October 2014 Shofar Newsletter

12 Pages·2014·5.57 MB·English

by  Mark Friedman

Volume 14, Number 4 October 2014 • Tishri/Heshvan 5775

Shalom from Rabbi Chalom
Newsletter of Kol Hadash
Making Connections
Humanistic Congregation
Affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism by Rabbi Adam Chalom
175 Olde Half Day Road, Suite 123 ([email protected])
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
847/383-5184 • [email protected] How do you find out what’s going on?
www.KolHadash.com

Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Ten years ago, when I first began working with
Kol Hadash, Facebook had just started and was
still restricted to college campuses. The iPhone
was still three years away, so if you wanted a
virtual connection, it was email on a computer or the old-fashioned
phone call. Today there are more ways to get information and
entertainment than I can count, and I and Kol Hadash participate in
many of them: there is a Kol Hadash Facebook page, a Kol Hadash
Twitter account (@KolHadash; mine is @HJRabbi), online calendars, a
“Shalom from Rabbi Chalom” blog at www.hjrabbi.wordpress.com, the
Kol Hadash Podcast on iTunes, and our website and weekly email. The
Kol Hadash Sunday School has just started a system on Remind.com to
send mass text messages directly to school parents. And, of course, we
still have our Shofar newsletter, which you are reading right now.

In other words, ignorance is no longer a plausible excuse.

But making connections with a community is much more than receiving information; it’s encountering
people. A real connection is individual learning combined with collective experience. Social clubs, holiday
celebrations, schmoozing (chatting) at an oneg reception, volunteering together, even finding a professional
service from the Kol Hadash Connections networking booklet . . . a living community is not unidirectional
from member to rabbi, but rather an interconnected web of encounters and meaningful memories. It could
be the shared experience of remembering a loved one’s yahrtzeit (death anniversary) in the same month, or
having worked at the same hospital twenty years ago. Or the intergenerational experience of seeing friends
and family go through what you did in what seems like another lifetime. At our Kol Hadash tenth anniversary
celebration in 2011, I was struck by how well relatively new Humanistic Jews connected with those who had
been members for decades — they were the same kind of people, but at different stages of life.

Ten years ago, my wife and I (we didn’t have children yet) came to Kol Hadash. We were leaving the city and
the Humanistic Jewish congregation in which we had both grown up, and our emotions were a cross between
nostalgia for the past and the joy of freedom and new beginnings. What I found here were deep connections
to a community and to individuals, who have welcomed me into their lives for joy and for sorrow, and then
again for joy. I am tremendously privileged to be a part of your lives, and I am always grateful for this unique
opportunity.

As the congregation prepares for this year’s Mitzvah celebration at thirteen, and I mark my ten-year tenure
(say that five times fast!) here, think of how far we have come in society and as a community, and also
where we may be ten years from now. Most important, remember how we have impacted each other’s lives
for the better. That, more than any electronic media, is the basis of a true connection.
b)
Message from the Chair
Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation
Staff, Officers, and Committee Chairs by Steering Committee Chair Bill Brook ([email protected])

Rabbi Dear Kol Hadash Family Members,
Adam Chalom, [email protected]
The ancient guys who thought up the Hebrew calendar
Youth Education Director
sometimes crack me up! What were they thinking, starting out
Dawn Friedman, [email protected]
the month of October with Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and
Music Director
Ellen Apley, [email protected] lamentation, and ending with Halloween, a holiday devoted to
partying, gluttony and excess! What’s that you say, Rabbi,
Executive Assistant
Jeremy Owens, [email protected] neither October nor Halloween are “ours”; we get Tishrei and
Sukkot instead! Seriously? Rather than costumes and candy, we
Officers
are supposed to camp out in a shack for a week in the northern
Steering Committee Chair
Bill Brook, [email protected] Illinois cold? What were they thinking? Not very good planning, if
Steering Committee Vice-Chair you ask me.
Sheila Sebor, [email protected] But, never fear, WE have some great planned events this
Treasurer month! Check them out this month, and every month, at
Larry Dworsky, [email protected] https://kolhadash.com/events/month. As we continue to move
Secretary forward into this Internet-enabled age, we will continue to put
Mark Friedman, [email protected]
greater effort into enhancing our digital home. We trust that the
Committee Chairs & Other Volunteers website is a good resource for you. Let us know what we can do
Book Club to improve and expand the content; we truly value your input.
Stacey Max, [email protected]
At the very
Community Service Committee
least, the heat
Susan Addelson,
[email protected] from your notebook
PC will keep you
Development Committee
David Hirsch & Sam Gilbert, warm in the
[email protected] Sukkah! Can one
Helping Hands Committee make lemonade
Terry Kass, [email protected]
with etrogs?
IT Committee As always,
Bill Brook, [email protected]
should you have
Marketing Committee
any questions or
Mark Friedman, [email protected]
concerns, about membership, the services, or anything else,
Membership Committee
Andrea Friedlander & Sheila Sebor, please contact me via e-mail at [email protected].
[email protected] See you in shul! My costume this year will be old Jewish man!
Movie Group
Leora Hatchwell & Sue Addelson,
[email protected]
Shofar and Website Editor
Mark Friedman, [email protected]
Social Events Committee
Leora Hatchwell, [email protected]
Theatre Club
Mark Friedman, [email protected]
Winers (wine group) Nov 1 Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Lieberman
Mike Lippitz, [email protected] Nov 1 Progressive Dinner
Nov 6 Steering Committee Meeting
Youth Education Committee
Nov 7 Bat Mitzvah of Julia Ratnaswamy
Rachel Samlan & Kim Stone, [email protected]
Nov 12 Book Club
 Nov 16 Taste of Kol Hadash
Nov 21 Shabbat Service
The Kol Hadash Steering Committee meets once a month, Dec 13 Bat Mitzvah of Kate Kramer
usually on the first Thursday, 7:30 PM, at the Kol Hadash
Dec 14 Hanukkah Celebration
office. Check the calendar in this Shofar to confirm this month’s
date. Members are welcome to attend Steering Committee Mar 1 Purim Carnival
meetings. Contact the SC chair for information. Apr 4 Kol Hadash Passover Seder
June 7 Kol Hadash 13th Birthday/Mitzvah
The Shofar newsletter is published monthly and is mailed to
Celebration
all members. An electronic version is available at
www.kolhadash.com. If you would like to contribute content to
the Shofar, contact Mark Friedman.
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b)
October Events at Kol Hadash
High Holidays 2014/5775
Yom Kippur Evening Service (Kol Nidre) • Friday, October 3, 8:00 PM
Yom Kippur Morning Service • Saturday, October 4, 10:00 AM
Yom Kippur Children’s Service • Saturday, October 4, 2:00 PM
Yom Kippur Memorial & Concluding Services • Saturday, October 4, 3:30 PM
Unless otherwise noted, events are held at the North Shore Unitarian Church, 2100 Half Day Road, Deerfield.
Adult Education/Jewish History: Introduction
Tuesday, October 7, 7:30 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
There are two basic questions to history: What happened, and what does it mean? Tradition has its answers,
and so do we. How do we understand what it means for a Humanistic Jew to study Jewish history? Join us for
the first session of our yearlong exploration of Jewish history.
Shabbat Service: Celebrating Rabbi Chalom’s 10th Anniversary
Friday, October 10, 8:00 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
In the fall of 2004, our congregation was transformed with the arrival of Adam Chalom as our full-time rabbi.
No longer a lay-led congregation, we embraced our new leader and engaged with him in a new and exciting
path for both our community and the Humanistic Jewish movement. Join us October 10 for an evening of
recollection, celebration and tribute to our rabbi on his 10th anniversary with Kol Hadash. Our service will be
followed by a special Oneg Shabbat hosted by the Kol Hadash Steering Committee.
Adult Education/Jewish History: Origins
Tuesday, October 14, 7:30 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
Where did the Jewish people really begin? If Adam and Eve and Noah are myths, and Abraham may well also
be, and the Exodus story is not confirmed by archaeology, where did we come from? And where did those
stories come from that we thought were our history?
New Member Wine & Cheese Reception & Shabbat Service: In the Beginnings
Friday, October 17, 7:00 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
The Hebrew Bible begins with the beginning of the world and humanity. The problem is that it begins, then it
begins again rather differently. As synagogues roll their scrolls back to Genesis, we will consider how myths,
science and philosophy can each inform who we are and what we believe. We invite all first- and second-
year members (and all continuing members!) to a special Wine & Cheese Reception at 7:00 PM. It will
be followed by the Shabbat Service at 8:00.
Adult Education/Jewish History: Monarchy & Divided Kingdom
Tuesday, October 21, 7:30 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
Archaeology’s voice grows louder as we move into the Hebrew monarchies. The legendary David and Saul give
way to the historical Omri, Jehu and Hezekiah. This period may also have seen the beginnings of the stories
that would become the Torah. Join us to explore the real origins of our founding myths.
Shabbat Service: Guest Speaker Susan Katz Miller
Friday, October 24, 8:00 PM • North Shore Unitarian Church
Join us for a presentation by Susan Katz Miller, author of Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One
Interfaith Family. In her book, Ms. Katz Miller interweaves her three-generation interfaith family story with
original reporting, and with survey responses from hundreds of parents who chose to celebrate both family
religions, and their grown interfaith children. The result is the first book by an adult interfaith child to
advocate for interfaith families who want to provide interfaith education for interfaith children. Being Both
focuses primarily on Jewish and Christian families, but also includes the stories of interfaith families
including humanists, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. Since publication last fall, Being Both has been featured
in the New York Times, Time, Utne Reader, Salon, Slate, and on National Public Radio. Miller is also one of
the rotating experts on the Jewish Daily Forward’s interfaith families advice column. A former Newsweek
reporter, she lives in the Washington, D.C., area.
Adult Education: Is There “Jewish Food”?
Sunday, October 26, 9:30 AM • Deerfield High School
For some Jews, bagels and kugel are home cooking. For others, it’s mujaddhra and kibbeh. What ties Jewish
foods together across language, geography and menu? Is Jewish food just what Jewish people eat? Or is
Jewish food whatever your mother (or now father) made? Join us for an appetizing discussion!
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b)
From the Youth Education Director
by Dawn Friedman ([email protected], 847-997-8931)
One of my favorite readings in our services is one by Yehuda Bauer, the noted
historian, humanist, and professor of Holocaust Studies at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem:
Bible is Judaism, Talmud is Judaism, everyday life is Judaism, Jewish
history is Judaism, Jewish poetry is Judaism, Jewish customs are Judaism,
Jewish food is Judaism, Jewish jokes are Judaism; just as religion is
Judaism. But you cannot argue that Judaism equals the religious beliefs of
Jews; first, because these beliefs were and are different, even mutually
contradictory; and second, because religion was and is just one aspect of
Jewish existence; today, for many Jews, it is not even that. Judaism,
then, is everything that the Jewish people in their very long history have
produced. Judaism is Jewish civilization, Judaism is Jewish culture.
This one passage sums up our approach to Jewish education at Kol Hadash. We strive to teach our
students about Jewish civilization, about Jewish culture, about how the Jewish people have evolved, so that
our children might deepen their understanding of who they are and where they came from.
Each week in October we have programs that are clear examples of this. On October 4-5 we observe Yom
Kippur as a community, with services for every age. On October 12, we’ll celebrate the fall harvest holiday
of Sukkot in our big sukkah at the Heller Nature Center in Highland Park. On October 19, we’ll honor Jewish
learning in all its forms via our observance of Simchat Torah; Rabbi Adam brings our congregational Torah to
each Sunday School class so everyone can see it up close. And on October 26, Sunday morning programs cover
food and music, with Rabbi Adam leading Adult Education on Jewish foods and the Kol Hadash Choir, usually
only heard at adult High Holidays services, will give a special concert at Sunday School, from 11:00-11:30 AM.
Everyone is welcome to join us at any of these programs.

L’shana tova,
Dawn Friedman
Youth Education Director (847-997-8931, [email protected])

Sunday School Events
Family Sukkot Celebration: October 12, 10:00-11:30 AM
Heller Nature Center, Highland Park
Kol Hadash celebrates the 4th day of Sukkot with a family service at the The Congregation is invited to
Heller Nature Center on Sunday, October 12. See the enclosed flyer. attend
Bring your own chairs or blankets and a seasonal item (with string
attached, please!) to hang in our sukkah. After the service we’ll enjoy
snacks inside; students can decorate a mini-pumpkin at the Youth The Bat Mitzvah of
Group’s craft table. Take advantage of the lovely setting to enjoy a Alexa Pomerantz
hike in the prairie! Please note that there are no classes at DHS this
day. (Although we welcome all guests to our sukkah, we kindly ask that Daughter of
dogs be left at home.) Valerie Urow & Jeff Pomerantz

Sukkah Crew Needed!

We need volunteers to help build our sukkah this year. Volunteers are
Saturday, October 18, 10:30 AM
needed to build the sukkah on Sunday, October 5 (after Sunday School

drop-off) and take it down on Sunday, October 12 after our Sukkot

service. If you can volunteer, contact Dawn Friedman at
Heller Nature Center
[email protected] or 847-997-8931. We are in need of a
Highland Park, IL
volunteer with a truck, SUV or minivan to help transport our sukkah

to Heller on October 5!

Kol Hadash Choir Sings at Sunday School: October 26, 11:00-11:30 AM
Deerfield High School
Usually only heard at the High Holidays adult services, the Kol Hadash Choir will give a special concert for our
Sunday School students and their families on October 26. All are welcome. Come for Adult Education at 9:30
and stay for some beautiful music!
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b)
Sunday School News
Please note that food brought
Sunday School, 9:30–11:30 AM to Sunday School may not
6th Grade Hebrew School & 7th Grade B’nai Mitzvah Class, 11:45 AM-12:45 PM contain any peanuts, tree
nuts (including almonds), or
October 5, 19, 26
sesame seeds, due to severe
Deerfield High School
allergies among our students.
PreK students may join the K/1st class on October 5 & 19. This includes snacks or
lunches brought to Sunday
School and Hebrew School as
Please note that there are no classes at DHS on October 12; we will celebrate
well as any foods brought to
Sukkot at the Heller Nature Center that morning. See Events for more details.
meetings or events at DHS.
We cannot allow snacks from
Sunday School Snacks home due to other student
allergies. Thank you for your
Kol Hadash provides mini bagels to students as a snack during Sunday School.
cooperation!
(Many thanks to Upper Crust Bagels in Deerfield for their generous discount!)
We also provide Pirate’s Booty for those with gluten allergies and sensitivities.
Other snacks from home may NOT be brought to Sunday School unless you have contacted Dawn Friedman,
[email protected], to discuss other arrangements that meet our allergy restrictions. All students
should bring water bottles to class each week. Please, no juice or soda.

Family Sukkot Celebration: October 12, 10:00–11:30 AM
Heller Nature Center
See Events on previous page for details. We’re putting up our congregational sukkah on Sunday, October 5,
and need volunteers! We also need help taking down the sukkah after the service on October 12. Contact
Dawn Friedman ([email protected], 847-997-8931) if you can help.

Youth Group
October 5: Meeting at Heller Nature Center (Sukkot prep), 11:10 AM-12:30 PM
October 5: Bowling at Brunswick Lanes, Deerfield, 12:30–3:00 PM
October 12: Sukkot Craft Activity Table, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
The Kol Hadash Youth Group is open to students in 8th grade and up. Students plan their own programming,
with advisor Aleya Schwartz. On October 5, Youth Group will meet at Heller after Sunday School classes to
paint mini-pumpkins for the Sukkot craft activity table. Each student should bring at least five mini-pumpkins
to paint. RSVP to Dawn Friedman ([email protected]), for pizza lunch.
Students will then have a bowling party at Brunswick Lanes in Deerfield. Please contact Aleya Schwartz
(847-340-7330, [email protected]) about costs & driving arrangements.
The Youth Group will run the craft activity table at our Sukkot celebration the following week, October 12.

Youth Education Committee (YEC) Meeting: October 5, 9:30-11:00 AM
Deerfield High School
It’s not too late to join the YEC for the coming year but members must commit by the October 5th meeting.
Want to get more involved in your child’s Jewish education and in Kol Hadash? Already helping at one or
more school events? Consider joining the YEC! Our YEC serves as a combination school board and PTO, setting
policy and coordinating school events and family programs. During the school year, the monthly meetings are
during Sunday School. Meetings are open to all congregants, but only YEC members may vote on policies. For
more information, contact YEC Co-Chairs Rachel Samlan and Kim Stone ([email protected]).

Info Meeting on SHJ HuJews Teen Conclave: October 26,11:45 AM–12:45 PM
Each year, the Society for Humanistic Judaism sponsors a Teen Conclave, attended by Humanistic Jewish
teens from across North America. Kol Hadash students have attended Conclave for many years. This year’s
Conclave is March 20 – 22, 2015, at the Butzel Center outside Detroit, Michigan. On October 26, parents and
teens (8th grade and higher) are invited to attend an informational meeting about this year’s Conclave.
Never been to a Conclave and want to know more? Been to several and want to share your experiences?
Please come to this meeting! Lunch is provided; RSVP to Dawn Friedman ([email protected], 847-
997-8931).

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they didn’t teach in Sunday School…

If
 Abraham
 is
 a
 myth,
 where
 did
 the
 Jewish
 people
 really
 begin?
 Was
 there
 an
 Exodus?
 How
 has

Judaism
 evolved
 from
 Jerusalem
 cult
 to
 international
 culture?
 Join
 us
 for
 an
 Introduction
 to
 Jewish

History.
 Classes
 will
 be
 held
 on
 selected
 Tuesday
 evenings,
 7:30-­‐8:30
 PM
 at
 the
 North
 Shore
 Unitarian

Church.
 Feel
 free
 to
 drop
 in
 for
 any
 topic,
 or
 consider
 taking
 the
 entire
 class
 as
 the
 first
 year
 of
 our

two-­‐year
 Adult
 B’nai
 Mitzvah
 program.

 Classes
 are
 open
 to
 all,
 free
 of
 charge.

October
 7
  November
 11

Introduction
  Exile
 and
 Creation
 of
 the
 Torah

October
 14
  November
 18

Beginnings The
 Priestly
 Period

October
 21
  December
 2

Monarchy
 and
 Divided
 Kingdom

  Greeks
 and
 Maccabees

November
 4
  December
 9

Yahvism
 –
 The
 God
 of
 the
 Hebrews

  Roman
 Period

December
 16

Establishing
 Rabbinic
 Judaism

 Sessions
 will
 continue
 January-­‐June
 2015;
 dates
 TBA.
 To
 RSVP,
 or
 for
 any

questions
 about
 this
 course
 or
 the
 Adult
 B’nai
 Mitzvah
 program,
 please

contact
 Rabbi
 Adam
 Chalom
 ([email protected]
 or
 847-­‐347-­‐3003).

Come find out how we came to be
who we are!

www.KolHadash.com
b)
Welcome, New Members!
Kol Hadash extends a warm welcome to the following members who have joined us this year!

Randi & Paul Carlson, Arlington Heights
Robyn & Joel Corelitz, Park Ridge
Michelle Delise, Deerfield
Leah Sosewitz & Helga Guenbauer, Highland Park
Ami & Dan Polonsky, Deerfield

Please help us make our new members feel welcome — introduce yourselves at Kol Hadash events … “friend
them” on Facebook … invite them to sit with you at a Shabbat service. We hope to see all our members (new
and “old”) at our annual New Member Wine & Cheese Reception on Friday, October 17 (see page 3 for
details). To help you get to know our members, we are providing brief introductions, beginning below and
continuing in upcoming editions of the Shofar. All members’ contact information will be included in the new
membership directory, which will be mailed with the November Shofar. If you wish to contact any member
prior to receiving the directory, please ask Jeremy Owens ([email protected]) for contact
information.

Randi & Paul Carlson live in Arlington Heights with
their 13-year-old daughter, Bailey, and their 11-year-
old son, Ryan, who are both enrolled in Sunday School.
Paul works for United Airlines in labor relations, and
Randi is an environmental consultant for Roux
Associates. The Carlsons had been thinking of joining
Kol Hadash for years — ever since attending Daphne
Kass's Bat Mitzvah. They are very interested in learning
more about Humanistic Judaism, especially how people
are empowered as individuals to make the world a
better place. Their favorite band is Blue Moon,
featuring lead singer and rhythm guitarist, Ryan
Carlson, and the bass player, Bailey Carlson. If you are
looking for a youthful group to spice up your birthday
party or block party, consider booking them! (Their fee
is very reasonable — they usually play for ice cream.
Blue Moon is their favorite flavor!)

Michelle Delise lives in Deerfield with her six-year-old
daughter, Sophia. Michelle is an attorney in the corporate law
department of State Farm. She decided to join Kol Hadash after
attending a number of our events and feeling that Kol Hadash is a
good place to put down roots. She grew up in Los Angeles, went to
college in the San Francisco/Berkeley area, and then moved to
Chicago to attend law school. She discovered that she is more of a
“Midwestern kind of person” and never returned to California. In
her spare time, she does a lot of kid activities such as Chucky
Cheese, Children’s Museum, Six Flags, the beach etc.

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J C . . .
OIN US TO ELEBRATE
R C ’ 10TH A
ABBI HALOM S NNIVERSARY

Friday, October 10, 8:00 PM
North Shore Unitarian Church

In the fall of 2004, our congregation was transformed with the
arrival of Adam Chalom as our full-time rabbi. No longer a lay-
led congregation, we embraced our new leader and engaged
with him in a new and exciting path for both our community
and the Humanistic Jewish movement.

Join us October 10 for an evening of recollection,
celebration and tribute to our rabbi on his 10th anniversary
with Kol Hadash. Our service will be followed by a special
Oneg Shabbat hosted by the Kol Hadash Steering Committee.

www.kolhadash.com
b)
Kol Hadash News & Announcements
Membership Forms Are Due This Month’s Yahrtzeits
Just a friendly reminder that membership renewal The following names will be read at the October 17 Shabbat service at
forms and Sunday School registrations are now due the North Shore Unitarian Church. If there is a name missing or if you
to the Kol Hadash office. Please contact Jeremy would like to have a name read at the service, please contact the Kol
Hadash office (847-383-5184, [email protected]).
([email protected]) at the KH office if
Albert Baer Anita Edwards
you have any questions.
Dorothy Feldman Melvin Gerberding
Host an Oneg! Eileen Herron George Jerris
Bernice Kirsner Alice Lakin
Hosting one of our Oneg Shabbats is an easy and
Frieda Levitt Leopold Levoy
fun way to get involved at Kol Hadash and meet
David Marcus Belle Matthews
new friends. The time commitment is minimal, and
Ben Matthews Bonnie Pashkow
the rewards are plentiful. Upcoming available dates Morris Richter Nathan Rothenberg
include December 5 & 12, January 9 & 30. Alvin Samson Bertie Sarasohn
Interested? Contact David Hirsch Katherine Tankel-Lipkin Dorothy Wolens
([email protected]).

This Month’s Birthdays
Thank You!
Diane Sandler October 3
• Thank you to Michael LIppitz & Susan Wagner
Daphne Kass October 4
for hosting the oneg at our September 5
Ronald Sebor October 5
Shabbat service.
Robert Seeley October 7
• Thank you to Terry Kass, Alisa Klein and Andi Neil Parker October 8
Kenney for helping with the September 7 Ami Polonsky October 8
Sunday School Coffee. Adam Chalom October 9
• Thank you to Andrea & Mark Friedlander for Joel Corelitz October 11
Micah Finkelman October 11
hosting the oneg at our September 12 Shabbat
Elyse Shaffer October 11
service.
Diane Lieberman October 12
• Thank you to Jamie Bouma, Randi Carlson, Evan Katz October 14
Helga Gruenbauer, Karen Jackson, and Rachel Laura Burk October 16
Samlan for helping with the September 14 Betty Gordon October 20
Sunday School Bagel Brunch. Judd Levy October 22
• Thank you to Roland Finkelman, Michael Tate Landsman October 24
Lenore Adler October 25
Lippitz & Susan Wagner, Sheila & Ronald
Michael Brook October 25
Sebor, and Happy Stone & Rick Henricksen for
Jonah Chalom October 26
their sponsorship of our Rosh Hashana onegs.
Glynis Hirsch October 29
• Thank you to Andrea Friedlander, Lori
Gerberding, Leora Hatchwell, David Hirsch
This Month’s Anniversaries
and Margaret Wittlinger for their coordination
Suzanna & Larry Dworsky October 9
of our Rosh Hashana onegs.
Andi &Thomas Kenney October 10
• Thank you to Leora Hatchwell and Lori
Rabbi Adam & AJ Chalom October 13
Gerberding for their High Holidays coordination Dawn & Mark Friedman October 16
work, including the organization of nametags! Diane & David Sandler October 18
• Thank you to the Youth Education Committee Alexandra & William Brook October 23
and Dawn Friedman for coordinating the Rosh Bobby & Howard Jacobs October 23
Hashana Family Service oneg. Michelle & Steven Fishman October 28
Diane & Louis Lieberman October 29

Eleanor & Louis Altman October 30
Family News & Events
If you or someone you know is experiencing important and life-altering
events, please share the news with Kol Hadash. In times of need, Kol
Happy Sukkot!
Hadash members can offer support. In times of happiness, we can help
celebrate. To share your news, please contact Rabbi Chalom.
Join us!
Mazel tov to Sean Blitzstein, who was presented
October 12, 10:00 AM
with the Roberts Award for Inspirational Mentorship Heller Nature Center
at the Association for Academic Psychiatry Highland Park
conference in Portland last month.
Wishing Roger Addelson a swift recovery from
recent medical treatment.
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c)
Tributes, Donations & Gifts
Kol Hadash offers several opportunities for donations:
Kol Hadash General Fund Weiss Choir Fund Kol Hadash Youth Group Fund
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Kol Hadash Tzedakah Fund
To donate to any of our funds, please make your check payable to “Kol Hadash” and send with instructions about the gift to: Kol Hadash
Humanistic Congregation, 175 Olde Half Day Road, Suite 123, Lincolnshire, IL 60069. The congregation expresses its gratitude to the following
individuals, whose donations were received in the last month.
Susan & Roger Addelson, to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, with thanks to Rabbi Chalom
Sarah Beatty, in loving memory of Eunice Addelson
Alexandra & Bill Brook, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Randi & Paul Carlson, to the General Fund
Ruth & Gilbert Feldman, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Marilyn Litz & Milton Field, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Toby Fisher, to the Weiss Choir Fund, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Andrea & Mark Friedlander, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Dawn & Mark Friedman, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Rosemary & Robert Goldstein, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Diane & Frank Guercio, in memory of Eunice Addelson. We feel very lucky to have become friends with Eunice during
the last 15 years of her life. She was a very special lady and touched us deeply. We will miss her.
Rhonda & Robert Hart, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Happy Stone & Rick Henriksen, to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Happy Stone & Rick Henriksen, to the Tzedakah Fund
Glynis & David Hirsch, remembering and celebrating the wonderful Eunice Addelson; we shall miss her.
Joyce & Richard Hirsch, in memory of Eunice Addelson; our thoughts are with her family
Cynthia Kreutzer, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Rhita Lippitz, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Margie Marcus, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Stacey & Ethan Max, to the Tzedakah Fund, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Alan Miller, in memory of Arlene Miller
Marsha & Mark Milstein, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Lita Passen, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Marcy & Paul Schumacher, to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, in memory of Eunice Addelson, with appreciation to Roger
and Susan for sharing Eunice with us all these years
Karen Seeley & Family, Warren Seeley & Family, Ellen Seeley Finnegan & Family, to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, in
honor of Aileen & Robert Seeley's 65th wedding anniversary
Carol & Carl Spielman, to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, sending best wishes to Rabbi Chalom for a peaceful new year
Sue & Ilya Talman, in memory of Eunice Addelson
Elizabeth Weiss, to the General Fund

Yom Kippur Memorial Donations
We thank the following members for their donations in memory of family and friends on Yom Kippur.
Susan & Roger Addelson Lori Gerberding Marsha & Mark Milstein
Lenore & Howard Adler Irene Chase & Jeremy Gibson Mary Vanderbeck & Dan Parker
Eleanor & Louis Altman Joyce & William Goldman Lita Passen
Elaine & Jerome Baer Betty Gordon Ellard Pfaelzer
Joan Berger Peggy Bartelstein & Bill Gurolnick Victoria Ratnaswamy
Alexandra & William Brook Rhonda & Robert Hart Kathryn Schoenbrod
Laura & Ken Burk Leora Hatchwell Marcy & Paul Schumacker
Rabbi Adam & AJ Chalom Terry & Geoff Kass Sheila & Ronald Sebor
Julie Deutsch Susan & Andrew Kramer Aileen & Robert Seeley
Faye Eisenberg Arthur Kroft Margaret Wittlinger & Ross
Ruth & Gilbert Feldman Ann & Paul Krouse Shepard
Patricia & Daniel Finkelman Nina & K. Michael Lipkin Nancy Sohn & Mike Simon
Roland Finkelman Susan Wagner & Michael Lippitz Merle & James Styer
Dawn & Mark Friedman Margie Marcus Laurie & Michael White

2014-15 Supporting and Sustaining memberships will be acknowledged in the November issue of the Shofar.
We thank our members who renewed their memberships with additional support to Kol Hadash.
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