North Shore Congregation Israel

Rabbi Greene and Cantor Wolman will share their top 10 ideas for lifting up High Holy Day meaning, connection, and joy for parents and grandparents of preschool through teenage children – ideas accessible for us all!

Have you always wanted to blow the shofar? Own a shofar and ready to learn how to use it? Come learn with Cantor Wolman how to make the proper sounds for the High Holy Days and help to usher in the High Holy Day season with the calls of the shofar at our Rosh Hashanah services.

For 35 years, NSCI’s Feed the Homeless program has helped to feed thousands of people around Chicago. We provide 1,000 hot meals and brown bag lunches monthly. Volunteer one Sunday a month for hot food prep and brown bag lunches! Families are welcome! 

Join Rabbi Geffen in studying a selection of the most well-known or important sugiyot (talmudic discussions) scattered throughout a variety of talmudic tractates that are specifically linked to the High Holy Days. No experience necessary. Texts will be provided.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together and filling in the cracks with gold—a metaphor for embracing our flaws and imperfections. Led by Steve Jensen, Academy Kintsugi certified instructor, we will each learn and try our hand at the art of Kintsugi. Each participant will create their own tile piece. Rabbi Greene will lead us in study and conversation about the themes of this period on the Jewish calendar and how they dovetail with this creative work. As we approach the new year, we engage in self-reflection to see where and how we want to repair and grow. We look to make change, we explore our imperfections. Space is limited. Pre-registration required; sign up by August 29. Contact Rabbi Greene for scholarship assistance for congregants. $36 NSCI congregants, $72 for non-congregants.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together and filling in the cracks with gold—a metaphor for embracing our flaws and imperfections. Led by Steve Jensen, Academy Kintsugi certified instructor, we will each learn and try our hand at the art of Kintsugi. Each participant will create their own tile piece. Rabbi Greene will lead us in study and conversation about the themes of this period on the Jewish calendar and how they dovetail with this creative work. As we approach the new year, we engage in self-reflection to see where and how we want to repair and grow. We look to make change, we explore our imperfections. Space is limited. Pre-registration required; sign up by August 29. Contact Rabbi Greene for scholarship assistance for congregants. $36 NSCI congregants, $72 for non-congregants.

Does someone in your family have a drug/alcohol/behavioral problem? Do you feel isolated, confused or in need of support? YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Families Anonymous is a Twelve Step Program for people concerned about drug/alcohol abuse and behavioral problems of a relative. Please park in the south parking lot. Please email mopeters21@gmail.com or call 847.738.1919 for information.

Do you struggle with addiction? Do you want or need support? Typically hosted at North Shore Congregation Israel, these weekly meetings will be held online in a closed session until further notice. AA is an anonymous Twelve Step Program for people who struggle with alcohol or other substances. Please park in the south parking lot. Please email mopeters21@gmail.com or call 847.738.1919 for information.

Connect with your NSCI community and do a mitzvah! Spread kindness (chesed)! We will meet at NSCI and assemble Rosh Hashanah packages of challah and cards handmade by the community for those in our NSCI community who would appreciate the gesture of kindness. Volunteers will then deliver these packages. If you’d also like to deliver packages, contact Leslie Rosen at www.nsci.org/form/CLR.