are pleased that we are able to offer a system by which people who are not able to attend Shabbat and other special holiday services held in our Sanctuary can hear them over their phone. Dial 847-869-4230; when the recording begins, press “7” and you will hear the actual services. Though circumstances may prevent people from attending in person, they can still feel part of the worship experience. Please note that there are only seven phone lines available; if you receive a busy signal, please call back in a few minutes, when a line may be available.
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The week-long program features a five-morning seminar led by Professor Noam Zohar
of Tel Aviv University entitled "On the Cutting Edge of Life and Death: Judaism
and Bioethics". The week will also include morning study with other leading scholars,
a half-day tour of the newly revised exhibit at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust
Memorial, a Shabbat-eve celebration with our sister congregation Kehillat Tzur
Hadassah, opportunities to attend worship at Hebrew Union College (HUC) and meet
with leaders of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, and plenty of free time to explore Jerusalem and develop close relationships with
other Beth Emet members.