January2011 The Voice of Congregation Kneseth Israel · Hello 2011! Whathap - penedto2010? Forthat matter, wasn’tthestartof thenewmillenniumjustlastyear? Often,thedayortheweekgoesslowly,

Emunah, 3220 Big Tree,Wilmette, Illinois. Cost isjust $36.00 per person,and includes appetizers,chicken or vegetariandinner (please indicate

preference with reservation),and awards presentation cer-emony. The evening beginsat 6:30 pm. Carpooling will beavailable from CKI thatevening.

Reservations and checks(payable to “CKI Men's Club”)are due NO LATER thanTuesday, February 8. Send

your reservation & check to: PaulGlaser, 7N615 Cloverfield Circle, St.Charles, Illinois 60175.

Contact Paul with any questions:[email protected](630-513-8268).

330 Division Street

Elgin, Illinois 60120

Ph: 847.741.5656

Fax: 847.741.5679

www.ckielgin.org

January 2011

T e v e t – S h e v a t 5 7 7 1

The Voice of Congregation Kneseth Israel

RABBI JONATHAN KOHN BARBARA MARING, [email protected] [email protected]

ZAHAVA RAZ, [email protected]

PERRY PITZELE IS CKI MEN’S CLUB“FJMC MAN OF THE YEAR”

CKI Men's Club is proud to recognizePerry Pitzele as its “Man of the

Year” recipient this year. Perry’s effortswere crucial to CKI’s initial affiliationwith the Federation of Jewish Men’sClubs (FJMC) some years ago, and heserved as the club’s first presi-dent, gaining the experiencenecessary to propel himtoward four successful years asPresident of the CKI Board ofDirectors. He has never (or, atleast rarely) refused a requestto help out. We are blessed tohave him in our congregationand grateful for the manyyears of leadership that he hasprovided us. Yasher koach, Perry!

Please plan to join us in honoring Perryat the FJMC Man of the Year BanquetDinner,Wednesday, February 23,2011 at Beth Hillel Congregation B’nai

In this IssueRabbi 2

Sisterhood 2

Birthdays 3

USY/Kadima 5

Donations 6

Yahrtzeiten 6

Fundability 7

Parashat 8

Marketplace 8, 11

Calendar Back

Kinder Shabbes! Friday, January 7, 6:30 pm • Adult Services @ 7:30 pm

WHAT WILL CKI LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?

As reported in previous HaKols, theVision Committee is gathering infor-

mation to make recommendations forthe future of CKI. An important part ofthis process is our membership. Eachmember will shortly receive a letterinviting him/her to participate in afocus group. While being led by atrained facilitator, each member will be

asked to reflect on a few open-endedquestions. The groups will be held inmembers’ homes, organized by zipcodes. It is important that everyoneparticipates, even non-member spous-es. Please respond to the letter in atimely fashion and circle your date onthe calendar.

Thank you for your help.

mailto: [email protected]




Hello 2011! What hap-pened to 2010? For thatmatter, wasn’t the start of

the new millennium just last year?Often, the day or the week goes slowly,but the months and years speed by atlightning pace unless you are waitingfor an event down the road.

But wait no more. OnFriday, January 21 we haveour annual SisterhoodShabbat! Give Adele Steina call, mention the part you want, andthen come and practice at our meeting(with dinner) on Tuesday the 11th.

Wait… there is more! Come March wewill have our Corned Beef Sale. Yes, itis back!

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Sisterhood News

At one point in the Torah,God studies humankind andconcludes that “every plan

devised by their minds is nothing butevil all the time.”

Later, God says,“The devisings of man’smind are evil from his youth.”

And later still, He observes,“Most devi-ous is the heart. It is perverse. Who canfathom it?”

Human nature, by this account, is a pret-ty sorry resource. Even at its best it’snot very good, as the Torah illustratesthrough the character of Moshe,whowas the only person in the ancientworld with the compassion and insightto recognize that slavery—at least ofthe oppressive Egyptian variety—waswrong. Moshe was so incensed by thebeating of a Hebrew slave that he killedthe offending taskmaster. But evenMoshe never thought through to thenext step. He just hid his victim’s bodyin the sand and walked away. When hediscovered that everyone knew what hedid (what had he been thinking?), he

fled to Midian. By this point he hadruined his world, abandoned his family,infuriated Pharaoh, and improved thelot of no one. And this is the best thathuman nature has to offer.

Well, this is all good news. When werecognize how deeply flawed ournature is, then miracles are possible. Ifwe had been created perfectly good,then we could never improve. Wewould be condemned to remain alwaysas we are. But our flaws mean that wecan be be taught. We are not bornknowing how to be good. Our nature isotherwise. But we can learn.

That is the great gift of Torah. Torahprovides the outside resource that weneed. (For proof, consider how effec-tively it has raised peaceful, civilized, lit-erate, productive, socially responsibleJewish families in the face of every bar-barism of history.) Through it, we learnto be good, if we make the enormouseffort of study and practice. With prop-er instruction, we turn from activelydoing wrong, and from failing torespond when other do wrong, toward

an entirely new set of instincts andmoral reflexes. The process is bothexhausting and exhilarating. In the end,it gives us mastery over ourselves, pro-viding blessings to everyone around us,and transforming us into adults.

The first hint of this effort is given in theBible’s first sermon, delivered by God toCain after a murderous jealousy firstbegins to stir in Cain’s heart: “Why areyou distressed,” asks God,“and why isyour face fallen? Surely if you do right,there is uplift. But if you do not doright, sin couches at the door. Its urge istoward you, yet you can be its master.”

How can we be its master? If Cain did-n’t know, then we do. We master thebeast couching at the door throughstudy and practice. Cain followed hisnature, but we don’t have to do that.We have Torah, and so we can do better.

From the Rabbi’s Study...

Let me not forget to thank Tina Wolfand Sue Johnson for a wonderfulChanukah bazaar. Keep in mind our giftshop when you are looking for that spe-cial gift.

It may be winter, but Sisterhood at CKI isstill planning and doing. Feel free toshare your ideas. Maybe a Sunday orWednesday Yahtzee tournament whilethe children are in class?

Maybe just sharing those hearty wintermeal recipes? Let us know

The best to all in 2011 from Paul andme.

– Risa Cohen, Sisterhood President847-934-4953

It’s ba-a-a-ack!!!CKI Sisterhood’s Corned Beef Sale!Delivery is Thursday, March 10, 2011.Yum-yum-yum!!!

Who I am Spiritually at Age 18

by Lucy Marshall

Prior to my sophomore year in highschool, I gave no deep thought to

my faith. And I didn’t need to.My lifestill seemed meaningful, and Iapproached no major challenges thatcaused me to question this notion.Mysuccesses and my satisfactions droveme to continue with what I unknowing-ly misunderstood as significant. Schoolwork, theater, art, public speaking—allactivities that I truly enjoyed onlybecause I succeeded in them. And so Ifelt complete.My soul? A God? Mythoughts never even brushed the sur-face of these intangible concepts. I livedcompletely in a world of concrete,known ideas, together with my andother’s sensual reactions. Judaismplayed a role in my life, but not in thesense of theology. I participated in ayouth group and celebrated holidayswith my family, but I did not identify asa Jew. I pursued my life choices basedupon what would make me happywhile maintaining the role of a “good

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HaKol Information

Kol Kneseth Israel (HaKol) is published monthly byCongregation Kneseth Israel of Elgin, Illinois. It is sent byemail or mailed to CKI members via first class postage.Non-members who would like to receive a copy may doso by forwarding a yearly donation of $18 (chai) to covercost of production and mailing.

Make checks payable to CKI.

All material for the February issue is due NO LATER thanJanuary 10, PLEASE.

All items should be emailed to:[email protected]

HaKol Editor: Jana McFarlaneAdvertising Manager: Ron Razowsky

CKI BOARD MEMBERSPRESIDENT - Barbara Maring

EXECUTIVE VP - Rochelle FoscoVP/Education - Nancy Zimmerman

VP/Sisterhood - Risa CohenRECORDING SECRETARY - Maureen Manning-Rosenfeld

TREASURER - Marc ZemelFINANCIAL SECRETARY - Barry Rose

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT - Perry Pitzele

CKI COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONSADULT EDUCATION - Gareth Sitz

BY-LAWS - Malcolm MorrisCEMETERY - Jeff Rifken

ENDOWMENT - Charles ZimmermanFUNDRAISING - Helen Lindow

HAKOL EDITOR - Jana McFarlaneHOUSE - Dan Marshall

ISRAEL CHAIR - Rachel BloombergMEMBERSHIP - Dr. Joe Rosenfeld

PUBLICITY - Marcie MonteithRITUAL - Paul Glaser

SOCIAL ACTION - TBDYOUTH ACTIVITIES - Liza Bachrach

To contact, call CKI at 847-741-5656

Special FundsThe following funds are available for your generousdonations:

Seltzer Music & Cultural Arts Endowment Fund –Jewish cultural enrichment programs

Clara Wechter Education Fund – Supports TorahSchool and Adult Education

Endowment Fund – See the President

General Fund – For multi-purpose use

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund – Needs decided byRabbi

Lee Miller Book Fund – New books for Library

Lillian Roth Scholarship Fund – (See the President)

Major Gifts – $5,000 and up. (See the President)

Memorial Plaques – $300.00

Prayer Book Fund – Chumash is $60(Siddurim are no longer available)

Simon C. & Ruth L. Kaplan Torah Fund – Repair ofTorah scrolls

Sisterhood Flower Fund – Pulpit flowers

Sisterhood Vision Fund – Large-type Siddur $50

Tree of Life – Leaf is $100

USY/Kadima Youth Group – Support for programsfor our United Synagogue Youth

Those who attended the DecemberSenior Lunch had a wonderful time.

A delicious luncheon was prepared byPhyllis Lesser (with help from SaulMariasis who sliced the onions). Wewere fortunate to have a guest speaker:Jim Kintz from the Domestic ViolenceCourtwatch Program. Jim is a retiredpolice officer who has started severalprograms to aid victims of DomesticViolence. He serves on the FaithCommittee of the 16th Judicial CircuitFamily Violence Coordinating Council,and is the former Chair of that commit-tee. He began a Domestic ViolenceMinistry at his own parish, St. JohnNeumann in Saint Charles. This year, hebegan a Domestic Violence CourtwatchProgram in Kane County. He explainedto the group that their volunteers

attend the sessions of DomesticViolence Court in Room 209 at the KaneCounty Judicial Center. They take notesand ensure that victims of DomesticViolence are being treated fairly by theJudicial System. They issue reports andmake recommendations to the ChiefJudge and can also go to the press ifnecessary. Anyone interested in volun-teering with their program can findmore information on their website:www.foxvalleycourtwatch.org. Thenext training session for volunteers willbegin on February 1, 2011. The grouphopes to expand eventually intoKendall County as well. Jim was aknowledgeable and dynamic speaker,and we thank him for his time!

– Maureen Manning-Rosenfeld

Senior Lunch Attendees Enjoyed Special Speaker

The “CKI SENIORS”

Lox & BagelLuncheonTuesday, January 11 • 12:00 noon at CKIRSVP to [email protected] or (847) 741-8784Please respond DEFINITELY NO LATER THAN

Thursday, January 6.Payment by cash or check at $10.00 per person.

Please make check payable to “Cash.”

January Birthdays

4 Cathy Aron4 Jeff Rifken5 Sarah Burker5 Madeline Lewis6 Anita Hornung7 David Goodman10 Gordon Roth12 Kathy Lange17 Barry Rose20 Katie Burstein20 Edward Stein21 Nicole Zeoli25 Melissa Gerlach26 Estee Berg26 Karen Kehl Rose

January Anniversaries

17 Daniel & Lisa Schulman26 Joe & Maureen Rosenfeld31 Robert & Nancy Cox

Who I am Spiritually (cont’d)

person.”And this simple code hid fromme the missing piece of my conscious-ness—faith.

Changes began to stir within my think-ing during an intensive Jewish historycourse while I studied in Israel for thesecond semester of my sophomoreyear. I learned to understand Judaism asa civilization, with a language, home-land, culture and narrative, not just as a

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http://www.foxvalleycourtwatch.org



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All 6th, 7th and 8th graders & USY & Dads (or oms) !

Sunday, January 16, 201112:45 pmmeet at Gameworks

Pick up 3 at Gameworks601 N.Martingale Road #11, Schaumburg

Early Bird Discountfor Members Only!if you RSVP and pay by January 11

Early Bird Members & Dads $36.00 per personPay at door Members & Non$40.00 per

Includes a izza and unlimited playing cards for 2 hours.

Please RSVPLiza Bachrach at 847.622.8855,[email protected] Send checks to: Liza Bachrach, 7 Clove Court, South Elgin, IL 60177. Checks payable to CKI-USY.

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___________________________________ will attend the Kadima-USY Gameworks program onSunday, Jan. 16.

Members & Dads , please include $36 per person if paying by Jan. 11, $40 per person after Jan. 11. Non-members please include $40 per person.Please send checks to Liza Bachrach, 7 Clove Court, South Elgin, IL. Checks payable to CKI-USY.

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USY and Kadima News

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CHUSYfest was well received! LisaGerlach’s favorite part was the hyp-

notist. Lucy Marshall and DaniellePiraino were most impressed by theprogramming. In the past I have heardcomplaints about “too many services,”but this year everyone felt it was verywell balanced and had a great time. Seeour photo!

The Turkey Dance was the perfect wayto reconnect with many CHUSYfest andcamp friends. It was enthusiasticallydescribed as “Homecoming for Jews!”

USY had a nice time filling up a table atthe Men’s Club Latke Lunch. We weremost proud of Lisa Gerlach who repre-sented USY as a Jewpardy contender.SHEWON FIRST PLACE! Yasher Koach!We also enjoyed our White Elephantsgifts, the favorites being an ObamaHead Chia Pet, Silly Putty, and a flash-light alarm clock!

We added a new USY program to ourcalendar. It is called Havdallah in theHouse and will take place in the homeof Lucy and Isaac Marshall onSaturday, Jan. 22 at 7:00 pm.We willenjoy a Havdallah service and have abon voyage party for Danielle Piraino.She is spending next semester atConserve School in Wisconsin. It is aspecial school aimed at students whofeel a strong attachment to the naturalworld and who are motivated to con-serve it. A perfect place for our SATOchair! Mazel tov and good luck Danielle!

Please note that all board meetings willbe at 7:30 pm.

Please be sure to RSVP and attendthe following programs!

JANUARY 2011

10 USY Board Meeting, 8:00 pm

16 USY/Kadima Gameworks,12:45-3:00 pm

22 USY Havdallah in the House & BonVoyage to Danielle Piraino, 7 PM (Atthe home of Lucy & Isaac Marshall)

FEBRUARY

4-5 Israel Shabbaton

5 Sato Marathon

7 USY Board Meeting, 7:30 pm

12 USY/Kadima Daven, Dish andDine/Lunch at CKI

19 USY/Kadima Movie Night – Notedate change

27 Regional Kadima to North Beach

– Liza Bachrach, Youth Chair - USY

If you are not receiving Youth Group information emailsand would like to, please email Liza [email protected], and let me know.You can alsodownload flyers from the website atwww.ckielgin.org/youth.html

CKI USYers who enjoyed the BEANS TurkeyDance: (L-R) Danielle Piraino, Zach Kohn, LisaGerlach, Riva Kohn, Ellie Kohn, and LucyMarshall.

Thank you to everyone who shopped at the CKI giftshop during Chanukah. The gift shop is the majorfundraiser for the sisterhood and will continue to offergreat gift ideas throughout the year. Contact Tina Wolf,630-377-1287, or Sue Johnson, 847-695-7160, for anyshopping need. Remember we offer kippah, tallit andall your needs for everyday or special occasions.

religion. Judaism could no longer justbe an added detail, a side note, to myidentity.This realization flipped my tan-gible world upside down. I was appalledat my previous ignorance; how had I notseen this? How had I overlooked all thatresides in Judaism? Dismayed by mynegligence of my peoplehood and mynation, I was determined to change myways and be committed to my Jewishidentity.The need to serve my nation,study my ancient history, be dedicatedto my homeland, and speak my lan-guage was overwhelming. No more didI require pleasure from my achieve-ments in order to survive. I had finallycaught a glimpse of what is more, whatI can’t explain, a passion.My life wasrejuvenated with a true meaning. Andthis is how I defined my new faith.Mypast was meaningless, and Tolstoywould agree, as there exists no reasonto live without faith.

But still, I had limits. I could accept theintangible power and gravity of a peo-ple, the unexplainable fervor thatdwelled within me about my faith in theJewish civilization, and the untouchableneed for us, the Diaspora, to return toour land. But God? That idea was a bittoo farfetched, too unknown. I couldallow my mind to roam in the clouds,but my feet could never leave theground. Judaism, as I formally viewed it,seemed to be just a religious element ina person’s life, and I did not recognize it.When I renewed my definition ofJudaism as a peoplehood, I threw awaythat religious notion. I still had toomany doubts to even explore the Godidea. Simply, it was easier to ignore it.Why spend time fighting with myselfabout my theological beliefs anddoubts when I could limit my focus on

Who I am Spiritually (cont’d)

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SISTERHOOD SHABBATFriday, January 21 at 7:30 pm.

Oneg sponsored byCKI Sisterhood.

http://ckielgin.org/youth.html

http://www.ckielgin.org/amazon.html

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GENERAL FUNDIn memory of and in tribute to Maxine Turek

Phyllis Friedman and AguanWeiMilton & Dorothy PerlmanSteve & Gayle GrossmarkRuth & Albert Zimbler & FamilyPamela S. Graff

In memory of Renee YielkMichael & Marla Finger

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn gratitude for the kindness of MedinaGross

Sherry Wiesman

CKI SISTERHOODIn memory of Irving Spitzer and AbeGoldstein

Sherry Wiesman

CLARAWECHTER EDUCATION FUNDTo Michael Poper, in Memory of Renee

Sue & Dick JohnsonTo Liza Bachrach, for a speedy recovery,hope you are soon at“full swing”

Sue & Dick Johnson

Generous Donations

In Our Family

Yahrtzeiten

ActualDate Date ofObserved Service Name


We recall with loving memory those whose yahrtzeiten are commemorated during the coming weeks,and those whose names are read in the Synagogue at Friday evening and Saturday morning Shabbatservices during the month of January. It is appropriate for members of their families to be presentwhen these names are read.

There are two dates listed above on our yahrtzeit list. The first is the dayof the service at which the name is read. The second is the actualdate of the yahrtzeit, and memorial candles should be lit on thepreceding evening. An asterisk after a name indicates that a plaque isaffixed to the Memorial Tablet.


KINDLE THE SHABBAT ...and HAVDALAH CANDLES

Fri Dec 31 ...............4:11 pm Sat Jan 1 .................5:15 pm

Fri Jan 7...................4:18 pm Sat Jan 8 .................5:22 pm

Fri Jan 14 ................4:25 pm Sat Jan 15...............5:29 pm



NOTE: Shabbat ends one (1) hour aftercandlelighting time on Saturday night.

Jan 01 Jan 01 Molly Levine*

Jan 01 Jan 01 Albert Smilgoff

Jan 02 Jan 01 Ellen Goodman

Jan 03 Jan 01 Elizabeth Chesler

Jan 03 Jan 01 Sarah Miller

Jan 03 Jan 01 Jean Fischer Schenker*

Jan 03 Jan 01 Jean Fischer Shenker*

Jan 04 Jan 01 Juan Rizal Querubin

Jan 05 Jan 01 Gerald London

Jan 06 Jan 01 Roy Rifken*

Jan 08 Jan 08 Maurice Bender

Jan 08 Jan 08 Michelle Diane Fosco*

Jan 08 Jan 08 Bessie Puklin*

Jan 08 Jan 08 Helen Sugar

Jan 08 Jan 08 Natalie Iris Troy*

Jan 09 Jan 08 Ruth Kaplan*

Jan 09 Jan 08 Sibyl Kaplan Moses*

Jan 09 Jan 08 George Neumark*

Jan 09 Jan 08 Joseph Ruben

Jan 10 Jan 08 Jane Barrow*

Jan 10 Jan 08 Jean Boskind*

Jan 10 Jan 08 Wendy Karen Slutsky

Jan 11 Jan 08 Mandel Bochner

Jan 11 Jan 08 Sarah Frisch

Jan 11 Jan 08 Pearl Harris*

Jan 13 Jan 08 Lillian Ruth Seigle Roth*

Jan 14 Jan 08 Hyman Ableman*

Jan 14 Jan 08 Lillian Bloomberg

Jan 15 Jan 15 Zeldah Demont*

Jan 15 Jan 15 Theresa Silber

Jan 16 Jan 15 Eugene Bernstein*

Jan 17 Jan 15 Nathan Cohen*

Jan 17 Jan 15 Martin Kornstein*

Jan 17 Jan 15 Nate Krohn*

Jan 19 Jan 15 Lester Fischer*

Jan 19 Jan 15 Anna Newmark Gombiner*

Jan 19 Jan 15 Frank Lindow*

Jan 21 Jan 15 YuddyWolfinsohn

Jan 22 Jan 22 Henry Greenberg*

Jan 22 Jan 22 Beverly Iseberg

Jan 22 Jan 22 Bernice Sievers*

Jan 22 Jan 22 Sidney Slutsky

Jan 24 Jan 22 Anna Libby Strickman*

Jan 25 Jan 22 Mildred Lipofsky*

Jan 25 Jan 22 Lena Miller Simon*

Jan 26 Jan 22 Isadore Ginsberg*

Jan 26 Jan 22 Harlan Levin

Jan 26 Jan 22 Harold Modes

Jan 26 Jan 22 Fannie Rosenthal*

Jan 27 Jan 22 Sophie Kaplan*

Jan 28 Jan 22 Anna Lillian Rogoff*

Jan 29 Jan 29 Beryl Niznik*

Jan 30 Jan 29 Morris Agins

Jan 31 Jan 29 Jean Ginsburg*

Feb 01 Jan 29 Anna Sweet*

Feb 01 Jan 29 Beverly Kessler Wiener*

Feb 02 Jan 29 Ella Schlossberg*

Feb 03 Jan 29 Millie Flowers*

Feb 03 Jan 29 Israel Hymovitz*

Feb 03 Jan 29 Faye Ginsberg Korn*

Feb 04 Jan 29 Joseph Fishman

Feb 04 Jan 29 Sheldon Franks

R’FUAH SH’LEIMAH – GETWELLLisa Schulman Pearle BrodySherry Wiesman Cheryl StanczakShirley Friedman Eva KruthDavid Goodman Sandra NyeLiza Bachrach

May God have mercy upon you and otherswho are ill among the people of Israel.

HAMAKOMYENAHEIM ETKHEM –CONDOLENCESCongregation Kneseth Israel wishes to extendcondolences to the family of…Maxine Turek, long-time member of CKI…Renee Wielk, sister of Michael Poper

May God comfort you and may their memo-ry be a blessing.

If you’ve waited this long to offer your serv-ices for January, please imagine Sue and I

chewing our nails! We’d appreciate a call assoon as you know your availability onMondays between 10:00 am and noon.

Sue Johnson at (847)-695-7160 orNancy Zimmerman at (847)- 695-6540.

DEAR MEALS ON WHEELSVOLUNTEERS:

Hadassah

“A Glimpse Inside Hadassah’s YouthAliyah”will be the program for Hadassah’sJanuary 24 meeting at CKI at 7:00 pm.Refreshments will be served and a shortbusiness meeting will follow. Inquiries andrequests for rides may be directed to NancyZimmerman at (847) 695-6540.

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January 8 Bo – Exodus 10:1-11:33 Shevat Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28

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The Shabbat morning service for January 1 will begin at 10:00 am, andwill be a short service, completed by 11:30 am.

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my education and passion for Israel,Hebrew, and Jewish history? Yes, pas-sion is an intangible concept, but Iapplied mine only to the tangibleaspects of Judaism. I may have felt that Ihad restored my incomplete soul, but Ihad only taken one step closer towardtrue faith.What I didn’t understand wasthat the Jewish peoplehood could notfunction without its religion, and thatthe only way for me to completelyencompass the identity of a Jew wouldbe to venture into the world of theunknown. I needed to embrace the“vital and organic relationship betweenreligion and the other elements of a civ-ilization,” as Mordecai Kaplan wrote. ButI was blinded by my selfish instincts toremain in the comfortable, unchalleng-ing realm of pure reality.

It was not until my senior year atChicagoland Jewish High School that Ifinally began to break down the wallthat prevented me from reaching aplace of critical thinking, suspense of

reason, and the beginning of a relation-ship with a divine. I was exposed to thewritings of many theologians, all whoexpressed a different definition of theGod idea. Never before had I consideredall of these options, twists, to the con-ventional “God”which I was aware thatpeople believed in.The literature I readand the discussions in which I partici-pated illustrated to me that society, con-sciousness, and the universe could notbe understood without theology. I readnarratives about those whose intelli-gence inflicted struggle upon their faithand those whose search for faith gavethem a reason to stay alive. I explicatedpoetry and discussed the separationbetween the realms of the known andthe unknown, as if I fully understoodand could relate to these ideas.

But soon I could no longer resume withmy assignments and classes whileignoring how these concepts apply tomy life. I accepted that these indefin-able notions must exist in me if I was to

Who I am Spiritually (cont’d) be truly human. How had I not seenthis? How had I overlooked all thatresides in my conscience and beyond it?I started to think constantly, ask ques-tions, read and read and read. As Ibecome more aware,more conscious,my doubts about an unexplainabledivinity grow. I still have yet to find anyanswers, and I know that a final conclu-sion will be a struggle, or maybe evenimpossible, to reach. But even so, I amdriven to continue studying and to con-tinue shaping my beliefs.My goal is tosomeday exist only in the present, thenow, trusting fully upon the assuranceof the holy ineffable, to lead me,through amazement and wonder, to atrue purpose of my life. Until then,myfaith lies in my doubts and my ques-tioning. For now, in the present, themeaning of my life lies in my pursuit ofphilosophical, theological, and personalexploration, rejection, and creation.Ready to face all of the challenges in myseeking for faith, I am aware--“the morecomplicated and richer [one’s] ideas, thedeeper [one’s] problems.” (A. Heschel)

Lucy, daughter of Liza Bachrach and DanMarshall, is a senior at Chicagoland JewishHigh School. This article was prepared forher AP literature class.

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January 2011 Shabbat Services: Friday evenings 7:30 pmSaturday mornings 9:30 am

1 Short Shabbat Service 9:30 am

4 CKI Board meeting 7:30 pm

5 Hebrew School 5:00 pm

7 Tot Shabbat Service Note early time: 6:30 pm

Regular Friday Shabbat Service 7:30 pm

8 Men’s Club Shabbat Service 9:30 am

9 Torah School 9:00 am

Sunday School 10:00 am

Adult Study Group 10:00 am

Confirmation class 6:30 pm

10 USY Board meeting 7:30 pm

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11 Senior Lunch Noon

CKI Sisterhood Shabbat RehearsalWith dinner & Board meeting 7:00 pm


14 Friday Shabbat Service 7:30 pm

15 Shabbat Service 9:30 am

Jr. Congregation 9:30 am



Mrs.Mussar’s Early Education Class 10:00 am


Tu B‘Shevat Seder during school

USY/Kadima at Gameworks 12:45 pm

17 Martin Luther King Day

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21 Sisterhood Shabbat 7:30 pm

22 Shabbat Service 9:30 am

USY“Havdallah in the House”at Marshall home 7:00 pm

28 Family Shabbat – Oneg: Bet Class 7:30 pm




Join Mrs. Mussarfor a

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CKI’s next preschool-kindergarten classwill be offered on

Sunday, January 16, 10:00 am-noon(Parents are invited to join the class at 11:30.)

The cost is $15.00 for 1 participant or$25.00 for 2 participants per session.Children should be at least 31⁄2 years oldand toilet trained.

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