High Holy Days Food Drive:
The ARK, helping Chicagoland Jews with a variety of comprehensive services, is best known for feeding bellies. Once again, Beth Tikvah Congregation will help stock their shelves with its annual High Holy Day Food Drive. We are also proud to support the Schaumburg Food Pantry with this food drive. Please fill grocery bags with food, toiletries, and/or cleaning supplies. Thank you for being a part of this food drive! Drop off 10/5 Yom Kippur Afternoon Services 3:30pm and 4:30pm, and 10/9 10:30-11:30am. - Sunday, October 9
Erev Sukkot- Sukkah Decorating, Dinner & Service
Come decorate the sukkah, share in dinner and welcome Sukkot with a short outdoor sercice. Registration is required. Sunday, October 9 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Book Club "The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and Talmud" by Maggie Anton: The October 10 book will be "The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and Talmud" by Maggie Anton. A powerful love story with a purpose: to challenge Jewish customs concerning women, marriage, and equality. The award-winning author of Rashi's Daughters, Maggie Anton, has written a wholly transformative novel that takes characters inspired by Chaim Potok and ages them into young adults in Brooklyn in the 1950s, a time of Elvis & Marilyn, communist scares & polio vaccines, Jewish migration & American integration. We will meet via Zoom. Monday, October 10 7:00pm-8:00pm
Anshei Mitzvah:
Our Director of Congregational Learning and Clergy are pleased to offer another chance to become Bar/Bat/B Mitzvah: to learn Hebrew and to study the basics of Judaism. Hebrew classes will be virtual on Wednesdays with Fran Pearlman and the monthly Judaica classes will be taught by Rabbi, Fran and Cantor on a rotating basis. We invite all adults to take this opportunity to learn together and to share together. This is a two-year program culminating in a Anshei Mitzvah service led by the students. - Monday, October 10
Tzedek Letter Writing in the Sukkah:
Share time in the Sukkah writing letters to encourage people to come out and VOTE! - Wednesday, October 12 6:30pm-8:00pm
ECC Pizza in the Hut:
Wednesday, October 12 5:00pm-6:00pm
Simchat Torah Service with Consecration:
Enjoy a communal Sukkot meal in and around the Sukkah immediately following the Cafe Concert and leading right into our Simchat Torah Celebration with Consecration! A truly delightful way to conclude the High Holy Days season with family & friends - and dancing with our Torah scrolls! (In case of inclement weather, event will be held in the Chaveyron). - Sunday, October 16 6:00pm-7:00pm
Pizza in the Sukkah:
Enjoy a communal Sukkot meal in and around the Sukkah immediately following the Cafe Concert and leading right into our Simchat Torah Celebration with Consecration! A truly delightful way to conclude the High Holy Days season with family & friends - and dancing with our Torah scrolls! (In case of inclement weather, event will be held in the Chaveyron). - Sunday, October 16 5:15pm-6:00pm
Cafe Concert with Artist Songwriter Sue Horowitz:
Sue Horowitz is an award winning Jewish performing artist who brings a rich voice, sweet guitar renditions, and a loving soul - and humor! - to her beautiful music. This concert kicks off a festive Sunday afternoon of Sukkot events, culminating in our traditional Simchat Torah celebration! The cafe concert is sponsored by the Cantor's Discretionary Fund in memory of Mark Mandel. - Sunday, October 16 4:00pm-5:15pm
Social Action Fundraiser - "Cruisin' for A Cause" Road Rally:
Beth Tikvah's Social Action Committee is pleased to be having an event to both raise money for social action causes and create a fun evening for everyone to enjoy. To guarantee both fun and togtherness, we will be having a Road Rally Scavenger Hunt followed by Dinner and Games back at Beth Tikvah. Road Rally participants will depart from the Temple and go on a fun car-based scavenger hunt, returning back to the Temple for Havdalah, dinner and games.- Saturday, October 22 5:30pm-10:00pm
