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Welcome to Beth Tikvah Congregation!
Thank you for visiting the Beth Tikvah Congregation website! We are a dynamic, warm, and friendly Reform Jewish congregation located in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs where all are welcome. At Beth Tikvah Congregation (BTC) relationships matter most. Beth Tikvah Congregation is best known for its inclusive, involved, caring and compassionate community; for its excellent clergy, staff and lay leadership; for its phenomenal lay chairs; and for the overall positive difference BTC makes in our members’ lives.
At Beth Tikvah Congregation, we are dedicated to Jewish values and the pursuit of Holiness through engaging worship, joyous celebration of holidays and lifecycle events and by caring for one another. At the same time, we are committed to education for all ages, to Tikkun Olam (bettering our world), welcoming interfaith families, supporting interfaith relations, and furthering connections to the State of Israel, to Jewish summer camp, and so much more!
Whether you are new to the area, new to Jewish life, or a long-time veteran...whatever your background, level of observance, age, relationship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity... we are grateful for your interest in Beth Tikvah Congregation. We invite you to contact our Rabbi, Taron Tachman, take a tour of BTC, join us for Friday night Shabbat Services, or an upcoming program. We look forward to meeting you soon!
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Tubing with BeTTY (6th-12th)
Tubing with BeTTY (6th-12th)
Shabbat, February 5, 2022 @ 03:00 PM
BeTTY is going tubing at Villa Olivia (1401 W Lake St, Bartlett)!! February 5th from 3 -7p. All 6th-12th graders are invited! Price includes 2 hours of tubing and dinner (pizza, salad, cookie, drink). You must be vaccinated to attend. Click Here
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Book Club- "The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China” by Jonathan Kaufman.
Book Club- "The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China” by Jonathan Kaufman.
Mon, February 7, 2022 @ 07:00 PM
This is an epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era; the Sassoons and the Kadoories. These two Jewish families stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than 175 years. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival. Click Here
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Sisterhood Program-The Great Thief of our Self Esteem- with Rabbi Steve Peskind
Sisterhood Program-The Great Thief of our Self Esteem- with Rabbi Steve Peskind
Wed, February 16, 2022 @ 07:30 PM
On Zoom. How we feel about past wrongs can help us move forward to a better life or leave us mired in a place that destroys our self-esteem. In which cabinet do you file your past? Join Rabbi Steve Peskind in learning more about this interesting topic. Sisterhood Members only. Click Here
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Tzedek Event - Biases - Everyone has them, so now what? February Program.
Tzedek Event - Biases - Lessons from Trans Movements for Liberation - Imagining Transgender Futures
Tue, February 22, 2022 @ 07:30 PM
With Speaker Myrl Beam, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to his scholarly work, Beam is active in queer and trans left movements, specifically around issues of prison abolition, homelessness, and supporting the leadership of trans youth in movements for justice. Click Here
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ECC Lox Box Sale 2022
ECC Lox Box Sale 2022
Sun, February 27, 2022 @ 10:00 AM
Purchase and Pay by February 10 Pick up on February 27, 2022 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Beth Tikvah Click Here
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Membership Event - Virtual March Murder Mystery
Membership Event - Virtual March Murder Mystery
Shabbat, March 5, 2022 @ 07:00 PM
The Membership Committee invites you to join your community to solve a virtual Murder Mystery, developed, staged and led by professional actors, based loosely on Clue. It will be our job to deduce, from a 3-act play, along with presented crime scene photos and other forensic evidence, "who done it"! Preceding this comedic, clue-like crime drama, we will have Havdalah, followed by a half hour cocktail hour. Click Here
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Town Hall with Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison -Sponsored by Men's Club
Town Hall with Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison -Sponsored by Men's Club
Sun, March 6, 2022 @ 10:00 AM
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison will hold a town hall meeting on Zoom for all Beth Tikvah congregants. He'll start with a presentation and then take questions from the attendees. Questions can be asked during the meeting or ahead of time when RSVPing. Click Here
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Book Club - “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” by Sarit Yishai-Levi (translated by Anthony Berris)
Book Club - “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” by Sarit Yishai-Levi (translated by Anthony Berris)
Mon, March 7, 2022 @ 07:00 PM
Set against the Golden Age of Hollywood, the dark days of World War II, and the swinging '70s, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem follows generations of unforgettable women as they forge their own paths through times of dramatic change. With great humor and heart, Sarit Yishai-Levi has given us a powerful story of love and forgiveness. Email bookclub@beth-tikvah.org for the zoom link. Click Here
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Social Action Committee 2nd Annual Purim "Dinner in a Bag" Project
Social Action Committee 2nd Annual Purim "Dinner in a Bag" Project
Sun, March 20, 2022
Food insecurity remains at all time high levels. “Dinner in a Bag” will continue to meet the needs of families of the Living Faith Church, Bread of Life Food Pantry in Barrington. In response to Pastor Bullock’s request for more assistance, this project will provide a shelf stable meal to those in need. Last year our amazing congregants provided over 200 dinners. With your generous donations, our goal this year is to provide 252 meals! Click Here
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BETH TIKVAH GOES TO THE METROPOLIS! Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, featuring Cantor Pavel Roytman
Beth Tikvah Goes to the Metropolis! Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, featuring Cantor Pavel Roytman
Thu, March 31, 2022 @ 07:30 PM
Join Cantorial Leader Ilana Axel for an evening of lively entertainment by Chicago's legendary Jewish music ensemble that tips the hat in all directions: from the Yiddish Theater to American Big Band, from the Shtetl to the Symphonic. The klezmer Big Band will feature Cantor Pavel Roytman and vocalist Lori Lippitz singing favorites like "Belz" and "Rumania" Click below to sign up by March 1st. Click Here