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Shabbat Bo
Friday January 11,
2008
Saturday January 12,
2008
6:30 PM Tot
Shabbat
9:00 AM Torah
Study
Rabbi Cosnowsky will tell
a
story. No
Morning Service
8:15 PM Shabbat Evening Service
JYG Will Lead the Service Oneg Host:
Families of
JYG
Friday January 18,
2008
Saturday
January 19, 2008
8:15 PM Shabbat Evening
Service 9:00
AM Torah Study
Shabbat Shira with the Life
Tree
No Morning Service
Ramblers Band.
Oneg Host: Life Tree Ramblers
Band
Current Torah
Portion
* Childcare is available
during Friday evening services in our
Nursery.
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Message from
Rabbi Cosnowsky
Rabbi Cosnowsky sheds some light on
our mourning customs and how to comfort mourners in her
writing, "A Guide to Making a Shiva
Call."
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Life Tree Ramblers Band Play
on Shabbat Shira  Join
us on Shabbat Shira, Friday, January
18th when Rabbi Cosnowsky and the Life Tree
Ramblers will lead us in worship. Come hear and see
what everyone's talking about...the best synagogue
"house band"
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Martin Luther King Day
Program- Sunday, Jan. 20th To further raise our awareness, this
year's Martin Luther King Day program will focus on
immigration, one of the most controversial issues in the
U.S. today. Come hear Mr. Jorge Mújica, who was one
of the lead organizers for the March 10, 2007 protest in
Chicago that drew 300,000 people, speak at Etz Chaim on
Sunday January 20th at 9:30 AM.
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Evening With the Rabbi
Series Begins... the Jewish View on Abortion - Saturday,
Jan. 26th Join Rabbi Rebecca Milder as she guides us
in exploring the Jewish view on abortion.
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Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Shabbat Dinner &
Service-Jan.25th
The Brotherhood/Sisterhood Shabbat dinner and
service will be held on Friday, January 25, 2008. Please
join us for a roast chicken dinner provided by H.P.
Schmaltz starting at 6:30 PM, followed by Shabbat
service led by members of Sisterhood and Brotherhood at
8:15 PM.
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Brotherhood Trivia
Night- Sat. February 9th
 Join
us for a fun-filled evening matching wits with your
fellow members, exercising your brain to extract those
facts that, up until now, you thought you would never
really need!
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Rabbi Cosnowsky Leads Classes
in February
Rabbi
Cosnowsky will be leading two classes in February. On
February 6th, beginning at 10 AM, she will
discuss "What Makes Music Jewish?" and on February
12th, beginning at 7:15 PM, she will discuss
"Jewish Mindfulness."
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Sisterhood
Outing  It's time
for another outing with the ladies. All are welcome
to join us. We will be meeting on Thursday, January
17th at 7:00 PM for wine
tasting at Tasting Devine, 127 West Front St.,
Wheaton. For more info or RSVP: ginacarter201@yahoo.com
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Congregational Retreat at
OSRUI - May 2-4, 2008 
SAVE THE DATE! Etz Chaim's
Congregational Retreat will be take place beginning on
Friday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 4th at Olin Sang
Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Retreat is for everyone - singles, couples
and families with children. This year's theme will be
"Godlink: Our Connection To The Divine." A wide variety
of topics will be discussed, from Kabbalah,
Art and Music, Tikkun Olam, Family Traditions, Nature
and Messianic Texts. What exactly is
retreat?
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Mah Jongg
Cards 
Attention all Mah Jongg players:
Sisterhood is still taking orders for 2008 Mah
Jongg cards. The costs are $6.50 for a standard card and
$7.50 for large print. The deadline for sending the
order in is February 1st. Please email Kathy
Herbach at kathleen.herbach@gmail.com with the number of cards you wish to
order. Checks can be made out to Congregation Etz Chaim
Sisterhood. Thank you!
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Shiva Boxes Donated for
Congregants to Use Unfortunately, the time will come for each
of us when we will lose a loved one, and for most of us
this will be a very stressful time. There will be so
many things to take care of and do. But now, thanks to
Karen Burstein and Judy Mindel, one part of sitting
shiva will be less stressful. Karen and Judy have
created and donated "shiva boxes."
Find out more...
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| School
& Youth Activities
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Message From Our
Educator
Anne
writes about the variety of programs going on in our
religious school in January and highlights our
seventh-grade
teachers.
Find out
more... |
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Barton's Passover Candy
Sale 
The Youth Committee wil
be sponsoring its annual Passover Candy sale. All
proceeds from the candy sale will be used for camp
scholarships.
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Make Someone's Birthday
Special - 10th Graders Organize Mitzvah
Project 
The 10th graders are organizing
another Mitzvah project. During January they will be
collecting birthday party supplies that will be donated
to People's Resource Center. There will be a collection
box in the lobby.
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Youth Israel
Trip- Read Their Blog 
On Sunday, December 23rd
a group of high school students, along with Rabbi
Bob and Rabbi Weinberg, left for a 2-week trip to
Israel. You can see pictures and read some of their
thoughts about the trip.
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Report From Brotherhood/Sisterhood Joint
Meeting, Sunday December 16,
2007
On Sunday December 16th,
Brotherhood and Sisterhood conducted their annual
joint meeting. During this meeting they had a web
conference call to Gershom and Bobbie Lichtenberg who
had made Aliyah in July.
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Winter Clothing
Drive Ends This Week
 The Coat and Warm Clothes
Drive sponsored by the 10th grade will continue until
January 13th. Thank you from the 10th-grade
class!
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New Announcements Posted on
Website  New
announcements posted on our website include information
about: Apachi West Day Camp. You can link to
the "Announcements" section from this E-bulletin
(see Keeping Current in right-side column) or
from the website newsletter page.
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Did you
know...
 In case of inclement weather or other
reason that Sunday School or Hebrew School will need to
be cancelled, parents will be notified by email, via a
phone tree, and the notification will also be posted on
the home page of the web site at
www.congetzchaim.org |
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Sponsor Spotlight
Your business ad could be here!
Please call the synagogue office for
advertising info.
Please be sure to check out our new sponsor,
Skyline Travel, and all our business
sponsors in the bulletin board
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Special Interest:
8:15 PM Brotherhood
& Sisterhood Lead
Services
Friday February 1,
2008
7:30 PM Family Service
February 8,
2008
6:30 PM Tot Shabbat
Friday February 22,
2008
7:30 PM Family
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Calendar
Wednesday January
9
9:00 AM Preschool
4:00 PM Hebrew School
7:00 PM School Committee
7:00 PM Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class
9:00 AM Preschool
Sunday January
13
Tumlar Today During Religious School
Manna Order Deadline PADS
Kindergarten Family Program
9:00 AM Religious School
12:00 PM Leadership Development
12:30 PM URJ Intro to Judaism Class 6:30 PM
AA/Al-Anon Meeting
Tuesday January 15 9:00 AM Preschool
12:00 PM Seniors Lunch
7:30 PM Board
Meeting
Wednesday January
16
Manna is Distributed
9:00 AM Preschool
4:00 PM Hebrew School
7:00 PM Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class
8:00 PM Life Tree Ramblers Rehearsal
Thursday
January 17
9:00 AM Preschool
7:00 PM Sisterhood Ladies Night Out
7:30 PM Budget & Finance Committee
9:00 AM
Preschool
Sunday January
20
No Tumlar
PADS
Social Action Martin Luther King Day Program
9:00 AM Religious School
11:30 AM Junior Choir Rehearsal
12:00 PM Youth Committee Meeting
12:30 PM URJ Intro to Judaism
6:30 PM AA/Al-Anon Meeting
Monday January
21
Martin Luther King Day-Office
Closed
Tuesday January
22
9:00
AM Preschool
7:30 PM Choir
Rehearsal
Wednesday January
23
9:00 AM Preschool
4:00 PM Hebrew
School
7:00 PM Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Class |
The next Manna order is due
Sunday, January 13th. Orders will be
distributed beginning Wednesday, January 16th.
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