FridayJuly 2, 2010 Saturday July 3, 2010
6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service NO Morning Service
Cindy Michelassi will lead services
Shabbat Matot/Masei
FridayJuly 9, 2010 Saturday July 10, 2010
8:15 PM Shabbat Evening Service NO Morning Service
Terry Shapiro will lead services
Oneg Host: Ritual & Religious
Friday July 16, 2010 Saturday July 17, 2010
8:15 PM Shabbat Evening Service NO Morning Service
Ritual & Religious will lead services Oneg Host: Ritual & Religious
* Childcare is available during
Friday evening services in our
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From the Administrator: Membership & Religious School Information 2010-2011 The office recently mailed the 2010-2011 forms you will need for making your annual membership commitment and registering for religious school. The packet included a Dues Schedule and Worksheet, a Donation Funds List, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, and ARZA information. For those with children who attended religious school last year, you will find the Registration Forms, Textbook Order Form, School Calendar, and a Volunteer Form.
If you have a child who has not attended our religious school in the past, please let us know so we can provide forms for that child (even if you currently have other children who attend).
All 2010-2011 forms were mailed to families who have met all of this year's financial obligations. If you have not received a packet, please call the office.
High Holiday information packets will only be sent to those members who have returned their membership commitment forms beginning the week of July 5th. |
Synagogue Closed on Thursdays Effective July 1st Please note, as of July 1st we will be closing the building on Thursdays. This means there will be no committee meetings, no educational programs and no office support on Thursdays during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
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Jeremy Bruder Memorial Scholoarship Fund Needs Your Help This fund provides scholarships for OSRUI and the Youth Israel Trips for young people who would otherwise not be able to participate. Click here to read more.
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New Sponsor- Effortless Events
 We would like to welcome Effortless Events as our newest sponsor. Please take a moment to check their business on our website.
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Message from Rabbi Cosnowsky
 Well, it's summertime and hopefully the living is easy. I have had time to relax and get ready for the impending arrival of the twins. And because I have had some time, I have started to compile a wish list of books I'd like to read.
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Hava Nashira 2010 The 19th Annual Song Leading and Music Conference was held June 2-6 at Olin Sang Ruby Institute in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. Cindy Michelassi attended this conference. Read about her experience here.
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It's been six years since I have been on faculty at OSRUI. As I write this the campers have all arrived; some are here for two weeks, some for four and some for seven weeks. Over the course of the summer there will be over 60 campers from our synagogue, the most of all synagogues represented | |
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OSRUI 2010
Annne Stein has been very busy at camp taking pictures of our Etz Chaim kids. Everyone is having a great time with new and old friends. View pictures of week 1 here, and week 2 here, more of week two here, and Shabbat.
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| NFTY Summer Kallah
Join NFTY's Chicago Area and Northern Regions for five days in the sun. Together, we will create unique and memorable experiences to make, expand, or redefine your own Jewish identity! Summer Kallah is located at OSRUI, our URJ Camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Summer Kallah will be held August 18-22 at OSRUI!
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Prisoner of Her Past- Sponsored by Social Action
Monday, July 12th Join Social Action and Sisterhood on Monday, July 12th 7:30 PM at the Tivoli Theatre, Downtown Downers Grove, for a special viewing of Prisoner of Her Past, a film based on the book by Howard Reich about his mother's Holocaust memories and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Brotherhood Golf Outing- Sunday, July 25th  Sign up today to play in the Brotherhood Golf Outing on Sunday July 25th at 12:00 PM at Klein Creek Golf Course in Winfield. We'll play a scramble format so everyone can have fun. There will be prizes and raffles too and the weather should be dry at this time of year. A steak and chicken dinner will follow. Sign up to play and or sponsor a hole here or call or email Jon Berman. The website is based off the temple phone directory, so you can use your existing login or make up a new password if you need one right on the site.
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PADS at Etz Chaim The next PADS sign up sheet will be distributed in July. If you would like to volunteer for PADS between October 2010 and May 2011, July is the time to sign up.
More information here...
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Did You Know.....
Do We Have Your Current Credit Card Info?
If you have a credit card on file with us, please remember to provide us with updated information if your card expires or you receive a new card for any reason. Thanks.
Summer Bulletin Schedule- REVISED
DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHING DATE
Monday, July 19, 2010 Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010 Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010 Wednesday August 18, 2010
Congregant's Paintings Shown at Elmhurst Art Museum
Holly Cohn's painting are on exhibit at Elmhurst Art Museum until
October 3, 2010. The exhibition presents abstract canvases painted during the last few decades. Read more here.
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Friday July 2
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Please join us for a slightly different worship experience, as we welcome Shabbat with music, meditation and prayer in the spirit of the ancient Kabbalists. The service will include a D'var Torah (a word about this week's Torah portion), Mi Shebeirach (prayer for healing) and recitation of the Mourner's Kaddish.
Sunday July 4
1:45 PM OSRUI ~ Bus arrives from camp
Monday July 5
OFFICE CLOSED ~ in observance of the Fourth of July
9:30 AM OSRUI ~ Bus departs for camp
Monday July 12
10:00 AM Play group for parents with children under 5 yrs of age
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers are all welcome to come and play. They should bring their mommies and/or daddies with them.
7:30 PM "Prisoner of Her Past" Join Social Action and Sisterhood at the Tivoli Theatre in downtown Downers Grove. Allan Carter will interview the author, Howard Reich, afterwards.
1:45 PM OSRUI ~ Bus arrives from camp
9:30 AM OSRUI ~ Bus departs for camp
Wednesday July 21
12:00 PM Seniors Meeting
Sunday July 25
12:00 PM Golf Outing sponsored by the Brotherhood
Monday July 26
10:00 AM Play group for parents with children under 5 yrs of age
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers are all welcome to come and play. They should bring their mommies and/or daddies with them.
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Complete Text Version (PDF)
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Sponsors:
Meghan Brosnan Photography
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