January 2007

Tevet/Shevat 5767

From the Rabbi’sDeskpage 2

Happeningspage 6

Tsedakahpage 9

Jewish Learning pages 13-15

Shabbat Servicespage 16

Volume 37 Number 6

This month we begin our readingof Sefer Shemot, the book ofExodus. In the book of Genesis,

Joseph migrates (against his will) toEgypt where he quickly rises to the sec-ond most powerful position in the coun-try. The descendants of Joseph and hisbrothers, however, are not so lucky.They are enslaved by Pharaoh and mustwork at hard labor. This immigrant

Israelite workforce is given the most difficult and back-breakingtasks. There are no labor laws to protect them and the workershave no rights; the boss controls the working conditions andthe production quotas. When the workers try to organize, theyare punished: “Then the same day Pharaoh charged thetaskmasters and foremen of the people, saying, ‘You shall nolonger provide the people with straw for making bricks asheretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. Butimpose on them the same quota of bricks as they have beenmaking heretofore; do not reduce.’” (Exodus 5:6-8)

The experience in Egypt has been imprinted on the Jewishpsyche and embedded at the core of our Torah ethics. Themost repeated mitzvah (commandment) in the Torah is aboutthe rights of the stranger, as it appears in Leviticus 19:33-34:“The stranger who resides with you in your land, you shall notwrong him. The stranger who resides with you shall be to youas one of your citizens; you shall love him as yourself, for youwere strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Not only do our ethics and our narrative of identity focus onbeing strangers and immigrants, but throughout our history, wehave often been strangers in strange lands. The welcome andsense of belonging that American Jews have experienced isunprecedented in Jewish history. It is not surprising that manyof us feel connected to the immigrant experience.

In September, Rabbi David Saperstein, of the Reform move-ment’s Religious Action Center, said the following regardingimmigration reform:

“For over 350 years, our Jewish ancestors have immigratedto this country in search of a more hopeful life; a life free fromreligious persecution and economic hardship, a life where fam-ily members have the chance to be reunited and contribute totheir adopted home. Today’s immigrants come here for thesame reasons as our Jewish forebears. They come out of a lovefor their families, a passionate desire to earn a better life, abelief in the boundless opportunities of America, and perhaps,above all, high hopes for their children. In overwhelmingmajority, these are people of uncommon devotion to the veryvalues we hold most dear, to hard work and to family values.

“Who are we to say that now that we are here, now that thecourage and the hopes of our parents and grandparents in thisnation of immigrants have been so richly vindicated, now thedoor must be closed. Why would we say such a thing? Wouldsaying such a thing not make a mockery of our American val-ues?

“The challenge we face is clear: We need comprehensiveimmigration reform. We need enhanced security at our bor-ders, security derived from law but humane in its execution. Weneed a fair path to citizenship, a path to invitation rather thanintimidation. Our welcome must be real and not grudging.Reform must include family reunification and a commitment toobey the law.”

The principles invoked by Rabbi Saperstein are lofty; boththe reality of the immigrant experience in America and thesocial and legal issues involved are complex. In the weeksahead, KAMII will be exploring the subject of immigration froma number of perspectives so that we can understand the reali-ties and challenges of the pressing social justice issue moredeeply. We invite you to join us in this exploration.

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From the Rabbi’s Desk

Kol Sasson v’Kol Simchah Shabbat!

Friday, January 19

Nosh at 5:45 p.m.

Joyful Musical Shabbat at 6:30 p.m.

Folk, Hasidic, and Contemporary Jewish Music

with

Dennis Gordon, mandolin and piano

Don Jacobs, clarinet

Rabbi David Sandmel, guitar

Lauri Valentin, percussion

Childcare provided at no charge.

Rejoice Oh Judah

And in songs divine

With Cherubim and

Seraphim harmonious join.

from Part III, Judas Maccabaeus

oratorio by G.F. Handel;

Libretto by Sir Thomas Morell

And rejoice we did at our ninthannual Judas Maccabaeus Open-Sing!It was a great afternoon of ‘divine

singing’ accompanied by the terrific Hyde Park NeighborhoodChamber Orchestra (organized by the equally terrific PaulaGolden!). Thank you, thank you to maestro Jonathan Miller,a KAMII alum and the founder and artistic director of ChicagoA Cappella, and to our many musical participants and ourhardworking volunteers: Paula Golden, Sam Golden, ShariGranat, Chuck Granat, Lawrence Klevan, Emily Lifton,Barbara Moss, Joan Pomaranc, Joy Rosner, and AnaSolodkin.

I especially want to acknowledge our dedicated JudasMaccabaeus Committee Chair, Barbara Schnitzer, and AbbeyAllison, administrative assistant par excellence!

Truly it is an uplifting experience to make good musictogether. For participants and listeners alike, it creates a senseof community and celebration.

“A Final Note”My thanks and appreciation to Joan Levin for her donation

of two wonderful resources for the small (but growing!) musiclibrary which is housed in the Ascher library here at KAMII.These gifts, The Cantillation of the Bible by SolomonRosowsky, Reconstructionist Press, N.Y.C. 1957 (this wasJoan’s father’s book), and the music anthology, Yes, We Sang!Songs of the Ghetto and Concentration Camps, will be anexcellent addition to the synagogue’s collection of Jewishmusic books, anthologies, and recordings. I also want to thankNorma Raven for her recent contribution of her collection ofsome wonderful Jewish music anthologies which will be avail-able to all. Now what we need is a skilled volunteer or two(maybe a librarian, archivist, or computer wiz?) to assist withthe cataloguing of our Max Janowski Music Archive which wascarefully compiled a few years ago by Yaffa Draznin. It is theresponsibility of the KAMII congregational community toensure the preservation of each copy of this music; transcriptsand published works now out of print, and ephemera/memo-rabilia. This is a part of your history and the cultural heritageof the congregation. Please let me know if you can assist withthis fledgling yet important project. Thank you.

L’Shalom,

Chazzan Julius Solomon lights the

Chanukiah

3JANUARY 2007

Join us Shabbat eve, February 9, at 8:00 p.m., as wecelebrate Shabbat Shirah with The RavenswoodConsort performing Psalms-in-Song.

Barbara Schnitzer andJonathan Norton

Notes from the Cantor

Maestro Jonathan

Miller

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Religious School

THE YOUTH GROUP THANKS YOUThe annual KAMII Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner and Dessert Auction was a huge suc-

cess! With your support, we raised over $3,000 for the Youth Group’s general operatingfund, and above all, had a great time. More than 15 students collaborated to turn Vick Hallinto a Little Italy, prepare and serve dinner, and auction off the amazing collection of tastydesserts. Following the event, they also enjoyed a lock-in at the synagogue.

We would like to offer a big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed by purchasinga ticket, and making or buying desserts in the dessert auction! We sincerely appreciate yourgenerous support!

With the Spaghetti Dinner behind us, the Youth Group looks forward to more excitingevents in the spring, including a retreat to OSRUI. Please continue to watch for updatedinformation, and feel free to contact us at kamiiyouthgroup@gmail.com with any questionsand/or ideas.

Thank you again!

Joshua and Jaclyn Simonds KAMII Youth Group Advisors

David MuschlerDavid Muschler (frequently known at KAMII as Mr. Ann Becker); born in

Aurora, Illinois; raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran and a Cub fan (not nec-essarily in that order); graduated from DePauw University with a B.A. inSociology; attended Northwestern University Law School, drafted after firstsemester into US Army; Basic Combat Infantryman, 101st AirborneDivision, Thua Thien Province, Viet Nam; graduated NorthwesternUniversity Law School with J.D.; worked for DHUD, Chicago Title andsmall law firm; currently self-employed with even smaller law firm (own);married to aforementioned Ann L. Becker (seldom referred to as Mrs. DavidMuschler because I was the lucky one); with two sons, all Cub fans but noLutherans.

Taught the New Testament to two wonderful Kadima classes; do itbecause I love the students even though they generally have no interest inthe New Testament (or the Old Testament or anything else religious for thatmatter); emphasize the similarities rather than differences in religions (afterall, JC was a Jew and so were most of the rest of the folks in the NewTestament); don’t have a favorite Jewish word because I don’t know Hebrew(remember, I was raised a Lutheran – fell away long ago); get most of myreligion at any ballpark; try to spend as little time as possible with otherlawyers (except those who are good friends); love to read, jog, go on hikingvacations with Ann, listen to classical music, play catch and laugh; love myfamily, love my friends, and love the Cubs.

PORTRAIT OF A TEACHER

5JANUARY 2007

Nursery School

The Nursery School

presents

A Concert of Music and Play

with Susan Salidor

Sunday, January 14

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Tickets are $9 in advance,$10 at the door.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit theNursery School Scholarship Fund

Are you looking for a preschool?

Come and learn about ourneighborhood schools at the

EARLY CHILDHOODINFORMATION FAIR

Thursday, January 18 • 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

at KAMII

Sponsored by theHyde Park Early Childhood Directors’ Group

Nursery School NewsThe Nursery School has had a wonderful time celebrating the

winter holidays. The children loved learning about Chanukah. Wehave a wonderful selection of stories which everyone hasenjoyed. The children all made clay menorahs which they paint-ed and decorated with glitter. Each child was able to bring theirgift home and celebrate the holiday with their family. Of coursewe could not celebrate Chanukah without potato latkes. In fact,we used 10 pounds of potatoes! The children liked seeing whocould eat the most. All of the families were invited to join theirchildren on the last day of school before winter break for aChanukah party. Rabbi Sandmel and Cantor Bard led a lovelyservice and everyone was able to participate. We ate doughnutholes and Chanukah gelt, and everyone got a dreidle to play with.For many of our families this was their first Chanukah celebrationand fun was had by all!

This is the first year that the Nursery School parents have had

their own social event, sans children. We had a lovely, relaxingevening and we were all able to get to know one another better.Fortunately, two members of the Nursery School committee,Gloria Needlman and Reeva Shulruff, were able to join us. Theparents had various topics to discuss; the most important was,“where do we go from here?” Finding a good elementary schoolis a challenge. We also talked about how we celebrate holidaysand the diversity within each family, as well as how to get yourchild from visiting you in bed in the middle of the night.

We will be having an Open House on January 24 for the fallNursery School classes. We encourage you to visit. Several of ourparents will be giving tours during the morning. Please call tomake a reservation. We are also now taking registrations for ourwinter Parent/Toddler classes.

Fran GordonNursery School Director

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Happenings

KEEP IN STEP WITH KAMII AND SEE THE CAPITOL STEPS!

Sunday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m.Centre East

9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie

KAM Isaiah Israel and nine other synagogues havebought out the house for this always-hilarious (“We put the‘mock’ in democracy”) satirical performance. We only have50 tickets available at $50 each, so reserve your tickettoday. We will make arrangements for a “Dutch-treat” din-ner in Skokie at 5:15 p.m. if you would like to join us. Andif you would like to carpool with someone from your neigh-borhood, we will try to facilitate that.

The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate stafferswho set out to satirize the very people and places thatemployed them.

In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored theconventional wisdom (“Don't quit your day job!”), andalthough not all of the current members of the Steps areformer Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performershave worked in a total of eighteen Congressional officesand represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staffexperience.

Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 26albums, including their latest, I'm So Indicted. They've beenfeatured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwideduring their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

We hope you can join us for this fun evening.

KAMII WINTER BOWLING PARTY

Bowling and buffet lunch for

bowlers (and non-bowlers) of all ages.

Sunday, January 2812:30 - 4:00 p.m.

at

Seven Ten Lanes1055 East 55th Street

Join us for a great afternoon!

Adults & Youth 13 and up: $15 Kids 5-12: $8, Under 5: Free.

(Shoe rental $2 additional per person)

RSVP: 773.924.1234 or abbey@kamii.org.

ARE YOU STUDYING, ARNOLD JACOB?We hear that Rabbi Wolf is studying hard for his Bar Mitzvah,

practicing his parashah (Torah portion), writing and re-writinghis d’var Torah. Have you saved the date? You don’t want tomiss it and disappoint the Bar Mitzvah boy and his family! Don’tforget, we will be celebrating (in fun of, and in great fun with)Rabbi Wolf on Saturday, March 31, at the KAMII SpringFundraiser. This joyous event is in the midst of the WeinsteinScholar-in-Residence weekend in which Rabbi Wolf will discussYESTERDAY, TODAY, and TOMORROW, examining Judaismand the rabbinate. Save the weekend of March 30 to April 1.

SPECIAL JANUARY BIRTHDAYSStephen Hanauer, January 1; Penny Pollack, January 3;Joshua Rest, January 4; Larry Joseph, January 5; BonnieKoenig, January 6; Sandra Jacobsohn, January 7; CharlieFirke, January 8; Lauren Newman, January 8; RalphAusten, January 9; Aaron Ginsberg, January 9; JoeMarlin, January 15; Bernice Johnson, January 25; MargieSmigel, January 30.

SPECIAL JANUARY ANNIVERSARIESBarbara and Jim Herst, 15 years, January 12; Jean andJohn Comaroff, 40 years, January 15; Kathryn Duys andYuval Taylor, 10 years, January 15.

SPECIAL FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYSStacie Dennis, February 6; Nancy Burke, February 13;Marcia Lipetz, February 13; Inna Papirov, February 13;Louise Schiff, February 13; Rita Sussman, February 17;Norman Katz, February 21; Martha McClintock, February22; Gloria Yufit, February 24; Carol Warshawsky,February 27; Peter Ascoli, February 28; Jeffrey Kanne,February 28.

SPECIAL FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARYPeg Olin and Robert Nelson, 25 years, February 14.

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TsedakahThanks to your generous contributions, a

fourth round of grants were made by theTsedakah Committee on December 7. Wegreatly appreciate all who submitted grantapplications for our review. It was not an easytask to select only six small but meaningfulcontributions on behalf of the congregation.

• $150 to Midwest Workers Association(Englewood and Southwest Side) to support aclothing donation program for which clothingracks and tables are needed; and to assist buy-ing items to provide complete holiday mealsfor clients.

• $250 to Congregation Bene Shalom (Skokie) in honorof the presentation of the Rabbi Hayim Goren PerelmuterAward to Rabbi Douglas Goldhammer, rabbi of Bene Shalomon January 26, 2007. Bene Shalom is the first, and to dateonly, full-service synagogue for the deaf Jewish community inthe US. Members of KAMII and Bene Shalom will share aShabbat dinner and service that evening. This grant will com-plement that award.

• $400 to Project HEALTH which works to break the linkbetween poverty and poor health by mobilizing college stu-dents to provide sustained public health interventions in part-nership with urban medical centers, universities, and commu-nity organizations. A local pilot program began in October atFriend Family Health Center, a federally qualified health cen-ter affiliated with University of Chicago.

• $400 to National Alliance of theMentally Ill of Greater Chicago for NAMI'stwelve-week Family to Family EducationProgram, taught by trained family memberswho give participants information and skillsneeded to cope with a loved one's illness, aswell as the chance to interact with other fam-ilies facing similar issues in the academicatmosphere of a class rather than in a thera-py group. The class is given four times a yearto twenty family members per class at a costof $25 per person for materials.

• $500 to Hyde Park-Kenwood HungerPrograms (through Hyde Park Union Church) to support afood pantry that provides groceries for 500 people a monthand six meals a week for 200 people.

• $500 to Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism forsocial service projects stemming from the war and its aftermathsuch as mental health support groups; preschools atProgressive congregations; support and counseling in Russianand Spanish for new immigrants; enhanced training for rabbisto strengthen their counseling skills.

With your continued contributions, we will be able to makeanother round of grants in the spring. Drop something in thebox next time you are at KAMII.

Tsedakah CommitteeNina Helstein, chair; Mickey Eder, Lenore Mass,

Joan Pomaranc, Nikki Stein, Amy Wishnick

THE TSEDAKAH BOX

This year’s Rabbi Hayim GorenPerlemuter Memorial Award will be pre-sented to Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer,founder of the first congregation for thedeaf, Bene Shalom, and the HebrewSeminary of the Deaf.

In the formative years of his prepara-tion for the Reform rabbinate, DouglasGoldhamer exposed and remedied theinjustice of Talmudic legal opinions of thepast regarding the civil and religious rightsof the deaf. His prominent career sincethen places him in the tradition of thegreat Jewish leaders in the human rightsmovement who advocate equality in statusfor all people, without qualification, incommunal religious life. In establishing acongregation serving the deaf, he has cre-ated a model for all Jewish communities toemulate.

At Congregation Bene Shalom, reli-

gious services and education – from pre-kindergarten thru confirmation to adultstudies – are taught both in voice and signlanguage. There, the full richness ofJudaism is provided to all people in a wel-coming and equal community.

From its very modest beginning of 20families and $125 in the bank, BeneShalom was founded, meeting in base-ment rooms of a synagogue. It expandedgreatly in membership, attracting bothdeaf and hearing people, and in 1975moved into its own building. There, thefull richness of Judaism is provided to allpeople in a welcoming, intimate, and spir-itual atmosphere.

Rabbi Goldhamer’s commitmentextended beyond Chicago and his congre-gation when he boldly founded theHebrew Seminary for the Deaf. There,students are trained specifically to provide

rabbis to deaf communities for whomJewish education and services using signlanguage is virtually non-existent. RabbiPerlemuter, an ardent supporter of RabbiGoldhamer’s work, taught at theSeminary, often spoke of the eagernessand zeal with which students voiced andsigned their way through Hebrew texts inpreparation for their ordination.

KAMII is privileged to present theRabbi Hayim Goren Perlemuter MemorialAward to Rabbi Goldhamer and proud toidentify with the moral power of his mis-sion on behalf of the Jewish people.

Please join us in welcoming and honor-ing Rabbi Goldhamer and Bene Shalomon Friday, January 26 when they will joinKAMII for a special and unique Shabbatdinner and worship service with partici-pants and choirs from both congregations,that will be voiced and signed.

RABBI HAYIM GOREN PERELMUTER MEMORIAL AWARD

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In the CommunityBy Grace Wolf

� Celebrate the Craft of Writing at OSRUIThe Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc,

Wisconsin, is sponsoring Sofer: Jewish Writers’ Workshopthe weekend of March 8-11. Authors Jennifer Gilmore, AdamLanger, and Alan Shapiro, along with writing teacher NeilRigler, will conduct the program. Workshops will focus on style,revision, creativity, interpretation, and public presentation.Participants will bring samples of their work and will respondto each others’ writing. The program costs $325, $250 forfull-time teachers and full-time students. Fees cover accommo-dations, all meals from Thursday dinner through Sunday break-fast, and all programming. Additional information is availablefrom Barbara Gordon at 847.239.6984 or bgordon@urj.org.

� JCC Starts Winter SeasonThe Hyde Park JCC starts its winter season this month.

Some classes begin the week of January 2; others begin theweek of January 8, call 773.753.3080 for information aboutthe adult or child activities you are interested in.

The JCC presents Got Shabbat?, a program for familieswith children aged 3-8 years old on Saturday, February 10,from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. This free program features games,craft projects, food, havdalah service, and storytelling by DotKane. To register or to obtain more information, call MichaelGoldstein at 773.753.3080.

� Div School Examines Jewish Women in ModernityThe Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago

Divinity School invites community members to attend the con-ference Modernity’s Other: Studies on Jewish Women, to beheld February 12-13 at Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th Street. Theconference will consider two topics: the historical changes andcontinuities in the lives of Jewish women with the onset ofmodernity, and theoretical questions about the status of Jewishwomen in modernity. Conference participants include DanielBoyarin, Barbara Hahn, Paula Hyman, and Shulamit Magnus.For information, contact Sarah Imhoff and Larisa Reznik atmodernityandjewishwomen@uchicago.edu.

� Getting Married? A Workshop for You Jewish Child and Family Services presents The Chicago

Chuppah Project – Workshop for Jewish Engaged andNewly Married Couples on Sunday, January 21, 10:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m., at 5150 Golf Road, Skokie. Social workers, fam-ily life educators, and a rabbi will help participants clarify theirexpectations of marriage and learn healthy communication.The fee of $90 includes lunch and can be adjusted. For infor-mation and registration, contact Sheri Fox at 847.568.5200,or Rosalie Greenberger at 847.392.8820.

� Upcoming Nextbook Programs

Isabel Vincent, author of Bodies and Souls, will discussWhite Slaves: The Trafficking of Jewish Women onWednesday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m. at the Women’s Club ofEvanston, 1702 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. On Tuesday,February 6, at 7:00 p.m., singer-songwriter Peter Himmelmanwill present an evening of stories and songs about family,music, and Jewish life. This performance will take place at theAbbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago.

Tickets to Nextbook events cost $8 each, $6 for studentsand those under 25. Purchase tickets at www.nextbook.org orat 888.219.5222.

� Spertus Celebrates Freud – and More Spertus professor Elliot Lefkovitz will lead a discussion of

The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz on Tuesday, January9, at noon. This book challenges conventional assumptionsabout Hitler, finding the source of his charisma not in his sum-mons to hate but in his appeal to the virtue of his people. Thecharge is $18, $15 for Spertus members, and includes akosher lunch. Advance reservations are required by January 5.

Freud scholar Jay Geller explores an intriguing footnote inwhich Freud proposes an unconscious source of anti-Semitismin a 1909 case on Sunday, January 14, at 2:00 p.m. Thecharge for Freud’s Meshuggeneh Footnote: A Clipping fromLittle Hans’s Nursery is $12, $10 for Spertus members, $8for students. Geller also will speak on Monday, January 15, atnoon on Not “Is Psychoanalysis a Jewish Science?” But Is Ita Jewish Joke? The charge will be $18, $15 for Spertus mem-bers, and includes a kosher lunch.

The Spertus commemoration of Freud’s 150th birthday con-tinues with Impossible Neighbors: Reflections on Freud andJudaism on Sunday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. Author EricSantner will discuss the tension between Freud’s writings aboutreligious belief and practice, and his identification with hisJewish heritage. The charge is $12, $10 for Spertus members,$8 for students.

For reservations for the above programs, call312.322.1743, or email rsvp@spertus.edu.

Spertus will sponsor a free family event on Saturday,February 3, at 6:01 p.m. [sic] and continuing into the night.This Melava Malka is an old Jewish custom of holding a cele-bration on Saturday night as a way to hold on to the Sabbatha bit longer and bring its spirit into the week. The all-ages partywill include food, games, movies, and a spectacular perform-ance by Chicago Chamber Musicians’ ensemble-in-residenceQuintet Attacca. For more information or to reserve your spot,call Anne Bustamante at 312.322.1729 or email abusta-mante@spertus.edu.

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In the Family� Israel Beckons Our Kids

An unusual number of congregation members’ children arespending this winter and spring in Israel on various programs.Three of our high school students will participate in theEisendrath International Exchange, a program of the Reformmovement. Sara Sandmel, daughter of Janet Raffel and RabbiDavid Sandmel; Joan Smith, daughter of Leora Baumgartenand Chuck Smith; and Rob Webber, son of Chris Jacobs andHank Webber, will be living on Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalemwhile they continue their high school studies from the end ofJanuary until June.

Through the Jewish Agency’s Israel-Internship program,Sarah Arkin will be interning for the Israel Sun, a press photoagency that provides photographs to major Israeli newspapersand corporations. Sarah will be taking pictures in and around Tel-Aviv as well as pursuing longer documentary projects involvingpeople and places affected by the Arab-Israeli conflict. She is thedaughter of Barbara Cronin and Henry Arkin. Brian Gill, whograduated last July from the University of Colorado, is going onthe Shorashim program of Chicago Community Taglit-BirthrightIsrael. Brian is the son of Rosemary and Larry Gill. Juli Granatwill be working with children in Ramleh under the auspices of theIsrael Service Corps. Juli is the daughter of Shari and ChuckGranat. Seth Sanders, son of Jacqui Sanders, has a NationalEndowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the AlbrightInstitute in East Jerusalem. He is doing research into Iron AgeJudaean inscriptions. (We’d love to add to this already impressivelist. If any readers know of congregation offspring who are cur-rently working or studying in Israel – or if you have other itemsfor this column – please send the information to me c/o the syn-agogue office or email me directly at wolf0047@earthlink.net.)

� Ab Mikva Tackles Voting Glitches Abner Mikva has devoted many of his 80 years to public serv-

ice, including terms in the U.S. Congress representing first HydePark and then the northern suburbs of Chicago and also a stinton the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Followingproblems with transmitting voting results from precincts to votingheadquarters downtown in last November's election, CookCounty Clerk David Orr asked Ab to chair a panel that will inves-tigate the problems and recommend corrections to the systembefore the next election this February. According to theDecember 6, 2006, Hyde Park Herald, the other five membersof the panel are technology experts from local universities,including the University of Chicago.

� We Congratulate Honorees The U of C Pritzker School of Medicine chapter of Alpha

Omega Alpha, the honor society for medical students, has cho-sen Dr. Sarah-Anne Schumann as recipient of its VolunteerClinical Faculty Award. Sarah-Anne had served as a preceptor toseveral Pritzker students when she was working at ChicagoFamily Health Center, a community health center in SouthChicago.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science

has elected Steven Sibener as a 2006 fellow. Steven is a pro-fessor of chemistry at the U of C and Director of the JamesFranck Institute. According to the December 7, 2006, U of CChronicle, he was cited “for the elucidation of fundamentalproperties of surfaces and ultra-thin films via the application ofatomic and molecular beam experiments and atomic-scale imag-ing.”

� Briefly Noted Cydney Fields, who has been principal of Ray Elementary

School for the past 17 years, plans to retire at the end of thisschool year in June, according to the November 29, 2006,Hyde Park Herald. The article quotes Cydney as saying “Whatimpressed me most when I started was the level of parent andcommunity involvement.”

Gail Golden, daughter-in-law of Paula and Sam Golden, haswritten a d’var Torah included in Leaves from the Garden, a col-lection of Torah commentaries written and published by mem-bers of the Egalitarian Minyan of Rogers Park. Copies of thebook may be ordered from lulu.com or amazon.com with pro-ceeds going to tsedakah, including the support of the Jewishcommunity in Kineshma, Russia.

The November 30, 2006, Chicago Tribune reports thatScott Hodes is a board member of the Chicago Art Project,which plans to mount temporary exhibitions of Chicago artists’work around the city. Eventually the group hopes to create amuseum devoted to the works of artists who are based inChicago.

U of C psychology professors Susan Levine and SusanGoldin-Meadow will join colleagues from other institutions topursue research at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Centerat Temple University, which is being funded by the NationalScience Foundation. According to the November 16, 2006, Uof C Chronicle, “The overarching goal of the center is to under-stand spatial learning and to use that knowledge to develop pro-grams and technologies that will transform educational practiceand support the capability of children and adolescents to devel-op the skills required to compete in a global economy.”

If you were listening to Morning Edition on WBEZ onNovember 13, you might have heard Amy Osler, executivedirector of the Chicago Network, talking about that organiza-tion's ninth census report. The Network, which counts manyKAMII members among its members, is committed to the suc-cess and advancement of women.

On December 2, 2006, Jerry Winer joined U of CShakespeare scholar David Bevington in discussing “Freud andShakespeare: Psychoanalysis as an Interpretive Tool” at a con-ference about Freud sponsored by the Chicago Institute forPsychoanalysis. Jerry is the former director of the Institute andprofessor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf delivered the invocation onDecember 5 at the installation of commissioners of theMetropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Hewas invited by our former member Debra Shore, an active envi-ronmentalist who is one of the newly-elected commissioners.

By Grace Wolf

Tributes

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Arnold Jacob Wolf Adult EducationFund

In honor of Ruth Messinger’s D’var Torah

Lucy and Peter Ascoli In honor of Fay Wruble’s Bat Mitzvah

Barbara and Tom Schnitzer

ARZA Contribution Queta and Ron Bauer Kay Berkson and Sidney Hollander Madlaine Fox Nancy Fritz Michael Gelber Barbara Green Debra Hammond Scott Hunter Margaret and Marty Johnson Helen Kim and Ron Cohen Bernard Levy Zoe and Abner Mikva Marlene and Harold Richman Joy and Jonathan Rosner Marcy and Dan Schlessinger Corinne Siegel-Gerson Joan Silvern Gladys Wolff

Blanche and Philip Brail Social ActionFund

In honor of Matthew Pepol Lynne Foreman

In memory of William C. King Marilyn Hunter

Cantor’s Discretionary Fund In honor of her sister, Cantor Bard In memory of Jack Bard

Adrienne Palazuelos-Bard In celebration of the wedding of her daughter, Margaret Simon

Barbara Silverman and family In appreciation of the beautiful High Holy Day music

Anita Bard In honor of Rona Brown’s special birthday

Marlene and Harold Richman In honor of Cantor Bard

Sheila and Mel Shochet In appreciation of the support given toMatthew Hanessian

Barbara and Bernard Greenberg

General Contribution Katrina Fund

Lucy and Peter Ascoli Ann and Calvert Audrain Mitzi Baum and Marcus Fruchter

Rona and Ralph Brown Fran and Bob Grossman Ruth and Donald Levine Mark Mandle Sarah-Anne and John Schumann Nikki and Fred Stein Grace and Arnold Jacob Wolf

In honor of Barbara Wagner’s birthday Sandra Jacobsohn

In honor of Deloris and Harold Sanders’ 50th anniversary In memory of Beverly Gelman

Lucy and Peter Ascoli In honor of Joan and Gary Laser

Bruce FleisherIn honor of the births of Cassie Gabrielle Applebaum, Bayla Appleby,Gideon Heltzer, Noah Jeffrey Merkur,Joshua Harrison Uster

Mitchell Glickman In memory of Janet Cohen In memory of Philip Epstein

Rita Lucas In memory of Emil Messinger

Susan Messinger In honor of Deloris and Harold Sanders’ 50th anniversary

Barbara and Jonathan MossIn honor of Bud Lifton

Esther S. Saks In honor of Bud Lifton’s special birthdayIn honor of Marian and Leon Despres’75th anniversary In honor of Frances and Joel Zemans’ 40th anniversary In memory of Dan Weil

Fred and Nikki Stein

Gretel and Max Janowski Fund In memory of Paula Selinsky

Diane Silverman

Harold A. Rosenstein Temple FundIn memory of loved ones

Roberta and Howard Siegel

Harvey Shapiro Scholarship Fund In honor of Barbara Shapiro’s special birthday

Jerry and Jim Rosenthal

Jacob J. Weinstein Fund In memory of Isadore Wolch

Ann Becker and David Muschler Marlene and Harold Richman

Memorial YahrzeitsIn memory of Milton Braun

Thelma Braun

In memory of Marion Carter Shirley Carter

In memory of Harry Fisher Shirley Fisher

In memory of Miriam Green Debbie Green and Richard Lipman

In memory of Reuben Josephs Fern Josephs

In memory of Sade K. Levine Ruth Levine

In memory of Eve LevineIn memory of Martin Hayman In memory of Gretel Hayman

Sue and Jerry Levine In memory of Robert Lieberman

Sandy Lieberman In memory of Beatrice Newman

William Newman In memory of Henchy Hoyt

Penny and Steve Pollack

Music Enhancement Fund In honor of the birth of Lenore andDan Mass’s granddaughter, Maya Abigail Faier

Ann Becker and David Muschler Freda and Sidney Davidson

In honor of their 2nd anniversary Diane Lukoff and Neal Scherberg

In honor of the Judas Maccabaeus Open-Sing

Grace and Bud Newman

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In memory of Hanan Kamal

Anne Becker and David Muschler In honor of Irene Sherr and Leigh Breslau

Madelyn and Jeffrey Greenberger In honor of Marlene and Fabian Necheles’ 45th anniversary In honor of Marian and Leon Despres’75th anniversary

Hank Schwab In honor of Rabbi Sandmel

Poogy Tails, Ltd.

Stolz-Levi Walter Jacobs MemorialLibrary Fund

In memory of Annabel DeKoven Michael Gelber

In memory of Isadore Wolch Corinne Siegel-Gerson

Youth Activities Fund In honor of Shari Granat’s special birthday In honor of the Youth Group

Ann Becker and David Muschler

We thank all contributors for their generosity and support of our synagogue family.(contributions received August 11 – December 17 are listed)

Jewish Learning

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SHABBAT SERVICE IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING

Friday, January 12, at 8:00 p.m.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Civil Rights of Immigration

The Congregational Choir will sing.

Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. ($12 per person)

We, Too, Were Once Strangers in a Strange LandExplore the Complex Issues of Immigration

This winter, KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation will host a series of events that will critically examine America’s immi-gration policies. This is particularly pertinent to Jews, a wandering people, who have immigrated and emigratedmore than most. What does it mean to care for the strangers in our midst? Do we have special religious obligations?How have Jews participated in this debate in the past? What stance should we take on current controversies?

ONE BOOK, ONE CONGREGATION

Emma LazarusBy Esther Schor

We invite all members of the congregation to read this “pioneering biography of the iconoclastic nineteenth-century poet andactivist whose verse gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty, but whose extraordinary life has remained a mystery until now.”

Purchase the book from us for $15. Read it. Discuss the issues raised in the book – assimilation, the power of the pen, Zionism– at one of three discussion groups:

• Friday, January 19: Discuss the book over dinner at a member’s Hyde Park home, following our early Shabbat Service.• Saturday, February 10: Discuss the book over dinner at a member’s North Side home.• Sunday, March 11: Discuss the book over brunch at KAMII.

Meet the author, Esther SchorSunday, February 11, at 10:30 a.m.ESTHER SCHOR, a poet and professor of English at Princeton University, is the author ofThe Hills of Holland: Poems and Bearing the Dead: The British Culture of Mourningfrom the Enlightenment to Victoria. She is also the editor of The Cambridge Companionto Mary Shelley. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement,The New York Times Book Review, and the Forward. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

CONTROVERSIES IN IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THE U.S.Susan Gzesh,Director of Human Rights Program, University of ChicagoSunday, March 4, at 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Learning

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NEW MINI-CLASS!

ISSUES IN JEWISH THEOLOGY:

� GOD � TORAH � SUFFERING � PLURALISM �

� COMMANDMENT � REVELATION � SCIENCE � PRAYER •

Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf

Wednesdays, January 3, 10, 17, 24 –7:30 p.m.

JEWISH ARTISTS/JEWISH ART

Sunday, February 4, at 10:30 a.m.What does it mean to be Jewish and an artist

working today? And what is “Jewish art” anyway– or does it even exist outside a religious context?Bring your questions and comments, and join usfor a special Sunday morning lecture event as ourpanel explores these questions and more fromtheir diverse perspectives in the art world.

A panel discussion with:• Granite Amit, Israeli-born interdisciplinary artist

now working in Chicago;• Neil Goodman, Sculptor and Professor of Fine

Arts, Indiana University Northwest;• Margaret Olin, Professor, Department of Art

History, Theory and Criticism, and Program inVisual and Critical Studies, School of the ArtInstitute of Chicago;

• Andrew Patner (moderator), Critic-at-Large for98.7 WFMT Radio and wfmt.com andContributing Critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.

HYDE PARK LUNCH & LEARN

Bring your lunch, we’ll supply dessert, coffee,and conversation.

Tuesday, January 9, noon to 1:30 p.m.

Rabbi David Sandmel

Is the New Testament Anti-Semitic?

Tuesday, February 13, noon to 1:30 p.m.Ted Cohen

Jews and Humor

Wednesday, March 14, noon to 1:30 p.m.Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf

On Abraham Joshua Heschel

Tuesday, April 10, noon to 1:30 p.m.Lenore Mass

If My Grandfather Had Turned Left –Jews of Argentina and Brazil

ALEINU BAKTANAHNews from the Israel and World Jewry Committee

New Jewish Soul Music?There is no doubt the essential role that music plays in Jewish

tradition. Every holiday, every religious ceremony, every event inour Jewish life is constantly accompanied by music. In fact, theZohar states that “When the living start singing, the supernal onesgain added strength to know, to recognize and to grasp what theycould not grasp before.” Based on this concept, it is not surpris-ing that Chasidim, who are interested in kabbalah, attributetremendous power to music and song.

But are you aware of the new Chasidic approach to music?Have you heard of Matisyahu, Ta-shma, Jew Da Maccabee,Underground Kabbalah Project, the Lost Vibes, or YehudaGlantz?

Amazingly enough, they all are new groups that are takingtraditional Chasidic songs and infusing them with reggae, hip-hop, Latin tones, and yes, rap. For fun, clickhttp://youtube,com/watch?v=78nGYFopaAI to hear YehudaGlantz with a Latin rendition of Adon Olam, a great example ofthis new Jewish soul music.

Independently of the taste one may or may not have for thesemusical styles, the concept is quite provocative: Will this new styleof music increase spirituality, Judaism, and simchah?

What do you think?

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, February 16, followingKol Sasson v’Kol Simchah Shabbat Service at 6:30 p.m.

Ethnic dinner showcasing food of the Jewish community in the diaspora.......more details to come.

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Jewish LearningSUNDAY MORNING LECTURESAll lectures begin at 10:30 a.m. preceded by a little nosh.

January 21 THE FUTURE OF REPRODUCTIVE CHOICELorie Chaiten, J.D., ACLU

February 4 JEWISH ARTISTS/JEWISH ART A panel discussion with Granite Amit, Neil Goodman, and Margaret Olin;Andrew Patner (moderator)

February 11 EMMA LAZARUS Esther Schor, Poet and Professor of English, Princeton University

February 18 RELEARNING HOW TO PLAY AS AN ADULTBriene Costa, Therapeutic Recreation Therapist, Rehabilitation Institute ofChicago

March 4 CONTROVERSIES IN IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THE U.S.Susan Gzesh, Director, Human Rights Program, University of Chicago

If you have questions about the Book Club, please call Grace Wolf at 773.684.0047 or email her at wolf0047@earthlink.net

THE BOOK CLUBJOIN US FOR LIVELY DISCUSSIONS – EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

The Book Club has started its eighth year of meeting monthly in the library to discuss books of Jewish interest! We're a variedgroup – young, old and middle-aged; men and women. We read fiction and non-fiction, new books and classics. If you like toread books and talk about them, come join us. If you try us, we think you’ll like us!

Monday, January 22, at 7:30 p.m. Allegra Goodman, IntuitionDaila Shefner

“In another quiet but powerful novel from Goodman, a strug-gling cancer lab at Boston’s Philpott Institute becomes the stagefor its researchers’ personalities and passions, and for the slipperydefinitions of freedom and responsibility in grant-driven Americanscience. . . . With subtle but uncanny effectiveness, Goodman illu-minates the inner lives of each character, depicting events fromone point of view until another section suddenly throws that per-spective into doubt. The result is an episodically paced butextremely engaging novel that reflects the stops and starts of thescientific process, as well as its dependence on the complicatedindividuals who do the work. In the meantime, she draws tenderbut unflinching portraits of the characters’ personal lives for a trulyhumanist novel from the supposedly antiseptic halls of science.”(Publishers Weekly)

Monday February 19, at 7:30 p.m. Dara Horn, The World to ComeJoy Rosner

Monday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. Anne Roiphe, LovingkindnessPaula Berger

Monday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. Yankev Glatshteyn, Emil and Karl Deloris Sanders

Monday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. A.B. Yehoshua, A Woman of JerusalemGrace Wolf

December: The Book Club will not meet this month, but we will be reading and discussing many interesting books overthe next few months.

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January 2007 Vol. 37, No. 6

Shabbat Vayechi: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26Friday, January 5Nosh at 5:45 p.m.

Family Shabbat Service at 6:30 p.m.All children will participate in the service.

The Kids’ Choir will sing.We will celebrate the birthdays of all members

born in January.KinderShabbat Service at 6:30 p.m.

Congregational Potluck Shabbat Dinner at 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, January 6, at 10:30 a.m.

Shabbat Shemot: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1Friday, January 12

Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m.Shabbat Service Honoring Martin Luther King at 8:00 p.m.

Immigration as a Civil Rights Issue.Leora Baumgarten and Chuck Smith will host the Oneg

Shabbat in honor of their son, Max.

Saturday, January 13, at 10:30 a.m.Max Smith will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.

Shabbat Vaera: Exodus 6:2 – 9:35Friday, January 19Nosh at 5:45 p.m.

Kol Sasson v’Kol Simchah Shabbat Service at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 20, at 10:30 a.m.Kidush lunch with Rabbi Sandmel at noon.

Shabbat Bo: Exodus 10:1 – 13:16Friday, January 26

Congregational Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m.Shabbat Service and Rabbi Hayim Goren Perelmuter

Award Presentation at 8:00 p.m.Rabbis David Sandmel and Douglas Goldhamer will lead the

service with Cantor Deborah Bard and the Bene ShalomChildren’s Signing Choir and KAMII Kids’ Choir.

Saturday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m.Asa Gelber will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.

Torah Study at 9:30 a.m. every Shabbat morning.Transportation to Shabbat evening services is always available. Please call the office.