Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Purim

10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation

2 Chava Center Closed 7:30pm-Mizmor L’Shabbat Service

3 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Hochberg B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00pm-Golding/ Hafner B/M

4 AIPAC Policy Conference 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:45am-Adult Ed: News, Nosh, & (k)Nowledge 12:00pm-Chai School 2:30pm-Barre Class at SALT Fitness to benefit Kolin/Israel

5 AIPAC Policy Conference Chava Center Closed 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta

6 AIPAC Policy Conference 10:00am-Symposium: Our Story-The Hall of History– Islam 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool

7 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool 6:30pm-SYG Lounge Night 7:30pm-Exec Board Meeting

8 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation 7:15pm-PFLAG Meeting

9 7:30pm-Shabbat Service

10 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 9:30am-Tot Shabbat 11:00am-Fenster B/M 11:00am-Torah Study

11 Daylight Savings Time 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:30am-4th Grade Family Program 9:45am-Adult Ed: News, Nosh, & (k)Nowledge 12:00pm-Chai School 2:00pm-SYG Chopped 4:30pm-Play date in the JLC for Families with Young Children 4:30pm-Post Carpool Club Event

12 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta 4:00pm-Senior Health Insurance Counseling Appointments

13 10:00am-Symposium: Our Story—The Hall of History—Islam 12:00pm-Sisterhood Afternoon Book Club 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool 5:00-8:00pm-Potbelly’s Deerfield Fundraiser to benefit Kolin/Israel

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6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool 7:30pm-Sisterhood Interfaith Program

15 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation

16 5:15pm-Matzah Ball Oneg 6:00pm-Family Shabbat Service 7:00pm-K-2nd Grade Family Shabbat Dinner

17 9:30am-Kol Shabbat 11:00am-Gussis/Sale B/M 11:00am-Torah Study 5:00pm-Goldbaum/ Kliska B/M

18 CCAR Convention 9:30am-Beit Café Open 9:30am-JLC Sunday 9:45am-Adult Ed: News, Nosh, & (k)Nowledge 12:00pm-Chai School 2:00pm-All Youth Group Chocolate Seder

19 CCAR Convention 5:30pm-Women’s Seder

20 CCAR Convention 10:00am-Symposium: Our Story—The Hall of History—Three Ideas that Formed the Jewish Experience: Enlightenment, Zionism and Feminism 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool 5:00pm-Family Night at Max & Benny’s

21 CCAR Convention 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study 4:30pm-JLC AfterSchool 7:30pm-Board Meeting

22 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation

23 7:30pm-Shabbat Service with Dr. Elan Ezrachi

24 9:30am-Kol Shabbat with Rabbi Naamah Kelman 11:00am-Torah Study led by Rabbi Kelman 5:00pm-Jacobs B/M

25 No JLC-Spring Break No Chai School-Spring Break No Adult Ed 9:00am-Project Nourish 6:00pm-BJBE Volunteers at PADS

26 12:00pm-Mah Jongg & Canasta

27 No Symposium No JLC-Spring Break

28 6:45am-Morning Minyan 7:45am-Talmud Study No JLC-Spring Break 7:30pm-Sisterhood Board Meeting

29 10:00am-Mindfulness Jewish Meditation

30 Erev Passover 1st Seder No Chava Center-Spring Break BJBE Office Closes at 12pm NO SHABBAT SERVICE

31 9:30am-Passover Service 5:30pm-Congregational Second Seder

MARCH 2018

Note: For the most up-to-date

information, please visit: www.bjbe.org

The Best of Bette, Barbra, Sammy, & Tony

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Benefit for The Teen Mission To Kolin And Israel.

Sunday, March 11TH, 4:30 PM at BJBE

Join Post Carpool Club for a delightful Sunday Afternoon and Support our Teen Mission to Kolin and Israel. We welcome back one of our favorite presenters, Hy Speck, who has delighted us with his informative programs. Included in this new presentation are clips from movies, television, and stage appearances of your favorite performers Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennet, and more. 4:30 welcome reception, 5:15 program, followed by optional dinner.

******************************************************************************************** ONE NIGHT ONLY to benefit the Youth Trip to Kolin and Israel. Sunday, March 11th. Sponsored by the BJBE Post Carpool Club

Name(s) _______________________________Phone _________E-Mail Address ______________________

Reserve __ places at $25.00 per person for BJBE members and __ places at $30.00 for guests (nonmembers) for reception, program, and dinner. OR Reserve __ places at $15.00 per person for BJBE members or __ places at $20.00 per person for guests (nonmembers) for reception and program only (NO DINNER) . Total Enclosed _________. I/We would like to help with __shopping __set up _serving. Special Dietary requests____________________________________________________________________ Reservations with your check made out to Congregation BJBE, are due by Friday, March 2nd. Please send to: Carol Berger. 4552 Lindenwood Lane. Northbrook, IL 60062 Questions? Contact Carol at ponderer4552@sbcglobal.net or 847 205-9793.

What: A friendly cook- off competition, to see who can take the heat of the kitchen. Who: 9th-12th graders When: March 11th, 2018 from 2pm-5pm Where: BJBE kitchen Price: $10 RSVP to SYG advisor Alyssha Glass, alysshaglass@gmail.com

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WHO: ALL 3RD-12TH GRADERS

WHAT: COME CELEBRATE PASSOVER CHOCOLATE EDITION!

WHEN:MARCH 18TH FROM 2PM-3:30PM

WHERE: BJBE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM

PRICE: $10

RSVP TO KYG AND JYG ADVISOR, MARISSA STEINHOFER, MARISSAJS611@GMAIL.COM

MONDAY, MARCH 19 BJBE SISTERHOOD WOMEN’S SEDER Mark Your Calendar Now! The Women's Seder is a multi-generational celebration filled with worship, song, and a traditional meal, shared among women.

Questions? Laurie Krupp: llichko@comcast.net 630-390-4470 Ellyn Leib: Leibfam@comcast.net 847-707-8406

Led by Cantor Frost & Friends

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5:30-8:00

Includes Dinner

Gluten Free and Vegetarian Options

Available

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Reserve a table for 8-12

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Join a hospitality table to meet new people!

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$38 Adult Sisterhood Members

$42 Adult Non-Members

$15 Girls of Religious School Age

Early Bird Special!!

RSVP by March 1, and deduct $2 from each registration fee

BJBE Sisterhood Women’s Seder Registration Form Name__________________________________ Email_________________ Phone____________ # Adult Sisterhood Members: _____ x $38 = ________ # Adult Non-Members: _____ x $42 = ________ # Girls of Religious School Age: ____ x $15 =_________ Early Bird Registrations by March 1, deduct $2 per person: _____ x $2 = ____ Subtract from Total Total Amount Enclosed: $____ Optional: Please seat me with _________________________ Make check payable to BJBE Sisterhood and send to: Ellyn Leib, 1121 Stratford Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015

Total Dinners Ordered:

# Traditional:____ # Gluten Free:____ # Vegetarian:____

JERUSALEM: AN INSIDER’S VIEWPlease join us for a special weekend with

Jerusalem’s power couple,Rabbi Naamah Kelman & Elan Ezrachi, PhD.

Wednesday, March 21 - Dr. Ezrachi will address the Board of Trustees, speaking about the complexities of today’s Jerusalem

FFriday, March 23 - Dr. Ezrachi will be delivering the sermon entitled Israel’s Trump Card: Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

Saturday, March 24 - Rabbi Kelman will be joining Kol Shabbat and leading Torah Study, teaching on The Country vs. The Concept: The Place of Israel in Contemporary Jewish LifePotluck Rabbi’s Table to follow Torah Study - RSVP to lblock@bjbe.org

Elan EzElan Ezrachi and Naamah Kelman are a husband and wife team. Together and separately they cover a wide range of contemporary Jewish and Israeli issues. Based in Jerusalem, they have been involved for more than 40 years as professionals and lay people in critical areas of Jewish life.

Naamah, currently the Dean of Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, is the first woman to be ordained as rabbi in Israel and one of the leaders of the Israeli Reform movement.

ElanElan, the founding CEO of Masa – Israel Journey is an educational specialist in the area of Jewish peoplehood and Israel engagement, a community activist in Jerusalem and the recent author of Awakened Dream – 50 Years of Complex Unification of Jerusalem (in Hebrew).

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CONGREGATION BJBE presents

Passover Second Seder

Saturday, March 31, 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:

x Chopped liver, gefilte fish, eggs, matzo ball soup

x Buffet consisting of beef brisket & chicken

x Potato kugel & roasted vegetables

x Wine, Passover pastries, coffee & tea

Kids’ (4 years & under) Menu:

x Gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, chicken fingers

x Matzo kugel & apple sauce

x Juice, Passover brownies

Sign-up Deadline: Friday, March 23 Seating only guaranteed with advance payment . Non-members must pay in advance

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

Questions? Contact Lynne Kleiman, 847-528-1359, 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 @ $40 (member) = ________________ _____Adults (non-member) @ $44 = _____________

_____Vegetarian Meal (member) @ $40 = _________ _____ Vegetarian Meal (non-member) @ $44 = _____

_____Fish plates (adult/kids member) @ $41 = _____ _____ 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! �

Czech, Please!A Concert for Kolin

Join Cantor Jennifer Frost, along with Cantors Rosalie Boxt, Ellen Dreskin, Tracey Scher, and Rabbi Leora Kaye

for an afternoon of story & song.

April 15, 20184:30pm

$18/person suggested donationRSVP to Leslie at lblock@bjbe.org

Additional sponsorship opportunities available - contact Cantor Frost at jfrost@bjbe.orgAll proceeds will benefit the Teen Mission to Kolin & Israel

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Dated Material

community where matters

Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim1201 Lake Cook RoadDeerfield, IL 60015

Non-profit OrganizationU.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 269

Skokie, IL

WE CONGRATULATE CAROL BERGER & MARLA GOLDBERG

AS THEY CONCLUDE THEIR SERVICE AS MEMBERS OF WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM’S

NORTH AMERICAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS - THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION

MAY YOU GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH